Shouldn't the SS Minnow just have sank

[Mendocino]

instead of the lame disablement. I mean a little hole in the side, and the professor who could make a movie projecter with a flashlight and tin cans, or bamboo motor cars, couldn't fix it? Come on just sink it! It would have made a great dive site and tourist attraction but NO, it fell apart and rotted.

[denbot]

1. The "little" hole in the side would have sunk a boat in less then a minute.

An inch and a half hole will sink a boat that size in ten minutes if the hole is foot or more below the waterline.
Loved the show, but I wouldn't try to think it through.

[baldguy]

8. "If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost..."

Did you even listen to the song?

[lunamagica]

19. I always wondered why the Howells would go aboard such a dingy boat. n/t

[nuxvomica]

2. The boat was only designed for a 3-hour cruise

It wasn't adequately seaworthy for the trip back Hawaii. You have to remember that it was a powerful storm that tossed the tiny ship so far.

[Mendocino]

3. See the Yamato thread

further down.;)

[Brother Buzz]

4. The Minnow's hull was breached when she beached

[kimi]

5. I dunno

The whole accident with that little boat is a somewhat mysterious affair. Couldn't Ginger have somehow kept that thing afloat with her - shall we say - flotation devices?? :shrug:

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Tina Louise is no buoy.

Or did she say boy?

[kimi]

7. Ha!

Touche!

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. Why DIDN'T the professor fix the boat?

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[realisticphish]

13. excellent point

back on land: nerd.
island: most eligible bachelor. Yeah, sure Gilligan and the Skipper, but c'mon

[texanwitch]

14. He was kind of cute.

He could have invented birth control of some kind.

[HEyHEY]

15. Yup, he knew he'd never have a chance with either of them in the real world

But on a desert Island with two old men and a goof as competition, the nerd can actually make some headway.

[Taitertots]

16. Come on, he is a professor...

He knows the ratio. Two ladies, three dudes, and a couple.

[NewJeffCT]

25. yes, but

one guy was a geeky screw-up, and the other was a chubby old guy. Compared to those two, the Professor was the Brad Pitt of the island.

[SwampG8r]

20. i got to meet dawn wells recently

she is still a smoking hottie
60 sometrhing looks mid 40s
i was sooooooooooooo .........
she meant soo much to me in my youth

[Roon]

26. I had a book written about gilligan's island

and they described the professor as being asexual. It wasn't an official book.

[Taitertots]

10. Why didn't the professor just build a new boat?

Or at least fix the existing boat?

Even if the motor is broken, just pop a sail on that beast and dip out.

[texanwitch]

11. I think they didn't really want to leave after awhile.

Other people came and went if I remember right.

[david13]

12. Mendo. The first rule of sitcoms is ... they cain't make sense. Sense

won't give you the opportunity for twists of the plot.
And thickening, too. Don't forget thickening of the plot.
dc

[krispos42]

17. Gilligan's Island?

Oh, those poor people...

[mikeSchmuckabee]

18. It did! There were no survivors.

All the shows were simply the brains of the dying going haywire as all seven drown. That's why they are so surreal. There was no surfer, no nuclear seeds, no jeannie, no communicating with astronauts, no rescue, no Globetrotters. It was death for seven mings.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

23. Vitto Scotti doesn't exist? Damn! (nt)

[Swede]

21. Just sit right back,and you'll hear a tale,a tale of a fateful trip.........

:shrug:

[OffWithTheirHeads]

22. I'm pretty sure it was saved by the smoke monster

and then they found that huge food stash left by the Darma folks and then the time shifted and Gilligan became jack and Marianne turned into Kate and then, well, I'm not sure because I haven't seen season 6 yet.

[bikebloke]

24. Wait until Season 7.

They're on a parallel, alternative flash-back-forward time linear loop.

[driver8]

27. I always wondered why they had so much shit packed on board for a three hour cruise?

The Howell's and Ginger had trunks and trunks of clothes...WTF?