Where is Gilligan's Car NOW from the TV Show "Gilligan's Island"?

[@roberttelarket4934]

Jay Leno no doubt has it!

[@runawaywind6734]

I agree. Leno has to own it. Even if he doesn't he needs to have one built. I Could picture him saying, ' And now for the grand finale'... Lol

[@ejf0255]

He most certainly does. LoL. Totally jealous of his rides!!

[@lorenzopotts904]

🤣🤣🤣

[@traczebabe]

Robert Telarket 😂😂😂Awesome!!!

[@toddfowler4017]

If he doesn't have it, he wants it!

[@harrykeel8557]

It always amazes me that they could come with a car, dentist drill, but wasn't able to build a boat. Now they several rafts and attempted to have the Skipper and Gilligan make it to the shipping lanes, but it somehow never worked out.

[@1pcfred]

If you were trapped on a desert island with Ginger and Mary Ann how hard would you try to get off?

[@waverider227]

@@1pcfred Russel Johnson the actor who played the professor said he got asked this all the time and said “ if you were stranded on a island with 2 beautiful women, would you really try to leave.

[@rjwalker4153]

I thought I remembered reading years ago that the car was in a museum some where. So this surprises me that it's where abouts are unknown . Maybe it was a just a replica of the car, which wouldn't be too tough to do. I know when I was kid, I wanted to get in it and pedal it !!

[@CJHallx]

Last I saw it there were Uber and Lift badges on it.

[@michaeltaylor1603]

I always loved, the compressor for scuba diving & spider cider distiller. There are plenty of others. Also I loved the starfish for the emblem & blow fish for the taxi meter. Yeah! Would be funny to watch Antiques Road show or Collectors Call to see this item show UP!

[@randytim512]

I dig that car! The Starfish hood ornament was a nice touch! Fun video Rick! 🙂

[@johngillespie3994]

Back at the end of "Gilligan's Island" I don't think they realized what a television treasure that the show would have become, so I think they just tossed out the bamboo car.

[@benlujan288]

I agree.

[@reedycreekjeemer989]

Thanks, Rick; really fun video. (Amazing how much work it takes to put together even a relatively simple video, isn’t it? You always do a great job, and your efforts are appreciated.) Hooray Classic TV!

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

I knew the car was from the third season but I swear it was a half-dozen episodes. That is funny. Thank you again. Thank you for helping me to stay positive.

[@damiendenver7322]

Thank you Rick for this and all your very interesting and historical reviews of our favorite shows!!!

[@ricknineg]

You got it!

[@johnoksys7713]

Great Video Rick 👍 Keep Up The Good Work

[@willmack5909]

That car was cozy to me for some odd reason.

[@Hellodarknessmyolefriend]

Dude!!!! Where's my car ????😂🚗

[@zibbyzubb]

Wow! I have not thought about that movie in a long time.

[@BrianNeal]

Check with the American Pickers or Rick Harrison at Gold and Silver Pawn in Vegas. One of them might have it, or know who does! I know someone came into Rick's shop a few years back with Gilligan's Island Props!

[@gardgoldsmith3304]

Fantastic!! Love ya, Rick!! Thank you!

[@sbjennings99]

Awesome informative Video experience 👏 Y'alls God Bless Ya

[@thomaslucas6079]

I think it was a modified Golf cart with a Bamboo frame around it. Maybe the producer of the show lent his golf cart or took the one from the show for his own personal use. Maybe that is why he said I don't know what happened to the Golf cart because he didn't want to give it back.

[@nocalsteve]

Ralph Nader had it recalled.

[@johnbockelie3899]

" Hi welcome to.Jay.Leno's garage, over here we have Gilligan's bamboo car."

[@NeuroDiv_Skunk8785]

Crash tested: not pretty!

[@robinknollinger5859]

New to your channel and LOVE it I am a fan , love the show's that you give us visit to. I think the car from the show reminds me of the the Flintstone mobile , which is another show I love and our a fan of. I would like to see you comment's on other show in black and white like,Father knows best or early seasons of Bewitch , love black and white season's, they seem to be the best. Love your work in all area's keep it up.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.

[@davidjames666]

i have the Gilligan mobile in my basement. it is there behind some old Picasso paintings

[@johnchalleen3278]

Not any more...I just liberated it and took your stolen art collection with.

[@selah62]

you don't have genuine Dubov painting?

[@davidm3493]

Aw dude. You beat me to the joke. 😂

[@chuckthetrashmanjr]

You got my Picasso's!

[@bradleyweiss1089]

selah62 That was great.

[@edd2771]

I’m assuming it was a golf cart. Plenty of those around the studio.

[@traczebabe]

Ed D That’s is most likely to me as well. It just makes sense.

[@markmedina5543]

My cousin worked at Universal in the 80s and 90s. He told me one of the original mechanical sharks used in the movie JAWS was just thrown behind a building on the lot. It had been there for over 15 years and was covered in leaf's and dirt. He pulled out one of the teeth and gave it to me for a souvenir. Most movies and tv shows throw away great stuff once there finished filming.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Hey Rick,, wouldn't it be amazing to see that the Gilligan mobile was found in someone's garage next to an old classic car that has been locked away for years only to be found after the persons passing? Over 87.5 thousand subs, Good Night Nurse!!! The channel is on fire! Stay safe & healthy 😷

[@ricknineg]

I’d be so amazed if we found it! Thank you thank you! Channel is doing great during this time and it is much appreciated and needed. Thanks again for your longtime support! 90 is coming!

[@erockscott1184]

Rick on Pawn stars has it...he didn't pay a penny more than $40 for it. Big Hoss and Chumley sit in it to play video games in the house.

[@PatJones82]

I think the question is: What exactly was it? Was it a golf cart just covered up with bamboo and such? If so, I'm guessing the covering was just removed and the cart went on being a golf cart for some other purpose.

[@rixx46]

Exactly. It’s like wondering where the third palm tree on the left went after the show ended.

[@haroldtaylor5640]

A pedal powered golf cart? Never seen one of those before…

[@chukzombi]

@@haroldtaylor5640 the pedal shots were edited in. it they couldnt film those shots while the car was moving

[@SSN515]

You are probably correct. Or a motorized converted camera dolly or some equipment lift. I don't think they would have Bob Denver actually pedalling a "car" with the weight of people in it.

[@frankmiklos9982]

Exactly what I said above. Posted it before I read your comment

[@scotth.9170]

Thank you, Rick. It must have been fun to be part of the props department on Gilligan’s Island.

[@Coolyguy27]

I think you are right about it being taken apart. It was leaning against a wall. And somebody trashed it not knowing what it was

[@todd5082]

I doubt it was stolen. U have to think back then a bamboo prop from a cancelled show wouldn’t be “collectable” like it would be today. I’m guessing it was thrown out along with all the other palm fronds. I do remember in the late 90’s on eBay the original drinking coconuts used on the set of Gilligan’s Island (not actually coconuts). Expensive but would have been cool to have.

[@DCJNewsMedia]

R9G..... You are toooo coooool thanks....!!!

[@ricknineg]

You are the coolest!

[@chevyman1722]

Haha hey there guys and gals... lol love it...I seen that Emergency with the great pics around the shop way to cool...👍

[@keelay1977]

Where’s Gilligan’s car? No one knows. Thanks for watching! 😂👍🏽

[@normac.1953]

🤗🤗🤗 Rick, you're spoiling us!!! Keep these great vids coming! Love it, love it, love it!! ❣❣❣

[@yuvgotubekidding]

I would say it was dismantled and mostly trashed.

[@JeffHealeyOuro]

Yeah, I'm thinking that the burden is on anyone who thinks that the producers would have had a reason to have kept it in the first place. It's like asking, "What happened to the cooking oil which was used to fry Queen Elizabeth's fish and chips?" When you're done with a prop like that car, you get rid of it. At the time, it's no more sentimental than an empty plastic milk jug.

[@gvalan]

For lovers of Gilligan's Island, this is a question that has been rolling around in their sub conscious forever! Thanks for providing some insight if not closure!

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

Good Morning, Rick! You know it's gonna be a good day when you wake up to a new 9G Gilligan video.

[@harryscott9533]

I'm still working on my coconut radio! lol🤓🙋‍♂️👍

[@hifijohn]

I like how its a pedal car but still has a hood like it has an engine.

[@rixx46]

Interesting as always but more than a little misleading. It was just a very flimsy prop used in a few episodes of course it was just “cast away”. 😐

[@larryyeadeke7409]

Stealing it would be stupid.. It's one of a kind so you wouldn't want it where anyone could see it. And what's the point of stealing it if you can't show it to anyone.

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

Rick have you ever tried to interview Dawn Wells? I do not know if she would be up for any interviews but it would be fun. I have seen her interviewed before and she seemed very down-to-earth. Take care again bye.

[@bestdealdoors]

I got one Email from her when Russell Johnson the "professor" died in Bainbridge Island Washington State. I sent her an Email telling her I'm sorry about Russell Johnson passing away. She sent me an Email back saying he was a kind and dear man. 🙂

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

@@bestdealdoors I thought the show was fun but the history of the cast members I found very interesting. More complex then many people would think.

[@donnicholas7552]

It was probably thrown out. I'd like to think somebody saved it. If it exists, it needs to be put in a classic TV museum!

[@33VMUH]

I'd like to know how the "Giliganmobile" actually functioned when on screen. I seriously doubt Bob Denver actually propelled the car around the set by manually pedaling it. It probably had a small electric motor or maybe stagehands off-camera pulled it with hidden ropes. Does anybody know for sure?

[@SteveSmith-os5bs]

33VMUH I was thinking the exact same question, did the car actually work?

[@scdevon]

This is definitely the kind of prop that would have been pulled along by stage hands with small wires, etc.

[@AcmeRacing]

It looks like they rebodied a golf cart with wicker, thatch and bamboo. The scale is right, and the front tire looks like the turf tires on a golf cart.

[@yanni2112]

@@AcmeRacing As a retired Golf Car Mechanic I agree!

[@patrickhorvath2684]

You can see the way it takes off that it's a golf cart electric motor powering it

[@MsSweetpea1958]

I think it's like when Kramer found the Merv Griffin set in a dumpster...it got junked.

[@rbspider]

A few years ago a TV company built a fake elevator in the building where I worked . It had the sliding doors , the elevator panel , a removeable back to shoot people coming onto the elevator . They were just going to tear it down after the shoot but the company I worked for wanted it . We gave them some money, I think mainly to cover the cost of the elevator panel . A few years later we left the building and the place was destroyed to make room for a new building . I would guess it was just part of the rubble. If I had a playroom I would have loved to have moved it to my house. We used it as a two or three people lunch area and sometimes I would trick visitors into using the elevator to get to other floors.

[@flowertrue]

Let's start a petition to name it "Gilligan's Batmobile". I have zero doubt Adam West would be smiling down from bat-heaven in approval.

[@jfryza]

Gilligan must have stronger legs than you think to move that car so fast with three people in it.

[@jons.6216]

You aren't kidding when you mentioned how props and things get tossed aside after a show's cancellation!! Case in point would be a super large "prop" - ie the entire Partridge Family bus!! I read in one of the books that it had been sold and then abandoned in the parking lot of a taco stand in the LA area!! I even once saw it on an episode of CHiPs in a background shot or two!!

[@todd5082]

CHIPs. Lol

[@themanwins8102]

I completely forgot about the Partridge Family show!! Thanks for the memory reminder!!

[@bustyrandit]

The large Death Star prop was found in a Midwest antique shop being used as a trash can.

[@descendantoffools9767]

Love your channel, brings back so many great childhood memories. How about something on another show that was very popular back in the day, My Favorite Martian.

[@ricknineg]

I’ve covered so many shows. You should look at my playlists. I will be adding more continuously. Thanks for the amazing support!

[@rogersowers9837]

If you find 007 Astro Martin car.....Gilligans car will probly be right beside it.

[@paul28fo]

I love that you did a video on this little island car. When I was a kid (and even now) I thought this was the coolest thing ever--loved those bamboo fender skirts for sure. My first thought was someone from the studio took it home, not stolen per se but the execs there probably said Hell yeah, take it away, what are we going to use it for? Probably fell apart over time and then discarded or perhaps still intact and stored. That's my guess.

[@k.b.tidwell]

I’m with you on how cool it was. Every time I saw it (or any of the inventions for that matter) I immediately began conjuring how I could make my own. I mean if castaways on an island could do it, why couldn’t I? Ah, the joys of being a kid with no idea how hard real life really was.

[@stclairstclair]

As an auto mechanic I love how the professor could build things like this but couldn't build or repair a boat....

[@ricknineg]

It was impossible to fix a boat that was completely non-existent at this point. I made a video on it. You should check it out

[@almanuel6140]

my guess is the prop dept dismantled it and reused the bamboo for other props or set decorations. it could have also been dismantled and trashed.

[@MyPumpkin75]

Isn't it on the Universal Studios lot as part of the tram tour? Along with the Flintstones car, Batmobile, Jurassic Jeep, etc?

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Dawn Wells has it and still uses it.

[@oldfordcarsandtrucks]

could you please do one on the Munster coach ? I remember Lilly had it built in one episode. Thanks

[@michaellowe3665]

Presidential limo in North Korea.

[@LANESxNOWONLYx]

My most favorite scenes involving the Gilliganmobile were 3 instances from the "Ring Around Gilligan" episode. First, was that ultra-serious look on Gilligan's face as he kept his eyes turned forward as he sat up straight & tall while driving his cart during the Fort Knox heist rehearsal. Second, during the epilogue, was how Mrs. Howell so kindly & graciously told Gilligan thank you while he was being a courteous gentleman & lend her a hand in climbing aboard in the back seat of his cart. And third, also during the epilogue, would be the expression on Mr. Howell's face & the way he reflexed upon watching Gilligan push down the lever to activate the taxi meter just before departing at that ultra-high Gilligan speed Three invaluable scenes in television history... By the way, if the historic Gilliganmobile prop did exist today, completely in tact, as it originally was, it's my opinion that it should be in the Smithsonian Institute. Exquisitely on display alongside Fonzie's Jacket & Archie Bunker's Chair!

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

Does anyone else see water disturbance from a tow cable at 3:10 pulling "the car" and a few stills beyond to the corner of that little jetty sticking out on the far side.

[@ricknineg]

Yes it was operated by pulled tow wire

[@Jared_Wignall]

It’s interesting to think about what happened to Gilligan’s car. Anything could have happened to it. Thanks for the video Rick. Keep up the great work!

[@rickgeller6043]

Gas ⛽️ prices were too high thanks to Biden

[@Marz5004]

Cool post. 👍 ~~Marz

[@hazelkagey6739]

I never got to see those episodes. Such a cool idea. I doubt the two remaining stars have any idea what happened to it.

[@wileecoyote5749]

It sold at Barrett Jackson auctions few years ago for $6.70

[@scottm.franklinnc7942]

Lol ... that much😳 ? 🤔

[@julier.1902]

The Gilligan Batmobile works for me!

[@julier.1902]

Maybe some wonderful subscriber will build a model one?????? hint hint

[@philipe7937]

I wanted that car too, it was so cool. I’d be happy to get a reproduction of it

[@bertholini2810]

You raise a good question. What happened to the car ? I doubt if anyone here actually knows. Frankly, I have to agree with Christopher.... dismantled and eventually tossed. What we (the general public) considered as "valuable" back then (when the show was made) and now are two (very) different item's. And yes, I feel that Christopher is correct again saying that if the car were here, even in a state of disrepair, it would have been offered by the current owner as for sale/auction. Very nice channel, thank you for posting !!

[@barrykelly2722]

I forgot all about the car when I saw Ginger's legs

[@sauluribe7082]

That hutmobile is the island castaways one brilliant island engineering. Give Skipper and the Professor credit.

[@ColonialTwinFollies]

I’m sure it’s sitting in some garage somewhere, alongside My Mother The Car, and Car 54, Where Are You?!

[@rsprockets7846]

And the orig. Chariot from LIS the space pod, Jupiter all. And the Brady bunch cudas

[@RobTheNotary]

My Mother The CR was a1928 Porter, classic

[@rsprockets7846]

Not really, it was a street rod by gearhead NORM GRABOWSKI and it was fitted with top and wire wheels to look like 1928..still exists

[@frankmiklos9982]

I worked on two movies. My guess is that it was an electric golf cart, with the bamboo body and added to it. Most likely the bamboo was removed and it went back to work on the backlot. But if not many times things are given away, to production people. I have items from both movies that I worked on.. both times one of the producers gave me the items. They don't want or need most of this stuff after the production is over.

[@sottodimitrios4304]

That car was so cool my brother and I tried to build one when we were kids out of cardboards

[@louisloseau9049]

The hardest thing to believe about Gilligan's Island is why would Mary Ann be unescorted on a sightseeing tour. Come on a girl that hot would have a guy right alongside her

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I think they all just found themselves with a few hours to kill, for different reasons. None of them woke up that day and thought, "A boat tour with a free lunch sounds like an excellent idea."

[@ricvis44]

Mary Ann had a boyfriend. And why didn’t Ginger have a man with her. You know she was a Golddigger. You know she would have some guy that made a lot of money.

[@mikerca]

It showed up on the Counting Cars show on the history channel. Danny installed a big block engine in it !!

[@ROGER2095]

Danny went nuts when he saw how none of the panels lined up. Gotta redo the whole thing. . . . .

[@rgd963]

the car was a modified striped down Cushman Minute Miser 3 TUG warehouse car own by the studio they had many and was battery run. its in a private collection .

[@smokedog9677]

Wasn't it in the movie as well? I don't know if the movie came during or after the show.

[@aflaz171]

I can't believe no one's gone to the island to look for it!

[@michaelmckenna6464]

That bamboo car was probably just a golf cart that was borrowed for the show. The bamboo siding was probably tied or taped to the golf cart and used for only a couple of minutes. Maybe only the side facing the camera was the only part to have the bamboo siding (tricks of the cameraman). The same footage of Gilligan driving his “bamboo car” was probably used repeatedly. The car was seen only a few times because the studio needed their golf cart back. The bamboo siding was disposed of immediately afterwards.

[@janeconte4375]

Rick I just spit mybsoda out as I'm writing I'm listening when you said Gilligan's batmobile lmao. Here's an idea try to find what show was later filmed in the Gilligan spit

[@PaulTesta]

@ R9G: congratulations on hitting 88,000 subscribers!!!

[@renafan3333]

They probably just tore it apart when the show ended. Why did Gilligan's have a car for an island that wasn't even a mile around? You could walk around that island and be back in like 20 minutes.

[@ricknineg]

Why not have a car on an island? The pleasures of home. 😎

[@BeckVMH]

Thurston Howell: “Rich people don’t walk, we ride.” 😀

[@renafan3333]

@@ricknineg That is true Crazy Little Brother lol

[@renafan3333]

@@BeckVMH That is true lol

[@musicman4712]

Kinda weird, the professor was always going to the other side of the island to conduct experiments and would be away a day or two. He probably needed to get away from those nuts for awhile.

[@gregmartinez3389]

Nesom has it in quarantine...LORD HAVE MERCY

[@markchandler90]

Hi Rick Enjoy your videos especially Lucy and the Munsters. Perhaps you could do a feature in the Munsters OTHER family car a 1937 Cadillac Fleetwood V8 formal sedan. If you google that you will see that the b/w photos are stills of the two episodes it was shown. One where Lily is driven by an invisible chauffeur to a used car lot where she commissions building of the hot rod that well all know... I think the salesman was Don Rickels. The other Herman falls asleep in the back after retrieving Lily’s coat and the car is stolen by gangsters. As a lifelong car enthusiast I was always fascinated by that Cadillac and thought it well suited the show.

[@NeuroDiv_Skunk8785]

Although the front is the wrong shape, I can imagine a first-gen Scion xB done up with a "Gilligan-mobile" body wrap!

[@todd5082]

Would love to see anything on one of the biggest tv shows of all time, Star Trek!

[@ricknineg]

I have a video on Spock and the salute. Check it out! More to come

[@todd5082]

I know. But there were so many cool things that went on behind the scenes of Star Trek. So many! Without Lucile Ball there wouldn’t be a Star Trek.

[@descendantoffools9767]

We have the great Lucille Ball to thank for that show. She's the one that gave it the green light.

[@ricknineg]

Todd Rey yea, I addressed that too in a separate video. I’m a huge ST TNG and DS9 fan as well. All in due time 🤗

[@ralfie8801]

Get your flip phone out, the idea for it was stolen from the communicators they used on the show when cell phones came out.

[@jondo1830]

With the advent of ebikes, I think it could easily be copied today. It would be a fun project! Imagine what they would sell for!

[@peterevans2500]

Dianne celento American actress She had a restaurant in pt Douglas North Queensland Australia. She had the coconut cups and glasses. In 1990.

[@reestv]

Peter Evans Australian actress actually

[@Mr5150Sarge]

I think Rick should recreate the Gilligan Mobile and outfit it with a Tesla motor. They could become new eco-friendly taxis across the world. Rick’s retirement solved. You’re welcome

[@ricknineg]

Genius!

[@moosefactory133]

Rumor has it that it is going to the prototype of the reincarnation of the Yugo

[@joeyday9739]

My uncle took alot of stuff from that show. And his coworker also they are both dead now I seem to remember seeing a bunch of parts that could have made that car in his huge shed in Huntington Beach. I am sure most of that stuff was sold as junk when he died and my Aunt moved in with one of her kids.

[@jamesmurray8558]

There is old man who collect cans in a golf cart.I call him Mr.Howell.He just laughs.

[@stepvanjoe3469]

You should do a video on the castaways getting off the island once they find that old airplane

[@ALSmith-zz4yy]

Love the starfish hood ornament.

[@glennevitt5250]

But where is the SS minnow

[@bradleeyoung7010]

Four boats played the part of the SS Minnow. One was used in the opening credits and rented in Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Honolulu. Another boat, the Bluejacket, was used in the opening credits shown during the second and third seasons and eventually turned up for sale on Vancouver Island in August 2006, after running aground on a reef in the Hecate Strait on the way south from Alaska. One boat was used for beach scenes after being towed to Kauai in Hawaii. The fourth Minnow was built on the CBS Studios set in the second season. The Minnow was named in reference to Newton Minow, chairman of the U.S. FCC, in response to Minow's landmark 1961 speech "Television and the Public Interest"; the speech lambasted television producers for producing, among other things, "formula comedies about totally unbelievable" characters (not unlike Gilligan's Island) and creating a "vast wasteland" of bad television.

[@TheBoomerPlace]

Great vid as usual. My theory is this. We look at this kind of stuff as collectible. The producers etc regard these types of things, in many cases, as disposable props that get in the way. As such, they are simply disposed of without any fanfare at all.

[@buddyhawkins9883]

What I want to know is, why did they have so many changes of clothing for a 3 hour tour?

[@musicman4712]

Right ! Well, at least the Howell's, Ginger and Mary Ann did. Gilligan, The Skipper and the Professor wore the same clothes all the time.

[@raptur313r]

Yeah im certain it was destroyed, I don't remember what episode Gilligan was pedaling that made the washing machine spin, look into it. If I'm right I want to know lol

[@retrogameroom9019]

Private collector bought it at auction. My dad bid 600 on it sold for 2500. Atleast 1990

[@jamesbarker213]

At the 1:17 mark Ginger appears to be wearing a wedding ring, or anniversary ring. Was the Ginger character married?

[@dhearndon]

I’ve seen every show and I never heard her say she was married. She does talk a lot about guys she worked with as a actress.

[@PaulTesta]

@@dhearndon Especially "Rock-ery Hud-peck!" 😄

[@jamesbarker213]

dhearndon I’ve seen them all too, several times going back to when it was on during prime time. Yes. I am old(er).

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Unmarried characters frequently show up wearing a wedding ring. The actors just forget to remove it

[@perry92964]

back in the 60's tv and movie props werent collectables, nobody was collecting old tv junk props were just tossed in a pile and forgot about for years, the enterprise model was almost completely desroted till some one found it many years later, and im sure the studio spent way more on that then gilligans car, im sure after the show was cancelled and if it actually worked someone took it home and gave it to there kids and eventually threw it in the trash, however it sure would be cool to have it show up after all those years

[@mikestang679]

It's got the new Chrysler "Hellaphant Hemi" installed, and touring the drag race scene on "Street Outlaws" Memphis

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

I know it's been over 30 years since I watched Gilligan's Island... but... HE HAD A CAR??? I do not remember a car and I watched this show religiously as a kid!