THIS Man Secretly DIES On "Gilligan's Island" and You NEVER Knew About It!

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THIS Man Secretly DIES On "Gilligan's Island" and You NEVER Knew About It!
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@jameswesterman9283 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you've got too much time on your hands

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Dude, this is my job haha. Have an amazing and blessed day! 😆

@roccosophie6498 Жыл бұрын

He's a classic TV historian. Why are you here if you're not interested???

@davejones5745 Жыл бұрын

Hee hee...but this is escapism!

@jonnyq680 Жыл бұрын

@@ricknineg Great job! Keep it up!

@jonnyq680 Жыл бұрын

@@roccosophie6498 Yeah! wazzee doin' here if he's nonplussed?

@jrclark9019 Жыл бұрын

This is one of those shows where the plot holes were just another part of the fun.

@anniebananie7887 Жыл бұрын

There were quite a few people who knew they were on the Island and never said anything.

@tonrap123 2 ай бұрын

And poor Gillian usually got blamed.

@markmaki4460 Ай бұрын

Which is why my mother disliked the show; she explained it pointed again and again to people who were self-serving to the point of cruelty, though not in every episode. But Mom also disliked Laurel and Hardy films because she could only think of who would have to clean up the messes. Perhaps that was natural for a mother of three sons born within 5 years of each other.

@carrieheffernan1685 Жыл бұрын

So that's what happened to Carol Brady's first husband!

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

No! Too sad for the Brady-verse,lol

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Жыл бұрын

Carol Brady's first husband appeared in the second Brady Bunch film.

@carrieheffernan1685 Жыл бұрын

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc h Roy was an impostor!

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Жыл бұрын

@@carrieheffernan1685 Gee, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

@carrieheffernan1685 Жыл бұрын

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc You're welcome!

@lilibethdoherty295 Жыл бұрын

Mr& Mrs Howell were my Favorite Characters because they seemed like a Real Married Couple and interacted Perfectly Together.

@datsun210 Жыл бұрын

Sherwood Shwartz was just trying to fill a plot hole by saying, "Oh yeah, he died." The scriptwriters surely didn't plan it that way.

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

I'm torn. Swartz is the King but yes, he just laughingly said that

@danielcorreard3746 Жыл бұрын

the guy did actaully die but not until 1983

@willboywonder Жыл бұрын

Maybe he killed the character. The actor who played him died in 1983.

@jyesucevitz Жыл бұрын

spot on. that's why it wasn't on the show.

@roccosophie6498 Жыл бұрын

The "scriptwriters," weren't Shakespearean, were they?😆 This was a fluff show. But it lasted three seasons and people loved it! Sherwood was a television pioneer of family rated, good pure fun. And if he said it jokingly or not, it fits and makes good sense. You can't really say that about most screenwriters and produces of the stuff on television these days.

@Novusod Жыл бұрын

I vaguely remember seeing this episode on rerun in the 1980s. McMurry's explanation that the sailor died is what is known as a "retcon." Something he just made up on the fly after the fact to cover up for the blooper.

@pattymerrill2838 Жыл бұрын

Just saw this episode and I wondered why he wasn't interviewed as he would have know exactly where the island was located so thank you for answering that question!

@JAbell1966 Жыл бұрын

I watched Gilligan every day for years and I do not remember ever seeing this episode! I have to look this one up, now!

@robertstroback3362 Жыл бұрын

I always wondered why this character didn't tell the location of the island. Did not know he passed away.

@MrKerry4371 Жыл бұрын

Died in November 1983

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

The actor did. In this video, I am just speaking about the character, the sailor

@petegregory517 Жыл бұрын

Died in a restaurant in NYC. IMDB story, easily checked.

@rmiller4053 Жыл бұрын

Michael Witney was an American actor who made a brief appearance as a sailor named Johnny who helped Zsa Zsa Gabor in the #15 episode of the second season of Gilligan’s Island entitled, “Erica Tiffany Smith to the Rescue” which aired on December 30, 19651. He passed away on November 30, 1983 at the age of 52 in New York City.

@tonyfriend7413 Жыл бұрын

lots of tv land secrets that we never knew. july 22nd. 2023 3.45 Pm cst USA

@davidvalensi8616 Жыл бұрын

He looked like someone who appeared on Star trek tos. (He played Tyree in "A private little war".)

@goglowdaddy1686 Жыл бұрын

Right. 17,000 plus years in the future. Simply READING what you are about to post may help save you from future postings

@hughmungus1767 Жыл бұрын

@@davidvalensi8616 That is not a coincidence: Michael Whitney DID play Tyree in that Star Trek episode.

@hughmungus1767 Жыл бұрын

Sherwood Schwartz's book is correct that the guy who played Johnny (actor Michael Whitney) died of a heart attack but the creator of this video seems to be assuming that this is some secret plot line of the Gilligan's Island episode referring to the *character* Johnny who died. The difference of course is that the actor died in 1983 while the Gilligan's Island episode was made in 1965. I suppose it's also possible that Schwartz jokingly attributed Whitney's fate to Johnny when talking about these matters many years after the fact. (I haven't seen Schwartz's book and don't know when he wrote it or published it.)

@johnbockelie3899 Жыл бұрын

You should do one on that "ghost" episode. Used to scare the hell out of me when i was a kid.🎃

@Jared_Wignall Жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear how a character died from Gilligan’s Island. I never heard about this. I hope you’re doing well and keep up the great work Rick, take care!

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jared!

@gregorym2121 Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this episode many times and had the same question, thanks for clearing that up. As you know with most episodes a lot of things didn’t make sense but the show was so entertaining, I love it and still watch it. Have the disk set and know them by heart. Sure would have loved to see them get rescued before the season ended or a rescue episode for the final.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, now we have the insights as to what truly happened….off the island haha 🏝

@paulsarnik8506 Жыл бұрын

AND, the other point being that the Coast Guard knows the castaways are still alive and within easy small craft distance and STILL can't find this island. So much for the Minnow being blown off course THOUSANDS of miles or thru some singularity warp as well as the competency of the local CG🤷🏼‍♂️. To paraphrase "Chinatown" Forget it Rick, it's Gilligan's Island🤓😎✌🏻

@aviatortrucker6285 Жыл бұрын

I’ve always found it hard to believe that every single guest star that came to the island never reported the castaways. Even if they were criminals, they could’ve left a note with the coordinates from the skipper, and then could’ve disappeared. I guess when the professor was once asked if he could build a nuclear reactor with a bunch of coconuts. Why couldn’t he build a raft? His response was because we’d all be out of a job.

@gregorym2121 Жыл бұрын

@@aviatortrucker6285 😂😂😂

@carmelopappalardo8477 Жыл бұрын

This shocks me. I would say that would have been a little harsh. Thank you.

@MrLourie Жыл бұрын

I remember the episode. It's still harsh that the Zsa Zsa character makes no mention of it, or seems distressed by it, when giving directions and using it as a reason for not knowing.

@williambrown238 Жыл бұрын

That runabout boat was a California registered boat. No way it could have made it that far out to sea... fuel range alone... there's your blooper.

@SmallSpoonBrigade 8 ай бұрын

Exactly, also it's odd that they didn't tell anybody where they were going in case something happened and they needed to be rescued.

@kirktennyson612 2 ай бұрын

I was going to mention the same thing even coming from the big island the boat was to small and lacks any chance to reach their island!

@Fountainofyouth007 24 күн бұрын

@@kirktennyson612That, and plus the fact that the AM radio station came in so clearly during the day shows why they couldn't have been very far from Hawaii.

@kirktennyson612 24 күн бұрын

@@Fountainofyouth007 So True! Lol 😂

@roccosophie6498 Жыл бұрын

I only watch vintage television. I've seen this episode more times than I can count and I never knew this fact! Thanks for your research! Pretty cool. We classic television nerds have to stick together.😁

@The_DC_Kid Жыл бұрын

I also watch old time reruns more than any new programs (of which I watch none at all, so it's not really a fair comparison). Only ones I dislike are Three Stooges. Also enjoy Svengoolie just bc there's nothing on in that timeslot that's any better. I live in the L.A. area and there's 3 or 4 stations we receive with AT&T.

@roccosophie6498 Жыл бұрын

@@The_DC_Kid I own the entire Three Stooges series of shorts on DVD. I love and adore most all vintage television.

@tonyfriend7413 Жыл бұрын

@@The_DC_Kid why the 3 stooges? curly was the star.. like john lennon was the Beatles..

@tonyfriend7413 Жыл бұрын

@@roccosophie6498 amen sista.

@keithmuir1137 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick! Glad they did not say that on the show. No one ever dies. Just maybe hit in the head and lose memory, like the surfer did! LOL

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Yes, the Amnesia plot was used so much on the show so I think it had run its course. Glad you liked it

@tonyfriend7413 Жыл бұрын

@@ricknineg not true. Gunsmoke was only a 1/2 hour show then and a cbs ec. wanted gunsmoke instead of Gilligan's island, so guess which of the 2 gets dumped.. 1967. season 3

@jons.6216 Жыл бұрын

It actually cleared up what I have always wondered about how she went back to civilization and never revealed anything, Rick! Now explain what happened to Eva Grubb! Haha!

@eloiseockert9233 Жыл бұрын

Sitcoms...anything goes...

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Жыл бұрын

Eva Grubb was a better actress than Ginger Grant. Eva went to Hollywood and took ginger's place.

@julievanderleest Жыл бұрын

This is a new one for me. I didn’t even realize that there’s only 3 seasons of Gilligan’s. I used to watch reruns growing up when they had the Nik at Nite summers but I really don’t remember much of the show. Gotta find reruns again!

@SuperMarioBrosIII Жыл бұрын

@julievanderleest I know only 3 seasons and about 98 episodes! Today that is about 5 seasons worth of episodes. Season 1 which was black and white had 36 episodes, season 2 had 32 episodes and season 3 had 30 episodes. And later 3 reunion movies! 🏝🥥🛥⛵

@bc5441 Жыл бұрын

A G-rated explanation would be that Johnny was a hired gun and not very reliable; he took Erica to the island, brought her back and promptly vanished. After she paid him, of course.

@andreaskallstrom9031 Жыл бұрын

One of my many beloved episodes! I never thought about this plot hole, and honestly part of why Gilligan’s Island is so dear to me is that it is silly and fun, not that there is an absence of plot holes 😁 I think if I would take Gilligan’s Island too seriously, it would not be able to watch it. It is meant to be enjoyed, not dissected! Nevertheless, love these occasional videos!!

@rsprockets7846 Жыл бұрын

DUH COULNT GOV OR THURSTON HOWELL THIRD ENTERPRISES DO A SATTELLITE SEARH OF THE OCEAN AREAS AND FIND THE?

@juliherron8991 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I also enjoyed the show for its sillyness. I could not have been entranced if I got up set over every missed detail.

@rsprockets7846 Жыл бұрын

@@juliherron8991 hey it was the 60s and a little escapism really helped at every level

@lauriemclean1131 Жыл бұрын

Gotta admit... that's a pretty weird plot patch.

@josephosheavideos3992 Жыл бұрын

Given that "Gilligan's Island" was very popular with families, especially children, I could see why the network, CBS, would be skittish about telling viewers a character in a sitcom had died - even a supporting guest character.

@ddavenpAZ Жыл бұрын

It was rumored in Hollywood that just dating Zsa Zsa Gabor could do in any man. So the sailor’s story sounds feasible. Lol. Great work on such a little known topic!

@terrybetts9245 Жыл бұрын

I always wondered why the castaways all took so many clothes, money & jewelry just for a 3 hour tour ?? Oh yeah ,what are the chances Ginger ,Mr. Howell & Gilligan would all have twins show up on this deserted island!

@johndavis3921 Жыл бұрын

They should have cast a navigator who was in his 50s or 60s. Then the explanation would have been more plausible. But another way to look at it is, why would Erica Tiffany Smith have an old man on the payroll? She probably found pleasure in associating with Beefcake. Then she discovered the professor and was stimulated by his "mighty high IQ."

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

oh you bet she was! And I think the professor was a hottie too

@christopherkraft1327 Жыл бұрын

Hey Rick, I never knew that this character had died!!! This is indeed an interesting story directly from Sherwood Schwartz!!! Thank you for sharing this unusual fact!!! 👍👍🙂

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you liked it Christopher. To me, it is so interesting because these are some of the things that were never answered that we are finally getting answers to. It makes the show a lot more realistic and adds a lot of depth to it. Thanks so much!

@christopherkraft1327 Жыл бұрын

@@ricknineg indeed it does!!! 👍

@nickimontie Жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@danielcorreard3746 Жыл бұрын

the guy that played him didn't die until 1983 but he did die of a heart attack so this is fake new everybody

@Justice_TRUTH_Martyr Жыл бұрын

@@ricknineg*I'm Getting that the SaiLor Died in 1983!!!* *So, Either YOU are a Liar or Schwartz Lied!!!*

@thetruthbetold961 Ай бұрын

Rick, thanks for all the interesting info you give about so many shows!

@rager1969 Жыл бұрын

It makes you wonder how they found the island in the first place. Also, it doesn't make sense for only one sailor and such a small boat and not telling anyone their planned course in case something happens. Or not having people accompany her (insisting on it, like the Secret Service does with the President) on a potentially dangerous island. Yeah, lots of plot holes, so you have to suspend disbelief Gilligan's Island.

@eloiseockert9233 Жыл бұрын

A sitcom gets away with it everything . In an episode of Friends, Joey states he has 15 minutes to get to an audition. The apt was in mid Manhattan The audition is in Silver up Studios in L.I.C There is absolutely no way from around West 59th Street in Manhattan Joey could have made it in 15 mins. Even after leaving the train it is an extremely long walk... So there you have it...

@stanleyhape8427 Жыл бұрын

@@eloiseockert9233 The layout of Monica and Rachel apartment makes no sense and doesn't line up with the hallway or the outside of the building.

@ninaharper6282 Жыл бұрын

Sherwood just gave a very simple, indisputable explanation to expain a plot hole.

@roberttelarket4934 Жыл бұрын

Hallo dahling. Howz everyting at home sveetheart? You know vat I mean? Tenk you dahling.

@harrydemkee3580 Жыл бұрын

I actually did not even remember this episode at first. I kind of remember now thinking he was lost in a storm and she managed survive. Excellent video Rick!

@jonnyq680 Жыл бұрын

How could you not remember Zha Zha Gabor??

@harrydemkee3580 Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyq680 haha, memory fades a tad when I haven’t seen the episode in over 50 years 😳 . I actually remember her sister better from Green Acres ☺️

@jonnyq680 Жыл бұрын

@@harrydemkee3580 To me, Eva was the Classiest Gabor!

@harrydemkee3580 Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyq680 oh agreed big time

@tonyfriend7413 Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyq680 Mrs. Douglas Her Hot Fudge coffee and her hot cakes. And Eb riding that Old Rupp Mini Bike and Dumping it and running Yelling Mr. Douglas, Mr. Douglas, mr. douglas...

@JeffFrmJoisey Жыл бұрын

Ahh, another Gilligan’s Island plot twist. Even as a kid I wondered how the Castaways could have so many “near misses” to get off the Island! Seems like others could find it and then leave, but not our heroes!!! 🤔

@willoughby1888 Жыл бұрын

And what about all those coconut cream pies without one single moo cow on the island. I call that bull.

@darylcheshire1618 Жыл бұрын

As Bob Denver said years later, the Professor could make a nuclear reactor from coconuts but not fix a two foot hole in a boat.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

@@darylcheshire1618 😂😂🤣🤣👍

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

@@willoughby1888 Um....bruh......I hate to bust your bubble. Or in your case your bull. But you CAN in fact make a coconut cream pie using just coconuts and you don't need a moo cow. You use coconut milk for the cream and you make coconut butter from coconut oil. The only difference is, it's going to taste a LOT more coconutty! LOL

@willoughby1888 Жыл бұрын

@@retroguy9494 Dig it. I was just copying a Hallmark card anyways!

@marcstevens8576 Жыл бұрын

Would love to know what became of the final, unrealised season of Gilligan's, when Ginger escaped & two other ladies replaced her. Heard of it but never saw any of it.

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelpatricklococo4776 What an awful idea!!!!

@marcstevens8576 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelpatricklococo4776 Thanks

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Жыл бұрын

Tina Louise refused to participate in the Gilligan's island reunion tv-movies because she was upset that Sherwood Schwartz made millions in syndication from the show and didn't want to help him profit from the TV movies.

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc That was so unfair! The Brady Bunch actore made nothing from the show either but it changed in time for the actors in The Partridge Family

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Жыл бұрын

@@lazyhomebody1356 the actors on the Partridge Family didn't make much money, either. David Cassidy once said that he only made $500 a week starring on the show. Most TV actors from the 60's and 70's, didn't make a lot of money from their TV shows.

@roberttelarket4934 Жыл бұрын

Carmen Miranda actually had a mild heart attack in 1955 on the Jimmy Durante Show(broadcast live) and died the next day!

@MyDailyUpload Жыл бұрын

How is that mild? Because she survived for one day? Anyway that's interesting.

@roberttelarket4934 Жыл бұрын

@@MyDailyUpload: I'm no medical expert but they classify coronaries!

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

Our beloved Lucille Ball had a mild heart attack and was fully expected to recover, only to suffer a fatal heart attack

@roberttelarket4934 Жыл бұрын

@@lazyhomebody1356: Hallo dahling howz everting at home lazyhomebody you know vat I mean dahling?(From Zsa Zsa with love.) Yes it was a great loss after a similar situation. However I'm sure you understand she lived a hard life like most in show business before 1952, from hand to mouth.(Frawley was penniless before lobbying for the position of Fred Mertz almost on the street.)Then the terrible stress for her and Desi after astounding and deserved success for the original 4 years with I Love Lucy. A few years later she bought the studio and became its head. You can imagine the pressure! So she drank(never on the job) and took drugs( mostly medical but probably also others). All this added up damaging her heart, etc. She died too early! In another life the same Lucy not in show business would probably have lived another 15 years. Talk to you later dahling.

@frankierio3326 Жыл бұрын

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@alfredodoardi2717 Жыл бұрын

holy cow! i always wondered, but what a back story Rick. Thanks for the post!

@Blues.Fusion Жыл бұрын

He should have said the cannibals on the next island got him. Hmmmm fresh sailor....

@tugginalong Жыл бұрын

The character in question was 34 at the time of filming and lived another 18 years.

@eloiseockert9233 Жыл бұрын

A sitcom....anything goes...

@cadeevans4623 Жыл бұрын

Never knew this Rick at all watched this show never knew it interesting facts I didn't know about thanks Rick

@SanFranDentist94301 Жыл бұрын

3:37 well at least they knew the Minnow 7 were alive.

@randytim512 Жыл бұрын

Well, I can only guess that picking up ZsaZsa put a big strain on his heart? 😅

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc Жыл бұрын

I remember when she slapped a cop in the early 80's.

@dananderson3077 Жыл бұрын

My guess Sherwood just blurted it out....his son may have better insight....great installment as always!!!!!

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Sherwood’s weight is above everyone else’s

@MyDailyUpload Жыл бұрын

Given the wackiness of Gilligan's Island, I don't know why they just wouldn't have had the sailor get hit in the head and suffer amnesia. Didn't have to kill the guy. After all, Mary Ann got hit in the head and thought she was Ginger. Why not just hit the guy in the head and he can't remember? Even killing the guy has its problems. Sailors use nautical charts. There would have been evidence of the course they took. Who cares? It was a silly TV show. They could have had them rescued at the end of every episode and then put them back on the island for the next with no explanation. South Park killed Kenny and he would just come back.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

I’d guess because a media was used several times. This changes it up and adds to the reality of it. They couldn’t have used “getting lost at sea” since he brought Erika back. And he couldn’t have drowned because he was a sailor. Haha a coronary works!

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

@@ricknineg No sailors ever drowned, Rick??

@stanleyhape8427 Жыл бұрын

Kenny deserved it.

@charlestaylor253 Жыл бұрын

@@stanleyhape8427 You bastard! 😉

@allenorganist2011 Жыл бұрын

I’m assuming you’re talking about the character (Johnny ) died not the actor himself. Google says he (the actor) actually died in 1983 (of a coronary)

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Yes, as mentioned in the video, I am speaking about the character

@johnr5011 Жыл бұрын

That’s strange that the actual actor died the same way the character died 😮

@SmallSpoonBrigade 8 ай бұрын

@@johnr5011 He's just a very dedicated method actor that missed the mark by a couple decades.

@JL-re1rx Жыл бұрын

Hey Rick, Thanks as always! When did Sherwood say this?? Am thinking it was to a fan question years later maybe. Thanks in advance and thanks especially for the “BE HOPEFUL!”

@Gattygoon Жыл бұрын

I never put that much thought into what happened to Johnny, I just enjoyed the episode at face value.

@StormBringer- Жыл бұрын

That’s a good one, good explanation.

@GrowSomeLabia Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that! And I always wondered why they didn't ask the sailor. Hey Rick, did you ever cover the Batman episode where the Riddler's moll dies in the Batcave when she falls down the nuclear reactor? Season 1, episode 2. When I watched the series again ten or so years ago I was like WTF??? Didn't Batman have to account for what happened to he? Commissioner Gordon never had any questions about what happened to her? lol

@TheGuyMullins Жыл бұрын

Good investigative work here.

@markswishereatsstuff2500 Жыл бұрын

Plot holes? That's like a tender to a much bigger yacht and not for offshore use. You're telling me this vessel had the fuel capacity to go to some uncharted tropical island and return to the mainland?

@PamperedPetz Жыл бұрын

I had no idea. Thanks Rick

@bender7565 Жыл бұрын

When I was 6 I loved me some GI. Would have wagered I saw every episode 17x, I do not remember this one.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Doing this type of KZfaq work, I have found that most people watch the shows in syndication. Syndication does not show every single episode. It shows about half of them. So, while many people think they have seen most of the episodes, this is not true. I was surprised after studying these shows how many episodes of different shows I actually didn’t see. Thank you so much for the support and watching my videos!

@canuck_gamer3359 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that they ever explained this, although I had read about this "plot hole" online! But if you ask me, it does make perfect sense. Sadly, young/healthy people die every day from undiagnosed issues such as an aneurysm or even heart attacks or coronaries. EIther way, I'd be really interested to know what the circumstances were when Mr. Schwartz was asked about this! Another very interesting video Rick!!!

@SmallSpoonBrigade 8 ай бұрын

It's still a plot hole as the boat was too small to travel to the island unsupported and they didn't tell anybody where the island was. That being said, I don't think it's that big of a deal, this is just kind of a cool detail.

@TobyStahler-yp9ll Жыл бұрын

Or he went to an Army Navy store and bought a white hat and doesn't know s*it about boats. 😂

@martykarr7058 10 ай бұрын

Funny thing is that after they are rescued a second time, Mr. Howell DOES turn the island into a luxury resort.

@bridgetdavis9752 Жыл бұрын

I think it was a plot hole.

@finscreenname Жыл бұрын

That was an inboard boat, the lagoon would have to be at least couple feet deep or the prop would have bounced off the ground. Also the boat was registered in California (CF 4503 CL). Must have been a long ride to Hawaii.

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

THE SHIPPING LANES

@Donathon-xt2nl Жыл бұрын

Continuity is hard (hi HG)

@SmallSpoonBrigade 8 ай бұрын

@@Donathon-xt2nl Also, they didn't expect this to be in syndication for 60 years and available as relatively high resolution home media copies.

@sterlingholobyte Жыл бұрын

I never knew this about that character, but then, I never thought about any plot hole either. IT does just sound like an easy answer from Sherwood to explain it away. But then, he can do that. It's his show.

@retroguy9494 Жыл бұрын

It's been years and years since I saw this episode, but I thought Johnny was lost in a storm while they were returning, Erica survived and they were going to use the log book from the boat to find the castaways but since Erica and not Johnny had filled it out, that is where all the nonsense about the flowers and things came from.

@dcaa62817 Жыл бұрын

Not surprising. Nobody ever died on Gilligan's Island. It's a lighthearted show.

@SuperMarioBrosIII Жыл бұрын

@dcaa62817 You forget about Jonathan Kincaid The Hunter from the season 3 episode portrayed by Rory Calhoun. Kincaid comes to the Island to hunt one of the castaways which would be Gilligan. No worries Gilligan survived but what a dark episode it was LOL!🤠🏝🛥🔫

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

That episode was definitely very dark

@dcaa62817 Жыл бұрын

@@SuperMarioBrosIII Yes, it is a disturbing episode. I wonder what the writer of that episode was thinking?

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

@@dcaa62817 The Most Dangerous Gane. A great short story!

@filipinogirl38 Жыл бұрын

according to Fandom and Wikipedia, he died in 1983 from a heart attack

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

This video is about the character, not the actor. I explained it several times in the video

@bryede Жыл бұрын

Of course, there's another plot problem. Once Ms. Smith returns, there would almost certainly be a new search launched for the castaways. I guess the island is impossible to find even if you know the general area you should be searching in.

@SmallSpoonBrigade 8 ай бұрын

It's like Narnia, you can only find it if you aren't looking and you can't necessarily get back even if you have found it.

@MeadowFarmer 2 ай бұрын

My favorite episode of GI is when they almost get rescued but Gilligan screws up so they remain stuck on the island. 😂

@Brenda45167 Ай бұрын

😂

@Tim-57 Жыл бұрын

Hey Rick Very interesting plot🙂 Take care

@johntuttle2825 Жыл бұрын

Good video, Rick! That was shocking. Never knew about him or anyone dying on there before. Strange. I like all the Gabor's actresses. I remember seeing this episode before. I guess that I was too young to ask questions. Lol. That is about as bad as the Three Stooges episode where Curly passed. And they inserted Shimp in his place. Sad. Take care.

@tonyfriend7413 Жыл бұрын

curley hadn't died yet. before bringing in Shemp. he had 4 massive strokes and had to be put into a nursing home due to his high blood pressure and wild life and women robbing him blind. they didn't have blood pressure meds back in the 1940s and 1950s..and shemp had a massive heart attack on thanksgiving day with 2 of his buddies riding in a car smoking a cigar..about 1955

@aviatortrucker6285 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. A boat like that has about 3, maybe 5 hours of run time with its fuel capacity. So how does a small boat like that travel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to the island that is hundred of miles off course of any sea lane as the skipper once said?

@DouggieDinosaur Жыл бұрын

Sherwood Schwartz's word is gold - but I'm filing it under "afterthought". That said, Hollywood writers are a capable bunch, perhaps Sherwood is telling the truth 😎👍

@gary1705 Жыл бұрын

I never saw this episode even having watched hundreds of reruns over the years 💁

@Cpthilton Жыл бұрын

I look for plot holes and bloopers constantly but I never saw this one. I must have been preoccupied wondering why they never used the walkie talkie thrown down by the ghost.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Walkie-talkies only have a short range so they will not be able to use them to communicate to Hawaii or civilization

@Cpthilton Жыл бұрын

@@ricknineg To contact nearby ships in the shipping lanes.

@Cpthilton Жыл бұрын

@@michaelpatricklococo4776 They were clever enough to repair a transmitter and radio after being eaten by fish, they could have at least tried. lol

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

@@Cpthilton Agree!

@SmallSpoonBrigade 8 ай бұрын

@@ricknineg Yes, although with all the stuff the professor was doing, I'm a bit surprised he couldn't build some sort of booster for it.

@radicalross7700 Жыл бұрын

When I recently watched that rerun (BTW, nothing says Hungarian like the name Erica Tiffany Smith), I also thought "Of course SHE knows squat about navigation but what about the sailor who brought her there"? I'm also of the opinion that Sherwood Schwartz was joking about the sailor dying. Plot holes happen. But I think an explanation more in keeping with the lighthearted series would have been that the sailor washed overboard in the storm and wound up on another uncharted island.

@gailwatson4927 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks Rick. I never heard this.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Very cool stuff!

@gregoryboyd7176 8 ай бұрын

The biggest goof I ever spotted when watching GI back in the 60's [Yeah:I' THAT old!] was in their RADIO. Many closeups of the dial revealed it to be an AM receiver... but AM radios only had a broadcasting range of 100 miles or so.

@mombb8410 Жыл бұрын

I love your content of your videos.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@bryanhenderson8807 Жыл бұрын

I never knew any one died on Gilligan's Island. Maybe Star Trek, but no other show back then had a death that I can remember. It's also interesting how people visited the island, but none of the castaways left with the visitors.

@autonomouscollective2599 Жыл бұрын

There were a whole slew of crime and action series back in the 60’s. People were dying all the time. _The Wild, Wild West, The Avengers, Burke’s Law, The Man From Uncle, Dragnet, The Outer Limits_ Even the comedy _Get Smart_ had people dying in it. Possibly your parents shielded you from those shows, which is understandable if you were real young.

@benc.enlots Жыл бұрын

The Rat Patrol

@charlestaylor253 Жыл бұрын

@@benc.enlots Despite firing hundreds of rounds of ammunition at each other, nobody was ever shot and killed in the A-Team...

@enak413 Жыл бұрын

I heard that originally it was written that he was nuked by atomic testing on his way back to the island ... and he turned into a big dumb starfish who lives under the sea in a pineapple or somethin' like that

@user-jm4ju8du9t Жыл бұрын

Rick your the best sorry I missed your point. Keep finding them clues.

@vortexgen1 Жыл бұрын

That was very harsh for a comedy. They could have had it, that he slipped, fell, hit his head, and can't remember where the island is, while getting off the boat. Gilligan's Island had stuff like that happen all the time.

@StevePemberton2 Жыл бұрын

So apparently he was the second person to die, after the mystery 8th person who was seen piloting the Minnow out of the harbor in the season 2/3 intro, who apparently didn't make it through the storm.

@zekeonstormpeak4186 Жыл бұрын

That’s an awfully small boat to sail all the way from California. The boat has a California registration.

@davids6898 Жыл бұрын

I sure hope that wasn’t one of his excuses when one of the Brady kids was written out of an episode of the Brady Bunch.

@janiveer Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Great research! It just goes to show that heart attacks can can effect anyone😝

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Anyone, even on Gilligan’s island 🏝 😛

@lazyhomebody1356 Жыл бұрын

Yes they can. I get so sick of comments questioning early deaths like "young people shouldn't die!"

@SmallSpoonBrigade 8 ай бұрын

@@lazyhomebody1356 They shouldn't, and yet it happens a lot.

@lazyhomebody1356 8 ай бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade That sounds like you think life is fair,lol

@tracyroth-myers5574 Жыл бұрын

I’d like to think that he’s with Chuck Cunningham from happy days myself

@TheLowerman Жыл бұрын

Not sure if anyone else caught this but the boat shows CF registration numbers. The boat is from California. That would have been a long trip in an open runabout.

@paanne1013 Жыл бұрын

Oddly, Michael Whitney died in real life of a heart attack at the age of 52.

@The_DC_Kid Жыл бұрын

Eric Fleming (Trailboss Gil Favor on Rawhide) was in Peru shooting a film after that show ended when he drowned in the Huallaga River.

@11UncleBooker22 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes adults forget this was a kids show, so the plotlines aren't necessarily logical.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Kids watched it. But it was for adults

@oantech4252 Жыл бұрын

I sent you a message about the original SS Minnow was found in Canada by a Yacht Broker.. Fully restored.. the video is on YT. You can find it.

@sandrasanders706 Жыл бұрын

Seriously!!???? Wow😮

@pipe2devnull Жыл бұрын

There’s a YT video of Dawn Wells visiting the Minnow. She says that she wonders if anyone dares go on a tour with her.

@akmi1931 Жыл бұрын

Would of make more sense if she hired him under the table and he didn’t want to get caught as moonlighting by the Navy

@Multi1mark 2 ай бұрын

They should have included it with her saying poor Johnny died after we arrived back.

@brianmurphy250 Жыл бұрын

They could have gone with the story “the sailor feel down hit his head and got amensia” which is really common in sitcom land

@davejones5745 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Love GI , and this is a great price of lore!

@patrickperalta59 Жыл бұрын

I always wondered why that Sailor never told where the island was.....if that was Sherwood's explanation for it ....that is good enough for me.

@jeffhensley9988 Жыл бұрын

Why couldn't he have just gotten amnesia or something? But died? That's a bit too much for that show.

@ricknineg Жыл бұрын

Amnesia was done several times on the show so it was a bit overdone

@thevisorsusa Жыл бұрын

I think he went back to his planet with Poochie the dog.

@tigergreg8 Жыл бұрын

LOL, I actually thought one of the actors died while filming the show, I took it literally.

@peterbadore1338 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like something Schwartz just sputtered out at the spur of the moment.

@dbscreenside Жыл бұрын

This sailor's demise is not nearly as ugly as what happened to both of Marylin Munster's parents. So very tragic she was left an orphan at a very young age before being adopted and given the Munster name..

@mariehernandez5878 Жыл бұрын

She was Lily's niece.

@dbscreenside Жыл бұрын

@@mariehernandez5878 Yes, we know but her last name was Munster. She said her name was Munster several times. If she wasn't adopted her last name would be her Father's name. She must be an orphan.

@mariehernandez5878 Жыл бұрын

@@dbscreenside I was thinking you may have missed she was Lily's sister's kid (no one in Herman's family ever looked like that!). But your point was they adopted her. I am following you now. 🙃