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AnnGora
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 09/06/2005 : 2:27:08 PM
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Since Bob Denver has run aground on that great unchartered isle in the sky, let's pay tribute by naming our favorite episode of Gilligan's Island. If I may...
I like the one where some radioactive seeds wash ashore and the spinach gives Gilligan super strength, the carrots give Mary Ann incredible eyesight, and the sugar beets put Mrs. Howell on a far out energy rush. ha ha True comedy at its best...
She was bred in old Kentucky, but she's just a crumb up here. |
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thanoseid
Altar Boy of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 09/06/2005 : 3:34:17 PM
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| The ghost episode. I love the decoys they built of themselves to test if the boat was safe. |
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R. Dittmar
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
420 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 10:13:25 PM
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| The thing I remember most about "Gilligan's Island" is the audacious evil-twin trifecta - Gilligan's evil Russian spy twin that spoke through a spoon, Thurston Howell's evil imposter twin that tried to take over his company, and Ginger's evil mousy librarian twin that usurped her smouldering sexuality. There was even a pseudo-evil twin story line that featured one of Lovey's high society rivals washing up on the beach. |
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Food
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
342 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 10:47:36 PM
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| The vampire episode. |
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Victoria Silverwolf
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 09/07/2005 : 05:01:57 AM
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Responding to this thread forces me to admit that I've actually seen some episodes of "Gilligan's Island," doesn't it?
Anyway, whatever story it was where they wound up doing a musical version of "Hamlet" set to music from "Carmen." "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" sung to "The Toreador Song" was truly surreal. Or these lyrics, sung to another melody from the same opera. (It's a very famous melody, but I have no idea what it's called.)
I ask to be
Or not to be
That is the question that I ask of me
Reality is a crutch for people who can't face up to science fiction. |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2005 : 1:58:09 PM
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"And Then There Were None" (Where they all start disappearing).
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
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RVHorror
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
532 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2005 : 5:03:37 PM
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I'd second a vote for the Musical Hamlet version.
I also have a fond memory of the one with the Mosquitoes (Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving).
The one were Skipper was seriously creeped out by that Tiki statue also managed to creep me out as well.
(No point in asking what age I was then, is there?) |
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tam1MI
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
558 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2005 : 7:05:17 PM
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Originally posted by RVHorror
I'd second a vote for the Musical Hamlet version.
I also have a fond memory of the one with the Mosquitoes (Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving).
These two eppies are my faves as well.
I also liked the one where it turns out that Sawyer isn't really Sawyer, he took the name because...
Oh, wait... ;) |
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LCB
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
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Posted - 09/07/2005 : 7:07:54 PM
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| I liked the one where they had a chance to get off the island, but Gilligan screwed things up for them and the others mysteriously didn't crush his head under a rock. |
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2005 : 7:20:36 PM
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originally posted by RVHorror:
The one were Skipper was seriously creeped out by that Tiki statue also managed to creep me out as well.
(No point in asking what age I was then, is there?)
Needless to say, most folks who had a "favorite" episode probably enjoyed it as a kid. For me, that's the big difference between "Gilligan's Island" and "Three's Company". By the time "Three's Company" came around, I had outgrown completely silly\childish TV comedy. Not to mention the fact that "Gilligan's Island" was more imaginative with better storylines (how sad is that?)
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
http://henrybrennan.blogspot.com/ |
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AnnGora
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
252 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2005 : 1:37:45 PM
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Needless to say, most folks who had a "favorite" episode probably enjoyed it as a kid. For me, that's the big difference between "Gilligan's Island" and "Three's Company". By the time "Three's Company" came around, I had outgrown completely silly\childish TV comedy. Not to mention the fact that "Gilligan's Island" was more imaginative with better storylines (how sad is that?)
So true. What is funny is watching "Three's Company" reruns today is nothing short of painful. There is nothing memorable or amusing at all because it seems so dated. But I can still view a "Gilligan's Island" episode and get quite a few enjoyable chucks out of it.
She was bred in old Kentucky, but she's just a crumb up here. |
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 09/13/2005 : 5:32:35 PM
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Originally posted by LCB
I liked the one where they had a chance to get off the island, but Gilligan screwed things up for them and the others mysteriously didn't crush his head under a rock.
[ size 3]Ya know, Dr. Smith always had that same effect on me....
Put those two together on the same planet, and that world is DOOMED[/size=3]
"Reality is arguable...lunch time is not." H. Flangepart.
"One Weekend a month my ass!" Crow- The Beginning of the End.
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