| "Three Million Dollars More or Less" | |
|---|---|
| Season 1, Episode 13 | |
| |
| Basic Info | |
| Air Date: | ??? |
| Written By: | ??? |
| Directed By: | ??? |
| Guest Cast: | ??? |
| Episode guide | |
| Previous | Next |
| Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk | Water Water Everywhere |
|airdate = 12/26/64 |writer = |director = }}
Synopsis
Gilligan's .25 cent bet with Mr Howell ends up with Mr Howell owning Gilligan 3 million dollars! Howell then sells Gilligan an oil deed in Dustbowl Oklahoma for that amount..which is worthless until the radio announces that oil has been found in Dustbowl! Mr Howell -who is a pool shark-tricks the skipper into owning Howell 12 million dollars...which Gilligan pays with the Oil deed. However the Joke is on Mr Howell-the oil is from a buried truck!
Trivia
Quotes
- Gilligan: Hi, Skipper.
Skipper: What are you doing, Gilligan?
Gilligan: Mr. Howell's teaching me how to play golf. He even gave me this club to use.
Skipper: And I gave you this hammer to use.
Gilligan: I just took a little time off to practice my driving.
Skipper: Well, if you'd like to practice your driving, Gilligan, Start on those nails! - Mr. Howell: Well, you see, I settled the debt by giving Gilligan one of my oil companies.
Gilligan: Yeah, I'm president of the Tehechapuku Oil and Mining Corporation.
Skipper: Tehechapuku Oil and Mining? What is that?
Mr. Howell: Well, That's two hundred acres of land in Dust Bowl, Oklahoma.
Skipper: Dust Bowl? I never heard of it. What part of Oklahoma is that in.
Mr. Howell: Well, sometimes it's north, and sometimes it's south. It depends upon which way the wind is blowing.
Skipper: In other words, Gilligan is the proud owner of a worthless oil company.
Mr. Howell: What do you mean "worthless"? I got three million dollars for it!
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA
unless otherwise noted.
