Continuity mistake: After the shark bites off the rest of the paddle, leaving the handle, Gilligan hesitates a second, sees no paddle, and begins swatting at the shark. A moment later, in the closeup, he's paddling, hears the bite again, and pulls the handle up, showing the paddle is gone.
Movie Nut
5th May 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
4th May 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Visible crew/equipment: As the flame is blown out by Skipper's sneeze from behind a board held by Gilligan, you can just see a man from Skipper's left blowing it out.
23rd Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
21st Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Visible crew/equipment: As the Skipper makes an 'X' in the dirt, the shadow of the camera rig raising up is seen on the ground.
20th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Other mistake: The Communal Hut is built in the clearing, and has a dirt floor. When Skipper and Gilligan check outside, it's floating in the lagoon. But that suggests it had a wooden floor.
20th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Good Night Sweet Skipper - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the Professor drops a couple of tranquilizer pills in the Skipper's cup, it's nearly filled to the rim. As he hides the bottle of pills, the liquid is a little lower.
20th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Voodoo Something to Me - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: As the Professor comes up to Skipper and the girls, his left hand goes up to his face, but a second later it's his right hand on the bridge of his nose.
20th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Visible crew/equipment: As Wrongway says "A couple more minutes, I could've been killed", the studio lighting is reflected on the left lens of his goggles.
18th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Continuity mistake: As Mr. Howell tells his story, the table Ginger is on rocks to the point the canteen beside her falls off. A second later, she's drinking out of it.
17th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Visible crew/equipment: As the camera looks at Skipper and Gilligan, after the tossing of the sail, the edge of the studio tank is visible for a few seconds in the background.
17th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Continuity mistake: After the shark bites Gilligan's paddle and he holds it up, the amount of wood between the handle's connection and the bite differs from shot to shot.
17th Apr 2019
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Continuity mistake: As they struggle with the sail, Skipper's hat is backwards. After a shot of the shark, his hat's on right as he tosses the sail.
16th Jun 2017
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Audio problem: As Gilligan is carrying Kona, there is an earthquake and coconuts fall on him. However there is the sound of eight hits, but only four hit him. Also, there's the sound of a hit, but there's no coconut near him.
16th Jun 2017
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Continuity mistake: As the raft starts to sink, Lovey goes into the water on the back side of the raft. When the camera is in a close up of Mr. Howell, she's sitting beside him again. Then she's neck-deep in the water in the next wide shot.
16th Jun 2017
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Other mistake: As the girls are trying to land their catch, the Skipper comes by and starts to help. Although he was walking by, when he starts to help, his pants legs are already wet from previous takes.
16th Jun 2017
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Good Night Sweet Skipper - S1-E5
Revealing mistake: At the end, when Gilligan is holding to gourd up, chasing a fly, the lines of the cut out spot for the final gag are visible.
16th Jun 2017
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Voodoo Something to Me - S1-E4
Revealing mistake: While searching in the jungle, Gilligan slips and goes down a slope. As he gets toward the bottom, the plastic sheeting used to make the slide ripples.
16th Jun 2017
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: The beam the Skipper wants Gilligan to work on is six feet, but if you look carefully, the beam is already pre-cut.
6th Feb 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
The Secret of Gilligan's Island - S3-E25
Other mistake: At the end, the Professor and Skipper walk up on Gilligan, who's busy chiseling a message on a stone. Look carefully, because he's hitting the chisel, but the tip never touches the stone, and the 'E' in 'HOME SWEET HOME' (the message Gilligan is working on) is plainly visible.
3rd Feb 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
The Hunter - S3-E18
Continuity mistake: The target Ramu draws has a small mark in the center. A moment later, the mark is broad and runs top to bottom through the small circle.
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