Three to Get Ready

Three To Get Ready is the 29th Episode of the First Season. It aired April 17, 1965.

Synopsis
While digging a bait trap with the Skipper and Professor, Gilligan discovers a cat's eye quartz that the Skipper believes is the Eye of the Idol taken from the statue of the native god Metuzar. He explains that anyone who finds it is granted three wishes, a notion that the Professor scoffs at, but Gilligan tests it by wishing for ice cream. As the Professor and Skipper debate the legend, a tub of ice cream washes up into the lagoon that turns out to be chocolate. Uncertain what to wish for next, Gilligan wanders island unsure what to wish for next, but the notion of the three wishes intrigues Ginger into trying to get him to share with her. Mr. Howell is also taken with the idea and tricks Gilligan into losing it, but when it doesn't work for him, he seeks out Gilligan and throws it back at him upset. When the Skipper says the stone will only work for Gilligan, Gilligan casually wishes for ice cream again. At that moment, Mary Ann runs by with tutti-fruiti ice cream that floated into the lagoon. Convinced that everyone is going to be rescued on the last wish, the Skipper rallies everyone together to leave the island. The Professor, however, remains dubious, and when Gilligan loses the stone, he half-heartedly helps Ginger search the caves where Gilligan thinks he lost it. Meanwhile, the Skipper falls from a tree Gilligan had climbed while searching for the stone with Mary Ann, and the Howell's search the clam beds for the stone, losing their interest in clams for the rest of their lives. When Ginger finds the stone, everyone rushes for the lagoon, but the Professor remains unconvinced that anything will happen and wishes them off to humor them. As the sun descends on the time limit for Gilligan's wishes, everyone one by one breaks away. Mary Ann opts to stay with the Professor then Mrs. Howell asks her husband to stay as chaperone with them, but then she and Ginger decide to stay behind too. By now, the Professor chooses to humor them and joins them. Gilligan wishes everyone was off the island at the last minute just as the small patch of land they're on drifts into the lagoon. They're off the island, but now they're adrift in the lagoon as Gilligan tries hard to correct his wish to no avail. Later on that evening, the Professor rationalizes the digging of the bait trap loosened the small plot of land. The Skipper groans at his disbelief as Gilligan disgruntledly tosses the Eye of the Idol into the jungle, hoping whoever finds it next has better luck with it. At that moment, everyone rushes off to find it, including the Professor who prefers not to take any chances. Meanwhile, Gilligan reveals he never tossed it after all as everyone searches for it.

Message

 * "Be careful what you wish, because you might get exactly what you wish for."

Highlights

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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

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Quotes

 * Professor - "I repeat, a silly superstition concocted by ignorant savages." Skipper - "Well, Professor, I notice it hasn't stopped you from enjoying your ice cream." Professor - "For which I give thanks to the airplane or the ocean liner which lost it."


 * Mr. Howell - "Lovey, I've made up my mind. We're definitely selling our house on Oyster Bay."


 * Mary Ann - "I'm not going. " Mr. Howell - "After I reserved first class passage for seven people?" Mary Ann - "It's not fair to leave the Professor here by himself." Mrs. Howell - "But you can't stay alone with him. It's not proper!"