FINALLY Revealed!--The REAL REASON WHY the Professor was NEVER Able to Fix the Boat!

[@joykind4258]

I grew up down the street from the studio where they were "marooned". It was such a thrill bumping into the cast on a lunch break at a neighborhood restaurant. My little brother at around 4 or 5 threw his arms around Gilligan's knees saying "I love you Gilligan". He was so gracious, getting down on my brother's level and goofing around with him.

[@jamesbowen5573]

He should have asked him how he got off the island. Right after that show aired the Coast Guard got literally thousands of calls reporting them as being marooned on an island. I guess people back then were pretty gullible

[@notyourtypicalwatchreview2563]

That’s beautiful!

[@josephhewes4894]

@@jamesbowen5573 They didn't get thousands of calls. They got a few.

[@johnham8824]

sounds cool you got to be in your late 60s,or more im 60,i cant believe as cool as that must have been i don't think it could have been worth being in calforina .

[@davidcunningham7330]

Russell Johnson at MIT said, "If you were on the island with Ginger and Mary Ann, would YOU want to fix the boat?"

[@kevinpiacente3456]

Nope

[@danielmartens156]

But he never took advantage of the situation! Or even tried.

[@ecurb10]

@@danielmartens156 None of the guys did. I guess they were real gentlemen.

[@aliostrowski1935]

@@ecurb10 and nobody would know if they even tried being marooned for 15 years

[@michaelbright1218]

NO

[@davidshore264]

the man who played the professor answered this at a comic con. The reason the professor never fixed the hole in the boat is because he said the series would have ended after the first episode.

[@maggiemae7749]

The man who played the professor has been dead for few years

[@soybasedjeremy3653]

Maggie Mae Comic Con was a thing in the 70s...

[@muskokamike127]

To be honest, a professor of chemical engineering may not have the skill set to do carpentry and a carpenter might not have the skill set required to build a boat. I know engineers who can design a computer network but can't make a box of Kraft Dinner. When building a wooden boat, there's a specific gap required between the planks. Too big and the wood won't seal and the boat will leak like a sieve. Too tight and when the planks swell they'll cup and pry themselves off the ribs. Many boats will use cord caulking between the planks. The whole "glue" episode was a little bit of nonsense like the whole series though. Applying the "glue" on the outside of the boards wouldn't cause them to become detached from the ribs. As for nailing the patches onto the holes, that would never seal properly. The boat would be up to the gunwales in 20 feet. The planks detaching from the ribs was actually a benefit: they could now build a new boat with ribs and the planks without holes. They've have plenty of nails because every plank is nailed at least twice to each rib.

[@maverickf14tomcat13]

@@muskokamike127 Each have their own skill set but it doesn't mean they come together well. The skipper had Gilligan enough said there. The professor was a science teacher at a high school that's why he was referred to by the cast as the professor. Then you have a movie star and Millionaires. A rather Motley crew!

[@oahuhawaii2141]

Mav: You forgot Mary Ann.

[@DavidBromage]

Russell Johnson addressed this himself when spoke at the 1993 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at MIT. "People always ask me how the Professor was able to make a radio from a coconut but couldn't get us off the island. Well, one of the Professor's degrees was from this institution. That is probably why he was able to make a radio from a coconut... but couldn't get us off the island."

[@kimberlyhicks3644]

He packed his ENTIRE library, but the books about boat repair were lost in the storm.

[@kspelldadezerteagle1]

Ouch Russell Johnson with the sick 🔥🔥🔥

[@slipknot6789]

I'd be happy on the island with Ginger and Maryann

[@edbennett4467]

The real question is why did all the passengers had suitcases for a three hour tour

[@roryotoole3279]

Actually I believe it is stated that the Howells were returning from a trip or something and needed to kill some time so they took the three hour tour (originally "a six hour ride" in the first pilot).

[@tats5880]

@Charlie Cross not too mention all that $$$$...

[@sierria64]

Lol why the professor did not try and get with ginger or mariann

[@ssdd6952]

@Charlie Cross and a suitcase full of money too!

[@painkillerjones6232]

@@tats5880 That was their "walking around" money!!

[@peterrutt7409]

Throughout the many years I watched the show, I always thought that “any” of the “visitors” who returned to civilization could have given authorities the coordinates of the island. There was “one” visitor who would have, most likely, given the wrong coordinates “Wrongway Feldman”.

[@jamesbowen5573]

That's what the guy on the radio said on that show. They couldn't make heads or tails of his directions. Makes you wonder why the professor didn't think to paint the coordinates on the plane or give him a tattoo. I would have started tattooing everybody sooner or later someone would have had to have said something

[@billrobertson5895]

Everyone who left the island had a reason not to say they were there whether it was a hunter who hunted Gillian or the mosquitoes who didn’t want the competition or the surfer who hit his head etc etc etc.

[@jamesbowen5573]

@@billrobertson5895 there was always an excuse. Wrongway told about them. But everyone thought he was crazy. And didn't know where they were...

[@ddwchamp]

who would want to leave the island with two hotties like Ginger and May Ann!

[@dr.migalitoloveless1651]

Mrs. Howell wasn't that bad either for an older lady.

You didn't watch the episodes? Skipper & Gilligan would always sneak into the jungle together, & come out at the same time. And haven't you given any thought as to why Gilligan was always the Skipper's little buddy? Hmm..? I'm sure you know they had coconuts on the island, & you can make oil from coconuts. Happiness is having a colorful, demented mind...

[@cat-lw6kq]

Mary Ann is ok, Ginger is a real babe but too standoffish for me. And I read that she is in real life too.

[@painkillerjones6232]

Mrs. Howell.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

@ lol! You sound like you're in junior high!!

[@sidneywinter8952]

It took 15 years for them to get rescued. What ever crime the professor commited the statute of limitations has expired. At least that's my theory.

[@cleon24769]

The first answer that came up when I Google'd _list of US crimes with a "15 year" statute of limitation_ made me sick to think about the Professor being like that. So I'll just go with the second answer: murder.

[@arthur1543]

The real reason that the professor couldn’t fix the boat was..... It wasn’t in the Script. 🤣

[@ssdd6952]

My very thought LOL

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Timothy McCaskey ... The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Fred Derf ... Soldier. I'm going to kill them all, sir.

[@MrWhoevr]

They seemed to have plenty of bamboo and rope to make a raft.

[@geoboe84]

And there wouldn't be a show.

[@Slant325]

The Professor was a socially awkward guy stuck on an island with two gorgeous young women and he was the most eligible guy there. Why on Earth would he want to leave?

[@johncampbell3979]

But never hooked up....Hope he knew how to make coconut lotion, and tissues.

[@GLBizzie]

@@johncampbell3979 he got a few good kisses out of Ginger though lol

[@ctw2770]

Because the professor like to have blue balls all the time

[@Deevo037]

The Minnow, like so many TV ships, was only able to travel at the speed of plot.

[@leondillon8723]

Why the SS in the name? It wasn't a steamship.

[@Deevo037]

@@leondillon8723 You'll have to ask the show producers.

[@kaptainkmann7808]

hands down best answer. lol thanks !!! I needed that.

[@mikk4185]

Deevo037 You rule. Seriously 😳

[@kritikitti3868]

🤣🤗🤤🖖

[@toddjordan4199]

The real question is, Why was a millionaire and his wife on this boat nd not their own?!

[@seekeroftruth1200]

Maybe it was their boat and they just had a few guests with them.

[@menopassini9348]

I always thought it was because Mr. Howe was to Cheap to buy his own. Why they all had luggage for a 3 hr. tour dosen't make sense.

[@doop8436]

@@seekeroftruth1200 they rented the boat from Skipper like the other guests.. That's why on movie the Skipper had to go to each of guests including the Howes to sign paper for Skipper to get Insurance money for new boat that proved it was not Skippers fault for the crash..

[@robertmorris8997]

They were slumming. :)

[@randycarstens1100]

Most millionaires are rich because they have lived frugally and invested their savings. See it all the time rich dude driving his vintage used car, while the accountants have brand new cars they are making payments on.

[@brentholt1458]

Gilligan's Island was not supposed to make any sense. End of story.

[@truckerray7533]

Gilligan's Island was only supposed to be just the one season, if that because the producers was thinking about cancelling the show, but decided to "run with it" & go 2 more seasons. Love your profile picture of Airwolf, by they way.👍😎

[@demandred1957]

Love the Bell 222 "Airwolf" avatar.

[@peterpresutti4064]

You're right it never made sense it was great when i was nine years old

[@rperlberg]

@@peterpresutti4064 - Right! I remember watching this show as a kid and my dad getting upset about how dumb it was.

[@Peggy-nt7eo]

That’s the best answer ever

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Having seen a few different ways wooden boats are made, I will say that there is a HUGE difference between the skills to operate a boat, to patch a boat, and to build a boat from scratch. The way the show had the Minnow come apart was slapstick silliness. But the whole show was slapstick silliness, so it fits.

[@frostyboyken]

Thank you, Rick Nineg. I was an avid fan of the show as an after-school kid in the '70s and '80s. Die-hard fan, really. My siblings and I watched two hours' worth of 'Gilligan's Island' everyday, so I knew nearly every word. It always confounded me when I heard people asked the boat question AND the question about why the Professor could make a radio out of coconuts but he couldn't build a boat. However, there is no such episode in which Professor builds a radio. There is one where he figures out how to re-juice the batteries for the radio when they run out of energy, and that involved all the castaways stirring some concoction Professor made in coconut bowls really fast -- and that may be what they're remembering. Who knows, but it's refreshing to watch your videos. Thanks so much.

[@77Badger]

If you were marooned on an island with Ginger and Mary Ann, how hard would you try to fix the boat?

[@rayjingloryproductions3770]

Oh I'd FIX the boat alright --- So it would never float again. And then I would Bend Mary Anne over the Cocanut Cream Pie table and just . . == MMM - MMM - MMMMMHHH == . . == YER DAMM SKIPPY I said it == . If this "OFFENDS" you ladies out there, let me just say THIS: . . == EVERY GUY HERE IS AGREEING WITH ME == . . == And that INCLUDES your Boyfriend's as well == .

[@mmaranta785]

@@rayjingloryproductions3770 Indeed

[@Ease54]

@@rayjingloryproductions3770 You can only worry about so many holes at a time.

[@triggerhappydad65]

@@rayjingloryproductions3770 What a comment!!! You sir, take the prize for your unwavering commitment to the truth!

[@rayjingloryproductions3770]

@@triggerhappydad65 I do what I can.

[@johnhuculak4449]

What I got a kick out of about Gilligans Island was how on each episode, different outfits were worn. That seems like a lot if clothes for a 3 hour tour.

[@guitarhole]

And Gilligan & Skipper , who owned the boat only had one thing to wear .

[@howardkerr8174]

@@guitarhole It's possible that the Skipper and Gilligan didn't live on the boat. Possible, but not likely, at least the Skipper might have.

[@jrasicmark1]

Yes, and in the earliest episodes, Ginger wasn't wearing her evening gowns (which... why would even a movie star take evening gowns on a 3 hour tour?), she made a dress out of Gilligan's duffle bag that said "MINNOW" on the side. But suddenly, she stopped wearing it and switched to evening gowns instead.

[@RickW0071]

I always though that Ginger had the evening gown on form a Hollywood party she attended the night before and decided to take the 3 hour tour on her "walk of shame" home.

[@kevinmoore4887]

Clothes from Amazon... The real one. 8-)

[@trinidadtheislandman4065]

You forgot that the reason the entire boat was destroyed by the glue was that Gilligan had decided to reinforce the whole boat by putting a layer of glue all over it - not just the hole spot. So when the glue failed it literally pulled all the planks off.

[@nowthatsjustducky]

It was not a bad idea. No one could have known that the glue would self destruct and take the Minnow with it.

[@paultheabo4723]

The skipper put the glue all over the boat.

[@charlesangell_bulmtl]

Total BS, the glue would not have curled and lifted so dramatically. Likely the boards were steam bent by hired help. Same way toboggan skis can be formed of wood, basically the boards are enclosed in a high temperature steam bath til limber enough to be clamped & dried around a last .

[@joejones9520]

@@charlesangell_bulmtl we know the boat falling apart wasnt caused by the glue in real life, we're just theorizing the fictional concepts.

[@MrLourie]

Good one, Rick. I often consider the visitors who've come and gone from Gilligan's Island and would always leave them behind. Can't help but feel that really takes a cruel and evil person to do such a thing.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

It was a show, stop over thinking it. Please, there are real problems in the world and you are bothered by a sitcom...unbelievable

[@guitarhole]

@@TheRoadhammer379 It's a comment , stop over thinking it . There are real problems in the world and you're bothered by a comment .... unbelievable .

[@kevinbrown-ge6sz]

I thought the tv movie where they were rescued from the island should have focused on them going after the people who came to the island and left them behind. They should have had the guy arrested who tried to hunt Gilligan like he was an animal.

[@macsnafu]

@@kevinbrown-ge6sz Now *that* would have been a good sequel!

[@marklheureux2690]

... .. ..

[@cato451]

The real reason is that the professor was enjoying Maryann and Ginger every night.

[@rayjingloryproductions3770]

Bending Mary Anne over the Cocanut Cream Pie table and just . . == MMM - MMM - MMMMMHHH == .

[@mehGyver]

Love how the opening credits shows the boat in a lagoon, but the big glue scene has them on a main beach. LOL

[@STho205]

Boat changed from the 1963 pilot (three different actors) and the series. Pieces of that pilot were used in episode 1, carefully not showing you the two secretaries and the HS science teacher. You see them under blankets as Skipper awakens in the beached Minnow. When they redid the titles for color in s2, the boat changed again, as they had torn up the prop boat in episode 8.

[@garyroy3503]

@@STho205 Notice in the credits that the island changed over the years. It was tiny and flat and at other times much larger. Also where did the volcano come from, if the island was a flat sand bank?

[@matthewsantos8525]

If I was stuck on an island with Mariann, I wouldn't be able to "fix" the boat too

[@robynsmith3276]

When I was a kid I did feel their frustration when they could not get off the island after all the attempts, but I was secretly happy because if they had gotten off the island we wouldn't have this fun show! 🤗 thank you for another great video! 😊

[@ronaldshank7589]

When they finally did get off of the island, and got back to the U. S., they found out that times had changed quite dramatically. They went their separate ways, but then decided to get back together, and take a little cruise. Big mistake? I think not! They'd become so tired of dealing with people in the U. S., that they decided to get together... you know, for old times sake, and talk while they were on the second little tour. They found out that they truly loved and cared for each other more than anybody else in the world! And then, it happened! A storm hits their boat, and they find themselves stranded all alone again...on the very same island that they'd been on in the first place! That was it! They decided to stay there, on the island that they now loved, and they lived there permanently! Fate had given them the chance to realize just what they meant to each other. They were all that mattered...and nobody else! I love it! Sometimes, God let's us see who and what is most important to us, and he makes a way for us to be together with those who really matter to us!

[@nowthatsjustducky]

@@ronaldshank7589 You seem to have forgotten that after they got marooned again on the same island, they found an old, damaged WWII bomber that the Professor was able to get flying; then they got rescued again after almost self rescuing. This was the TV movie after Rescue from Gilligan's Island.

[@budsak7771]

My favorite scene about this is from Back to the Beach, Gilligan was on there talking about how the professor could take a couple of coconuts and make a nuclear reactor but he couldn't fix a two foot hole in a boat lol

[@markbaldwin975]

My favorite episode of Gilligans Island is the one where the castaways had a chance to get off the island, but Gilligan did something to spoil it.

[@howtubeable]

So, every episode?

[@kevinkarg4464]

Yeah. That's why they called it Gilligan's Island. He was the only one who wanted to stay. Lol

[@tats5880]

That was my fav also...

[@richardranke7878]

Hmmm. I wonder which season that one was in?(Chuckle!)

[@mra57]

I really enjoyed that one episode that begins with Gilligan wandering around by the lagoon.

[@realbadger]

I loved the series. Always loved how attempts at contacting the mainland or Hawaii, usually were inadvertently sabotaged by Gilligan. I remember the robot episode, and the "newsposition" having the robot speak. Instead of providing the island coordinates, it references a golf game it had played with the Howells. Robot: The putt breaks to the left. Thurston: Well it *was* a lucky shot....

[@sidewinder666666]

I remember that episode! (Where the boat basically self-destructed after Gilligan's "glue" quit working.)

[@776281]

Fixing a boat that has been sat there a while is a far bigger undertaking than many people realise. Sailing Yaba, odd life crafting and Dangar Marine are all you tube channels about repairing a damaged boat. In every case it turned out far more complex than originally thought. The Sampson Boat co, rebuilding Tally Ho - seems like it will be 100% new. The boat in Gilligan's Island being unrepairable is a realistic proposition.

[@jackburton7964]

"I'm a Professor, not a Mechanic"

[@reginaldsmith6949]

Damnit, Jim...

[@amberchester2244]

He wasn’t a boat builder either!

[@addiehernandez8255]

Lol, wrong show.

[@waynegreene6405]

It’s dead Jim.

[@AerospaceMatt]

Oh, another great 60's show! Great reference!

[@panowa8319]

Bob Denver while on Larry King Live, received a question about why the Professor couldn't construct a suitable raft to fit all castaways, and his response was that the Professor's expertise was science and not shipbuilding.

[@louisborselio8608]

Has anyone else ever noticed both Lost in Space and Gilligan's Island both ran for 3 seasons. And their first seasons were Black and White. And they both involved being stranded.

[@markfryer9880]

It was the change over period between black and white and the newer colour film which was more expensive to shoot with.

[@floydlooney6837]

On Lost in Space at least they could land on different strange planets occasionally.

[@louisborselio8608]

@@floydlooney6837 True, but the dream sequences on Gilligan's Island kind of compensates for that. Also did you notice both shows have 7 people. 4 male 3 female. And both shows have a professor. The obvious one on Gilligan's Island. And Professor John Robinson on LIS. It's getting pretty spooky.

[@chrismulwee4911]

@@floydlooney6837 On "Space" they DO travel around more often, making it more like Star Trek and less like Gilligan' Island.

[@chrismulwee4911]

@@louisborselio8608 You're right. Most of the dreams take place off the island. Ginger was the only one not to have her own dream sequence. The Sound Of Quacking from season one was popular enough to do more of those kind of episodes. G I had more "dream" episodes than any other sitcom I know of.

[@edwardfindley8483]

They all died, the island was actually hell and Gilligan was the devil, keeping them there, tormenting them.

[@MICKEY4356]

Like an episode of Lost.

[@ViewThis.]

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[@georgemccormick4786]

Sartre: he'll is other people - this show is an existential masterpiece.

[@jamesb6402]

I actually heard somebody else say that same thing about as to why the couldn't get off the island. Also...that each member represented one of the seven deadly sins Professor= pride Mr. Howell=greed...etc., etc.

[@edwardfindley8483]

@@jamesb6402 I heard that also. Somebody should make a horror movie out of it. Title "Gilligans Inferno".

[@BlackPopeye44]

Because then it'll end the series in just 2 shows?

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Ultimately, that's why. The show was based upon them being stuck on a deserted island, the only other real alternative would have been for them to get stuck on random other islands sort of like with Quantum Leap where he was stuck in a different person every week. Doing that would have really reduced the cool inventions that they got by the end of the series, like that pedal powered car.

[@andreshernandez1180]

Black Popeye this was brought to the writers’ attention when they’d had them return safely half way through the Pilot 🤔

[@keithmontoya8793]

I think it's hilarious that for a three hour tour, they took a whole lot of clothes, and the Howells took a suitcase of money.

[@captainkirk601]

With Mary Ann and Ginger on the island I would make sure we never got rescued.

[@ronaldshank7589]

I'd of stayed with Mary Ann...but not with Ginger. Nothing against Tina Louise, but her character, Ginger, was a bubble head that didn't have any good sense about her at all!

[@LSwick-ss6nm]

I also would have made sure all those clothes they had slowly but surely disappeared.

[@nibora4895]

I've always wondered why all the people that had went to the island (you know the guest stars they had on the show) when they went back to the mainland while they didn't tell the Coast Guard or somebody that there were seven stranded castaways on a island.

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

In each case, the visitor was upstaged by a talent of one of the castaways..... and feared they would be competition back home. Geez, I am supposed to be getting my bookkeeping done., why am I here?

[@akallio9000]

The REAL reason the Professor couldn't fix the boat is that it would have ended the series.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Pretty much, Russel Johnson himself a believer that the professor not being able to fix the boat didn't really make any sense when you consider the various inventions he made during the course of the series. The only reason that he wasn't able to fix the boat was as you suggest, it would have ended the series in a fraction of a season. The real thing that makes no sense is that after getting off the island in the movie, that any of them got on another ocean going boat again.

[@leondillon8723]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade Johnson once said that in an interview.

[@mac11380]

@Gregory Dahl You mean the Island of California?

[@juanmonge8]

The Professor could make a satellite dish out of a clam shell, but....

[@tommiebergsten173]

The hell with them. Bring on dawn wells

[@rtod4]

The original Mcguiver

[@bleeding4721]

But Gilligan was a moron who kept messing up

[@chrisgonzales5880]

He made a radio out of a coconut. A COCONUT

[@martinhanke1670]

Thanks for this video, big fan of this show. My oldest son, in high school discovered this show, and he came up to me and said "you have to see this great show I discovered. " he than preceded to describe the show, and when I said the name, he was surprised, and said, " you've heard of it?" I said I've seen every episode so many times that if you describe the first few minutes, I'll tell you what happens. He proceeded to wake up early every day to watch the show before school.

[@ricknineg]

That is such an amazing story and I’m very happy to hear that your son has good taste in comedy! Thank you so much for supporting my channel and for continuing to do so!

[@lesliegrimes5136]

Parent of the Year! 😊👍✨

[@joelmavity1467]

One thing I always thought was funny about that show was how so many people went to that island (natives included) that were in motor or paddling distance but you never see another spec of land anywhere.

[@bwtv147]

But seriously, the situation of this sitcom is that the characters are stranded. If they were no longer stranded the situation no longer exists.

[@nickhill8612]

Yes exactly com'on people it's just a television show. People just think to much just relax and enjoy the show.

[@nickhill8612]

@Gar Goil Haha yes

[@KebabMusicLtd]

Well, they could have got off and then continued the story as 'Gilligan's Boatyard' or 'Gilligan's Seafood Restaurant.' Strange thing is, I remember this show from the 60s because of the into titles but don't ever remember actually watching it.

[@zorro1955]

What cracks me up, everybody else can get on/off the island but them

[@user-sg9mg6cn2c]

That gave me a chuckle but so true.😄

[@PaleRyder563]

Why not get screws and nails from other parts of the boat that weren't critical.

[@AnnoyingMoose]

I liked the professor He always saved their butts He could build a nuclear reactor From a couple of coconuts She said, "That guy's a genius" I shook my head and laughed I said, "If he's so fly, then tell me why He couldn't build a lousy raft" - Isle Thing, Weird Al

[@KitemanTV]

Thanks. But, we all know about the boat snapping apart. It sounded, at first, like you had come up with an amazing explanation for why the Professor couldn't fix it right.

[@jehudavis5422]

I always thought it was weird that they had the whole island to themselves and Gilligan and the skipper not only shared a hut but Gilligan slept right above the skipper!

[@MikeBaxterABC]

My daughter bought me all the seasons on DVD last Christmas (she just works part time) ... she found them at Walmart at huge discount, as the box had been opened! :)

[@Thesdr666]

It was a plot device. A man who could build a car out of bamboo, make a coconut telephone, and all could easily have fixed a boat. As a teen, I asked a yacht salvage expert how easy it would have been to fix the USS Minnow, and he laughed, saying, "It wouldn't be pretty, but you could fix the hole with bamboo and cloth. In fact, there were apparently materials available on the island that you could use to make a sort of fiberglass. They could have done the fix in a couple of weeks, a month at the outside."

[@cfbexpert]

The Professor could've fixed the boat but like any other intelligent hot blooded male why? The Howell's were too old, skipper aging, Gilligan too naive meant Ginger and MaryAnn to himself if he played his cards right.

[@truckerray7533]

Thing of it is, Professer was always to busy with all his scientific smarts & inventions, he to was to naive to think about the gals

[@greendream848]

@@truckerray7533 That's what he wanted the others to think. Off screen when it was just him and one of the girls, you know he was getting them to help him with all kinds of "experiments" if you know what I mean. wink wink.

[@Raycheetah]

The Professor balked at kissing one of the girls as part of a play, citing it as "unsanitary." Pretty sure he wasn't up for keeping a harem. =9[.]9=

[@prophetmargin7497]

My theory is the professor had the hots for Mary Ann and was secretly sabotaging any effort to actually get off the island. Most of the professor's inventions were used to make life on the island easier so the castaways wouldn't even want to leave!

[@macecrawford2860]

I never gave a thought about them fixing the boat. My question is why they had so many change of clothes. Anyway the howells did. For a three hour tour i wouldnt take suit cases. I loved the show though.

[@dianetheisen8664]

Thanks again, Rick. And thanks to the viewers who explained why the Howells, Ginger and Mary Ann had brought clothes on a 3 hour tour.

[@Weesperbuurt]

I will sleep soundly tonight knowing this.

[@johndoddridge4274]

I had the pleasure of spending a summer interviewing Sherwood about the show after I sent him a graduate paper that explained the subtext of Green Acres. He liked it so much he called me and told me all of the subtext of Gilliam’s Island and his source of inspiration. I wonder if people would be interested in knowing the whys to the what’s these days about his work

[@whyme3904]

I always wondered how he could make a transistor radio out of a coconut and two bananas but couldn't fix a hole in the boat

[@tomsullivan6032]

I think the Professor was doing Lovie..and the Skipper his little buddy..and Mary Ann and Ginger each other! Thurston just counted his money....

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

In other words, the writers were tired of the "Are they ever going to fix the boat and get off the island?" fan letters so they decided, "Let's just straight-up destroy the blasted thing!"

[@pipsqueak631]

I laughed so hard with Gilligan holding the wheel. I never knew the boat fell apart :)

[@michaelstenger5411]

I remember this episode! Thank you. Yes...I forgot it, but as a kid I do remember that the boat “fell apart”.

[@davidbingley6734]

Fixing that much damage while maintaining buoyancy is harder than it looks, especially with wood.. Also, forgive the possible Mandela effect (not teally), but as a kid, when watching this, I distinctly remember the professor making a statement that if they did build a boat, it would never get past the tide/current. And since the setting is supposed to be in an area not terribly far from Hawaii, the big wave thing does loosely tie in. How the occasional visitors always got back when they had boats I'll never know (lol). Also in terms of the familiar cast members, try to get 7 or more, people from any group of individuals to solve any problem and see what happens. They'll end up wandering around in the wilderness for 40 years. lol

[@demandred1957]

well, it would have ended the show quick, if they hade made a traditional outrigger canoe just like all the islanders have made for coupla hundred years prior.

[@davidbingley6734]

@@demandred1957 It never would have gotten past the current. Lol

[@demandred1957]

@@davidbingley6734 they explored all over the ocean with those things. The Polynesians were famous for the length of their travel across the oceans

[@davidbingley6734]

@@demandred1957 Yeah, that professor guy was a jackass if he couldn't even build a boat. They should have bullied him and not blamed Gilligan.

[@finscreenname]

@@demandred1957 Sorry dude, what they do in many TV shows and movies is total BS. So the water is rough at one spot and time, you are telling me that it never calms down in that area? I've seen some of the roughest water on earth calm right down to a mill pond. Also the Minnow had more wood on it and nails and screws in it then was ever needed to do the repairs and get home. Fly bridge, interior wood decks, etc.... you could have stripped the boat down and made it a repaired open canoe and built a house with the leftovers.

[@kangomatocryptid86]

I always thought the reason they needed to get a boat was because the crash was worse than expected and basically broke the minnows back, or made a crack in it to basically un seaworthy. But your explanation makes a lot more Gilligan Islands sense

[@donnicholas7552]

Cool video! I already knew the answer, but it was still fun watching the video. The episode where Tina Louise played two parts was a really good one.

[@rascalme9754]

Eva Grubb.

[@johnbockelie3899]

They took an entire wardrobe for a three hour tour.

[@williamhaynes7089]

@@johnbockelie3899 - Mr howel had piles of cash too!

[@PoohbearPlus]

John Gabriel, who played the Professor in the original GI pilot, recently passed away. RIP Mr Gabriel.

[@harperstacey9604]

John Gabriel was also a soap opera actor.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti1663]

Strangely enough, in _Back To The Beach,_ Bob Denver, reprising the role of Gilligan, posses that question...😕

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

poses Fix it!

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

@tan j maz have seen

[@leondillon8723]

Skipper and the name Gilligan were not mentioned in "Back To The Beach". Little buddy was.

[@cynthiaayers7696]

@@suzycreamcheesez4371 I've seen it so many times.....

[@davidmarsden192]

I loved that episode with the glue made from the tree sap - causing the entire Minnow to literally fall to pieces. :-D

[@praisinggod6758]

They could make a Geiger counter out of a coconut. But he couldn’t repair the boat. 😹

[@Razorusskie]

That episode with the glue was one of the funniest episodes of the series. It also helped the writers early on in the series with having a valid reason to keep the castaways on the Island. Producer Sherwood Swartz always intended to have the cast rescued eventually. But an abrupt and surprise cancellation ended the series prematurely. CBS had a bad habit of doing that with several shows back then, all the way up to the 80s hit series WKRP.

[@hellcatredeye-g6582]

I’ve seen every single episode probably twice when I was a kid .love that show

[@SkyCharger001]

From what I understood of the series, the castaways didn't know where the island was, in the longitude/latitude sense... so even if they got the boat fixed up, they could easily get themselves even further from civilization.

[@davidewhite69]

they never did explain how the Minnow moved from the lagoon next to the big rocks as seen in the title credits to the beach in season one episode eight

[@lesliegrimes5136]

david white, Hollywood Magic! 🧙‍♂️🔮✨

[@mra57]

The boat is by the lagoon during the opening, but is never there during the show.

[@SilentKnight43]

@@mra57 0:29 the Minnow is clearly on the lagoon beach in the shot. But it's on the big ocean beach in the 'glue' episode.

[@slamboy66]

They had all the wood and nails they needed in the pilot house.

[@killer-ir8mn]

The real boat you see leaving the marina was a 35 foot wheeler. In the black and white begenning look at the flag in the background. It is at half mast for J.F.K

[@ComputerLearning0]

I always found it interesting how people going on a three hour boat tour would bring so much spare clothing and misc personal items in general when in reality you would bring only what you're wearing and maybe... MAYBE a small pack if you had some kind of special need (medicine, food, etc). And what exactly would they be "touring" in a boat? In the end you're expected to just roll with it and not question the logic of it.

[@prophetmargin7497]

The idea was the Skipper and Gilligan were taking the five guests to a resort on another island and dropping them off there and then returning to their home port, a round trip which took three hours. The Skipper and Gilligan were then supposed to return to pick up the guests a week or two later, if they hadn't gotten shipwrecked!

[@peejay4606]

my favorite show ever!!!

[@billkeithchannel]

The glue problem to repair the hole was not the Professor's fault but once again it was Gilligan. It was G that decided to replace ALL of the original construction of the boat with that glue. The temporary holding power of the glue was realized after the entire boat started to fall apart.

[@brianrebmann5398]

Very interesting video and a great topic. Your channel is one of my favorites keep up the great work

[@rickmedlin5389]

In the 'Surviving Gilligan's Island' behind the scenes movie, the guy playing Russell Johnson had this line: "If you were stuck on an island with Ginger and Mary Ann...would you want to fix the boat?"

[@blahblah9740]

OMG the memories! I remember that robot and how it reminded me of the robot from another oldie show “Lost in Space.” Thanks again, Rick, for bringing me back to those good ol days! 😁👍

[@dr.migalitoloveless1651]

It's the same one. Robbie the Robot.

[@greypon3135]

@@dr.migalitoloveless1651 That is not Robbie the Robot.

[@fleetcomm1]

TV shows & movies were just entertainment and we enjoyed it without question or Twitter. Gilligan’s Island had so many plot holes. The boat was never the issue but everyone who landed on that island and left had a reason to leave them stranded, unreported.

[@Alan.Bishop]

My favorite episode (in color) was "Allergy Time" where everyone was allergic to Gilligan (actually his shampoo) and had to get allergy shots from the professor" in B/W my favorite was the pilot after the storm where the radio announcer gives their full character names.

[@jamesstuart3346]

It was pointless to patch the Minnow as she had been tossed way up the beach in a storm by a huge wave. It would take an even bigger wave to refloat it and who's going out in a storm

[@danlegrand613]

My theory is that they were all killed in the shipwreck and Gilligan was the only one who knew it. At the screw ups that prevented them from being rescued were orchestrated by Gilligan so they would not figure out they were dead. lol

[@ecurb10]

Ooooh, I like that! Wow, that's actually pretty good....good idea for a remake......

[@LaikaLycanthrope]

It's called "Lost". ;)

[@grahamcann1761]

I'd forgotten, but I remember (decades ago) when I watched that, and understanding. Thank you so very much for the video. In my 'head-cannon' The skipper was a train engineer, who joined the secret service, then went on vacation to a desert isle. (You'll have to be a fan of Alan Hale Jr. for this one.)

[@steakknives]

This video could be thirty seconds and entertaining. "That idiot Gilligan destroyed the boat with pancake syrup!!"

But why did the entire boat break apart if there was only one or two holes to fix?

[@ralfie8801]

stan broniszewski Because that's what the script says happened.

[@johntapp1411]

stan broniszewski maybe this sap gave off corrosive fumes and rotted all the other boards. It’s been known to happen.

[@doop8436]

@ If I remember they said they coated different parts of boat to make sure it was air tight and no water could get in..

[@nowthatsjustducky]

How could he have known what would happen? He can hardly take the blame for that.

[@finscreenname]

I remember watching this as a little kid (4 or 5) and saying why didn't they take the flybridge apart and use the screws and wood for repairs. The reply was, it's a TV show.

[@misterdarwin]

In the first season, when the show was in black and white, there was an episode in which they tried to repair the boat with glue that caused the boat to fall apart. This isn't a revelation. It's part of the show.

[@firechicken2011]

I’m just amazed that someone this young would even know what Gilligan’s Island even was.. much less be troubled by it. Darn it! I didn’t win the DVD!

[@phydeux]

My favorite stupid thing from the show was how they had the ship's wheel nailed to the port side of the prow, right through the railing. (See 0:50 in the clip) This makes about as much sense as putting a car's steering wheel over the front left wheel arch. I know it's just a TV show, but even seeing the show as a kid I knew that didn't look right.

[@sbyrstall]

If the professor could keep a radio up and running, with all the material on the boat he could have made a two-way, or at least something that could create a distress signal. To get an AM radio to sound as good as it did, they had to be within 50 miles of the mainland.

[@nathanieldaiken1064]

He got a "skip" on the radio signal.

[@JNVids4U]

Why do people care if a old show makes sense it wasn’t the 2010’s where pretty much every movie and show has to make sense or have a explanation to why something happened, just sit back and enjoy the great shows & movies of the past.

[@kirkstinson7316]

They showed it in an episode. He tried to forge nails to repair it but couldnt. Beyond that the only wood available on the island is palm and not suitable? The original SS Minnow is a wooden hull boat and would rot fairly quickly

[@ltech12]

How about some Green Acres!

[@lesliegrimes5136]

Ltech12, Ooooo, yes! 😄👍✨

[@williamhaynes7089]

Why was the phone never installed in olver's house? why did he always have to climb the pole

[@greypon3135]

@@williamhaynes7089 Because the Pixley hardware store ran out of the wire needed to finish the job and they hadn't ordered more.

[@richardbutton1179]

The producer based the charcters on people he actually knew and thats how they were in real life and the actors that were chosen were the ones that best represented them.

[@DJMARTIN73]

According to the script; how long were they stranded? And how in the hell did Gillian take ownership of the island?

[@mariabrandon7394]

I watch the episode where the boat was destroyed. Im surprised people dont remeber that.

[@ld1855]

I never saw that episode.

[@katherineirving7189]

Many people realized decades ago why they could'nt fix the Minnow. I was 7. (1967), when I started watching the show. I always remembered how the sap triggered the destruction of the Minnow. Thanks for sharing anyway.

[@Bluewash68]

I want to know, why every person that came to the island and got off. Did Not send help???

[@loki6253]

Me. Even jungle boy would have eventually learned how to speak and tell someone

[@alanlowe9795]

Uncharted island , they probably did not know the lat and longitude. Besides it would have ruined the show. I guess.

[@mra57]

These people ALL had their reasons!

[@ChrisLichowicz]

Canonically (?) He did once. The glue melted. The professor used homemade glue made out of tree syrup (what other kind could he get?) to fix the hole in the side of the boat with wood planks. When they launched the MInnow into the lagoon, the boards gave away and it sunk never to be seen again. The episode is titled "Goodbye Island".

[@eloiseockert6561]

If the Professor had fixed the boat the castaways would have been able to return to civilization the show would have ended and the.performers would have been unemployed!

[@michaelwier1222]

Eloise Ockert....Then Gilligan should be thanked for ruining all the rescues or they would have been unemployed.

[@kevinswales7003]

They could have had the castaways rescued, having the tree sap actually work. Then the show could have had the skipper use the island, called "Gilligan's Island", as his new chartered cruise location. This way the island could have been used as a weekly island getaway. The seven original castaways could have had jobs on the island, The professor teaching science, Skipper & Gilligan as boat crew, The girls as cooks, then the Howels as the party planners. The tourists would have been up to 10 guest passengers each week coming for a weekly island get-away. There would be a giant hotel hut for 10 tourists. Anyone from Hollywood could have been a guest passenger tourists.

[@rjirish63]

The reason the boat didn’t work was because the spark plug were taken by evil Ginger took them.

[@garyroy3503]

That was her boat, not the original Minnow.

[@davidfillmore3151]

anyone who has watched Gilligan's island knows that once the castaways were shipped wrecked they tried to glue the boat back together with tree sap and it ended up destroying the complete ship structure making it impossible to use.