Gilligan&#… Editing Sam The Parrot 1 You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Bio</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Sam</b> is a very old native of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIsland%7Cisland%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" class="new" title="Island (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSXNsYW5kP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">island</a>. Brought to the island by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Diamond%20Bandits%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Diamond%20Bandits%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDiamond%20Bandits%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" href="/wiki/Diamond_Bandits" title="Diamond Bandits">Diamond Bandits</a> in 1906, he picked up several words and phrases from the gang as they talked and lived in a nearby cave while hiding from the authorities. Among snippets of dialogue, Sam could imitate Artie and Lou's voices and also got agitated when he heard the words, "boat" and "jewelry." Several years later, Sam caused alarm among the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22castaways%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Castaways%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Castaways%7Ccastaways%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" href="/wiki/The_Castaways" title="The Castaways">castaways</a> by convincing them that there were gangsters on the island. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gilligan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gilligan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGilligan%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" href="/wiki/Gilligan" title="Gilligan">Gilligan</a> became fond of Sam and made him a pet, but <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mr.%20Howell%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mr.%20Howell%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMr.%20Howell%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" href="/wiki/Mr._Howell" title="Mr. Howell">Mr. Howell</a> tried to get Sam to lead him to the bandit's hidden loot, only to end up with a box of sixty year old crackers buried in a cave. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Trivia</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Sam's voices were provided by veteran actors <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Herb%20Vigran%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Herb%20Vigran%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHerb%20Vigran%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" href="/wiki/Herb_Vigran" title="Herb Vigran">Herb Vigran</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mel%20Blanc%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mel%20Blanc%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMel%20Blanc%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" href="/wiki/Mel_Blanc" title="Mel Blanc">Mel Blanc</a>, who was best known as the voice of "Bugs Bunny." </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Mel Blanc was also responsible for the voice of the Raven on "The Munsters." </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Tropical parrots can live 50 to 60 years which means Sam was very young when he came to the island and very elderly by time the Castaways arrived. </li></ul> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Episode(s)</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20Neighbor%20Sam%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20Neighbor%20Sam%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20Neighbor%20Sam%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-4795555935f60aa6d228d7" href="/wiki/New_Neighbor_Sam" title="New Neighbor Sam">New Neighbor Sam</a> </li></ul> <hr / data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <p /> Loading editor Critters Pages Missing Images Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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