The third season opener, "Up at Bat" would become the all time favorite episode of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, with one possible exception being "Don't Bug the Mosquitoes." In 1957 the television airwaves were exposed to the classic Universal monsters with the SHOCK! package from Screen Gems, millions of viewers able to see Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and their famous creations in their living rooms, coupled with the rise of Forrest J. Ackerman's Famous Monsters of Filmland. No doubt kids were delighted to see Gilligan bitten on the neck by a bat, the Skipper convinced that this is enough to turn him into a vampire. The Professor may scoff, but that's before Gilligan walks in his sleep and attacks Mrs. Howell on the neck! The most famous dream sequence is the perfect capper, Gilligan as Lugosi accented host, Ginger his vampire bride, the Howells unwary travelers spending the night in the wrong Transylvanian castle (Belfrey Hall, the same set seen in "The Friendly Physician"), Mary Ann the toothless servant, the Professor and Skipper as Inspector Sherlock and Colonel Whatney, a kind of Holmes and Watson (adding a BATMAN-style fight sequence). It's done with knowing panache and affection, even a mention of Frankenstein, and has been the perfect babysitter for children ever since.