Feed the Kitty

Feed the Kitty is the 60th episode of "Gilligan's Island" and the twenty-fourth episode of the Second season. It aired March 3, 1966.

Synopsis
Gilligan has a pet - a lion! The only problem is when the cans of stew run out... will the lion think of the castaways as its dinner?

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

 * The lion's off-screen name was Zamba.
 * Either the lion washed up sometime prior to this episode or there's a second lion on the island because in Gilligan's Mother-in-Law, Gilligan rushes out of a cave terrified of a lion's roar.
 * Gilligan thinks of the Lion as a pet - however, the Lion has different thoughts - The Skipper is a cow, Mr. Howell is a horse, Mrs. Howell is a llama; Ginger and Mary are does; the Professor is a owl and Gilligan is a big can of beef stew!
 * In this episode and in Love Me, Love My Skipper, it's suggested that from the relative positions of the huts that the Howell's Hut is between the Supply Hut and the Girl's Hut which face each other with the communal table and one tree in the center. (The Boy's Hut is never shown in this arrangement.) However, in most episodes, it's suggested that each hut is part of it's own clearing with nothing but jungle outside the entrance.
 * No one on the island must care for corned beef if they are willing to let Gilligan give it all up to the lion.
 * The appearance of the cans of beef on the island are a mystery, although they might have washed up on the island sometime prior after a storm.
 * When Gilligan suggests Mr. Howell promote a circus with him as a lion-tamer, Mr. Howell wants to be a ringmaster, Mrs. Howell wants to be a horse rider, Ginger a trapeze artist and the Skipper a juggling clown with Mary Ann as his knife-throwing assistant. The Skipper's costume possibly comes from the movie crate.
 * In several scenes in which very close interaction with the lion is required, a stunt double for Gilligan is used. You can tell which scenes these are by the double's unnatural attempts at covering his face with his arm.
 * The view of the lion as it drifts away in the lagoon looks unrealistic; it maybe a prop.
 * When Gilligan is wondering what to do with the last can of beef stew - the skipper gives him an answer - he roars like a hungry lion! This scene is usually cut from the syndicated versions of the episode.

Quotes

 * Skipper - "Well, what do you know... he chose the lion!" Professor - "I wonder long it will be until the lion chooses him?"


 * Gilligan - "Leo? We gotta find him!" Mr. Howell - "We better or we won't find anyone else!"


 * Skipper - "I'm fed up with Gilligan and his ideas." Mary Ann - "Just make sure his friend doesn't get fed up with you."