Ahoy Maties!

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

Thurston:  Oh Gilligan. 
Gilligan:  Oh hi Mr. and Mrs. Howell.
Lovey:     Is there something wrong Gilligan?
Thurston:  Yes yes my boy. You seem like you're in another world.
Gilligan:  Mr. Howell don't say that, I want to stay here in this world.
Thurston:  Permission granted. HAH!
Lovey:     Thurston you're so democratic.
Thurston:  Lovey, Lovey. Watch your language.


Welcome to the November edition of the Gilligan's Island Fan Club. Did everybody have an
enjoyable Halloween? We sure did! The Professor put his brains together and made the
scariest Haunted Cave we have ever seen! He found this real spooky cave and made
life-sized monsters out of, you guessed it, bamboo and coconuts! With the help of
some wild berries, he managed to squish them scientifically to look like a bloody mess!
Mrs. Howell wouldn't even go in! Ginger screamed through the whole cave, the Skipper 
played it off like a tough guy, but I knew he was just as scared as Mrs. Howell was. 
Mr. Howell wasn't allowed to go in because he had to stay with his wife (he was happy to 
do it) and Mary Ann and myself held hands through the entire thing! I think I jumped up
in her arms a couple of times. After about 5 minutes she said she couldn't carry me 
any longer. Wonder what we'll do next year?

Not a lot happening in the Gilligan world. No movie, no sightings, no gossip, nuttin'.
Most of this newsletter is from the fans. You can however get ready for Christmas and get 
that special somebody a Gilligan shirt. 
If you so desire, go here to check them out:

http://www.gilligansisle.com/shirt.html
http://www.columbiaknit.com/rugbymens.htm

Columbiahouse is ignoring us big time and we won't take it anymore! The only way
we will be able to get a full release of all episodes on DVD is to pester the heck
out of them. I don't think that they realize that Gilligan's Island has NEVER been off
the air...NEVER. It is the oldest running sitcom in the history of television. 

Please bombard Columbiahouse Video at: video@columbiahouse.com. 

We now have the current month tv schedule on our site thanks to tv-now.com. You will 
be just one click away from finding out when Gilligan's Island is playing on tv. Great 
for finding your favorite episodes.
http://www.tv-now.com/stars/bobden.html

"Ghost Ship" ranks 3rd at the box office. 

Elizabeth heard this on a radio show about "Ghost Ship."

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...
A tale of a fateful trip...
That started when a salvage crew
went looking for "Ghost Ship."
The mate was a mighty sailor girl
The captain brave and bold,
7 passengers set sail that day
To find some haunted gold,
To find some haunted gold.
  
Then things started getting really weird,
The mate saw a little girl ghost,
The captain started going nuts,
The repair guy soon was toast,
The repair guy soon was toast.
  
Evil ghosts were everywhere
They tried to take some soles...
From Julianna,
and Gabriel Byrne,
Isiah Washington,
Ron Eldard, too,
Some sexy guy,
And the rest...
Are trapped on this haunted ghost ship!
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FROM OUR MEMBERS

Hi, I'm just responding to your Oct. newsletter about a place in Sarasota Fla. named 
"Gilligans". I was in Sarasota this month, and the place I think you are talking about 
is on Siesta Key. It sits in the "downtown" of Siesta Key which is called the village. 
It's a bar, grill-type place with outdoor seating. This is the only place I know in the 
Sarasota area that is called "Gilligans." Hope this helps!!! Smooth sailing.
Ann Morris   

For all you Tina Louise fans out there, there is a new independent feature film that she 
starred in with Vincent Pastore of Sopranos. The name of the film is "Growing Down In 
Brooklyn". It is a gritty, dark original New York story of murder and the mob. 
Robert

There was a restaurant in Fairhaven/New Bedford Mass, called 'Gilligans on the Island. 
Did you forget to mention this one? -Tim Bowen

In Disney's new show 'Kim Possible', on one episode there is an evil golfer named Killigan 
and when Kim and Ron are going to the island Ron looks down and says 'There it is. Killigan's 
Island.' 
And of course this was probably in an earlier newsletter before I became a member but in 
an episode of VeggieTales they do a sort of Gilligan's Island thing with Larry wearing a 
Gilligan's hat, Bob wearing the Skipper's hat, Dr. Archibald as the Millionaire and his wife 
as.... well, Lovey and this other veggie as the Professor.
Erin

The one with the Ghost who calls on his walkie-talkie "W9" !! "W9" !!!, when he sees the 
"ghosts" of the castaways, he's gets petrified, throws his talkie behind his back and runs 
into the lagoon with his ghost sheet on.
Quest 
1) Did he swim to Hawaii?
2) Why didn't the professor use the discarded walkie talkie to call whomever was on the other 
end and plea for rescue?
-Best TB

Movie Quote Re GI:
Movie: The Running Man (Arnold Swarzenegger)
Character Quoter: Damon Killian (Compare of a futuristic Sadistic Game Show
called "The Running Man"; Actor name: ??)
Quote: (talking to government official on telephone): "If we don't get
Richards (Swarzenegger) on the show, be prepared to show re-runs of
Gillian's Isle....You know; Gillian's Isle..The Skipper, The Professor" (and
he starts to hum the theme song).
I hope other fans enjoy this connection.
Keep Up the good work.
Yours in shipwrecked spirit
Ken Donnelly

Well, I have to go clean up this cave mess. Until next time...

"Smooth Sailing"

Willy Gilligan
President/Webmaster
Official Gilligan's Island Fan Club
http://www.gilligansisle.com