Plenty of fun and games on Gilligan's Island from golfing, fencing, checkers, poker, pool, bowling, badminton, creating their own musical orchestra and a musical version of Macbeth, etc.
These are memorable scenes of GI. As kids we never wondered how Skipper made the boomerang or how Howell made his pool table. We just loved how fun the show was and marveled at the likable characters.
Clearly most of the games were made on the island. We have to assume the Skipper brought the checker board set and Howell brought the deck of cards on the three hour tour in case they got bored.
What's really amazing about these clips? This was before HD or digital filming. Look at detail, color and focus; it rivals ANY HD film. What did they use? I'm guessing 35mm color film and B/W for the early episodes. Who was cinematographer? Richard L. Rawlings He has many TV series under his photography guidance: www.imdb.com/name/nm0712619/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr14
Gilligan and Skipper did not know about the pool table so that means either Howell or the Professor built it: Howell does not do labor so my guess is he had the professor build it. Or, like everything else on the island it just showed up.
Such a funny back & forth between Mr.Howell & the Skipper playing cards! 7:19 Thurston shows off, and then Skipper gets his turn!! 7:52 Gilligan's facial expressions watching both of them are priceless!
Even though a lot of the things in this show are unrealistic at least they're doing things to keep themselves preoccupied and being productive and constructive with their time
Howell is not used to losing and rarely does. Funny that his wife is beating him in badminton. She owns her own against her husband. Much more so than the poor skipper.
For a narcissist like Mr. Howell, (albeit a very lovable one) he sees his wife as an extension of himself, so it makes sense that she, one if the illustrious Howells, doesn't upset him by winning, especially as he can take credit for teaching her. They really were a wonderful couple! They had amazing chemistry.
Humm, just wondering how they grew that putting green for Howell’s golf. Maybe it was already there and the professor figured out how to build a lawn mower.
how come after wearing the same cloths all those years,they never wore them out? and nobody ever wanted any sex,after being stuck on a island all those years.i would have been chasing mary ann all over the place,she was hot
Aging back then was so different. Alan Hale was cast to fit the role of the “older gruff man” but in actuality he would have only been in his mid-40s. And Russell Johnson (Roy), who was cast as the “hot smart guy” was only a few years younger. Denver (Gilligan) was 25. Natalie Schafer was actually in her 60’s and she looked amazing.
