02x08 - Agonized Labor

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Gilligan's Island". Aired: September 26, 1964 – April 17, 1967.*
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Series follows the comic adventures of seven castaways as they try to survive on an island where they are shipwrecked.
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02x08 - Agonized Labor

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♪ Just sit right back, and you'll hear a tale ♪

♪ A tale of a fateful trip ♪

♪ That started from this tropic port ♪

♪ Aboard this tiny ship ♪

♪ The mate was a mighty sailin' man ♪

♪ The skipper brave and sure ♪

♪ Passengers set sail that day for a -hour tour ♪

♪ A -hour tour ♪

[Thunder]

♪ The weather started getting rough ♪

♪ The tiny ship was tossed ♪

♪ If not for the courage of the fearless crew ♪

♪ The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost ♪

♪ The ship's aground on the shore of this ♪

♪ Uncharted desert isle ♪

♪ With gilligan ♪

♪ The skipper, too ♪

♪ The millionaire ♪

♪ And his wife ♪

♪ The movie star ♪

♪ The professor and mary ann ♪

♪ Here on gilligan's isle ♪

Ow.

[Snoring]

Skipper.

Skipper, are you asleep?

No, gilligan, I'm not asleep now!

What is it?

Is it ok if I turn the radio on

And listen to some going-to-sleep music?

Yes, of course you can turn the radio on

And listen to some go-to-sleep music.

Thanks, skipper, good night.

Good night, gilligan!

Radio announcer: don't go to bed, not yet.

Not until you've done your deep-breathing exercises.

Take a deep breath and hold it.

For a good night's sleep,

There's nothing like fresh oxygen in the lungs.

Feel it?

Breathe deeper.

Deeper.

Deeper.

Inhale.

Deeper.

That's it.

[Noisily exhaling]

[Loud gasp]

Gilligan, what are you doing?

I was just breathing, skipper.

Well, will you stop breathing and turn that radio off?

Radio announcer: we interrupt this program

To bring you another bulletin on the howell industry situation.

Hold it! Huh?

The sudden collapse of the vast howell holdings

Has caused near panic on wall street,

Following the report that the entire assets of the company

Are virtually wiped out.

Gosh, mr. Howell.

Mr. Howell's broke?

Well, don't you think we should go tell him?

Well, not now, gilligan, in the morning.

I mean, you can wake a man up in the middle of the night

And tell him he's rich,

But you can't wake him up and tell him he's poor.

That's right.

Skipper?

Yes, gilligan?

Is it ok if I turn the radio back on again?

Gilligan, will you go to bed?

Hi, skipper.

Gilligan, while I'm doing this,

Why don't you go over to the howells and tell 'em the bad news?

What news?

The news last night we heard late on the radio...

About mr. Howell being broke.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Well, get going.

Yeah.

Well, what's the matter, gilligan?

It's kind of early, skipper.

I think I'll go tell 'em later.

Oh, quit stalling.

Well, they might have company.

Old friends might have dropped in.

Stop that and get over to the howell hut

And tell them the bad news.

I can't.

Why can't you?

I... I forgot their address.

Gilligan, will you stop that?

Skipper, I can't, I can't.

I never told anybody before they were broke,

Except skinny mulligan,

And when he was rich, all he had was $ . .

And when I told him he was broke,

He went [sobs], "I'm worth $ . ."

I'm not talking about skinny mulligan!

Oh, gilligan, for goodness sakes...

Sit down here.

I'll show you how simple it is.

Now you pretend that you're mr. Howell, ok?

Ok.

[Knock knock]

[Crying]

Gilligan, what is it? What's the matter?

I'm broke! I lost every cent I own!

Will you stop that, gilligan!

I haven't told you yet!

Now, try it again.

[Knock knock]

Mr. Howell?

He's not here.

Will you stop that?

Try it again, gilligan!

[Knock knock]

Mr. Howell?

I know how much money means to you, mr. Howell...

It means a lot to me, too, skipper.

Gilligan, will you stop that?

I'm not the skipper, and you're not you.

You're mr. Howell. Now, where were we?

I don't know, but I'm ok, but you sound pretty mixed-up.

I sound mixed-up?

Sit there and listen!

Mr. Howell, I hate to tell you this bad news,

But last night on the radio,

We heard that the howell industries

Were completely wiped out.

You're flat broke.

There. It's that simple, gilligan.

You make it sound so easy, skipper.

Exactly.

Now you go out and do just what I did.

Yes, sir.

Ok? Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Mr. Howell, we heard on the radio last night

That howell industries was completely wiped out and you're flat broke.

I'm glad that's over. Want to go fishing, skipper?

Do I want to go fishing?! I'll...

If you went to the howells when I asked you to,

We wouldn't have to be running all over the island looking for 'em.

Are you still mad at me?

You want the truth?

No.

Oh, I guess they're not at home.

Well, I guess they had to sell their hut.

To whom?

Well, let's see, there's, um...

Oh, gilligan, come on.

Hi, professor.

Hi.

Have you seen mr. Howell?

No, I haven't, but I've just noticed

His practice polo pony here's got a broken leg.

Does that mean we're gonna have to sh**t it?

I suggest, if you see mr. Howell,

You tell him about this.

I wouldn't want him to hop on it and hurt himself.

We'll tell him.

Maybe we ought to tell him the other bad news first.

What for, gilligan?

Well, if he hears he lost all that money,

He might not feel so bad

About his practice polo pony having a broken leg.

Mr. Howell's lost some money?

Well, I'll tell you all about it.

Gilligan, now you go find mr. Howell,

And tell me when you've found him, all right?

Oh, hi, ginger.

Oh, hi, gilligan.

Say, have you seen mr. Howell?

Yeah, they're right over there.

Oh, thanks.

Gilligan. Huh?

I just said they're over there,

And you went that way.

I know, that's because I don't want to meet 'em.

Why? You just said that you're looking for them.

Well, if I meet 'em, I gotta tell 'em.

Tell 'em what?

Oh, it's really terrible, ginger.

It's very bad news.

Mr. Howell's broke.

Mr. Howell is... Broke?

The skipper and I heard it on the radio.

Mr. Howell's wiped out. Not a cent.

Oh... Poor mr. Howell.

Yeah.

Gilligan, I've been looking all over for you.

Mary ann told me where the howells are.

I had the same terrible luck. Ginger told me.

Well, come on, let's get this over with.

[Counting]

Approximately .

Will you mark that down, lovey?

Yes, I have it, thurston, feet.

Isn't that just a little bit long for a dining-room table?

Yes, well, you see, I want all the guests on one side of the table

So they have an unobstructed view of my off-shore oil wells.

Oh, that's considerate of you, darling.

Just think, those more wells

Bring in thousands of dollars every hour.

Heard the news and cracked up.

Oh, hello, fellas,

Mrs. Howell and I are just laying out

The facilities of the howell oil company.

Our house is going somewhere over there.

Only rooms, just a home away from home.

Care to see the plans? I think you'll find it enchanting.

Come on.

Mr. Howell?

Yes, yes, gilligan?

Nice weather we're having.

Yes, yes, very nice weather.

Now over there will be the dock for my fleet of oil tankers.

See there?

Mr. Howell?

Yes, yes?

What do you think of the dodgers?

I don't have time for baseball.

Now, over there will be the howell hospital

And the high-rise village. See?

Well, isn't that gonna take a lot of money, mr. Howell?

My dear captain, what good are all my millions

Unless I put them into circulation?

Well, of course, even if there isn't oil on the island,

It's such a pleasant diversion.

So right. Ah, professor.

How would you like to be dean of your own university?

Founding father of howell university,

Right here on howell island?

That sounds great, professor.

Oh, gilligan, you know it's impossible.

Yes, mr. Howell, I'm afraid it is impossible.

Nonsense, I'll double your salary.

Hasn't gilligan told him he doesn't have any money left?

I can't get him to say the words.

Thurston, why don't you tell them about the months vacation with pay?

After they've been with the company weeks, of course.

Oh, and you girls are going to love the extra income

You're going to get from your own little oil wells.

Oil wells?

Fringe benefits from howell company.

The professor has something to say, don't you, professor?

Uh, mr. Howell, there is something we must tell you.

Certainly, go right ahead.

Well, a certain matter has come to our attention.

And since it concerns...

Well, what I'm trying to say is that i...

What he's trying to say, mr. Howell, is, um,

You and mrs. Howell are broke.

Broke, yeah.

Broke?!

I can't be poor, lovey, I just can't.

I don't know how.

Try not to think of it, dear.

Think of something pleasant.

Think of all the friends we have.

Yes, and why do we have friends?

I know that I'm an obnoxious, overbearing bore.

The only reason people like me is because I'm rich.

Was rich.

Oh.

I know. All we have left in the world

Is this cash I brought with us.

So little. Just a paltry few hundred thousand.

Oh, I know. Petty cash.

Lovey... Lovey!

With my business sense and financial acumen,

With my awareness of the trends of the market,

Must keep abreast of the current prices.

I could take that money when we leave the island and pyramid it...

Radio announcer: rails up and / ths.

Utilities... One moment please.

Another bulletin on the howell situation.

A government lien has been placed

On all assets of the howell industries,

Including foreign corporations

And monies deposited in swiss banks.

Also lost is any cash mr. Howell happens to have in his possession,

And the treasury men state they will locate that cash no matter where it is.

Wow, professor.

I mean, to be rich all your life

And then lose the bundle overnight.

I can't think of anything tougher.

Well, knowing mr. Howell's character,

I'm sure he's taking it like a man.

[Crying]

[Knock knock]

Lovey, don't answer it.

I don't want anyone to see me in my abject poverty.

Don't worry, dear, even if your money's gone,

You still have the wealthy howell look.

Ah, yes. Blood will tell.

Come in, my dear. Do come in.

Well, I'm not interrupting anything, am i?

No, no, no.

It's very nice to see an old friend.

Oh, that's one thing you can always count on...

When you've lost everything.

I mean, well, friendship does mean more than money, doesn't it?

Well, I know where you can get to against that.

Oh, it's wonderful how you've kept your sense of humor.

Yes, laughter just keeps rolling down my cheeks.

I picked some flowers for you.

Oh, my favorites... Whatever they are.

I'm sorry. They did have long stems, but they broke.

Broke? Must you use that word "broke"?

Busted?

Something less financial.

I'm sorry.

It's all right, dear. We understand.

I just wanted you to know how I felt about you...

In your trouble.

That dear little girl.

Yes, it was very considerate of her, wasn't it?

Oh, darling, I told you you have lots of friends.

Yes, I never should have doubted it.

Money is one thing, but when you have that howell personality...

[Buzzing bee]

People will flock to you like... Aah!

A bee! A bee!

A bee! A bee! Treachery!

And she with that crying act,

I should have known it was my money, after all.

Aah!

I've been sutured.

How ya makin' out, mr. Howell?

Not very well.

Here, mr. Howell, let me do that.

What, what?

You're gonna fall in, I think.

Put it right under the water.

Oh, yes. Yes, I see.

There we are, mr. Howell. It's nice and full.

I'll get this knot untied... Unh!

I'm sorry, mr. Howell.

Oh, hello, mr. Howell.

Just finished fixing your practice polo pony here.

Why don't you hop on and see how it feels?

I must say, that's very sporting of you.

Very nice. Would you mind giving me a leg up?

As we say at the westbrook there?

There we go. Whoa! Sure. Uhh.

Put the foot in the stirrup there, would you, professor?

Yes, sir.

That's a fiery beast. Yo ho! Yo! Yo!

Go! Giddyap... Aah!

You wouldn't dare do this to prince phillip.

Whee!

Hey, I got a strike already. Oh, boy.

Ooh, ooh, it must be a big one.

Oh, that's great, gilligan.

Yeah, oh, boy. Yeah!

Uhh!

[Ginger squeals gleefully]

Uhh.

Who played with that?

Invasion of privacy... [Laughing]

Laughing at a defrocked millionaire. I'll...

Aah!

Ohh!

What is it, mrs. Howell? What's the matter?

What, is something wrong?

What's wrong, mrs. Howell?

It's thurston. He's gone.

Gone?!

Oh, no!

He says he's gonna end it all.

Ohh... I'll get her.

And I feel, if we break up into searching parties,

We can cover the island faster.

Very good.

Professor, you and ginger go out and search the caves.

Gilligan and I will go out by the cliffs.

Mary ann, you and mrs. Howell

Take the path down by the lagoon.

Let's go.

Oh, I do hope they find him.

The social register would never be the same

Without the howell name.

Oh, don't worry, mrs. Howell.

We'll find him... Dead or alive.

[Crying]

I mean, alive or dead.

Gilligan! Can't you say the right thing?!

I'll shuffle off this mortal coil.

If I were only home with conveniences,

I could jump off a pile of my money.

A romantic palm tree on this desert isle.

Perhaps I could fasten a noose.

These palm fronds are so rough.

If only I had my cashmere sweater.

Perhaps a cashmere tree somewhere on this island.

Wait a minute.

Let's go this way.

I was just thinking...

Ginger, let's not waste time.

No, look. I was once in a movie with rock hudson,

And he played the wealthiest man in the world.

And he lost all his money,

And he decided to k*ll himself.

That's a very similar situation.

What did he do?

He walked to the top of this mountain,

And there was this roaring river below...

Jagged rocks and everything...

And bravely he walked to the edge... Yes?

And he took a deep breath... Yes?

And then... He jumped.

Don't be silly. They used a stunt man.

There must be a decent way to go.

There must...

Ah! The dreaded wasubi berry.

One succulent drop...

Your body's covered with hair,

Your teeth turn into fangs,

Your hands into claws...

My mother-in-law must have had a batch of those.

"Tomorrow and tomorrow..."


[Reciting shakespeare]

I think I'll just...

Jump over this cliff and end it all,

And I'll give it a...

Oogh.

Why couldn't it have been a shorter cliff?

No. I think I'll wade into the ocean

Like fredric march, or was it james mason,

In the late, late, late show?

I can't go in the ocean

While I'm on a salt-free diet.

Mr. Howell!

Hey, mr. How...

Skipper! I found him!

Oogh. I think I'll go back to the hut

And sit in a chair and die of old age like a true howell.

Mr. Howell, don't jump!

Don't jump, mr. Howell!

Oh! Gilligan!

Skipper: gilligan! Mr. Howell!

Here!

Gilligan, I don't know what you did

Or how you did it,

But you've done it again.

Skipper!

Give me your hand, gilligan.

Mr. Howell: the shock to my nervous system.

Thurston! Thurston, you're back!

[Everyone talking at once]

Ah, the pleasure's all mine.

Oh, thank you, everybody, for finding him.

It was nothing at all, mrs. Howell.

Mr. Howell.

Yes, captain?

I just want you to know, believe us,

As long as we're all on this island together,

It's not gonna make any difference to any one of us

Whether you have any money or not.

But I just know that you'll have money, mr. Howell.

I can feel it.

Sure you will, mr. Howell.

All you have to do is get a job and go to work.

Work?

Where are you going, darling?

Back to the cliff. Good-bye.

He won't eat, won't sleep,

Won't talk to anybody.

I don't know.

All I said was he should get a job and go to work.

That's it, gilligan.

You can't use that kind of language around mr. Howell.

Gentlemen, I think I've got the answer.

You have, professor? What is it?

Being a millionaire all his life,

Mr. Howell realizes that's the only thing he's trained for.

Not too many jobs like that open.

We've got to help them.

We've got to train the howells

To equip themselves to make a living when we leave the island.

Exactly, professor. I, for one,

I'd be glad to teach them all my seamanship.

And I could teach them some of the things I know.

Yeah, and i...

Mary ann and ginger, they could take mrs. Howell,

And, oh, they could teach her a lot of things.

Ginger could teach mrs. Howell the thing she does best... Acting.

Maybe i... Maybe i... Maybe i...

What is it, gilligan?

Maybe I could teach the howells something, too, huh?

Fine, gilligan. What is it that you do?

Well, i, um... Yes?

I, uh... Yeah? Yeah?

Well, I know how... Gilligan, what is it?

Well... What is it, gilligan?!

I fall down a lot.

Mr. Howell, if you learn some sort of a trade,

Then you can make a living.

Mrs. Howell and I are overwhelmed by your help,

But if you're going to teach me seamanship,

Just show me to the bridge,

And I'll get the queen mary on her way.

Wait a minute, mr. Howell.

You're not going to start at the top.

The lurline?

First mate maybe?

I know absolutely nothing about sewing.

Well, it isn't very hard, mrs. Howell, really.

Look, we'll start with a very simple hem.

Oh, that's just wonderful.

I'd love to do that.

Now you try. Here.

Ooh. Thurston's going to be so proud of me.

That's right.

Now, mr. Howell,

The fact that you might be getting a job

On one of the older vessels,

You will possibly have to stoke a furnace.

I'll go down with the ship first.

Ha ha! That's very funny, mr. Howell,

But, of course, that's only for captains.

Now watch closely.

This is a pile of coal, and the trick is,

You scoop and toss all in the same motion.

Ooh, how vulgar.

Just keep an eye on me and watch this.

Well, mrs. Howell,

Let me see what you've done since I left.

Oh, I do believe I'm getting the hang of it.

I'll show you all the marvelous... Oh!

I think I did something wrong.

I don't think I'd better attempt it quite yet.

I still don't know the finer points.

You'd better just keep showing me.

[Monotone] I am dying.

I am dying. I am dying.

Oh, no, no. No, mrs. Howell.

You've got to show much more feeling than that.

You've got to live the part.

Even when I'm dying?

As method actors,

We become the symbol of what we portray.

Now stand over there and watch.

I'm dying.

I'm dying.

Dying... Dying... Dying... Dying... Dying.

That was a beautiful death.

Please, I'm not finished yet.

Dying.

Oh, bravo! Bravo!

Isn't the method wonderful?! Bravo!

Domestic servants.

I have never heard of anything so preposterous

In my entire life.

Darling, our money's all gone.

I'm willing to try.

What did you ever cook?

Well, i, uh...

I visited the kitchens in some of the homes we used to own.

You'd be living in the kind of surroundings

You're accustomed to.

Exactly, mr. Howell.

And if you were a butler in one of those fancy houses,

Maybe you could pick up some tips on the stock market.

Yeah, like howell industries.

Gilligan, please!

Of course, we are connoisseurs of gracious living.

Then you'll try, mr. Howell?

Why not?

This island could stand a touch of...

Gracious living.

Mrs. Howell, will you cook us up some real fancy dishes?

Oh, naturally, gilligan.

It'll be gourmet all the way.

[Ringing]

[Bad french accent] le dinner is served!

S'il vous plait.

Wow! The table!

This looks pretty good, mr. Howell.

Mr. Howell, that's beautiful.

It is beautiful.

Now, I return in one moment

With zee soup du jour.

Oh, good!

Skipper? Skipper?

What's soup du jour?

Oh, gilligan, everybody knows what soup du jour is.

For goodness sake,

They're the simplest words in the world.

You don't know, either.

I do, too, gilligan, but I just don't want to show off.

Tell him what it is, professor.

Soup of the day.

Mr. Howell: yes! It's soup of the day.

Here we are. C'est magnifique.

[French gibberish]

So beautiful.

Mon capitaine.

We love you, too, monsieur.

Would you mind putting some in the bowl, mr. Howell?

In zee bowl, as you like it.

Taste it, captain.

What is it?

Well, it ees a combination

Of a magnificent cuisine from zee master chef.

Never mind all that static, mr. Howell.

What is it?

Seaweed soup.

Seaweed soup?

Cheri, you will toss the salad, eh?

I must go to the stove

And cook zee coconuts.

You take the soup du jour, ma cherie.

Oh, oui. The soup du jour.

As far as you can, mrs. Howell.

Now we mix the salad.

The salad.

And there we go... [French gibberish]

The whole eggs go in the soup.

Now the last delicious ingredient.

There we go, and soon we toss the salad.

Oh! Ah!

Will you stop that nonsense!

[Everyone shouting]

Oh, those silly, silly coconuts.

I cooked and cooked and cooked,

And it won't get soft.

Mrs. Howell, you're not cooking those coconuts in the shell?

Don't you realize

That when the milk in those coconuts reaches the boiling point,

There could be such an expl*si*n that...

[Plosion]

Aah! Aah! Aah!

Oh, good heavens!

It's snowing shredded coconuts!

Professor! Skipper!

Mr. Howell is going to jump off the cliff.

And this time, mrs. Howell is going with him.

Come on, let's go!

My darling, I always used to say,

If I can't take it with me, I won't go.

Now there's nothing to keep me.

I really wouldn't mind being poor

If it weren't for just one thing.

What is that, my dear?

Poverty.

Yes. Let's...

Gilligan: mr. And mrs. Howell!

Wait! Wait!

Listen to this.

Radio announcer: we repeat,

The howell financial structure is intact.

It was the powell... Repeat... Powell,

Not howell industries that collapsed.

[Everyone cheers]

And to think I was trying to k*ll myself.

Good heavens!

What if I'd succeeded?

♪ Now this is a tale of our castaways ♪

♪ They're here for a long, long time ♪

♪ They'll have to make the best of things ♪

♪ It's an uphill climb ♪

♪ The first mate and his skipper, too ♪

♪ Will do their very best ♪

♪ To make the others comfortable ♪

♪ In their tropic island nest ♪

♪ No phone, no light ♪

♪ No motor cars, not a single luxury ♪

♪ Like robinson crusoe ♪

♪ It's primitive as can be ♪

♪ So join us here each week, my friends ♪

♪ You're sure to get a smile ♪

♪ From stranded castaways ♪

♪ Here on gilligan's isle ♪
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