The point about "The Friendly Physician" and "Ring Around Gilligan" airing in reverse order wouldn't really make sense because Dr. Balinkoff has no idea that the castaways are on the island until he sees the signal fire that Gilligan & the Skipper light at the start of the "Friendly Physician" episode. Therefore, "Ring Around Gilligan" could not have taken place without "The Friendly Physician" since Balinkoff wouldn't have known the castaways were there. Also, interesting blooper in this episode is that Ginger's hair is styled differently from the point where she destroys the raft to where she reports back to Balinkoff's cave. It is tied up differently in the yellow ribbon, which indicates that the 2 scenes were filmed on different days .