Revealing mistake: As the Professor and Skipper get the test vehicle rocking faster, there are a few times that the metal poles built into the table legs to slide it is visible. Then as Gilligan slides on the table, the channels the poles slid along are visible, and it's obvious that the figure flying out into the men's arms is a dummy.
Movie Nut
2nd May 2023
Gilligan's Island (1964)
27th Oct 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Pass the Vegetables, Please - S3-E3
Revealing mistake: When Gilligan tosses the coconut, as it flies past the Skipper, the line it slid on catches the light as it shakes.
27th Oct 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
9th Oct 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: When Skipper is blindfolded, as he rears back getting ready to sneeze, watch his right shoulder. You can see the line that pulls the blind off when he sneezes.
9th Oct 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: When Skipper is sneezing after Gilligan showered, he turns towards the wardrobe. As he sneezes, in a "blink and you miss it" moment, the line pulling up the bottom of the green cloth is momentarily visible, pulling from the upper right corner of the screen.
9th Oct 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: When the Professor comes over to the Robot to ask "How would you like to do us a favor?", look closely at the mesh like part of the Robot's "face", just left of the vertical black bar. You can see the Robot actor's eye blinking and looking around. When he nods, you can see the outline of the actor's head.
9th Oct 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Gilligan's Living Doll - S2-E21
Revealing mistake: Watch the window on the barrel used as a washer. It looks to be somebody inside wiping the glass to simulate clothes washing.
8th Oct 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: In the closing credits of Seasons 2 and 3, after the camera pulls back to look at the castaways on the beach of the lagoon, in the upper left corner of the shot you can see the roofline and corner of a building.
6th Sep 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Good Night Sweet Skipper - S1-E5
Revealing mistake: In the end scene, as Gilligan chases the bug, trying to quiet it, you can see the lines in the gourd where the hole will be after he hits Skipper with it.
6th Sep 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: As the gale force wind lifts Gilligan, you can see the outline of the harness under his clothes and can make out the wires holding him up.
5th Sep 2020
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: When the shark takes a second bite of the raft, you can see the bite before it's taken.
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.
3rd Feb 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
The Hunter - S3-E18
Revealing mistake: As Gilligan sits in front of a large boulder, the disguised charge that simulates a bullet strike is easily seen.
3rd Feb 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: In Gilligan's dream sequence, when the pirate goes to hit his fencing foil, the score mark where the break was supposed to happen is plainly visible, and he's holding it very still for the gag.
3rd Feb 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Pass the Vegetables, Please - S3-E3
Revealing mistake: As the camera pulls back from the hut, the bubbles can be seen coming from around the edges of the shot.
3rd Feb 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Pass the Vegetables, Please - S3-E3
Revealing mistake: As the Professor reads his meter, the bubbles are shooting from beside his nose, rather than his mouth.
3rd Feb 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Pass the Vegetables, Please - S3-E3
Revealing mistake: When Gilligan picks up a coconut, the first one he crushes easily is totally different than the ones in the pile it's on, showing it was a specially made prop.
7th Jan 2016
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Revealing mistake: After the Skipper tosses the sail into the water, look at the background. On the right side of the shot, the bottom of the backdrop is easily seen, showing this scene is filmed in a huge water tank set.
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