Sunday, November 8, 2015

Gilligan's Island: Good Night Sweet Skipper

Gilligan's Island: Good Night Sweet Skipper
CBS
October 17, 1964
Sitcom
DVD
B-

The Skipper is walking in his sleep (with his eyes open) and recalls how to turn the radio into a transmitter.  So most of the rest of the episode is spent trying to put him back into a dream state where the Professor and/or Mary Ann can take notes on the procedure.  This leads to drug abuse, with the Skipper accidentally swallowing ten tranquilizers!  The best group scene is when the other castaways have to recreate battle noises.  Actress Ida Lupino directs her first but not last GI episode and, yes, that is June "Rocky" Foray providing the voice of the female pilot they try to contact.  Co-writers Dick Conway and Roland MacLane would return.
I think this is the first episode where Ginger sings.

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