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"Smile, You're on Mars Camera"
Season 2, Episode 4
Mars-Cam
A earth space probe for Mars lands on the island!
Basic Info
Air Date: October 7, 1965
Written By: Al Schwartz & Bruce Howard
Directed By: Jack Arnold
Guest Cast: ???
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Smile, You're on Mars Camera is the 4th episode in the second season. It first aired on October 7, 1965.

Synopsis

A earth space probe for Mars lands on the island! Can the Castaways use the probe camera to be rescued? Or will a combination of Gilligan, a heap of feathers and boiling pot of glue ruin their chances... again?

Major Events

  • Gilligan covering everyone in sap glue.
  • Everyone being covered in feathers
  • Gilligan becoming a human cucko bird at the end!

Trivia

  • The TVLand syndicated version cuts out the part at the end when Gilligan - in punishment for messing up another rescue - becomes a cuckoo clock bird!
  • Why would the Professor reuse the tree sap as glue on the Mars satellite after it destroyed the Minnow?
  • It's mentioned in this episode that the red shirt Gilligan wears is not his but his brother's.
  • It's kind of preposterous that two NASA scientists would confuse a tropical island for Mars.

Quotes

  • Skipper - "What are you doing back there, Gilligan? When the camera goes on, they won't be able to see you!"
    • Gilligan -"That's what I had in mind"
    • Skipper - "What do you mean?"
    • Gilligan - "Well, if I stand in front, the whole world will see me, and if the whole world sees me, that means the United States will see me, and if the United States sees me, that means my hometown will see me, and if my hometown sees me, that means my brother will see me, and if my brother sees me, he'll punch me because I'm wearing his shirt."
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