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With Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer. A smooth-talking criminal comes to the island and holds the women on the island hostage in exchange for ransom money, but when he is captured they decide to try and reform him instead of holding him prisoner.
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- Comedy, Family
- Jerry Hopper
- 1966-11-28
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The Kidnapper is the 80th episode of Gilligan's Island and the twelfth episode of the third season. It first aired November 28, 1966.
A stranger covertly lands on the Island and kidnaps Mrs. Howell, leaving behind a note demanding $10,000 and requesting Gilligan and the Professor to deliver it to a hollow log on the north side. Meanwhile, Gilligan is distracted by the idea that the log is twelve paces from a large rock than seven paces, even squeezing in the last five steps to ma...
•"It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks."
•Gilligan disputing the number of steps to the log
•The Howells putting the ransom money in the idol.
•Ginger's impression of The Kidnapper.
•Ginger acting like a psychiatrist to reform Mr. Wiley.
•Gilligan and Skipper riding on the propeller and making a hole through one of the huts.
•Mr. Howell finding out Mr. Wiley took his solid gold suspenders.
Main Cast
•Bob Denver as Gilligan
•Alan Hale, Jr. as The Skipper
•Jim Backus as Mr. Howell
•Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
•Tina Louise as Ginger
•This is one of two episodes where Ginger actually botches a possible rescue; the other being The Big Gold Strike.
•Two island landmarks are featured in this episode including a big rock and hollow log on the north side and a wooden idol on the south side. The idol is possibly Kupaki in origin as the totem pole in High Man on the Totem Pole.
•Wiley's prison on the island is possibly the bamboo cage left over from Topsy-Turvy, maybe even dating all the way back to the one used by the Japanese Sailor in So Sorry, My Island Now. It's unrevealed why they didn't reuse the Skipper's jail from Forget Me Not and Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho.
•The Skipper and Professor never try searching for the kidnapper's boat. After so many problems with other "visitors," they don't remove the spark plugs to keep Wiley from leaving without them.
•Ginger's decision to free Wiley from imprisonment and jeopardize their hopes of rescue indicates that she requires psychological attention. She also reveals similar characteristics with Jackson Farrell in Little Island, Big Gun, Jonathan Kincaid in The Hunter and with President Rodriguez in The Little Dictator.
•The Castaways having a party with Wiley so soon after his crimes on the island is one of the most far-fetched scenarios in the series.
•Gilligan - "Wow, a two-page ransom note!"
•Skipper - "Kidnappers don't have to have a sense of direction!"
•Gilligan - "Why couldn't it be the fat one in the captain's hat?"
•Mr. Howell - "A Howell never carries petty cash!"
•Gilligan - "Professor, what am I going to do?"
Professor - "I think it might require a tree surgeon."
Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 12 - The Kidnapper. 1966 · 26 min ... S03:E12 - The Kidnapper. A compulsive kidnapper (DON RICKLES) plagues the castaways. S03:E13.
- Jerry Hopper
- 25 min
- January 1, 1966
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Season 3. Episode 12 · The Kidnapper · 25 min. TV-G 50% We could not find anywhere to view this title currently. Someone kidnaps Mrs. Howell, Mary Ann, and Ginger, and then demands ransom money. The kidnaper turns out to be a compulsive gambler who fled civilization to avoid temptation.
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