Gilligan's Island: Up at BatCBS
September 12, 1966
Sitcom
DVD
B
This is the first of three GI episodes Ron Friedman wrote and it's a nice way to kick off the third season. The basic idea is pretty silly, and the bat marionette is ridiculous, but the episode does actually manage to be deliberately funny and a bit scary. (I think it did scare me as a kid, especially because Gilligan was usually so sweet and gentle.) The dream sequence allows for dress-up as always, with Mary Ann this time a much less attractive maid, and Ginger as Gilligan's vampire bride. The Professor and the Skipper as Holmes and "Watney" are the most into their roles, although I was surprised by what I'm sure is an ad-lib Jim Backus makes about a male decorator's ballet slippers. And this episode contains what must be one of Mary Ann's shortest dresses ever, shorter than her nightshirt!
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