I know some circles ban this episode as "racist" in some way but I think it is really funny. Vito Scotti is HILARIOUS as the Japanese soldier. He is just hysterical.

I also think Gilligan is pretty slick in how he gets the gun away and rescues everyone. I hope they all remembered that!!!

Did you notice that Maryann has a sliver of doubt as to whether Gilligan's citing a sea serpent is just plain craziness. "You don't really believe him, do you?" Funny.

What was that bit with the glasses at the end. Did the sailor just forget them? Since Gilligan had all the weapons and they were now safe, it seemed mean if Gilligan took the guy's glasses from him. How did he get them?

This episode is just plain crazy but,I love it anyway.Vito Scotti is hilarious.I like episodes where Gilligan becomes the hero at the end.

A sea serpent???Yeah,Mary Ann is a little naive sometimes and specially with Gilligan:) Personally,I wouldn't have beleived Gilligan myself.Face it,the guy is adorable but,most of the time he doesn't have his feet on the ground.But,as the professor pointed out there's most be trouble and there was...He probably thought that it was headhunters at first.

As for why Gilligan found the japonese sailor's glasses at the end?Well,I always though Gilligan took them from the japonese sailor aswell as the other stuff while he was off camera.We didn't see the japonese sailor after that.

I know some circles ban this episode as "racist" in some way but I think it is really funny. Vito Scotti is HILARIOUS as the Japanese soldier. He is just hysterical.
Some people just need to lighten up a little bit.:nod:

And yes, he was hilarious. And a very good actor, with a talent for being able to be many different characters.
In fact, when I first started watching Gilligan's Island long ago, I didn't realize until later(after I started reading credits;) ) that Vito also played the mad scientist, Boris Balinkoff, on the same show.


What was that bit with the glasses at the end. Did the sailor just forget them? Since Gilligan had all the weapons and they were now safe, it seemed mean if Gilligan took the guy's glasses from him. How did he get them?
You'd have thought that they would've wanted him to have his glasses so he would go far away from the island, instead of doing doughnuts in the lagoon.;)

Vito also played Italians, Mexicans...he could play anybody. What a shame we never got to see him play the pirate in the fourth season!

Gilligan was indeed slick, and as smooth as a cat in pilfering those weapons from the Japanese sailor. Did they remember it later on? Well...in a distorted kind of way! And sometimes it seems that the Skipper, for all his fondness for Gilligan, is very insecure and gets jealous of Gilligan's successes. Note his look of exasperation, rather than relief or joy, when he sees that everybody's been freed.

I think the sailor must simply have dropped his glasses when he fled. Gilligan didn't take them when he took the weapons. Gee, where did those weapons go, anyway? They might have been useful when headhunters turned up! Maybe the sailor was out of bullets and was just bluffing them.

The whole "sea-serpent" question got me thinking about Gilligan's "imagination." While Gilligan's theories are too fantastic, the professor's are often too prosaic. For example, with the "ghost," the professor immediately dismisses the idea of a phantom and suggests that a sheet is blowing around in the wind. Gilligan must remind him that the sheet has "arms and legs and a voice that goes ooooo!" Gilligan is ultimately wrong too, but neither of them considers the alternative: a man in a sheet. Gilligan must learn to eliminate the impossible, while the professor must learn to consider the improbable.