A blow to the head gives the Skipper amnesia. The Professor tries to cure him through hypnosis, but he winds up believing that the other castaways are Japanese soldiers.A blow to the head gives the Skipper amnesia. The Professor tries to cure him through hypnosis, but he winds up believing that the other castaways are Japanese soldiers.A blow to the head gives the Skipper amnesia. The Professor tries to cure him through hypnosis, but he winds up believing that the other castaways are Japanese soldiers.
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- TriviaThis is the first time the hint is given that all the castaways are living in individual huts, when the audience watches Mr. Howell go from a single dwelling hut, down to another hut where Gilligan & Skipper are sleeping. Several feet are between each dwelling. Although they are never heard to discuss this or seen them build them, they would have been built some time after #1.20; :St. Gilligan and the Dragon" & could have been built during #1.24; "The Return of Wrong Way Feldman."
- GoofsAll of a sudden, the castaways have a rifle, complete with bayonet & ammo. Apparently they had more than one firearm, because the Professor tells Gilligan their GUNS & ammo are missing (after the Skipper took them.) The rifle was one of several taken from the Japanese submarine pilot earlier in the season in #1.15; "So Sorry, My Island Now." However, these weapons have never shown up in any other time when there were armed individuals on the island or when these weapons would have given them the upper hand, such as earlier in #1.17; "Little Island, Big Gun", #1.27;"New Neighbor Sam" ,#2.3; "Little Dictator", #2.9; Nyet, Nyet! Not Yet!", #3.12; "The Kidnapper", & #3.18; "The Hunt". In fact, in later situations, when asked about guns, they deny possession of any or lament not having any, among themselves. After this episode, the firearms are not seen again.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Family Guy: Forget-Me-Not (2012)
- SoundtracksThe Ballad of Gilligan's Isle
Words and Music by George Wyle and Sherwood Schwartz
Featured review
YOU ARE THE SKIPPER, YOU ARE THE SKIPPER!
Kind', sorta' a goofy take-off on THE THREE FACES OF EVE which has the Skipper getting konked on the head --loses his memory -- and returns into some offbeat characters.
Alan Hale has a field day, and I agree with the last reviewer, does a fine job of acting, much in the tradition of his famous father.
First... the Skipper becomes a "wolf" and starts chasing after Ginger. Big time. This is bizarro, and it does make you raise an eyebrow. To the rescue, the professor becomes the pseudo consulting psychiatrist and attempts to hypnotize the Skipper back to his old self. NEXT... he snaps into a heroic WW II soldier, believing the castaways are his Japanese prisoners? The crew made up as prisoners of war is campy, sort of a bit from a grade B film, the makeup and uniforms ain't bad. Give credit to the makeup folks havin' a blast.
Creative writing 101 thanks to Herb Margolis, and the only episode he wrote for the show. Herb was a long time tv comedy writer. Also director Jack Arnold has some fun with the cast, and in one rare scene has the Skipper, or Alan Hale, actually talk to the camera. Shades of Laurel and Hardy.
Interesting footnote, the castaways now have guns and ammo.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 30. Originally in black and white. Remastered color dvd box set. 6 dvds. Released 2004 and 2011.
Alan Hale has a field day, and I agree with the last reviewer, does a fine job of acting, much in the tradition of his famous father.
First... the Skipper becomes a "wolf" and starts chasing after Ginger. Big time. This is bizarro, and it does make you raise an eyebrow. To the rescue, the professor becomes the pseudo consulting psychiatrist and attempts to hypnotize the Skipper back to his old self. NEXT... he snaps into a heroic WW II soldier, believing the castaways are his Japanese prisoners? The crew made up as prisoners of war is campy, sort of a bit from a grade B film, the makeup and uniforms ain't bad. Give credit to the makeup folks havin' a blast.
Creative writing 101 thanks to Herb Margolis, and the only episode he wrote for the show. Herb was a long time tv comedy writer. Also director Jack Arnold has some fun with the cast, and in one rare scene has the Skipper, or Alan Hale, actually talk to the camera. Shades of Laurel and Hardy.
Interesting footnote, the castaways now have guns and ammo.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 30. Originally in black and white. Remastered color dvd box set. 6 dvds. Released 2004 and 2011.
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