Goodbye Island

Goodbye Island is the eight episode of the First Season of Gilligan's Island. It aired November 21, 1964

Synopsis
Despite his best efforts, the Professor can't make nails to patch the holes in the Minnow. Gilligan tries to make pancakes from tree syrup and ends up making glue! It seems that Gilligan has found the solution to patching the Minnow, even though he and the Skipper get "attached" to the Minnow and have to be unstuck with Mrs Howell's perfume! Just before the Minnow is to be launched, Gilligan discovers that his "miracle glue" only lasts for 24 hours before dissolving! When he tries to tell everyone else, no body believes him until the Minnow literally comes apart!

Credits
Main Cast
 * Bob Denver as Gilligan
 * Alan Hale Jr. as The Skipper
 * Jim Backus as Mr. Howell
 * Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
 * Tina Louise as Ginger
 * Dawn Wells as Mary Ann
 * Russell Johnson as The Professor

Guest Cast
 * None

Trivia

 * This episode would set the surreal slapstick comedy tone of "Gilligans Island" since the only part of the ship that should have come apart should have been the boards glued over the damage to the hull, not the whole thing!
 * The holes in the S.S. Minnow would suggest it struck an underwater reef before hitting the beach.
 * The Minnow in this episode looks like a much bigger craft than the version seen in Marooned (Unaired Pilot) and Two on a Raft.
 * Another view of the Minnow prop can be seen in Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk.
 * If the Minnow had not been destroyed, the wreck on the island would have been sighted by a passing ship and expedited their rescue, and yet, it appears almost whole in wide shots of the island in later episodes and on the shore of the lagoon in the color episodes.

Quotes

 * Professor - "It would take a polyester derivative of an organic hydroxidemolecule." Mr. Howell - "Watch your language!"