NOW FEATURING...MINE HERO

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My husband always gets a kick out of the scene where Gilligan taps on the mine with the wrench when he's supposed to be careful.

I love the joke about the gold mesh pocketbook, etc. "For the Professor?"

How in the world did Gilligan get the lucky charm back from Ginger when she supposedly stole it? Any ideas? How was it possible??

I felt kind of sorry for Gilligan when, after being the hero here and towing the mine away, everyone stood around while he had to catch their fish for dinner. Shouldn't he have just sat back while they did something for him?

The Skipper must have been pretty hungry to agree to eat what he thought might be any weird thing that Gilligan might have caught. Kind of a gross conversation--just cut the head off and the tail off and bone it....I just lost my appetite!

People often don't take note of the fact that Maryann here tells us that she had a boyfriend back in high school (who gave her the slave bracelet)--even Dawn Wells supposedly in a conversation with someone who met her at her bootcamp was reported to have said that Maryann has probably never even been kissed. Of course, nothing online can be verified, we all know--but it amazes me sometimes what the GI actors say at times about their characters, SUPPOSEDLY, that is. There's nothing to suggest that Maryann spent her life tied up in the back of the barn. What do you think?

I know it's silly but I love the title of this episode--I think it's clever!

[callensensei]

Originally Posted by lm

How in the world did Gilligan get the lucky charm back from Ginger when she supposedly stole it? Any ideas? How was it possible??

I love this scene: Gilligan's pretended innocence, and his witty put-down at the end. Proof positive that he isn't stupid at all.

How did he get it back? Uh...maybe the same way he made the table rise in "It's Magic" or conjured up the earthquakes and the storm in "Waiting for Watubi" or stayed aloft on his feathered wings in "Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?" He has some kind of latent telekinetic powers? Or the writers just got really goofy?

Originally Posted by lm

I felt kind of sorry for Gilligan when, after being the hero here and towing the mine away, everyone stood around while he had to catch their fish for dinner. Shouldn't he have just sat back while they did something for him?

Maybe it's just that he's the best fisherman. The chore does generally seem to fall to him. Certainly the girls weren't too good at it. I'm sure, though, that Mary Ann had a coconut cream pie waiting in the oven for him!

Originally Posted by lm

There's nothing to suggest that Maryann spent her life tied up in the back of the barn. What do you think?

Hmmm...Mary Ann simply tells us that she doesn't have a boyfriend now, not that she never had one at all. I don't see her as "the gal who caint say no," but I agree that she might have been kissed at least once!

Say - what's with Mr. Howell's shirt, pants and hat colour matching Gilligan's in the scene where they're stuck to the mine? I've always thought that was an odd move for wardrobe.

I love the little smile on Gilligan's face when he overhears the Skipper saying he won't allow his little buddy to do anything so dangerous (as to the mine). So sweet that he got to overhear something nice for a change!