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Big3sCompanyFan · 05-04-2006, 05:28 AM

HA HA!! There is no way the Skipper could have stayed that fat on just fruits and fish!

Maybe they should have asked the Skipper to lose some weight to make the show more realistic!

Bonsai · 05-04-2006, 07:48 AM

That's a good point! There's no "real" answer to your question--mainly because even the scripts didn't agree from episode to episode what foods were available to them. One week they'd be killing a boar to throw a party for Mr. Howell--the next week the Skipper would say that he hadn't had any meat to eat since before the shipwreck. Most of the time they were shown catching fish, but often there would be lines about living off of "bananas and coconuts." Also, as far as I know (and Gilligan Fanatic may correct me on this), there is no mention of citrus fruits until "V is for Vitamins" when suddenly there are lemons, grapefruit, oranges, etc.

I suppose the "real" answer is that they got fattening foods from whoever styled Ginger's hair, imported updated clothing, and got them a generator that only works for movie projectors.

Sterling Holobyte · 05-04-2006, 08:39 AM

Mary Ann's coconut creme pies, probably.

Brian Damage · 05-04-2006, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sterling Holobyte

Mary Ann's coconut creme pies, probably.

LOL that is what I was going to say. I am sure those pies weren't for the people counting calories.

gilligan fanatic · 05-04-2006, 03:20 PM

like Bonsai said there was a lot of problems with food from episode to episode. And I think you are right about never mentioning citrus fruits before "V For Vitamins" Some people are just naturally big. One of my friends had surgery on there throat and they way about 250lbs. After there surgery they couldn't eat anything unless it was through a straw. He was like that for three weeks. The next couple weeks he still didn't each much at all. 6 Months after his surgery he still weighed the same amount.

Big3sCompanyFan · 05-05-2006, 02:55 AM

But you couldn't actually make a pie without cream, milk, and/or butter plus where is the closed oven??

Plus the Professor told Kinkaid that there is no wild game on the island but how did they get that boar then??? LOL!

You'd think if they just had some seeds they would have been able to plant wheat because with wheat they could have bread, pie crust, flour, pasta, cereal, etc. etc.

Also, if they had seeds for soybeans then they could make soymilk and have milk and cereal!! LOL!!

There should have been an episode where they found a bunch of seeds to explain more food on the island. And I don't mean those radioactive seeds!!
LOL!

Mikado · 05-05-2006, 04:03 AM

When the Skipper ran out of fish, he ate the SS Minnow!

gilligan fanatic · 05-05-2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

But you couldn't actually make a pie without cream, milk, and/or butter plus where is the closed oven??

Plus the Professor told Kinkaid that there is no wild game on the island but how did they get that boar then??? LOL!

You'd think if they just had some seeds they would have been able to plant wheat because with wheat they could have bread, pie crust, flour, pasta, cereal, etc. etc.

Also, if they had seeds for soybeans then they could make soymilk and have milk and cereal!! LOL!!

There should have been an episode where they found a bunch of seeds to explain more food on the island. And I don't mean those radioactive seeds!!
LOL!

they really didn't have an oven everything seemed steamed on the fire. They were able to make a cake in "It's Magic" and fudge in the first episode. They had pancakes in "Goodbye Island too" those also would need all the things you mentioned.

At least for eggs we know they had duck eggs. Which is something that makes me go hmm because Emiliy the duck seemed like a rarity to them but if they have duck eggs for breakfast they must have a lot of ducks there.

The only thing I can think of for milk is coconut milk but I don't know if that could really work.

gilligan fanatic · 05-05-2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

When the Skipper ran out of fish, he ate the SS Minnow!

that was good.

Mikado · 05-05-2006, 01:42 PM

thank yuh

clj2 · 05-05-2006, 06:02 PM

I've always wondered the same thing. There were some very noticable discrepancies(sp?) in the show at times.

treky · 05-10-2006, 02:48 AM

plus during their ENTIRE time on the island,noones clothes ever got worn out, or got holes in them or anything, and the skipper, the proffesor, Mr. Howell and Gilligan were always perfectly clean-shaven!!!

All these things, though, can be explained with just two things:

it's hollywood
it's a sitcom

that can also explain those ridiculous reunion movies of it!

gilligan fanatic · 05-10-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by treky

plus during their ENTIRE time on the island,noones clothes ever got worn out, or got holes in them or anything, and the skipper, the proffesor, Mr. Howell and Gilligan were always perfectly clean-shaven!!!

All these things, though, can be explained with just two things:

it's hollywood
it's a sitcom

that can also explain those ridiculous reunion movies of it!

I know for sure there is one scene where the Skipper shaves.

One thing you could say about worn out clothes is about how in Bang Bang Bang Gilligan's clothes are torn apart and ripped. They are in perfect shape at the tag scene at the end of the episode.

Rich3 · 05-13-2006, 04:50 AM

Maybe there were a lot more of those giant spiders.

Big3sCompanyFan · 05-16-2006, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

they really didn't have an oven everything seemed steamed on the fire. They were able to make a cake in "It's Magic" and fudge in the first episode. They had pancakes in "Goodbye Island too" those also would need all the things you mentioned.

At least for eggs we know they had duck eggs. Which is something that makes me go hmm because Emiliy the duck seemed like a rarity to them but if they have duck eggs for breakfast they must have a lot of ducks there.

The only thing I can think of for milk is coconut milk but I don't know if that could really work.

The only eggs people eat are non-fertile eggs. But most of Emily's eggs must have been fertile which means there was a baby duck developing in there!!

There is no way you could eat an egg that was already forming a baby duck!
The eggs we eat have not been made fertile by the male bird so they would not result in a baby duck.

Most eggs on the island would be fertile though I believe so you could not eat them.

05-04-2006, 05:28 AM	#1
Big3sCompanyFan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2,493	How could the Skipper stay so fat on just fruits and fish???? HA HA!! There is no way the Skipper could have stayed that fat on just fruits and fish! Maybe they should have asked the Skipper to lose some weight to make the show more realistic!

05-04-2006, 07:48 AM	#2
Bonsai Gilligan Ambassador Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 356	That's a good point! There's no "real" answer to your question--mainly because even the scripts didn't agree from episode to episode what foods were available to them. One week they'd be killing a boar to throw a party for Mr. Howell--the next week the Skipper would say that he hadn't had any meat to eat since before the shipwreck. Most of the time they were shown catching fish, but often there would be lines about living off of "bananas and coconuts." Also, as far as I know (and Gilligan Fanatic may correct me on this), there is no mention of citrus fruits until "V is for Vitamins" when suddenly there are lemons, grapefruit, oranges, etc. I suppose the "real" answer is that they got fattening foods from whoever styled Ginger's hair, imported updated clothing, and got them a generator that only works for movie projectors.
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05-04-2006, 03:20 PM	#5
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05-10-2006, 02:48 AM	#12
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	plus during their ENTIRE time on the island,noones clothes ever got worn out, or got holes in them or anything, and the skipper, the proffesor, Mr. Howell and Gilligan were always perfectly clean-shaven!!! All these things, though, can be explained with just two things: it's hollywood it's a sitcom that can also explain those ridiculous reunion movies of it!
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05-05-2006, 02:55 AM	#6
Big3sCompanyFan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2,493	But you couldn't actually make a pie without cream, milk, and/or butter plus where is the closed oven?? Plus the Professor told Kinkaid that there is no wild game on the island but how did they get that boar then??? LOL! You'd think if they just had some seeds they would have been able to plant wheat because with wheat they could have bread, pie crust, flour, pasta, cereal, etc. etc. Also, if they had seeds for soybeans then they could make soymilk and have milk and cereal!! LOL!! There should have been an episode where they found a bunch of seeds to explain more food on the island. And I don't mean those radioactive seeds!! LOL!

05-05-2006, 04:03 AM	#7
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	When the Skipper ran out of fish, he ate the SS Minnow!

05-05-2006, 01:42 PM	#10
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	thank yuh

05-05-2006, 06:02 PM	#11
clj2 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2005 Location: SC Posts: 3,501	I've always wondered the same thing. There were some very noticable discrepancies(sp?) in the show at times.

05-13-2006, 04:50 AM	#14
Rich3 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 10, 2005 Posts: 696	Maybe there were a lot more of those giant spiders.