Gilligan's Island: Season 3

Gilligan's Island's third and final season...that sounds really weird doesn't it. After only three seasons this legendary sitcom was cancelled for re-runs of Gunsmoke. But even though only three seasons were aired, in all there are ninety eight episodes we can watch again and again and they will never be forgotten. This show never had a high point or a low point, what am I saying! The whole series was a high point for the show, and the physical never got dull. Thirty episodes were aired for season three and there really is no ending, and to be honest, I'm glad there isn't. Do they get off the island? We'll never know unless that is, if you watch the full length movie "Rescue from Gilligan's Island."Season three's box set is in just as high quality as the first two, nice photographs of the cast and helpful episode descriptions on the inside of the DVD case. I know you probably already know this by now, but unfortunately the discs are all double sided so there easily scratched. But that's really not too big a problem, and I still haven't had too many problems with these discs yet. Again like season two, there is an introduction by Sherwood Schwartz to get you ready for the third season and he also did a commentary for episode four "The Producer." I was excited about a documentary on disc three called "Gilligan's Island; A Pop Culture Phenomenon" but it was unfortunately a bit short but still an interesting bonus feature to say the least.One of my favorite episodes is from season three, it's "Pass the Vegetables, Please" when they all eat experimental vegetable seeds and they develop strange powers. I must have watched this one ten times, I just love that episode. I was also excited that Sterling Holloway (the original voice of Winnie the Pooh) guest starred, he's is featured in episode twenty-eight which is called "The Pigeon." Down below I'll list season three's episode descriptions so you can remember your favorites.Up at Bat - Airdate: 9/12/66 - Gilligan is bitten by a bat, and he believes he's turning into a vampire. This invokes a dream by Gilligan that he is Dracula.Gilligan vs. Gilligan - Airdate: 9/19/66 - Gilligan has a double. A Soviet agent sent to discover the true mission of the castaways.Pass the Vegetables, Please - Airdate: 9/26/66 - A crate of radioactive experimental vegetable seeds washes ashore. The castaways plant them, and they grow remarkably fast. Then they begin to eat them before they discover the "radioactive experimental" part of the crate they came in.The Producer - Airdate: 10/3/66 - Hollywood producer Harold Hecuba lands on the island for some rest and solitude. The castaways convince him to return to civilization by staging a musical production of Hamlet.Voodoo - Airdate: 10/10/66 - A witch-doctor has come to the island and stolen a personal item from each castaway and is now casting voodoo spells over them. The Professor, who doesn't believe in voodoo, is turned into a zombie.Where There's a Will - Airdate: 10/17/66 - Mr. Howell decides to put the castaways into his will. When they try to throw him a banquet, he thinks they are trying to kill him.Man with a Net - Airdate: 10/24/66 - Lord Beasley, a world famous butterfly collector, comes to the island in search of the world's rarest butterfly, the pussycat swallowtail.Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - Airdate: 10/31/66 - Gilligan wakes up with white hair, and then he wakes up bald. It's not long before the Skipper becomes afflicted too.Ring Around Gilligan - Airdate: 11/7/66 - Mad scientist Dr. Boris Balinkoff is back, this time his scheme is to turn the castaways into hypnotized robots he will use to assist him in looting Fort Knox.Topsy-Turvy - 11/14/66 - Gilligan bumps his head and sees everything upside down. The Professor concocts a potion to cure him but instead Gilligan sees multiple images. To make matters worse, headhunters come to the island and capture everyone but Gilligan.The Invasion - Airdate: 11/21/66 - When a locked briefcase washes ashore, the castaways are dying to find out what's inside.The Kidnapper - Airdate: 11/29/66 - A kidnapper is loose on the island, holding one of the castaway's captive, and then another one captive for ransom. The remaining castaways set out to trap him at his own game.And Then There Were None - Airdate: 12/5/66 - The castaways are disappearing one by one. Gilligan becomes convinced that he is responsible for their disappearances.All About Eva - Airdate: 12/12/66 - A plain Jane comes to the island to escape society. But when the girls give her a makeover, it turns out that Ginger has a double.Gilligan Goes Gung Ho - Airdate: 12/26/66 - Deputy Gilligan takes his job a little too seriously, and soon everyone is in jail.Take a Dare - Airdate: 1/2/67 - The "Take-A-Dare" radio show has put a contestant on a deserted island to survive for one week without any help from anyone. If he can do this he will win $10,000. The problem is the island the contestant is on isn't deserted.Court Martial - Airdate: 1/9/67 - When they hear on the radio that the Maritime Board has pinned the loss of the Minnow on the Skipper, the castaways recreate the shipwreck to uncover the truth. When the blame seems to shift to Gilligan, he dreams about pirates.The Hunter - Airdate: 1/16/67 - Big game hunter Jonathan Kincaid lands on the island. Disappointed to discover no game to hunt, he decides to hunt "the Most Deadly Game", also known as Gilligan. If Gilligan can elude him for 24 hours then he will rescue them.Lovey's Secret Admirer - Airdate: 1/23/67 - Mrs. Howell has a secret admirer.Our Vines Have Tender Apes - Airdate: 1/30/67 - An ape-man visits the island but is he really an ape-man?Gilligan's Personal Magnetism - Airdate: 2/6/67 - Gilligan and his bowling ball are magnetically attached to each other after Gilligan is struck by lightning.Splashdown - Airdate: 2/6/67 - The Professor determines that a manned American spacecraft will pass directly over their island. They set out to build a signal to let the astronauts know they are there.High Man on the Totem Pole - Airdate: 2/27/67 - Skipper and Gilligan find a totem pole in the jungle, and the head at the top of the pole is a dead ringer for Gilligan, leading him to believe he is a Kupakai headhunter.The Second Ginger Grant - Airdate: 3/6/67 - Gilligan finds a stone map that tells how to get "off" the island.The Secret of Gilligan's Island - Airdate: 3/13/67 - Gilligan rescues Kalani, a Matoba native girl, from drowning, and she vows to be his slave for life.It's a Bird, It's a Plane - Airdate: 3/27/67 - A high-tech jet pack lands on the island. The castaways believe they can use it to signal the Navy search party looking for it.The Pigeon - Airdate: 4/3/67 - When a homing pigeon comes to the island, the castaways begin to correspond with the bird's owner.Bang! Bang! Bang! - Airdate: 4/10/66 - A crate full of modeling clay washes ashore and the castaways waste no time in molding it into things they need, including fillings for Gilligan's teeth. A playful monkey shows them that, once hardened, the clay is a deadly explosive, set off by the slightest bump.Gilligan, the Goddess - Airdate: 4/17/66 - A Chief from a nearby island, King Killiwani, comes in search of a white goddess to take back to his island to marry.The cast of Gilligan's Island will always be remembered portraying there unforgettable characters, and I'm glad that Bob Denver loved his character. He has done Gilligan's Island cameos for many shows after Gilligan's Island's run, and it's just great that Bob Denver's unforgettable character Gilligan will always be remembered with this great DVD set. I hope he knew how much we appreciate his terrific job he did and that goes for the entire cast, this is a must have DVD collection for your family so they can show this to their kids and hopefully it will remembered for generations to come.

"Gilligan's Island," while never a hit with the critics, is beloved today by millions of fans. I don't remember when the series was on during primetime, but I fondly recall coming home from school to catch it in the afternoons. This DVD set covers the final season of the short-lived series and it contains some of my favorite episodes. Gilligan thinking that he's a vampire, Gilligan being hunted by a big game hunter, MaryAnn thinking that she's Ginger, a witch doctor casting spells on the castaways, and many more memorable episodes. My all time favorite is included here - "The Producer" with Phil Silvers as the over-the-top movie producer Harold Hecuba.The entire episode list follows:#1 - Up at Bat - After being bitten by a bat, Gilligan is convinced that he is turning into a vampire.#2 - Gilligan vs. Gilligan - Gilligan can't convince the others that there is a Russian spy on the island and he looks just like him!#3 - Pass The Vegetables Please - Gilligan finds a crate of radioactive vegetable seeds that give the castaways superhuman powers.#4 - The Producer - Phil Silvers guest stars as Harold Hecuba and the castaways try to impress him by staging their own version of "Hamlet."#5 Voodoo - A witch doctor makes dolls in the likeness of the castaways and casts spells on them.#6 Where There's A Will - Mr. Howell decides to revise his will and leave everything to his fellow castaways. When they throw him a party, he thinks that they are out to kill him.#7 Man With A Net - John McGiver guest stars as Lord Beasley, a butterfly collector in pursuit of the elusive pussycat swallowtail.#8 Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - Gilligan and the Skipper mysteriously go bald and decide to live in a cave to avoid the stares of the others.#9 - Ring Around Gilligan - Vito Scotti guest stars as mad scientist Dr. Boris Balinkoff who controls the castaways with a hypnotic ring.#10 - Topsy-Turvy - Gilligan is having vision problems and there are headhunters on the island.#11 - The Invasion - Gilligan finds an attache case filled with top secret files and has a dream that is Agent 014.#12 - The Kidnapper - Don Rickles guest stars Norbert Wiley, a kidnapper who holds the women for ransom.#13 - And Then There Were None - The castaways are vanishing one by one and Gilligan, thinking he is responsible, has a dream that he is Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.#14 - All About Eva - Tina Louise has a field day as the drab Eva Grubb, who gets a beauty make-over from the girls and ends up looking just like Ginger.#15 - Gilligan Goes Gung Ho - Law and order is needed on the island so Skipper becomes the sheriff and Gilligan his deputy.#16 - Take A Dare - Strother Martin guest stars as George Barkley, who is trying to win $10,000 by surviving on a deserted island. Only this island isn't deserted!#17 - Court-Martial - The Skipper is distraut when he hears that he is at fault for the Minnow shipwreck.#18 - The Hunter - Rory Calhoun plays big game hunter Jonathan Kinkaid, who wants to hunt humans.#19 - Lovey's Secret Admirer - Mr. Howell is sending his wife anonymous love letters.#20 - Our Vines Have Tender Grapes - Denny Miller guest stars as Tongo, the Ape Man, who is actually an actor vying for a movie role.#21 - Gilligan's Personal Magnetism - Gilligan becomes invisible.#22 - Splashdown - The Professor calculates that a space shuttle will soon be flying over the island. The castaways prepare to get their attention.#23 - High Man on the Totem Pole - After seeing his likeness on a totem pole, Gilligan thinks that he is the descendent of headhunters.#24 - The Second Ginger Grant - Mary Ann thinks that she is Ginger after hitting her head.#25 - The Secret of Gilligan's Island - Gilligan and the Skipper find prehistoric tablets in a cave. Gilligan dreams that the castaways are living in prehistoric times.#26 - Slave Girl - Gilligan saves the life of a native girl and now she wants to be his slave for life.#27 - It's A Bird, It's A Plane - A jet pack floats into the lagoon - the Professor thinks that there is enough fuel in it to get one of them back to Hawaii.#28 - The Pigeon - Sterling Holloway plays a prisoner who uses his homing pigeon to correspond with the castaways.#29 - Bang! Bang! Bang! - A crate of molding plastic washes ashore and the castaways start using it but are unaware that it is actually an explosive.#30 - Gilligan, the Goddess - Natives arrive on the island in search of a "white goddess" to feed to their volcano.

DVD set works as described. DVDs play fine. As with season 1 and 2, video quality is awesome.

Das ist die letzte Staffel einer der populärsten Americanischen Serien der Spät 60 Jahre.Es handelt sich um 7 Leute die eine 3 Stundige Schiffstour machen und dann durch ein Sturm verschollen auf einer unbekante und einsame Insel landen.Es sind (the Skipper)der dicke Boatskapitän,( Gilligan) der trottelige Schiffsjunge,( The Professer)der schlaue Wissenschaftler,(Ginger)eine sehr hübsche und sehr bekannte Schauspielerin,(Mary-Ann)die schöne Bauerntochter und (Mr. & Mrs. Howell)der verwöhnte Millionär und seine Frau. Sie müßen Jahre lang auf dieser kleinen Insel leben! Was sie alles durchmachen und die geniale erfindungen sind zum totlachen.Nach dieser letzte Staffel gab es noch den Abscluß Film " Rescue From Gilligans Island",wo die alle endlich gerettet werden und in Ihr normales Leben zurückkerren.Aber nichts ist wie früher und sie vermissen alle die Insel. Nach einem Jahr machen sie wieder alle zusammen eine Schiffstour züm ein Jähriges Jubiläum der Rettung.Und ausgerechnet bei dieser fahrt sinkt das Schiff wieder und die landen alle wieder auf der gleichen Insel !!Sprache- EnglischUntertitel- Englisch, Spanisch, FranzösischRegion 1

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Just sit right back and you'll here a tale. For Gilligan fans the three hour tour has finally come to an end. The final hilarious season of "Gilligan's Island" contains the remaining 30 episodes of this classic show in amazing color. Just like seasons one and two the video is really amazing, the colors are sharp and vibrant and the sound is clean and crisp. Once again all 30 episodes and bonus features are crammed onto 3 double sided discs but the quality is really consistent.As for the bonus features, I didn't really care for them. Sadly Bob Denver passed away in September 2005 and he will definitely be missed by fans of the show. However thanks to these DVD season sets he will live on as the loveable goofball Gilligan forever. Why didn't the studio include any DVD interviews with Bob Denver or the remaining aging cast of this classic show? Any interview from Bob Denver about working with Alan Hale or the cast would have been nice or a where are they now featurette would have been even better.I wonder if the cast knew the show was quickly coming to an end, because the episodes got even funnier in the final season. It's too bad that the made for TV movies were not included as bonus features for the DVD sets, then the series would truly be complete. Good clean fun and pure entertainment for the entire family, what more could you want? As for the question Ginger or Mary Ann, I would definitely take Mary Ann. She was easy on the eyes and could cook and bake up a storm, when you're marooned on an Island a man's still got to eat.Disc 1, Side A-Up at Bat-Gilligan vs. Gilligan-Pass the Vegetables, Please-The Producer-Voodoo-Where There's a Will*(Special Features)-Gilligan's Island: Season 3 Introduction-The Producer Commentary by Creator/Producer Sherwood SchwartzDisc 1, Side B-Man With a Net-Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow-Ring Around Gilligan-Topsy-Turvy-The Invasion-The KidnapperDisc 2, Side A-And Then There Were None-All About Eva-Gilligan Goes Gung Ho-Take a Dare-Court-Martial-The HunterDisc 2, Side B-Lovey's Secret Admirer-Our Vines Have Tender Apes-Gilligan's Personal Magnetism-Splashdown-High Man on the Totem Pole-The Second Ginger GrantDisc 3-The Secret of Gilligan's Island-Slave Girl-It's a Bird, It's a Plane-The Pigeon-Bang! Bang! Bang!-Gilligan, the GoddessSpecial Features:-Gilligan's Island: A Pop Culture Phenomenon

Just what I'd been looking for. They're great!