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{{Infobox episode |image = File:G24.jpg |season = 2 |number = 18 |summary = The Professor, Skipper and Gilligan all try to romance Mary Ann to console her after hearing on the radio her boyfriend proposed to another girl. But on her way to her own hut, she overhears the conversation the guys have and thinks sheβs dying from poisonous mushrooms. |writer = [[Herbert Finn]] and [[Alan Dinehart]] |director = [[Leslie Goodwins]] |previous = [[You've Been Disconnected]] |guests = None |next = [[Seer Gilligan]] |airdate = January 20, 1966}} '''The Postman Cometh''' is the eighteenth episode of the [[Season 2|second season]] of ''Gilligan's Island''. It first aired January 20, 1966. ==Synopsis== Since she's been on [[the Island]], [[Mary Ann]] has been sending messages in bottles to her boyfriend, [[Herbert|Horace Higgenbottom]], back in Kansas, but the [[Skipper]] and [[Gilligan]] hear over [[the Radio]] that Horace has since married, and they struggle to tell her the news. In passing, the [[Professor]] notices Mary Ann feeling emotional over [[Old Doctor Young|a radio soap opera]] which she listens to on the radio. Instead of telling her about Horace, he instead deviates from the topic and reminds her to be careful with the poisonous mushrooms on the island. Urged to tell her the truth by the others, the men try to romance her to forget about Horace by acting as various actors. The Skipper is Marshall Matt Dillon, the Professor is Cary Grant and Gilligan is Charles Boyer. Instead, the experience forces her to run off terrified for the safety of Ginger and the Howells, who respond unfazed. On her return to her own hut, she overhears the three man agonizing on how they're going to tell her their bad news, and she rationalizes she might have eaten poisonous mushrooms because of the Professor's comments. That night, she dreams she's on her radio program with [[Ginger]] and [[Mrs. Howell]] as nurses and the men as the doctor versions of the actors they were impersonating. [[Mr. Howell]] is also present as Dr. Zorba, but they're all too distracted with performing surgery to actually listen or help her. When Mary Ann wakes, she learns the truth that she only heard part of their conversation. Gilligan tells her that Horace has married, and she is not fazed by the news, actually having pity for the girl he married. She admits that in reality she wasn't all that close to him, and she had only used his name to make the others think she had someone waiting for her back home. Confessing it was a silly thing to do, the others agree with her. ==Credits== Main Cast *[[Bob Denver]] as [[Gilligan]] *[[Alan Hale, Jr.]] as [[Skipper|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 * [[Charles Maxwell]] as the [[Radio Announcer]] (unconfirmed) * Unidentified Actor as [[Old Doctor Young]] (voice) * Unidentified Actor as [[Old Doctor Young|Young Doctor Young]] (voice) * Unidentified Actress as [[Old Doctor Young|Irene Forbisher]] (voice) ==Message== * "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." ==Highlights== * Gilligan as Charles Boyer, The Skipper as Marshall Matt Dillon and the Professor as Cary Grant * Mary Ann's soap opera dream ==Trivia== * The episode title is a spoof on the 1946 play, "The Iceman Cometh", by Eugene O'Neill. * This episode runs contrary to [[Rescue from Gilligan's Island]] where Mary Ann returns home to discover her old boyfriend [[Herbert]] is still waiting to marry her. * The Skipper recharges the batteries in the radio with the [[Electric Generator]]; they were last recharged in [[X Marks The Spot]]. * No one seems to recall that Mrs. Howell in [[The Matchmaker|a previous episode]] tried to fix up [[Mary Ann]] and [[Gilligan]]. * Gilligan mentions that he has a sister in this episode. * Mary Ann cries when she reaches the false conclusion she is dying. She previously cried in [[Gilligan Gets Bugged]], and she again in [[Where There's a Will]]. * In the dream, Mrs. Howell plays Nurse Blabbermouth. * In the dream, Mr. Howell plays Dr. Zorba, a character from the 1960s TV-series, "Ben Casey." Mary Ann's radio show, [[Old Doctor Young]], seems to be a spoof of it. He previously imitated the character in [[A Nose by Any Other Name]]. * [[Alan Hale, Jr.]] imitates Marshall Matt Dillon in this episode; Sheriff Dillon is a character on the TV series, "Gunsmoke," which caused the cancellation of the series. * This is the first time Ginger shows up as a nurse. She acts a nurse in some capacity in several episodes, notably [[Forward March]] and [[Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho]]. ==Quotes== * '''[[Gilligan]]''' - "If that's the Democratic way, I'm going to become a Republican!" ---- * '''[[Skipper]]''' - "Well, I always found myself as sort of the Western type."<br />'''[[Mr. Howell]]''' - "Well, you are built like the Ponderosa." ---- * '''[[Skipper]]''' - "I always thought I should be a cowboy."<br />'''[[Mr. Howell]]''' - "Somewhere there breathes a horse that is glad you are not." ---- * '''[[Professor]]''' - "Oh, that wasn't much like Cary Grant, was it?"<br />'''[[Ginger]]''' - "That wasn't even much like General Grant!" ---- * '''[[Professor|Cary Grant]]''' - "Stick out your tongue. Ahh... yes, I think we'll have to operate!"<br />'''[[Mary Ann]]''' - "Operate! What have I got?<br />'''[[Professor|Cary Grant]]''' - "You have a severe case of roomisigloomis."<br />'''[[Gilligan|Charles Boyer]]''' - "Zat is what she has alright."<br />'''[[Mary Ann]]''' - "What is roomisigloomis?"<br />'''[[Professor|Cary Grant]]''' - "It's a medical term, my dear, no concern of yours."<br /> ---- * '''[[Skipper|Marshall Matt Dillon]]''' - "Please, when I make a diagnosis, it's final!" ---- * '''[[Mr. Howell|Dr. Zorba Gillespie]]''' - "You must be the one they call Nurse Blabbermouth." ---- * '''Dr. Grant/[[Professor]]''' - "Mary Ann, Mary Ann, Mary Ann..."<br />'''[[Mary Ann]]''' - "Professor!"<br />'''Dr. Grant/[[Professor]]''' - "Just a minute, I've got a few more Mary Anns!" ---- * '''Dr. Grant/[[Professor]]''' - '"We haven't got time for tomfoolery."<br />'''[[Ginger]]''' - "Oh, yes, we do. I've got time for tomfoolery. Dick and Harry Foolery, too." [[Category:Episodes]] [[Category:Season 2 Episodes]] [[Category:Mary Ann Episodes]] [[Category:Radio Episodes]] [[Category:Dream Episodes]]
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