Agonized Labor

Agonized Labor is the eight episode of the Second Season. It aired November 18, 1965.

Synopsis
Listening to the radio, Gilligan and The Skipper learn from the radio that Howell Industries is bankrupt, and that the Howells are broke. The Howells are traumatized by the news, and their fellow castaways try to teach them skills they can use as jobs after they get rescue. Ginger and Mary Ann try teaching Mrs. Howell how to sew and cook, but despite her best attempts, she fails at both. Mr. Howell, however, is not used to any physical labor and watches the Skipper dig a new well. When it is suggested that they become domestic servants, the Howells try to throw themselves off the cliff, but Gilligan comes to the rescue with a revised new report, it was Powell Industries that went broke, not Howell Industries, and the Howells are not broke.

Trivia

 * it's revealed that the Howells have just petty cash on the Island, around 100,000.00!
 * In the episode, Mrs. Howell proves to be a terrible cook, and Mr Howell is even worse as a butler; however, in the episode The Producer, they end up being a butler and maid for Harold Hecuba, and in Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho, Mrs Howell bakes a cake.
 * The Castaways must have the worst radio announcer in the world; in Mr. and Mrs. ???, he also mispronounces the Howell's minister Buckley Norris as Boris Nuckley.