Take a Dare

"Take a Dare" is the 8th episode of Gilligan's Island and the 16th episode of the third season. It aired January 2, 1967.

Synopsis
The Castaways learn that the Take a Dare TV Show has marooned a man on the Island for a week and if he survives without anyones help he'll win $10,000! Will the castaways be rescued - or will the man win the money?

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
 * Strother Martin as Charles Barkley

Trivia

 * Guest star Strother Martin is best known as the evil prison warden in the Movie "Cool Hand Luke" with his remark, "What we got here is a failure to communicate." He also starred in the "Gunsmoke" episode, "Island in the Desert," as crazy hermit Ben Snow.