Gilligan's Island: The Complete First Season
Turner Entertainment / Warner Bros. Entertainment (1964)
TV Series  /  Classic, Comedy, Television
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IMDB   7.5
916 mins United States / English
DVD  Region 1   Unrated
Bob Denver Gilligan / ... (38 episodes, 1962-1966)
Alan Hale Jr. The Skipper / ... (37 episodes, 1962-1966)
Jim Backus Thurston Howell III (37 episodes, 1962-1966)
Natalie Schafer Mrs. Lovey Howell / ... (37 episodes, 1962-1966)
Tina Louise Ginger Grant (36 episodes, 1964-1966)
Russell Johnson The Professor / ... (36 episodes, 1964-1966)
Dawn Wells Mary Ann Summers (36 episodes, 1964-1966)
Charles Maxwell Radio Announcer (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Vito Scotti Dr. Boris Balinkoff / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Janos Prohaska Ape (3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Eddie Little Sky Native / ... (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Mel Blanc Parrot / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Hans Conried Wrongway Feldman (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Denny Miller Duke Williams / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Russ Grieve Native / ... (2 episodes, 1965)
George N. Neise NASA Official / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
James Spencer Copilot / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Chick Hearn Commentator / ... (2 episodes, 1967)
Bob Denver Gilligan
Alan Hale Jr. The Skipper
Jim Backus Thurston Howell III
Russell Johnson The Professor
Tina Louise Ginger Grant
Dawn Wells Mary Ann Summers
Natalie Schafer Mrs. Lovey Howell
Charles Maxwell Radio Announcer
Director
Ida Lupino
Rodney Amateau
Jack Arnold
Producer Jack Arnold
Sherwood Schwartz
Writer Sherwood Schwartz

A three-hour tour? No way! Not when you have all 36 Season-One episodes of Gilligan's Island plus a cargo of DVD extras that include the originally unaired pilot. The S.S. Minnow first sailed into living rooms on September 26, 1964, and from there steered into legend. Certainly much credit for the show's three-year run and amazing afterlife goes to the remarkable cast whose characters managed to endure life on the island while never losing their comic timing. Bravo to Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jim Backus, Natalie Schaefer, Tina Louise, Russel Johnson and Dawn Wells. It's a joy to be stranded with them time and again – here on Gilligan's Isle.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins  1.  Pilot
The S.S. Minnow first sails into TV legend! That maiden voyage includes a different, Calypso-like theme song and three cast members not in the series. Fimed at Kauai's Molona Bay.
Director:  Rod Amateau  Writer:  Sherwood Schwartz  / Elroy Schwartz 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    26/09/1964  2.  Two on a Raft
The shipwrecked castaways awaken to find themselves marooned on an uncharted island, so Gilligan and Skipper set out on a flimsy raft to find civilization.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Lawrence J. Cohen  / Fred Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    03/10/1964  3.  Home Sweet Hut
A hurricane is coming, so the Castaways must quickly build one large community hut in which to weather the storm. However, they soon get on each-others nerves, so they later decide to branch out and build individual huts.
Director:  Richard Donner  Writer:  Bill Davenport  / Charles Tannen 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/10/1964  4.  Voodoo Something To Me
The Skipper fears that the island is full of 'voodoo' when he thinks that Gilligan has been turned into a monkey.
Writer:  Elroy Schwartz  / Austin Kalish 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    17/10/1964  5.  Goodnight Sweet Skipper
The castaways hear on the radio that a plane is going to be flying over their island, but they will be unable to contact them because their transmitter is broken. Gilligan overhears the Skipper dreaming about repairing a transmitter as he sleeps. The Skipper is unable to remember how he fixed the transmitter from his Navy days, so he attempts to have the dream again, but is unable to fall asleep. Each castaway attempts to help by sneaking two tranquilizers into Skippers mango juice. When Gilligan hits the transmitter out of frustration, it suddenly works! However, when he hits it again in an effort to show the other castaways how he fixed it, it falls completely apart just as the plane flies overhead.
Writer:  Dick Conway  / Roland MacLane 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    24/10/1964  6.  Wrongway Feldman
When Gilligan finds an old airplane hidden in the jungle, the Castaways discover a long-forgotten aviator living on the island.
Director:  Ida Lupino  Writer:  Lawrence J. Cohen  / Fred Freeman 
Guest starring:  Hans Conried
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    31/10/1964  7.  President Gilligan
The castaways decide that they need someone to be the leader on the island, and so they hold elections. As you might imagine, both Mr. Howell and the Skipper imagine themselves to be the natural choice to lead the Castaways in their island society. However, when the votes are counted Gilligan is elected president of the island! Just as we recently learned in Florida, every vote counts!
Writer:  Roland Wolpert 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    07/11/1964  8.  The Sound of Quacking
The Castaways are faced with running out of food, when a blight threatens to destroy many of their plants. When Gilligan finds a duck in the lagoon, a difficult decision must be made. Should they eat the duck, or tie a rescue note to it and let it fly away?
Writer:  Lawrence J. Cohen  / Fred Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    21/11/1964  9.  Goodbye Island
Gilligan discovers a special tree sap that can be used to make a good tasting pancake syrup. Then the professor discovers that the same tree sap also makes a super glue, that may allow the castaways to repair the Minnow. Could it be that the Castaways may finally escape from the island?
Writer:  Burt Styler  / Albert E. Lewin 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    28/11/1964  10.  The Big Gold Strike
Mr. Howell discovers a gold mine on the island. He then hires Gilligan to work in the mine. When gold fever strikes the castaways and Mr. Howell is unwilling to share the gold, they begin to charge outlandish prices for the supplies and food that Mr. Howell needs. When the professor repairs the life raft from the Minnow, they all climb in hoping to reach civilization. However, the combined weight of the gold that everyone smuggles on-board the raft causes it to sink. Another rescue foiled!
Writer:  Roland Wolpert 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    05/12/1964  11.  Waiting For Watubi
While digging, the Skipper uncovers a carved statue of a Tiki God. He then believes a curse has fallen on him for disturbing the resting-place of Watubi, and that his days are numbered. Gilligan dresses up as Watubi, and performs a special ritual dance that the Skipper believes will lift the curse. It is an earth-shaking experience!
Writer:  Lawrence J. Cohen  / Fred Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/12/1964  12.  Angel on the Island
Mr. Howell decides to put on a play, staring Ginger, after she begins to suffer from home-sickness. Trouble begins, however, when Mrs. Howell decides she wants to play the starring role.
Director:  Jack Arnold  Writer:  Alan Dinehart  / Herbert Finn 
Guest starring:  Mel Blanc
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    19/12/1964  13.  Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk
During Christmas, the Castaways get homesick and remember the first day they were shipwrecked. When Santa Claus ""appears"" on the island, many suspect he is the Skipper in costume. However, just as Santa departs while wishing the Castaways a Merry Christmas, the Skipper appears from the other direction.
Writer:  Sherwood Schwartz  / Elroy Schwartz 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    26/12/1964  14.  Three Million Dollars More or Less
Mr. Howell loses $3 million to Gilligan in a golfing contest. Mr. Howell then tricks Gilligan into trading for a worthless oil well that he owns. When the radio announces that the oil well is a gusher, Mr. Howell sets his sites on winning it back. However, just as he succeeds in wining it back, the radio announces that the gusher was a mistake!
Writer:  Bill Davenport  / Charles Tannen 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    02/01/1965  15.  Water, Water Everywhere
Talk about a painful irony: though surrounded by water, the Castaways suddenly discover that their supply of fresh drinking water is running out. When they pool all available drinking water together and decide to ration it, they discover that they will each receive only a few drops per day. Of course, most of the castaways sneak water from the community supply when Gilligan is standing watch, but return it when the Skipper catches them. Just when all seems lost, Gilligan saves the day!
Director:  Stanley Z. Cherry  Writer:  Frank Waldman  / Tom Waldman 
Guest starring:  Mel Blanc
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    09/01/1965  16.  So Sorry, My Island Now
The Castaways are captured by a Japanese sailor who thinks that WWII never ended. When the other castaways are captured, it is up to Gilligan to save them.
Director:  Alan Crosland Jr.  Writer:  David P. Harmon 
Guest starring:  Vito Scotti
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    16/01/1965  17.  Plant You Now, Dig You Later
While working for Mr. Howell, Gilligan unearths a chest. The castaways think it must contain a pirate's treasure. When ownership of the chest is disputed, the case goes to court, with the Professor presiding as judge.
Writer:  Oliver Crawford  / Elroy Schwartz 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    23/01/1965  18.  Little Island, Big Gun
A well known crook tries to evade police after a heist and is dropped off on the island by his henchmen to be picked up later after the heat cools down. After being discovered by Gilligan he poses as a doctor but the truth is soon revealed. Now he must keep the castaways at bay and get off the island with his money. Of course with Gilligan on the island this is much easier said than done.
Director:  Abner Biberman  Writer:  Dick Conway  / Roland MacLane 
Guest starring:  Larry Storch, Jack Sheldon, K.L. Smith, Louis Quinn
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    30/01/1965  19.  X Marks the Spot
In a test of a deadly new missile, called ""Operation Powder Keg,"" the Air Force chooses an ""uninhabited island"" which just happens to be Gilligan's Island. When the rocked lands and does not explode, Gilligan is chosen to crawl inside to defuse it, because he is the only one that can fit inside.
Director:  Jack Arnold  Writer:  Sherwood Schwartz  / Elroy Schwartz 
Guest starring:  Russell Thorson, Harry Lauter
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    06/02/1965  20.  Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy
Gilligan discovers a jungle boy living on the island. He shows them a hole in the ground that causes objects to float, and the professor theorizes that it is expelling either helium or hydrogen. He immediately sets to work building a large balloon, with the hopes of carrying one of them back to civilization.
Director:  Lawrence Dobkin  Writer:  Howard Harris  / Al Schwartz 
Guest starring:  Kurt Russell
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    13/02/1965  21.  St. Gilligan and the Dragon
Angry because the men haven't kept their promise to build them private houses, the women decide to move to the other side of the island in protest. Gilligan and the Skipper dress as a monster, in an attempt to frighten the girls and cause them to come running back.
Writer:  Arnold Peyser  / Lois Peyser 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    20/02/1965  22.  Big Man on Little Stick
Handsome surfer Duke Williams rides a giant tsunami to the island. At first, the castaways are excited as Duke thinks he will turn around and surf back to Hawaii (and send help). However, after seeing Mary Ann and Ginger, he decides he may want to stay for a while. The castaways must come up with a plan to make him want to leave for Hawaii.
Director:  Tony Leader  Writer:  Lou Huston  / Charles Tannen 
Guest starring:  Denny Miller
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    27/02/1965  23.  Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend
A gorilla is enchanted by Mrs. Howell's perfume and kidnaps her. After Gilligan accidentally spills the perfume all over his shirt, the gorilla decides to release Mrs. Howell and exchange prisoners.
Director:  Jack Arnold  Writer:  Elroy Schwartz 
Guest starring:  Janos Prohaska
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    06/03/1965  24.  How To Be a Hero
After Gilligan is unable to save Mary Ann from drowning in the lagoon, the Skipper must jump in and rescue both of them. The Castaways then devise schemes to boost Gilligan's ego, and help him feel like a hero.
Writer:  Alan Dinehart  / Herbert Finn 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    13/03/1965  25.  The Return of Wrongway Feldman
The castaways are revisited by 'Wrongway' Feldman.
Director:  Ida Lupino  Writer:  Lawrence J. Cohen  / Fred Freeman 
Guest starring:  Hans Conried
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    20/03/1965  26.  The Matchmaker
Mrs. Howell decides to engineer a romance between Gilligan and Mary Ann.
Writer:  Joanna Lee 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    27/03/1965  27.  Music Hath Charm
Mrs. Howell decides to form a symphony orchestra, to make up for the lack of culture on the island. Gilligan's drum beats, as they drift across the water, hold special meaning to angry natives on a nearby island.
Director:  Jack Arnold  Writer:  Howard Harris  / Al Schwartz 
Guest starring:  Frank Corsentino, Russ Grieve, Paul Daniel
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    03/04/1965  28.  New Neighbor Sam
The Castaways overhear the voices of gangsters discussing buried treasure and threatening their lives. The voices turn out to belong to a parrot, who then leads the castaways to the ""treasure"" .... a box of crackers!
Director:  Ray Montgomery  Writer:  George O'Hanlon  / Charles Tannen 
Guest starring:  Mel Blanc, Herb Vigran
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/04/1965  29.  They're Off and Running
Mr. Howell wins all of the Skipper's possessions betting on turtle races. Even when he feels bad and switches the turtles so that Skipper will finally win, he still wins!
Writer:  Walter Black 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    17/04/1965  30.  Three to Get Ready
The Skipper insists a stone found by Gilligan will grant the finder three wishes before sundown. The professor, of course, insists it is just superstition. Two gallons of ice cream later, Gilligan has only one wish left.....and the sun is going down!
Writer:  David P. Harmon 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    24/04/1965  31.  Forget Me Not
The Professor tries to cure the Skipper's amnesia by hypnotizing him and taking him through time.
Writer:  Herbert Margolis 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    01/05/1965  32.  Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?
The Castaways discover that Gilligan has been keeping a secret diary. When they read it, they all seem to disagree with how certain events unfolded and tell their side of the story.
Director:  Christian Nyby  Writer:  David P. Harmon 
Guest starring:  Vito Scotti
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    08/05/1965  33.  Physical Fatness
Gilligan and the Skipper plan to join the Navy when they are rescued. However, when weighing themselves, they discover that Gilligan must gain weight, while the Skipper must diet.
Writer:  Alan Dinehart  / Herbert Finn 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    15/05/1965  34.  It's Magic
The Castaways discover a trunk belonging to a magician. They use a magician's props to scare away unfriendly natives from nearby islands.
Writer:  Al Schwartz  / Bruce Howard 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    22/05/1965  35.  Goodbye, Old Paint
A famous painter who has renounced civilization, Dubov, visits the island (with a short-wave radio, of course). The castaways are hopeful that Dubov will give them his transmitter, but soon discover he does not wish to go back to civilization. They must come up with a scheme to make him change his mind, and attempt to make him jealous by pretending Gilligan is an artistic genius.
Director:  Jack Arnold  Writer:  David P. Harmon 
Guest starring:  Harold J. Stone
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    05/06/1965  36.  My Fair Gilligan
After Gilligan saves Mrs. Howell's life, Mr. Howell decides to make him his son. He immediately puts Gilligan through basic training to be a millionaire's socialite son (dream sequence), changing the way he walks, talks and dresses. However, Gilligan and the rest of the castaways miss the ""old Gilligan.""
Director:  Tony Leader  Writer:  Joanna Lee 
Guest starring:  Tom Forstor
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/06/1965  37.  A Nose By Any Other Name
A fall from a coconut tree gives Gilligan an inflated nose and a deflated ego. When Gilligan decides he wants the Professor to perform plastic surgery on his nose, the Professor pretends to perform the surgery, and instead, relies on the recuperation time behind the bandages to allow the swelling to go down. When the bandages are finally removed, Gilligan decides he is happy with his old nose!
Writer:  Elroy Schwartz 
Edition Details
Series Gilligan's Island
Release Date 03/02/2004
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Subtitles French; English; Spanish
Audio Tracks Commentary Dolby Digital 1.0
English Dolby Digital 1.0
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 3

Features
Disc 01 * Rare pilot episode with commentary by Sherwood Schwartz* Tropical Tidbits Trivia* Gilligan's Island Survival Guide: A funny look at how not to survive on an uncharted island* Before The Three Hour Tour profiles your foavorite castaways