raccoon
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Tue Jul-21-09 10:03 AM
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A question about Gilligan's Island that I've never heard: |
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Doesn't it strike you as odd that wealthy people such as the Howells, and I suppose Ginger, while not as rich as the Howells, was rich too, would go on the same 3-hour tour that two people like Mary Ann and the Professor, who presumably had a much more modest income, would go on?
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Tue Jul-21-09 10:08 AM
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1. I always thought Ginger was the Howell's "kept woman". |
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Those low rent getaways were the closest thing they had to real vacations.
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Tue Jul-21-09 10:12 AM
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2. Many wealthy people are notoriously cheap... |
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I'm sure Thurston was a penny-pincher on a lot of things... the Minnow was probably the cheapest tour at the harbor. Doesn't explain Ginger, as I don't see her slumming it on a tour like that...
The bigger question is why didn't they leave their luggage in their hotels instead of bringing everything along on the tour?
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Tue Jul-21-09 10:17 AM
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3. Traveling light is for the peasants, lovey! |
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(best Thurston Howell voice) :D
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:08 AM
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9. since ginger was wearing an evening gown... |
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perhaps she just bought a ticket as a way of making herself feel better, as she did the 'walk of shame' back to her hotel room...:shrug:
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Tue Jul-21-09 10:19 AM
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4. The Professor was fairly wealthy in spite of his being a high school science teacher |
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He was receiving royalties for the sale of his best-seller, "Rust - The Real Red Menace", and was on the 3-hour tour to research his new book, "Fun with Ferns".
I presume that Mary Ann's gig at the General Store in Winfield, Kansas was merely a front for her escort service. Either that, or she absconded with the cash register receipts.
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Tue Jul-21-09 10:22 AM
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5. You should be a PI!! nt |
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Tue Jul-21-09 10:39 AM
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6. If you recall, Mary Ann and the Professor were late-cast characters |
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In the original theme song, they were simply "and the rest". The music had already been recorded before they decide what other characters to include, and I guess they picked them for suggested plot reasons. The professor sort of makes sense, but I never quite figured out Mary Ann other than as a female balance to the simple nature of Gilligan.
In a later season, they altered the them song, replacing "and the rest" with "the Professor and Mary Ann" because both actors felt marginalized by the original version.
As for your question - it was a stupid fucking TV show - why would you expect any logic behind it?
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:01 AM
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7. There were no babies born on the island. |
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:04 AM
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8. i found it more odd that the howells brought their trunk. |
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:17 AM
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10. The stupidest thing about the show, other than the lame escape attempts, was the way |
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Edited on Tue Jul-21-09 11:18 AM by Aristus
in which the other characters deferred to the Howells and catered to their demands, as if their useless, far-away wealth actually meant something on that scrofulus little island...
edit: punctuation. Poor punctuation is for the peasantry... :P
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:26 AM
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11. They had TB on the island? |
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That may explain the motley group of passengers. It was a supposed to be a quarantine, of course!
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:54 AM
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12. lena wertmuller's 'swept away' was a bit more realistic in that respect. |
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giancarlo giannini's character would have made a fun addition to gilligan's island.
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Tue Jul-21-09 12:06 PM
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13. We Were More Egalitarian Back In the 1960s |
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Yes, there were wealthy people, but their lives weren't that much different from the working class like it is today.
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:37 PM
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14. I never understood why the Howells had that much cash on hand |
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Edited on Tue Jul-21-09 11:38 PM by Tabasco_Dave
for a three hour tour, perhaps they where going to Maui to score some bud.:smoke:
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Wed Jul-22-09 08:30 AM
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17. actually they embezelled the funds |
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from the c street cult and were planning on ditching the rest of the toourist when they stopped on some island.
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Tue Jul-21-09 11:50 PM
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15. I had read sometime recently that the Howells were planning on |
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faking their deaths at sea. I haven't found anything to substantiate that rumor, so maybe someone more resourceful than I can find that ;)
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Wed Jul-22-09 07:42 AM
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16. To avoid taxes, or run from their actions (embezzlement, etc.)? |
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That's certainly a possibility.
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Wed Jul-22-09 12:16 PM
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18. Yeah, I just wish I could find that reference... |
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One of those tidbits of information you see sometimes when someone in the know publishes what the writers were chewing on when coming up with the initial plot :)
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