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is that the Skipper conks Gilligan on the head with his hat whenever Gilligan exhibits incompetence. One variation of this gag occurs when Gilligan (on rare occasion) does something right or correctly predicts an outcome. The Skipper prepares to conk Gilligan, then restrains himself due to the fact
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as films about PT-sized boats that were shipwrecked with Navy sailors on board. Little was ever learned about his past, but in several episodes he mentions variously having several ships blown out from under him, and his veteran's status, implying that he had served in
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regiment, but whether that actually happened or was just a wish-fulfilling fantasy is open to debate, for later on in the series he says that he was simply a cook. In one episode he claimed to have been a Navy Bandmaster and in another he claims to have been the best
253:). He does most of the physical work on the island or makes Gilligan do it. He is also the most superstitious castaway, sometimes putting him in conflict with the Professor's rationalism. The Skipper is usually depicted wearing a blue polo shirt and captain's hat. 343: 290: 671: 545: 338:. In one episode he gets amnesia, and thinks he is on a covert mission behind enemy lines, mistaking the others for Japanese soldiers, including 422: 261:
Gilligan was right. Another running gag is that whenever Gilligan is in a tree as a lookout and falls down, he usually lands on the Skipper.
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The Skipper is irritated continually by the clumsiness and ineptitude of his "little buddy" Gilligan; despite that, they are good friends. A
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as he relived an experience from the battle where he turned the radio into a transmitter,
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on its "three-hour tour" from Hawaii when he, first mate
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Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island
Gilligan's Planet
Sherwood Schwartz
Alan Hale Jr.
Gilligan's Island
Alan Hale Jr.
S. S. Minnow
Gilligan
Bob Denver
Professor Roy Hinkley
Russell Johnson
running gag
Gilligan's Wake
ISBN
0-312-29123-X
Esquire
Tom Carson
backstory
John F. Kennedy
PT-109
McHale's Navy
PT 109
World War II

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