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"Three Million Dollars More or Less"
Season 1, Episode 13
Epi-TM$MoL
Basic Info
Air Date: 12/26/64
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Guest Cast: ???
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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!
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