I found an error in the Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Pat · 07-07-2014, 09:55 PM

372 pages of details of Gilligan's Island. This is an awesome book. It has a section of each episode and comments on each. On page 156, they comment on "Diamonds Are An Apes Best Friend". This is the episode where a gorilla takes Mrs. Howell's brooch. He then takes her and the castaways find that the gorilla had taken her to a cave. So, on page 156, one of the comments read:

"We never learn if the castaways ever find the brooch."

So, here is a screen caption of Lovey in the cave with the gorilla. She is holding the brooch that the gorilla took.

I find this so amazing, because The Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook is such an amazing and detailed book that I feel honored to be able to catch a small insight that they missed.

Flying Dutchman · 08-29-2014, 07:28 PM

LMAO. Isn't that amazing? Right in front of their face all along.

William Hogan Jr · 08-30-2014, 08:56 AM

There is another error in the book. They have "Gilligan vs. Gilligan" as the start of season three, but it is really "Up At Bat"

caladon · 09-17-2014, 01:56 AM

I once read that it's a common practice for trivia and information books to intentionally slip in a false fact here and there for the purposes of seeing if anyone has taken information from them for publication without giving them proper credit or consideration. That way if the false fact turns up, they know from where it was taken.

This doesn't necessarily explain the errors identified here, but the possibility does exist.

Pat · 09-17-2014, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by caladon

I once read that it's a common practice for trivia and information books to intentionally slip in a false fact here and there for the purposes of seeing if anyone has taken information from them for publication without giving them proper credit or consideration. That way if the false fact turns up, they know from where it was taken.

This doesn't necessarily explain the errors identified here, but the possibility does exist.

Wow, cool! Thanks for the post.

07-07-2014, 09:55 PM	#1
Pat Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: 2Trivia4Me, VA Posts: 2,729	I found an error in the Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook 372 pages of details of Gilligan's Island. This is an awesome book. It has a section of each episode and comments on each. On page 156, they comment on "Diamonds Are An Apes Best Friend". This is the episode where a gorilla takes Mrs. Howell's brooch. He then takes her and the castaways find that the gorilla had taken her to a cave. So, on page 156, one of the comments read: "We never learn if the castaways ever find the brooch." So, here is a screen caption of Lovey in the cave with the gorilla. She is holding the brooch that the gorilla took. I find this so amazing, because The Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook is such an amazing and detailed book that I feel honored to be able to catch a small insight that they missed. Attached Images
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08-29-2014, 07:28 PM	#2
Flying Dutchman Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2004 Location: New York Posts: 1,266	LMAO. Isn't that amazing? Right in front of their face all along.
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09-17-2014, 01:56 AM	#4
caladon Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2001 Location: Massachusetts state home for the bewildered Posts: 1,151	I once read that it's a common practice for trivia and information books to intentionally slip in a false fact here and there for the purposes of seeing if anyone has taken information from them for publication without giving them proper credit or consideration. That way if the false fact turns up, they know from where it was taken. This doesn't necessarily explain the errors identified here, but the possibility does exist.
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08-30-2014, 08:56 AM	#3
William Hogan Jr Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 28, 2008 Location: Mayodan, N.C. Posts: 324	There is another error in the book. They have "Gilligan vs. Gilligan" as the start of season three, but it is really "Up At Bat"