Gilligan's Island!--Hidden DETAILS You PROBABLY Did NOT See in THESE Episodes!

[@Susie_Floozie]

That pseudo-photographic shot of the island from space is the most unreal version! The logs on the S that Gilligan jumps look to be 5 feet long. I used the baseline of the L as a guide...which means that even adding room for exceptionally radiant firelight, the island must be something like 20 feet across and a little over 100 feet long.

[@guineapiglady2841]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLastSane1]

I always try to remember that the scenes that involve a comedy bit are sorta unreliable narration. So yeah the Astronaut view is clearly meant to be a joke an they just used some random island and superimposed the SOL onto it. It would have cost much more to get a model done since they didnt have exact specs just for one joke shot.

[@Susie_Floozie]

@@TheLastSane1 Yeah, comedy produces wild variables--but the topic was which map seems to be the most accurate, and that's what I was going by.

[@demonic7610]

My theory is what the astronauts saw was another island that someone did have Sol's name on it, mainly because of your own comment being too accurate with what I was thinking. the first 2 maps are the closest to accurate and probably a mixture of both.

[@cjalexanderjr8811]

The astronauts were able to magnify the image of the logs on fire that's why it does not look in proportion to the island.

[@McPh1741]

Don’t forget about the episode where they find a drawing of the island in a stone tablet. The Professor even comments on how accurate the lagoon was.

[@Artorius19631]

SOL is also an abbreviation of something else... “sh*t outa luck” 😆

[@Jared_Wignall]

These hidden details in shows like Gilligan's Island are always cool to see in these videos. I appreciate the work you put into these videos Rick, keep up the great work. Take care!

[@ricknineg]

So glad that you have been enjoying the videos, Jared

[@jjmars9160]

I'm Gen-X and I still enjoy watching Gilligan's Island when it's on TV.

[@Jared_Wignall]

@@jjmars9160 I’m a millennial, but same here. Shows like Gillian’s Island are excellent.

[@alexshatner3907]

@@ricknineg Well my take on the so called creepy could just have been a maintenance guy that was not aware that from his perceptive, he assumed that the of distance from where he stood, he would have never thought that he could be visible to the crew being videotaped, he just happen to be there as a curious bystander,. If I had worked for the studio, and I would been repairing something on the opposite end, I would have stood there to, so I don't see anything out of the ordinary, now on the other hand if the man would have appeared to be floating 5 feet above ground then, that would been documented and talked about for centuries to come. But he was just an employee that was curious about the development of that particular series of events. So Rick based on my feeling, please respond and correct me if I missed something that suggest otherwise.

[@randytim512]

I guess I imagined the island to be something like the Professor's Map. Great job piecing this all together for us and as always fun and entertaining. Thanks Rick!!!

[@RandiRain]

I'm just going to go with rising and lowering tides change the shape. The oblong part of the SOL island is right at water level and sometimes underwater.

[@ricknineg]

Ooo I ever thought of tides

[@jonathanswift2251]

Which means you answered which one is the most accurate!

[@zzzut]

It’s amazing how many continuity and consistency errors were made in most 50’s and 60’s sitcoms. And as you pointed out before, many different secondary roles were given to the same actor (e.g. Frank Nelson in I Love Lucy) hoping no one would notice. I believe this is all due to the fact that producers couldn’t imagine that those episodes would be seen more than once or possibly twice in summer reruns.

[@Not-THAT-ChrisPratt]

I've mentioned this before and agree wholeheartedly. For a show that began almost 60 years ago, I'm sure the writers etc NEVER imagined anyone rewatching and comparing the actual shape of the island 🤣 That being said, I think it's fun to do so!

[@davidaltman3867]

very true. on wagon train robert horton wrote a history of his character so the writers would be consistant . on the virginian the era changed every season, in season one they fought in the spainish american war season two mentioned grover cleaveland getting back in and in season four the brooklyn bridge being completed. i`m sure the writers were different ones over the course of 3 seasons and no one remembered what was what

[@bodontknowsuperbowl]

Not only 50's and 60's shows, but later shows as well. In some of the earlier M*A*S*H episode with Henry, Trapper, and Frank, it is 1952. Then in some of the later episodes with COL Potter, B.J. and Winchester, it is 1951. In an earlier episode, Radar had a tattoo. Then a later episode was about Radar getting a tattoo. There are all kinds of continuity errors on TV, much more obvious than the shape of Gilligan's Island. I think the writers of the shows need to pay more attention to the show that they are writing for and have more respect for fans.

[@bigmonmagoomba9634]

Watch The Rockford Files awhile. The same character actors show up time and again; sometimes playing completely different characters just a couple episodes apart.

[@yabbadabba1975]

Same reason there was no concern, at the time, for any long term residuals for the cast members.

[@marciawhite692]

Thank you for all your hard work. I love classic shows

[@ricknineg]

🙏

[@axelalex4980]

Well Rick, it's hard to argue against the space down view off the astronauts... even though it looks hand drawn and not a photo.

[@dianetheisen8664]

Right ❗

[@sfcmp7005]

My guess would be the Professors map is the most accurate. The Astronauts are looking through a lense. Back in the day our technology wasn't that good. If they got a fish bowl effect looking through the lenses you might then see an island that looked elongated. This could account for the way the astronauts view of the island was so different.

[@ImTheDaveman]

Fascinating! Although to be honest I was a kid when Gilligan's Island aired, and the shape of the island never really occurred to me, lol. I just loved the silliness of the castaways. Thanks for digging this up! As an old person now, I can appreciate the finer details of the show much better. 😁

[@jLjtremblay]

Very interesting! I remember as a kid noticing this very thing and also wondering why the volcano was not on the map. I must have been a nerdy kid or a cartographer in a previous life. Thanks! I enjoyed your video.

[@stevehoch9528]

What I would really like to see are pictures of what the actual set looked like back in the day. The lagoon and the set with all the huts especially.

[@82ndairbornevet]

Rick actually has a video posted from 2 years ago that goes over the studio lot and the lagoon.

[@ricknineg]

You’re so right! I covered this extensively. Here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZa0l3eiaNt1Y5Y

[@jerrybandy3827]

I found the location on Google maps using your earlier video and have it saved now. Of course it's all gone now but the location is tagged. It's actually on Gilligan's Island Road and Gunsmoke Avenue.

[@vannmann9597]

The map of the island at 5:28 is spot on with the classic shot we see of the island every week.

[@cadeevans4623]

Thanks for pointing out these hidden details that I have missed always great to find out about these and to share and point out interesting good eye Rick always thanks once again buddy great video and details

[@ricknineg]

🙏

[@cadeevans4623]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@tonyroam1471]

The Professor had the right map 👍

[@tammyevans7333]

T hanks for all the work, gr eat videos!

[@jenlemon4294]

I love when you do stuff like this, Rick. You are so thorough! I have a question. Is the compass rose different in the first two maps? I’m also very curious about your theory. I’m wondering if it has something to do with the fact that this is supposed to be an uncharted island. Great work as always❤️

[@1967DoctorWho]

If over the years that, if only by happenstance ... that "Gilligan's Island " was flown over, cryptographed, photographed, discovered, navigated (Wrong way Feldman) twice, then finally rescued & made into a vacation resort, etc... Would that not, make it charted? 🤔 😏

[@alexanders562]

I love this, especially knowing that the creators never thought we would be doing these analyses decades later looking for truth. There could one day be a Church of Gilligan carefully going over episodes and your videos.

[@ricknineg]

These deep dives are def fun

[@davidg1612]

Church of Gilligan? I'm in! What do we do? What days we do we congregate? Any holidays we can petition the government to recognize?

[@mikes622]

Even as a kid watching the one with the view from space looking down at the log SOS I thought if those logs were 10' ft long and using them as a measurement it was a way smaller island then seemed !!!!

[@AmericanActionReport]

As a researcher, primarily in documents more than photographs, I can speak from experience. You'd be surprised at how different two maps from the same, earlier, century actually look. The first two maps were drawn by people at ground level, with little experience at map making. Still, those two maps more closely resemble each other than any two maps of Taiwan made during the nineteenth century. As for the photograph (third image), I've tried to create fictional maps using images from space; and the third image is completely unrealistic. Somebody was in a hurry when he created that image, particularly the lagoon beach, which looks as if a chunk was scooped from a cake or something like that. I favor the butterfly collector's map over the professor's map. Most islands I've seen in maps and shot-from-space photos seem slightly (or more) elongated, apparently consistent with the flow of surrounding ocean currents.

[@TheLastSane1]

I would have to watch a few of the early episodes again but the Professor was an Amateur cartographer at least so his map should be the best of the two. Also it fits with the whitish regions probably just meant to be vague areas of note (The mountain, the huts, and the small lack below them) which are all three more defined on the Collector's map. the Professor was less worried about landmarks than overall size and shape were as the Collector was marking landmarks.

[@correlfreehand9454]

@@TheLastSane1 i would say combine profs and the other and probably would be the most accurate. one went for general size and features, while the other went for detail of places not the island itself. so i would say profs is more accurate physically, while the detailed one could be added to profs and fit together to be more detailed. the last one. i think was done on short notice, and they forgot what it really looked like and winged it.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@TheLastSane1 But, it's not. It vastly overstates the size of the lagoon and the location. We know definitively that the lagoon is not that large with respect to the island just because of how long it takes, an island small enough for that lagoon to be so prominent would be only a couple football fields in length. The final one is in some respects probably better, but as Jerry suggested, it was probably a quick job and not something they were likely to stand by. Given that there had only been 2 depictions in the previous 90 episodes, I'd wager they wouldn't have attempted to maintain continuity if the 4th season had been filmed. I'd also suspect that given that these were being aired on TV and home copies didn't become a thing for at least another decade, that there wasn't any effort made to make things consistent as you probably wouldn't see the episodes back to back and it was very hard to save screenshots.

[@ausi14u]

Great post thanks for keeping my youth alive.

[@bloodbrotherbear]

Hey man . Grew up with this show . Loved the giant spider episode ! And ya , let’s stay positive . Appreciate life ! Rock on !

[@ricknineg]

You rock!

[@gotsteem]

3:17 ~ I like the feather butterfly.. Nice touch.

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video.

[@drivanivan]

Great fun !!! ...thanks for the video

[@mikegrappone9078]

Rick - great work again! Thanks for creating.

[@ricknineg]

🙏

[@flowertrue]

The problem with the professor and the butterfly hunter's map is that the map is pretty much circular or oval with the huts near the midpoint. But in the show, the castaways often referred to "The other side of the island" as if it was rather far away, inaccessible and isolated. Obviously they were frequently at the lagoon, so when they went to the other side of the island, where did they go? I believe the space-view image was most accurate because the huts would have been at the lagoon end and the 'other side' could refer to the head at the other end. That ties in with Gilligan constantly being far away while roaming the island, presumably looking for food, berries, seeds, fruits, coconuts, etc. and frequently making discoveries like mind reading seeds, unknown wells, and native tribes with ugly daughters.

[@lisas7741]

But remember the cave with the gigantic spider in it was supposed to be on the other side of the island which meant it wasn’t close to where they lived. The one from space is the least likely to be the right one because that would make the island a lot smaller then we see in other episodes.

[@jeffbax1966]

Our high school drama teacher had a poster that had two wacky versions of Tweety Bird and the caption said consistentency deflates comedy. I like your interactions with your community!

[@ricknineg]

The best part is the interaction 😊

[@dadoctah]

You want inconsistencies, check out all the different appearances of Ranger Smith in the Yogi Bear cartoons. He's like six completely different people.

[@terrencedow2925]

First off, great channel! The Professors map by far! The inlet to the lagoon is great, the high points for mountains and some mountains have caves which we've seen and a certain Volcano too. Many remarks to the "Other side of the Island" and it always looked like a big deal, not a stroll.. BEWARE the Head Hunters! The producers thought about getting Gilligan his own Dinosaur for the show. Meaning BIG island! They even caught the "Old boar" for dinner, and the occasional Gorilla! Keep up the great work!

[@markswishereatsstuff2500]

The interior of the lagoon's beach would never be so calm during filming if it had that shallow of an entrance from the ocean in the third version, which is clearly a cartoon drawing rather than a photograph. I vote for the Professor's as it could be much bigger in size. The second version has the hut encampment really big for the size of the island and mountains would be not in proportion.

[@dennisanderson3895]

Big the Lord was not a cartographer, so did not produce his map to scale; he was more or less bookmarking general locations. I agree the Professor's map is the most accurate.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

The first two are definitely not right. We know that conclusively from all the time they spend near and in the lagoon. If those maps are correct, then the island is only a few hundred feet across. I do think that there are some issues with the view from space, but it's probably a closer depiction than the previous two.

[@visitandolosclasicos]

Wow ! Another fine video about one of my 60s favorites, thank you, Rick !

[@ricknineg]

Much appreciated!

[@christopherkraft1327]

Hey Rick, This is an interesting dilemma!!! On one hand the view from space, with the word "SOL" visible is supposed to be an actual picture from the space capsule. On the other hand you've got the Professors rendition that I want to say is most accurate because it was drafted by the Professor & he's the smartest man that ever lived!!! The third rendition is similar to the Professors but has its inaccuracies!!! Wow!!! This is really important stuff!!! 🙄

[@ricknineg]

Mind bending stuff

[@chrishooker7727]

I agree totally with you, Christopher!

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I was going to object and say Sherlock Holmes is the smartest...but then I remembered he's fictional.

[@christopherkraft1327]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Actually, The Professor is a fictional character too!!! 😁

[@lazyhomebody1356]

@@christopherkraft1327 You caught that ;)

[@strawman6085]

Fun video. I loved Gilligan’s Island when I was young. I vote for the professor’s map of the island. :)

[@CryptidWalks]

This will keep me up a night.

[@kevhed8]

Love your GI videos...so interesting. I agree with most people in the chat...the Professor's map is the accurate one. Given all the cool stuff he's built while on that island, I think an accurate map would be a piece of cake. He's got skills. Anyway, I'm a total GI nerd and grew up in the 70's watching this show all the time.

[@davidewhite69]

the Professor ALWAYS 'knew what he was doing'! :)

[@richardthomas754]

Except when he knew the island was sinking. But it was just Gilligan using the Professor’s measuring stick to hook the lobster traps in place.

[@morganm9040]

The professor made a great map, but just couldn't get them off that island!

[@ricknineg]

Poor Professor couldn’t do it all

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I like the way he made a good raft, and then when it sank (from the castaways smuggling gold bars) he never bothered to make another one!

[@themrzz566]

The Professor's is the accurate one:😁 The spaceship must be showing another island in the region because that's clearly a bay not a lagoon. Lord Beasley map appears to be showing a general topography of where a swallowtail may be sighted.

[@downplay1979]

I like the professor’s map best, but the most accurate version might be what the astronauts saw since the professor’s and the butterfly collector’s drawings could only be their own best estimates. Great video, and I love the fun questions you ask to get us thinking even more about our favorite shows and characters!

[@cannedmusic]

I liked how some of the camera sweeps in a couple episodes also show they have some power cables and a water tower.

[@Bob3519]

Nope, NASA/US government showed distorted map to deceive the commies.

[@rupe53]

@@cannedmusic ... probably using the back lot next to Hogan's Heros, which had a similar issue.

[@agriperma]

I also like the professors map, the way the lagoon canal curves matches what we see in the program, it also makes the island a bit bigger than the others, there were episodes where they said they were going to the far side of the island or something, and it was considered a hike, all three of these maps make the island look much more smaller than what we see in the program, or even the island shot from a distance, but at least the professor's map is a much closer match.

[@nickimontie]

Where's the Continuity team when you need them? 😁

[@dhpbear2]

One detail right off the bat. the S.S. MINNOW sign looks 'photo-shopped' onto that ship's wheel! (00:25)

[@angelsWin5109]

Professor is obviously right he’s the smart one

[@robertnicholls9249]

It makes me wonder whether the writers and producers ever thought about it. Remember that the Howells converted the island into a resort in one of the TV movies. The logistics involved there must have been mind blowing. In the movie it seemed to have been no big deal.

[@nealwhaley63]

To me, the biggest logistic would’ve been safety. How did they plan to keep the resort guests safe if another tsunami came through?

[@robertnicholls9249]

@@nealwhaley63 I agree. Not much high ground to speak of. Also, where would they have put any shelters?

[@michaellatta7699]

Safety wasn't a big concern in the 70s😋

[@SuStel]

My guess is the producers did have a map of the island, probably resembling the butterfly-hunter's map, along with a note to the effect of "but don't take this too seriously."

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@SuStel Yep, and it was probably just there as a basic guide so that not everything happened in the same place every episode that wasn't either in the village or next to the lagoon. I'm not sure that they considered that the show would be sold on home media, or that people would even watch it enough times to notice. This is the kind of stuff you notice when you've seen the episodes more than a few times.

[@HunterWayne-ov9hk]

Hunter 😧

[@rollomaughfling380]

The opening shot is of Moku o Loe (Coconut Island), in Kaneohe Bay, Hawai'i. I served at MCAS Kaneohe in the late '80s/early '90s, learned to sail with a mate in my Battalion, and we used to regularly rent the 30' Catalinas at the marina there, to go on sailing parties out in the the bay for the weekend, sometimes carrying girls, always carrying food and booze on our way to the sandbar (a beach island that would open up at low tide-many other boats around-BBQs, volleyball, etc.). Moku o Loe was my first destination just to put my feet on "Gilligan's Island," but we visited there many times starting out during our tours. Because "Gilligan's Island."

[@captaincomedian6320]

LOL You read into and put more thought into Gilligan's Island in this video than the production team did for the entire series!

[@ricknineg]

Haha thank you! Yup, that’s the goal of this channel. To have fun with and deep dive into these fun topics

[@michealadams1206]

WOW, the space shot was really different from the other two! Regardless, it's always fun to watch your videos! I remember watching the Gilligan Island originals on TV as a young boy! It was fantastic & fun to watch them all! I used to sing the theme song while taking baths & play with my little boat imagining it was going through the Gilligan Island storm-REALLY! I was around 5 years old at the time.

[@rager1969]

The answer is: the Professor is running a con. He had a grant to study the effects of putting a cross-section of modern people in a primitive setting. It was HE that orchestrated that particular group of people going on that particular cruise at the particular time. He knew that the storm was coming and that they would be caught up in it. He calculated they would land on that island, with a little help. Don't you find it strange that they all fell asleep during this storm and woke up on the island? The Professor slipped them al a mickey and used a sub that was tracking them to tow them to the island. Then, with the help of the sub crew. they piloted the Minnow onto the beach and damaged it so that the "castaways" couldn't use it to leave the island. The various visitors and situations were all orchestrated by the Professor to see how the group would react and adapt.

[@cyana5867]

A conspiracy theory! I like 👍🏼

[@Michael_Scott_Howard]

1st and 2nd were both correct. The 2nd is later in time and thus more refined. The 3rd it totally wrong.

[@dbc105]

LOL, it was a sit com, the writers likely didn't even think about the layouts being different. I'm 64 and have been watching Gilligan since I was a kid and it never crossed my mind until today I watched this vid. Pretty good stuff though. Glad to see someone like Gilliagan as much as I do.

[@kevinchurch2713]

After all the stuff that was built on the island...why the hell did'nt they fix the hole in the boat????...duh

[@danielbowden6330]

I just like the first map, so I'm going with that.

[@antoinemichaels4909]

i loved this show growing up but your attention to.deail is amazing.

[@ricknineg]

Much appreciated. My channel is all like this. I focus on the fun and unknown details of your fave shows. 1500 videos and counting. Enjoy

[@mhughes1160]

Never in my life would I have thought someone would make a career out of watching Gillian’s island . LoL 😂

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

He doesn't he also does Hogan's Heroes and The Munsters. 😛

[@AlexRamirez-fj4dj]

I think the professor is most accurate. As a master of several sciences it would be easy. The butterfly collector comes close to prof map. I can’t explain the astronauts unless what they are looking at is 2 islands that are so close but separated by water. Would explain why prof ignored it to focus on where they were at. Prof did mention there were other islands nearby when they had a headhunter after them and cannibals. My guess the astronauts viewer didn’t show the water gap between both islands

[@dennisanderson3895]

Although, if the astronauts were looking at the wrong, nearby, island they wouldn't *see* "SOL." I write off the orbital view as simply a production error and accept the Prof's as best with the collector's adding not-to-scale general details.

[@kevinwalter5083]

Hi Rick. I think the long Island from space is the most accurate for 2 reasons. First, there were several episodes that mentioned, "the other side of the island ", which would be away from the lagoon and hut area. Also, at the end of the opening credits, the island shown is definitely linear and not circular.

[@lanternlite75]

There's no aerial view of the island in the opening, you can't tell if it's circular or oblong from a practically ground level view.

[@Breeze0911]

Thank you for our pleasure!

[@brianhelle7064]

In my personal opinion the butterfly catcher & the astronaut camera is more accurate than the professors. Great video Rick keep them coming

[@montyrose78]

Rick with the passing of Tony Dow I was wondering if you were a fan of the LITB tv series ?

[@ricknineg]

I heard of his passing. Very sad. I’ve never seen LITB though

[@gmasnest8102]

R.i.P. Tony Dow. Rick, If you have never seen LITB, it would behoove you to watch and enjoy such a wonderful show, that even I still watch daily, smiling And reminiscing the good old days of t.v.

[@cyana5867]

What’s LITB?

[@gmasnest8102]

@@cyana5867 LITB= leave it to beaver

[@cyana5867]

@@gmasnest8102 Ty

[@MarkOakleyComics]

Well.., if we were working entirely within the story universe, I'd have to go with the astronaut view, because.., we are shown a 'real' image of the island. It's not a graphic drawn by somebody in-universe. However, taking the view from outside the fourth wall, knowing the way TV works, each production team is tasked with props in the moment and won't always have somebody around versed in the right information about what is and is not canon. I mean, there's no real island. Personally, I'm inclined to go with the Professor's original map; it has the advantage of his being the archetype of Man of Modern Knowledge who has lived on the island and presumably walked its perimeter and given it the cartography treatment. And he's not going to make mistakes, because his archetypal representation doesn't allow for error. His mind is perfect within the sphere of science. Plus his map just looks cooler. -Those shaded areas are how cartographers indicate altitude changes. Not lakes, because water bodies get hard outlines, so hills or mountains. (I had a great grade 5 teacher who taught us how to draw maps. I was very likely thinking of Gilligan's Island while doing my homework for her class!) Anyway, I really enjoy your videos! You've got just such a great attitude and interest in this stuff. Cheers!

[@cyana5867]

Did writers even think of “canon” before the Star Trek universe?

[@DCJNewsMedia]

Ric 99 million..your the man 👨

[@finscreenname]

This show drove me crazy as a kid. I grew up on an island off the coast of Maine. I would have been shipwrecked on that island for about 10 minutes with what they had and that was when I was 6 or 7 years old.

[@lilajagears8317]

When we were kids in the early 70s we lived in studio city ca across the st. from CBS studios. We were told about the "lagoon" and found it on the south end of the studio ( this around 3 years after the show was canceled) to say it was a disappointment is a uderstatement.They eventually paved over the lagoon and it's now a parking lot. That lagoon was really nasty.

[@RobMacKendrick]

Classic boat lovers: pause at 0:10 and 0:15 and drool over that boat basin.

[@christopherjohnston7953]

The way the lagoon opens to the ocean leaves only one map able to be an accurate depiction; The view from space which would be the best way to truly know the island's shape.

[@J82FLH]

The one from space would have to be the right one, but that would mean the lagoon would be salt water, even if it where a spring it is to close to the ocean, the professors version would be more likely to have a fresh water lagoon.

[@neohabilis7412]

I can't believe I just invested seven minutes on this! What a fun way to squander that time. I even took screenshots of the maps, in case I ever want to look for the island on Google Earth. 🙂

[@hercules1073]

The astronaut image is the correct one. Looks like that in the opening of the show...hmmm, but doesn't look that long...which could mean it's more lenticular...hmmm

[@samueltaylor4989]

I’m more interested in where he got chalk and a chalkboard on the island.

[@ItsLinjeans]

That does it, I bet the professor can’t make batteries out of coconuts either. My perception of the accuracy of this show will never be the same again.

[@zaq55]

The cosmonaut view (@ 5:24) is more consistent with the intro view (@ 0:42) in terms of elongation, vs the rounder configurations of the other two map views.

[@twhey828]

I would need to consultant with wilson on this one he should know.

[@pflick13]

My parents had owned 80 acres of hardwoods. I would snowshoe through their property a lot! I could get a good understanding of the lay of the land in the winter based on my tracks through the snow. If it was the middle of summer, I would be lost in the vegetation! If it was cloudy and I didn't have the sun to navigate. I'm sure I would be walking in circles! Without the help of a compass.

[@1200sbeemer]

My cable has been out for two weeks now, funny this popped up on my YT because I’ve been watching nothing but Gillian’s Island. I have the complete set and it’s one of my favorites. I’m actually watching that episode now. What makes this show so much fun is the show couldn’t have a better cast and the producer had done an amazing job. Great getting to watch the behind the scenes interview with the creator Sherwood Schwartz. He was a brilliant man, had a master science degree in biology and that’s how he new what lines to write for Russell Johnson the professor. Funny too, all the things they had on the island with them for just a 3 hour tour but I think the cast made the show no doubt. Too bad it was canceled to make room for Gunsmoke which was a great show too but seems they could have made a spot. They were told a season 4 was going to roll out and many of them went out and purchased new homes. Too bad.

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

...since I started thinking about such things, I always figured that the Howells were moving to an "Island getaway bungalow" on a privately owned island that they recently purchased, somewheres along the route of "The Three Hour Tour" (a different island than the one they got marooned on)... ...they chartered the SS Minnow and packed a few trunks of their belongings in the Minnow's hold, and also a couple of war surplus cargo-boat-drones (built by the Howell Maritime Construction Company, no doubt) basically being towed by radio control from the Minnow... ...this is how I explained the abundance of goods and materials washing up into the lagoon in my young mind...

[@1200sbeemer]

@@miklosernoehazy8678 Lol, not bad.

[@jayconn5955]

It is hilarious that someone is doing this level of forensic analysis of this campy tv show that aired over 50 years ago.

[@joemax4535]

You're right spending this much time analyzing a silly kid show like this is ridiculous,Im guessing he has few friends and isnt married.

[@thefuzzman]

I think the astronauts version is correct, and the Professor was just drunk when he mapped it. He thought he was constantly turning one direction when he was really going straight. 😂

[@alexrain1188]

They could have gotten off that island very quickly but the Professor made sure they never left.

[@2005wsoxfan]

Yeah, I missed all that stuff since I was drooling over Mary Ann. Believe me, I did notice her.

[@fizixx]

One other thing to note about the two hand-drawn maps; the professor's and Lord Beasley's maps have the N & S switched. Not only that the E & W would necessarily differ as well. As for the accuracy. I'd have to go with the professor, but an overhead viewing from a plane.....well!

[@danno3497]

This is easy, Both the opening shot and the astronauts shot of the island can not be the same island the castaways were on! We all know from many episodes, that there were actual volcanos and mountain cliffs, etc.! Also I believe the island had to be huge as for them not to bump into Wrong Way Nelson and the Jungle boy living on the other side of it right away!

[@FleaMarketJohn]

Without you I would never realize these interesting facts.

[@ricknineg]

Much appreciated, John

[@williamskatespeare9461]

This is a great video. The maps don't seem to be consistent of the view of the lagoon opening into the ocean. That view from the beach seems to be more consistent with the astronauts' view from their spaceship.

[@ricknineg]

Thank you Mr. Shakespeare

[@jamesstuart3346]

I want to know where the dry cleaner's was located

[@ricknineg]

Underwater

[@JamesThomas-gg6il]

There was also an episode where they found an old stone tablet with a map of the island and a supposed way off of it to another island, turns out it was a map on how to get there. Its quite different too.

[@ChristyC43]

I like the butterfly guy's map. I think that's more real showing the placement of the huts and the table. The professor's is my second choice and the astronauts is last.

[@Greg87601]

I always your Gilligan's Island videos.

[@ricknineg]

Thank you!

[@MrAndyBearJr]

If he is drawing topographically, the spots denote higher elevation, getting progressively lighter as the elevation rises. If drawn to represent vegetation, the lighter spots represent thicker growth since he is using a blackboard. Basic cartography techniques.

[@mikebrady1767]

I should search for a road map. I remember one episode that someone visited the island and found a sign one of the castaways put up saying “freeway under construction”. It’s odd to build a freeway when the theme song mentioned “no motor cars”. As for the island pictured during the closing credits of Gilligan’s Island, it’s a 28 acre island in a bay on the northeast side of Oahu. And yes that small island is within swimming distance of Oahu complete with cars and freeways of its own.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

The sign probably washed up on the island. How many feet would 28 acres be?

[@reign4795]

The last one was the most accurate. I flew over the island in 1995. It is quite small and not very round.

[@zefallafez]

The lensing effect of the atmosphere; that’s why the tree trunks appear much larger from space than when the Skipper, et al are standing next to them. It is usually the simplest explanation that is the correct one.🥥

[@Monkofmagnesia]

For some reason, this plays better at 1.25 speed.

[@klandersen42]

There was also an episode where they had found some tablet that showed the Island and they thought the way off the island (that Gilligan had been using as a tray for about a month). The professor determined it was a map on how to get TO the island not OFF it. Well if they reversed the directions they could get off sillies. I don't recall how much of that map was shown.

[@vietnamcombatveteran2274]

what I noticed was the radio is an AM only radio, but there is the standard telescopic antenna on it, that only should be there if it had FM also, AM only radios had the ferrite bar antenna inside the unit, no biggie but some buffs might find it funny....

[@jondapicam]

The third one looks like the Salt Cay in the Bahamas. It was an original filming location for the show before the set was made for the lagoon. My wife and I were on that island, which is much smaller now thanks to hurricanes. It's now known by the name Blue Lagoon Island, a popular tourist attraction.

[@curtriceennis2924]

To me, the Professor's map looks like the best depiction of how the island is laid - out. Specially with the placement of the mountain ranges. But, I just wish I could figure out actually where each of the castaway's huts were placed in reference to their dining table and the lagoon. Sometimes while watching the series, in various episodes, it looks like either one of their huts is the nearest to the dining table they used. I've watched the series several times, and, can't figure out exactly where each hit is in reference to those places. Anyone know the answer ? TY for sharing this video with us. .

[@imkluu]

None of the maps I could find, or those even drawn on the show, can be correct considering the things found on the island. There is a volcano and a large rock formation with caves, as well as the glade where the huts are located and the area around the lagoon implies a much larger island than shown. None of the maps are large enough, and even that island seen from orbit can't be right, as the letters were made form 8 foot long tree trunks and yet they were a quarter the width of the island. We know this can't be true. As for the placement of the huts. Only one map I saw, which again was far too small, and didn't even have an inlet lagoon, showed there to be five huts in a circular placement around the central table area, open on the south end toward the lagoon. The problem is that the way they were placed you should be able to see at least two huts from any angle looking past the central table and I do not remember ever seeing two huts in any scene, which implies they are much farther spaced from each other. This again implies a much larger island. I can remember nearly every hut being seen behind the central table in different episodes, and far too close for the distant placement of the huts to be true. The geography of the island, its size, and placement of huts in the show conflicts with possible reality. The huts were just where they needed them to be for each episode and the island had whatever geography was needed for the episode, the size and shape of the island varied depending on what was needed, or from where it was viewed.

[@dragonweyr44]

Actually what people think a lagoon is is, in fact, A cove A lagoon is the area of water that lies between an island and it's barrier reef It doesn't actually go into the island

[@curtriceennis2924]

Oh, I know how no map can properly show exactly where everything is/was because it WAS a fictitious island setting. I guess what I was looking for is what could be considered a "reference" map of the island. But, no biggie - just wondering how "correct" the layout would be if it was ever an actual place. 😉

[@rickCoffee]

I recently re-watched the series to figure out the hut formation. It was on rare occasion that they actually showed 2 huts in the same shot (showing which huts are next to each other). From what I figure, the 4 huts are in a circle with the dining table in the middle: Going clockwise: Supply Hut (where the Professor sleeps) Howell Hut Girls' Hut (Ginger & Mary Ann) Boys' Hut (Skipper & Gilligan)

[@curtriceennis2924]

@@rickCoffee TY for that info. I do appreciate it.

[@markwilliamson2795]

Hahahahahahahahaha thanks for the laughs....

[@elanahammer1076]

This show is and was so cute. Thank you 🤔❤🇺🇸

[@GarretGrayCamera]

It's all over the place. The hand drawn maps show from the perspective of standing on the shore of the lagoon and looking across the water, the channel leading out to the ocean would curve left. But on the show, I believe the channel curves out to the right. The space shot is totally off as it appears that there would be a view of the ocean from the lagoon, which there is not. But the space one kind of looks more like the island used in the titles.

[@rickyn1135]

I would say it’s the Professors map. He’s lived there,walked/hikes it and there’s no subject in the sciences he doesn’t seem to know a little something about.