0 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:15,000 1 00:00:10,834 --> 00:00:12,118 - [Oppenheimer] Now I am become 2 00:00:12,118 --> 00:00:14,827 Death, the destroyer of worlds. 3 00:00:14,827 --> 00:00:18,410 (dramatic orchestra music) 4 00:01:02,353 --> 00:01:04,360 - [Announcer] Finally after three years work, 5 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,040 the atomic experts were ready to test their first bomb. 6 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,390 In the control shack was Dr. J.R. Oppenheimer. 7 00:01:11,390 --> 00:01:13,240 - The automatic control's got it now. 8 00:01:14,570 --> 00:01:17,940 Rob, this time the stakes are really high. 9 00:01:17,940 --> 00:01:19,870 - It's going to work all right, Robert, 10 00:01:19,870 --> 00:01:22,552 and I'm sure we'll never be sorry for it. 11 00:01:22,552 --> 00:01:24,240 - [Broascaster] Put on your goggles. 12 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:25,660 Observers without goggles 13 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:28,180 must face away from the blast. 14 00:01:28,180 --> 00:01:31,381 - [Countdown Woman] 10, nine, eight, seven, six, 15 00:01:31,381 --> 00:01:33,714 five, four, three, two, one. 16 00:01:37,669 --> 00:01:38,502 Zero. 17 00:01:39,492 --> 00:01:41,171 - [Man] Whoopee! 18 00:01:41,171 --> 00:01:43,835 (maniacal laugh) 19 00:01:43,835 --> 00:01:46,752 (upbeat pop music) 20 00:01:51,055 --> 00:01:52,388 ♪ Love that bomb ♪ 21 00:01:52,388 --> 00:01:53,221 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 22 00:01:53,221 --> 00:01:55,264 ♪ I got a strange love for that bomb ♪ 23 00:01:55,264 --> 00:01:56,399 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 24 00:01:56,399 --> 00:01:59,964 ♪ Not the tiny toys from World War I ♪ 25 00:01:59,964 --> 00:02:04,174 ♪ This one is a million times more fun ♪ 26 00:02:04,174 --> 00:02:05,386 ♪ Love that bomb ♪ 27 00:02:05,386 --> 00:02:06,318 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 28 00:02:06,318 --> 00:02:08,346 ♪ I got a strange love for that bomb ♪ 29 00:02:08,346 --> 00:02:09,323 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 30 00:02:09,323 --> 00:02:12,928 ♪ Not the burst of joy from World War II ♪ 31 00:02:12,928 --> 00:02:16,565 ♪ This'll keep you laughing the whole life through ♪ 32 00:02:16,565 --> 00:02:19,108 ♪ Strange love, strange love ♪ 33 00:02:19,108 --> 00:02:21,498 ♪ I've got a strange love for that bomb ♪ 34 00:02:21,498 --> 00:02:24,248 (loud explosion) 35 00:02:32,430 --> 00:02:36,650 - [Narrator] On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb 36 00:02:36,650 --> 00:02:40,420 was detonated in Alamogordo, New Mexico. 37 00:02:40,420 --> 00:02:43,180 From that moment on, humankind 38 00:02:43,180 --> 00:02:46,830 became a threat to the world we inhabit. 39 00:02:46,830 --> 00:02:49,650 - I had been asked whether in the years to come 40 00:02:49,650 --> 00:02:53,980 it will be possible to kill 40 million American people 41 00:02:53,980 --> 00:02:57,793 in the 20 largest American towns by the use 42 00:02:57,793 --> 00:03:00,703 of atomic bombs in a single night. 43 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,790 I'm afraid that the answer to that question is yes. 44 00:03:04,790 --> 00:03:06,320 - [Narrator] After World War II ended, 45 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,070 the Soviet Union refused to terminate 46 00:03:09,070 --> 00:03:11,053 their occupation of Eastern Europe. 47 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:14,270 This was followed in 1949 by the 48 00:03:14,270 --> 00:03:17,520 detonation of their first nuclear weapon. 49 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,870 Anxiety over the possibility of nuclear war and the spread 50 00:03:20,870 --> 00:03:25,870 of Soviet-style dictatorships grew with each passing year. 51 00:03:26,153 --> 00:03:28,993 (dramatic orchestra music) 52 00:03:28,993 --> 00:03:31,024 (loud explosion) 53 00:03:31,024 --> 00:03:34,607 (upbeat synthesizer music) 54 00:03:37,190 --> 00:03:41,079 ♪ Fire, fire ♪ 55 00:03:41,079 --> 00:03:45,181 ♪ Russia, Russia, lay that missile down ♪ 56 00:03:45,181 --> 00:03:49,233 ♪ Russia, Russia, must you always frown ♪ 57 00:03:49,233 --> 00:03:53,367 ♪ Don't get tough now, that's enough now ♪ 58 00:03:53,367 --> 00:03:57,424 ♪ Russia, Russia, lay that missile down ♪ 59 00:03:57,424 --> 00:04:01,115 ♪ Russia, Russia, love that samovar ♪ 60 00:04:01,115 --> 00:04:05,133 ♪ And your blintzes, borsht, and caviar ♪ 61 00:04:05,133 --> 00:04:09,184 ♪ And your music, and your dancing ♪ 62 00:04:09,184 --> 00:04:12,340 ♪ Russia, Russia, lay that missile down ♪ 63 00:04:12,340 --> 00:04:14,010 - [Announcer] President Truman's dramatic announcement 64 00:04:14,010 --> 00:04:16,660 that Russia has the atom secret caused state departments 65 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:19,050 all over the world to stir uneasily. 66 00:04:19,050 --> 00:04:21,220 At the United Nations, Soviet representative 67 00:04:21,220 --> 00:04:23,210 Andrey Vyschinsky refused to comment 68 00:04:23,210 --> 00:04:25,690 and stomped coldly into the assembly building. 69 00:04:25,690 --> 00:04:27,690 The grim vision of an atomic war 70 00:04:27,690 --> 00:04:29,400 which would leave complete desolation in its 71 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,050 wake is a problem that deeply affects nearly all 72 00:04:32,050 --> 00:04:34,450 deliberations of the international forum. 73 00:04:34,450 --> 00:04:36,690 A system of worldwide atomic control 74 00:04:36,690 --> 00:04:38,340 for peace must still be resolved. 75 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,160 Will man destroy himself or use his power 76 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,240 to make existence a paradise? 77 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,763 1950 may tell the tale! 78 00:04:50,527 --> 00:04:53,690 - [Narrator] Barely a year after the Cuban Missile Crisis, 79 00:04:53,690 --> 00:04:57,180 production on a pilot for a new television show began 80 00:04:57,180 --> 00:05:00,170 that depicted a small group of Americans having 81 00:05:00,170 --> 00:05:05,053 to rebuild civilization in a virtual post-apocalyptic world. 82 00:05:05,990 --> 00:05:09,760 From these ashes, they had to construct a new society. 83 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,080 Remarkably, during the height to tension with the Soviets, 84 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,870 the new social order they created 85 00:05:15,870 --> 00:05:18,772 was founded on Marxist Communism. 86 00:05:18,772 --> 00:05:22,439 (grandiose orchestra music) 87 00:05:33,863 --> 00:05:37,696 - [Announcer] Headers at 10 o'clock, look out! 88 00:05:47,112 --> 00:05:49,640 We're heading for the beach! 89 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,807 Battle stations everybody! 90 00:05:56,601 --> 00:05:59,466 (static whizzing) 91 00:05:59,466 --> 00:06:02,299 (distorted audio) 92 00:06:24,890 --> 00:06:26,994 (Gilligan's Island theme) 93 00:06:26,994 --> 00:06:29,472 ♪ Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale ♪ 94 00:06:29,472 --> 00:06:31,428 ♪ A tale of a fateful trip ♪ 95 00:06:31,428 --> 00:06:36,198 ♪ That started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship ♪ 96 00:06:36,198 --> 00:06:38,624 ♪ The mate was a mighty sailing man ♪ 97 00:06:38,624 --> 00:06:40,974 ♪ The Skipper brave and sure ♪ 98 00:06:40,974 --> 00:06:45,395 ♪ Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour ♪ 99 00:06:45,395 --> 00:06:48,557 ♪ A three hour tour ♪ 100 00:06:48,557 --> 00:06:50,663 (thunder crackles) 101 00:06:50,663 --> 00:06:52,897 ♪ The wind has started getting rough ♪ 102 00:06:52,897 --> 00:06:54,838 ♪ The tiny ship was tossed ♪ 103 00:06:54,838 --> 00:06:57,191 ♪ If not for the courage of a fearless crew ♪ 104 00:06:57,191 --> 00:06:59,497 ♪ The Minnow would be lost ♪ 105 00:06:59,497 --> 00:07:02,207 ♪ The Minnow would be lost ♪ 106 00:07:02,207 --> 00:07:03,866 ♪ The ship set ground on the shore ♪ 107 00:07:03,866 --> 00:07:06,546 ♪ Of this uncharted desert isle ♪ 108 00:07:06,546 --> 00:07:08,816 ♪ With Gilligan ♪ 109 00:07:08,816 --> 00:07:11,170 ♪ The Skipper too ♪ 110 00:07:11,170 --> 00:07:16,162 ♪ The millionaire and his wife ♪ 111 00:07:16,162 --> 00:07:18,310 ♪ The movie star ♪ 112 00:07:18,310 --> 00:07:21,308 ♪ The professor and Mary Ann ♪ 113 00:07:21,308 --> 00:07:24,808 ♪ Here on Gilligan's Isle ♪ 114 00:07:26,180 --> 00:07:29,410 - [Narrator] The opening song introduces the show's cast 115 00:07:29,410 --> 00:07:31,440 and all but two characters are defined 116 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,760 in abstract terms that have become obsolete. 117 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,450 There is a skipper where there is no boat, 118 00:07:37,450 --> 00:07:40,160 a professor where there is no school, 119 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,090 a millionaire couple where there is no money, 120 00:07:43,090 --> 00:07:46,010 and a movie star where there are no movies 121 00:07:46,010 --> 00:07:49,440 and where the concept of celebrity has no meaning. 122 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,080 Only Gilligan and Mary Ann, who are members 123 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,333 of the working class, are identified by name. 124 00:07:56,610 --> 00:07:58,790 - Most people think of it as just a bunch 125 00:07:58,790 --> 00:08:01,380 of different characters getting together, 126 00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:02,920 but there's a deep philosophy. 127 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,200 - There's no dating it. 128 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,690 There's no cars, there's no clothes, 129 00:08:05,690 --> 00:08:07,150 there's no anything to tell you 130 00:08:07,150 --> 00:08:08,990 what time in history it took place. 131 00:08:08,990 --> 00:08:11,300 - I was looking for a funny way 132 00:08:11,300 --> 00:08:15,810 to say something very serious and I got the idea 133 00:08:15,810 --> 00:08:19,260 to bring a lot of different kinds of people 134 00:08:19,260 --> 00:08:21,960 together who would not normally be together. 135 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,120 - We weren't all in a house. 136 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:27,060 We were outside and coexisting and depending on each other, 137 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:28,687 which was sort of a microcosm of the world. 138 00:08:28,687 --> 00:08:31,630 - It was about people finding a, you know, 139 00:08:31,630 --> 00:08:33,420 people had to get along, they had to work 140 00:08:33,420 --> 00:08:35,393 together, had to help each other. 141 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:40,050 In essence, that's what they had to do. 142 00:08:40,050 --> 00:08:42,040 In essence, that's what we did. 143 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,910 - Every civilization can identify 144 00:08:44,910 --> 00:08:46,600 and every generation can identify. 145 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,770 - It's easier to demonstrate things dramatically, 146 00:08:49,770 --> 00:08:52,830 but sometimes those lessons are hammered into you, 147 00:08:52,830 --> 00:08:56,570 whereas doing it gently with comedy you achieve the 148 00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:59,740 same purpose and sometimes its longer lasting. 149 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:02,850 - I guess the microcosm of this civilization, 150 00:09:02,850 --> 00:09:04,550 I don't think we had any concept while we were 151 00:09:04,550 --> 00:09:06,210 doing it that that's what we were doing. 152 00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:07,810 I don't think we had any concept at all 153 00:09:07,810 --> 00:09:09,920 that it was gonna sustain this long. 154 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,920 I think the naivete of it all is what's made it sustainable. 155 00:09:16,370 --> 00:09:17,890 I don't think we were wise in trying 156 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:19,700 to get the message across. 157 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:21,040 - [Narrator] Gilligan's island played 158 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,040 on the subconscious fear of nuclear annihilation 159 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,700 and the prospect of having to rebuild society 160 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:29,120 from scratch in the event of survival. 161 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,668 - I was going to do a two hour show in which 162 00:09:32,668 --> 00:09:37,668 there was a movie where everybody was dead... 163 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:45,450 After some apocalyptic result of nuclear war. 164 00:09:45,450 --> 00:09:50,450 And I was gonna do a satiric episode, two hour show, 165 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:53,880 where that was headlines around the world, 166 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,240 but the group was in a cave and the cave, 167 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:01,416 for some reason, was a lot of lead around this cave, 168 00:10:01,416 --> 00:10:04,530 and when they came out after the cave and they heard 169 00:10:04,530 --> 00:10:09,123 about this on the radio that there was the tragic happening, 170 00:10:09,123 --> 00:10:13,050 they were not aware that because of the lead they were saved 171 00:10:13,050 --> 00:10:16,083 and they might be the only seven people left in the world. 172 00:10:17,980 --> 00:10:19,640 - [Narrator] Ever since the detonation of 173 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,450 the first atomic bomb, this theme 174 00:10:22,450 --> 00:10:24,853 has been pervasive in literature and cinema. 175 00:10:26,658 --> 00:10:28,367 - [Man] Run for your life! 176 00:10:28,367 --> 00:10:29,534 Run, run, run! 177 00:10:31,446 --> 00:10:34,687 (people screaming) 178 00:10:34,687 --> 00:10:36,220 - [Announcer] On an island of tropical splendor 179 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:37,590 these three must make their own 180 00:10:37,590 --> 00:10:40,810 world, their own new code of morals. 181 00:10:40,810 --> 00:10:43,270 From their secret base on an uncharted 182 00:10:43,270 --> 00:10:45,773 island somewhere in the Pacific. 183 00:10:45,773 --> 00:10:49,356 (dramatic orchestra music) 184 00:10:54,421 --> 00:10:55,460 - What's this all about? 185 00:10:55,460 --> 00:10:56,426 What's everybody running from? 186 00:10:56,426 --> 00:10:57,377 - It's the end of everything! 187 00:10:57,377 --> 00:10:59,660 - I'm not arguing theory, General. 188 00:10:59,660 --> 00:11:03,400 I'm here to ask you, to beg you, to save your own world. 189 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,230 - [Announcer] Atomic hydrogen weapons capable of 190 00:11:06,230 --> 00:11:09,230 wiping cities, countries off the face of the Earth. 191 00:11:09,230 --> 00:11:13,870 - [Announcer] Yes cities, nations, even civilization itself. 192 00:11:13,870 --> 00:11:16,610 Threatened with annihilation because in one 193 00:11:16,610 --> 00:11:19,840 moment of history making violence, nature, 194 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,053 mad, rampant, wrought its most awesome creation. 195 00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:25,590 - [Announcer] Mankind totters on the brink of its 196 00:11:25,590 --> 00:11:29,490 own head-long rush to cataclysmic destruction. 197 00:11:29,490 --> 00:11:32,263 What is it, this terror that destroys cities? 198 00:11:33,340 --> 00:11:36,370 You won't want to look, but you can't help it. 199 00:11:36,370 --> 00:11:38,270 You won't believe your eyes, 200 00:11:38,270 --> 00:11:40,203 but you'll never forget what they see. 201 00:11:41,110 --> 00:11:44,420 You won't wanna stay, but you'll be glued to your seat. 202 00:11:44,420 --> 00:11:46,310 - [Announcer] More thrilling, more exciting, 203 00:11:46,310 --> 00:11:49,960 more mystifying is the monster, the mutation 204 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,075 by atomic energy, part man, part beast. 205 00:11:53,075 --> 00:11:55,700 Salaciously watching women as they bathe. 206 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:57,010 - [Announcer] Yes, the most shocking 207 00:11:57,010 --> 00:11:59,120 experience of their lives. 208 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,633 Doubly shocking because it can happen to you. 209 00:12:03,250 --> 00:12:05,530 - [Announcer] Nine minutes before countdown. 210 00:12:05,530 --> 00:12:08,560 Nine minutes while the world waits and wonders. 211 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:10,760 Share if you dare the unbearable suspense 212 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,500 of men and women who have never in 213 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:14,150 their lives faced greater peril. 214 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:15,400 - [Announcer] Electrifying terror 215 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,503 as the Earth dies screaming. 216 00:12:18,416 --> 00:12:20,583 (screams) 217 00:12:24,561 --> 00:12:26,690 - There it is now. 218 00:12:26,690 --> 00:12:29,017 Attacking the United Nations building. 219 00:12:29,017 --> 00:12:32,600 (dramatic orchestra music) 220 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,320 - [Announcer] These are the people caught in the 221 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,043 most explosive threat ever to face the world. 222 00:13:00,026 --> 00:13:02,250 - [Announcer] In just a few moments these five, 223 00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:05,290 American newspaper man, English bathing beauty, 224 00:13:05,290 --> 00:13:07,930 German scientist, Russian soldier, 225 00:13:07,930 --> 00:13:10,540 Chinese peasant girl, will be given the 226 00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:13,783 power to destroy every human being on Earth. 227 00:13:14,647 --> 00:13:16,080 What will they do? 228 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,600 What will their governments force them to do? 229 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,780 What would you do? 230 00:13:19,780 --> 00:13:21,990 Every human being alive will die. 231 00:13:21,990 --> 00:13:23,060 - [Announcer] He saw them capture 232 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:25,333 innocent people only to destroy. 233 00:13:26,432 --> 00:13:28,599 (screams) 234 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:33,980 - [Announcer] Father turned against son. 235 00:13:35,490 --> 00:13:37,030 - [Announcer] The perfect man, 236 00:13:37,030 --> 00:13:41,893 created by man, becomes man's worst enemy. 237 00:13:44,150 --> 00:13:44,983 - Proceed! 238 00:13:46,702 --> 00:13:48,720 (screams) 239 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,080 - [Announcer] They knew that only a missile 240 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,950 with an atomic warhead could crack the 241 00:13:51,950 --> 00:13:54,220 Earth's impenetrable inner core. 242 00:13:54,220 --> 00:13:56,470 Would it mean the end of the world? 243 00:13:56,470 --> 00:13:57,870 - [Announcer] An island disappears when the 244 00:13:57,870 --> 00:14:00,593 brutal power of nature's inner force is released. 245 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:07,350 - They've shifted the tilt of the Earth. 246 00:14:07,350 --> 00:14:09,913 The stupid, crazy, irresponsible bunglers. 247 00:14:12,270 --> 00:14:13,103 They've finally done it. 248 00:14:13,103 --> 00:14:17,030 - What if the crack keeps going right around the world? 249 00:14:17,030 --> 00:14:17,930 What happens then? 250 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,590 - Where the land mass is split, 251 00:14:20,590 --> 00:14:22,243 the oceans will be sucked in. 252 00:14:23,077 --> 00:14:25,060 And the colossal pressure generated by the 253 00:14:25,060 --> 00:14:29,599 steam will rip the Earth apart and destroy it. 254 00:14:29,599 --> 00:14:31,270 - It isn't possible. 255 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:32,435 It's insane. 256 00:14:32,435 --> 00:14:33,497 - [Dispatcher] All units! 257 00:14:33,497 --> 00:14:35,770 All units take shelter! 258 00:14:35,770 --> 00:14:38,160 Take shelter, missiles coming in! 259 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,417 Missiles three minutes away! 260 00:14:40,417 --> 00:14:44,000 (dramatic orchestra music) 261 00:14:47,135 --> 00:14:48,836 - There they are! 262 00:14:48,836 --> 00:14:51,503 (siren blaring) 263 00:15:00,105 --> 00:15:03,688 (dramatic orchestra music) 264 00:15:31,601 --> 00:15:35,733 - [Announcer] One scientist foresaw the day the world ended. 265 00:15:35,733 --> 00:15:37,430 - There are two forms of life fighting 266 00:15:37,430 --> 00:15:39,720 for survival out here in this valley. 267 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,690 And only one of them can win. 268 00:15:41,690 --> 00:15:43,610 - I'll talk to the girls in the morning. 269 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:44,993 - The girls? 270 00:15:44,993 --> 00:15:46,166 - Yes. 271 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:48,723 They should bear children as soon as possible. 272 00:15:48,723 --> 00:15:51,153 - Countdown must have started by now. 273 00:15:51,153 --> 00:15:52,486 - Drink up then. 274 00:15:54,557 --> 00:15:55,689 Here's how. 275 00:15:55,689 --> 00:15:57,272 - [Broadcaster] 22. 276 00:15:58,653 --> 00:16:00,000 21. 277 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,726 - To the luck of the human race. 278 00:16:01,726 --> 00:16:03,625 - [Broadcaster] Four. 279 00:16:03,625 --> 00:16:04,458 Three. 280 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:06,423 Two. 281 00:16:07,620 --> 00:16:08,453 One. 282 00:16:09,334 --> 00:16:10,470 (laughter) 283 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:11,982 - Do you wanna know what time it is? 284 00:16:11,982 --> 00:16:12,873 - Gilligan, that's not important. 285 00:16:12,873 --> 00:16:14,010 - It's eight to zero. 286 00:16:14,010 --> 00:16:15,140 - Eight what? 287 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:16,030 - I don't know. 288 00:16:16,030 --> 00:16:16,863 Here, see? 289 00:16:23,901 --> 00:16:27,318 (upbeat orchestra music) 290 00:16:29,980 --> 00:16:31,470 - [Narrator] Over the years there had been 291 00:16:31,470 --> 00:16:34,630 many attempts to analyze Gilligan's Island. 292 00:16:34,630 --> 00:16:36,750 One popular theory asserts that the 293 00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:39,850 castaways represent the seven cardinal sins, 294 00:16:39,850 --> 00:16:42,640 but there are serious problems with this argument. 295 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,830 Once you get past lust and greed as 296 00:16:44,830 --> 00:16:47,870 personified by Ginger and Mr. Howell, 297 00:16:47,870 --> 00:16:50,610 the remaining correlations are arbitrary. 298 00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:52,440 The Skipper's the only character who 299 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,880 displays anger, but he is also the 300 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,710 only one who vaguely personifies gluttony. 301 00:16:57,710 --> 00:17:01,180 The remaining sins of envy, pride, and sloth 302 00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:04,760 are ascribed so tenuously that similar analogies 303 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,930 could be made for any other group of seven items. 304 00:17:07,930 --> 00:17:09,760 For instance, the characters could be 305 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,990 said to represent The Seven Dwarfs. 306 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,240 The Skipper is Grumpy, the Professor 307 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,350 is Doc, and Gilligan is Dopey. 308 00:17:17,350 --> 00:17:19,460 Or they could be said to symbolize 309 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:22,200 the seven wonders of the ancient world where 310 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,530 Mrs. Howell is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 311 00:17:25,530 --> 00:17:28,600 Mary Ann is the Temple of Artemis, and the 312 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,650 Professor is the Lighthouse of Alexandria. 313 00:17:31,650 --> 00:17:34,450 Or one could claim they embody the seven 314 00:17:34,450 --> 00:17:37,130 kinds of fruit used in Hawaiian Punch, 315 00:17:37,130 --> 00:17:40,287 where the Professor is apple, Ginger is passion fruit, 316 00:17:40,287 --> 00:17:44,230 and the Howells naturally are Guava and Apricot. 317 00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:46,770 Even if a correlation seemed acrid for all 318 00:17:46,770 --> 00:17:48,300 of the characters, there's the 319 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:50,330 question of moral consequence. 320 00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:52,730 What kind of theology punishes sinners 321 00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:56,020 by forcing them to stay on an island paradise? 322 00:17:56,020 --> 00:17:58,380 The biggest problem, however, is that in 323 00:17:58,380 --> 00:18:00,660 order for this claim to make any sense, 324 00:18:00,660 --> 00:18:02,610 the castaways would have to be trapped on 325 00:18:02,610 --> 00:18:05,150 the island due to their sinful nature. 326 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:08,510 This is precisely what we do not see. 327 00:18:08,510 --> 00:18:10,960 Opportunities for rescue are most often 328 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,610 missed because visitors to the island 329 00:18:13,610 --> 00:18:16,200 are unable or unwilling to help. 330 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:20,380 Not because Ginger is lustful, or Mr. Howell is greedy. 331 00:18:20,380 --> 00:18:22,930 Not only does this hypothesis fail in its 332 00:18:22,930 --> 00:18:26,593 broad observation, it provides no insight. 333 00:18:28,046 --> 00:18:31,629 (dramatic orchestra music) 334 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:37,230 Of all the questions asked about the show, 335 00:18:37,230 --> 00:18:40,210 the central one that is most overlooked is 336 00:18:40,210 --> 00:18:43,280 why is the show called Gilligan's Island? 337 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,150 - They say the meek shall inherit the Earth. 338 00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:47,650 That's in the bible someplace. 339 00:18:48,690 --> 00:18:51,900 And that was my belief, that in a world that 340 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:55,300 was rearranged, which Gilligan's Island was, 341 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:59,160 that the least likely person would be the most 342 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:03,510 likely to be critically important to the show. 343 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:05,310 And Gilligan was critically important 344 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:07,660 'cause he kept ruining every escape. 345 00:19:07,660 --> 00:19:09,140 - [Narrator] Arguments could easily be 346 00:19:09,140 --> 00:19:11,000 made for the prominence of any of 347 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,470 the characters, but Gilligan is 348 00:19:13,470 --> 00:19:16,430 the embodiment of the working class. 349 00:19:16,430 --> 00:19:19,450 By calling the show Gilligan's Island, 350 00:19:19,450 --> 00:19:21,977 the focus is always on the proletariat as 351 00:19:21,977 --> 00:19:26,328 the series lampoons capitalist exploitation. 352 00:19:26,328 --> 00:19:29,745 (upbeat orchestra music) 353 00:19:33,450 --> 00:19:35,810 President Harry S. Truman initiated 354 00:19:35,810 --> 00:19:38,430 the largest peace time military spending 355 00:19:38,430 --> 00:19:41,250 that the United States had ever seen and 356 00:19:41,250 --> 00:19:44,223 pushed for the creation of the hydrogen bomb. 357 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,750 - [Announcer] From Washington, General of 358 00:19:46,750 --> 00:19:48,490 the Armies Eisenhower sets out on 359 00:19:48,490 --> 00:19:50,800 a mission unprecedented in history. 360 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,580 To organize and command an international army to 361 00:19:53,580 --> 00:19:56,253 defend Western Europe against communist aggression. 362 00:19:57,370 --> 00:20:00,270 - Mr. President, I devoutly pray that the mission 363 00:20:00,270 --> 00:20:02,820 on which I'm leaving this morning will result 364 00:20:02,820 --> 00:20:05,010 in nothing but peace, security, 365 00:20:05,010 --> 00:20:07,700 and tranquility for our various nations. 366 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:10,710 - Gentlemen, I am Thurston Howell III and this 367 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:13,734 of course is my wife Mrs. Thurston Howell III. 368 00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:14,567 - Charmed. 369 00:20:14,567 --> 00:20:16,580 - Capitalist, exploiter. 370 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:18,330 - Capitalist, exploiter, I was 371 00:20:18,330 --> 00:20:20,460 wrong lovey, they're very friendly. 372 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:22,300 (laughter) 373 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:23,710 Little does she care how hard 374 00:20:23,710 --> 00:20:25,363 other people work to make me money. 375 00:20:25,363 --> 00:20:28,923 Spend, spend, spend, I tell you it's creeping socialism. 376 00:20:28,923 --> 00:20:31,020 - [Eunice] And everybody wants something from you right? 377 00:20:31,020 --> 00:20:31,990 - Right, and what do I do about it? 378 00:20:31,990 --> 00:20:34,550 - You use it, the way any self-respecting 379 00:20:34,550 --> 00:20:36,690 multi-millionaire does, you use it. 380 00:20:36,690 --> 00:20:37,827 Power, my boy! 381 00:20:37,827 --> 00:20:39,240 You are a king! 382 00:20:40,470 --> 00:20:42,010 - Mr. Howell, you just moved your king to a new place. 383 00:20:42,010 --> 00:20:42,980 - Wait a minute! 384 00:20:42,980 --> 00:20:45,170 Young man, are you accusing a Howell of cheating? 385 00:20:45,170 --> 00:20:47,070 I'll have you know I'm far too wealthy. 386 00:20:47,070 --> 00:20:47,903 - To cheat? 387 00:20:47,903 --> 00:20:49,540 - No, to be accused. 388 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:51,990 - But the Professor's wasting his time on a tycoon. 389 00:20:51,990 --> 00:20:54,280 - No dear, it's a typhoon, you see a 390 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,040 tycoon, that's a man with money, like myself. 391 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,047 A typhoon is a big bag of wind. 392 00:21:00,047 --> 00:21:00,880 - Thurston-- 393 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,115 - Never mind what you're thinking, no comment. 394 00:21:02,115 --> 00:21:02,948 (laughter) 395 00:21:02,948 --> 00:21:05,770 - Besides being a houseboy, I'm a butler and chauffeur. 396 00:21:05,770 --> 00:21:06,640 - Chauffeur? 397 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,104 - That part's easy, we don't have a car. 398 00:21:08,104 --> 00:21:09,250 (laughter) 399 00:21:09,250 --> 00:21:10,340 - Gilligan, I think they're overworking 400 00:21:10,340 --> 00:21:11,710 you around this place, I mean you must feel 401 00:21:11,710 --> 00:21:13,950 like a prisoner around here taking all these jobs. 402 00:21:13,950 --> 00:21:15,798 - Oh no Skipper, I get every other Thursday off. 403 00:21:15,798 --> 00:21:17,301 (laughter) 404 00:21:17,301 --> 00:21:20,884 (dramatic orchestra music) 405 00:21:23,830 --> 00:21:25,990 - [Announcer] Dominating one half of the world, 406 00:21:25,990 --> 00:21:28,360 Communism stands solidly opposed 407 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,423 to the western concept of democracy. 408 00:21:31,550 --> 00:21:34,050 With over 750 million people under 409 00:21:34,050 --> 00:21:36,450 communist rule, nearly one-third of the 410 00:21:36,450 --> 00:21:38,870 population of the Earth, Soviet Russia 411 00:21:38,870 --> 00:21:40,450 holds a commanding position in 412 00:21:40,450 --> 00:21:42,050 the future destiny of the world. 413 00:21:44,550 --> 00:21:47,810 Since World War II, Communism by force 414 00:21:47,810 --> 00:21:50,230 and by propaganda has extended its 415 00:21:50,230 --> 00:21:51,980 frontiers into the heart of Europe. 416 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,120 Russia's newest and possibly most 417 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,640 important gains have been in the Orient, 418 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,430 where half a billion Chinese have 419 00:22:04,430 --> 00:22:06,283 been herded into the communist camp. 420 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:11,750 - [Announcer] Russia had launched one 421 00:22:11,750 --> 00:22:13,660 of history's most drastic, political, 422 00:22:13,660 --> 00:22:16,970 moral, and economic wars, a Cold War. 423 00:22:16,970 --> 00:22:18,650 The United States was obliged to help 424 00:22:18,650 --> 00:22:21,020 Europe safeguard its traditional freedoms 425 00:22:21,020 --> 00:22:22,820 and the independence of its nations. 426 00:22:25,540 --> 00:22:27,580 Gone was the spirit of wartime unity 427 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,420 that reached its peak on that historic 428 00:22:29,420 --> 00:22:32,913 afternoon in April '45 at the Elbe River in Germany. 429 00:22:34,140 --> 00:22:37,170 Here two worlds actually met, but this 430 00:22:37,170 --> 00:22:39,981 coalition was to be torn asunder. 431 00:22:39,981 --> 00:22:42,300 (explosions) 432 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:44,110 - [Narrator] Democracy is presented as a 433 00:22:44,110 --> 00:22:47,060 tool that protects the interests of the elite. 434 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:48,730 - There's no sense arguing about 435 00:22:48,730 --> 00:22:50,300 who stands in front of the camera. 436 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:53,410 We'll do it the democratic way, according to who's who. 437 00:22:53,410 --> 00:22:55,730 - All right Professor, we'll do this the democratic way. 438 00:22:55,730 --> 00:22:56,563 - I'll buy that. 439 00:22:56,563 --> 00:22:58,620 - Yes Gilligan, now all those in favor of 440 00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:01,476 Gilligan telling Mary Ann raise your right hand. 441 00:23:01,476 --> 00:23:02,309 (laughter) 442 00:23:02,309 --> 00:23:04,440 There you are Gilligan, two to one. 443 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:05,763 On your way, little buddy. 444 00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:08,410 - If that's the democratic way, 445 00:23:08,410 --> 00:23:09,930 I'm gonna turn into a republican! 446 00:23:09,930 --> 00:23:12,960 - [Narrator] Using satire, the series exposes 447 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,660 how each of the three branches of democratic 448 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:20,660 governance manufactures social unrest and abuse of power. 449 00:23:20,693 --> 00:23:24,110 (upbeat orchestra music) 450 00:23:25,110 --> 00:23:27,460 When the castaways realize there's no 451 00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:30,560 leader on the island, a crisis ensues 452 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,020 even though there's clearly no need for a leader. 453 00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:34,080 - I'm having enough trouble running 454 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,520 this island without a mutiny! 455 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,190 - Who told you that you were running this island? 456 00:23:38,190 --> 00:23:39,460 - I am the skipper! 457 00:23:39,460 --> 00:23:41,330 - At sea you're the skipper, on land 458 00:23:41,330 --> 00:23:42,889 I am chairman of the board! 459 00:23:42,889 --> 00:23:43,800 (laughter) 460 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:44,790 - Professor, will you tell these 461 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:46,750 people who is in charge of this island? 462 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:48,470 - Well actually no one is. 463 00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:49,422 - No one? 464 00:23:49,422 --> 00:23:50,255 - No one? 465 00:23:50,255 --> 00:23:51,589 Good heavens, this is anarchy! 466 00:23:51,589 --> 00:23:52,422 (laughter) 467 00:23:52,422 --> 00:23:53,255 - It is not, I am in command! 468 00:23:53,255 --> 00:23:55,402 - No I am running this island! 469 00:23:55,402 --> 00:23:57,187 - Gentlemen, gentlemen. 470 00:23:57,187 --> 00:23:58,503 - I've got an idea, I've got an idea. 471 00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:01,000 Why don't we vote? 472 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,774 You know, like an election. 473 00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:03,949 (laughter) 474 00:24:03,949 --> 00:24:06,160 (crosstalk) 475 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,320 - I'll spend millions on my campaign. 476 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:09,293 - Shame on you. 477 00:24:09,293 --> 00:24:10,830 - What did I do? 478 00:24:10,830 --> 00:24:11,937 - Trying to buy my vote. 479 00:24:11,937 --> 00:24:14,430 - Well I did nothing of the kind, Mary Ann. 480 00:24:14,430 --> 00:24:16,240 It's perfectly proper for a presidential 481 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,465 candidate to wanna hire a secretary. 482 00:24:18,465 --> 00:24:20,533 - At $50,000 a year? 483 00:24:20,533 --> 00:24:22,291 - Well good secretaries are hard to find. 484 00:24:22,291 --> 00:24:23,305 (laughter) 485 00:24:23,305 --> 00:24:24,138 I am not going to insult your 486 00:24:24,138 --> 00:24:26,110 intelligence by attempting to bribe you. 487 00:24:27,110 --> 00:24:28,440 - Gee Mr. Howell, I don't see what 488 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,042 one thing has to do with the other. 489 00:24:30,042 --> 00:24:31,097 (laughter) 490 00:24:31,097 --> 00:24:33,230 - Are you suggesting that perhaps you could be bribed? 491 00:24:33,230 --> 00:24:36,565 Gilligan, how would you like to be Secretary of the Navy? 492 00:24:36,565 --> 00:24:37,398 (laughter) 493 00:24:37,398 --> 00:24:38,670 - Secretary of the Navy? 494 00:24:38,670 --> 00:24:39,700 You gotta be kidding. 495 00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:41,019 I don't even know how to tie a knot. 496 00:24:41,019 --> 00:24:42,030 - You're just being modest. 497 00:24:42,030 --> 00:24:42,863 - No I'm not. 498 00:24:42,863 --> 00:24:43,696 Look. 499 00:24:44,756 --> 00:24:46,097 (laughter) 500 00:24:46,097 --> 00:24:47,760 - Well whoever heard of the Secretary 501 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,230 of the Navy tying his own knots? 502 00:24:49,230 --> 00:24:51,110 I'll assign some able-bodied seaman 503 00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:53,404 to perform such menial chores for you. 504 00:24:53,404 --> 00:24:55,240 - Where are we gonna find an able-bodied seaman? 505 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:56,900 - Here comes one now. 506 00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:58,530 - Gilligan, why are you talking to Howell? 507 00:24:58,530 --> 00:24:59,521 - I'm sorry, Skipper. 508 00:24:59,521 --> 00:25:00,354 - Don't be afraid, Gilligan. 509 00:25:00,354 --> 00:25:02,891 In a few hours he'll be working for you. 510 00:25:02,891 --> 00:25:03,724 - What? 511 00:25:03,724 --> 00:25:04,557 - He means-- 512 00:25:04,557 --> 00:25:05,450 - What I mean is when I'm president, 513 00:25:05,450 --> 00:25:08,780 Gilligan is gonna be Secretary of the Navy. 514 00:25:08,780 --> 00:25:10,700 - Secretary of the Navy? 515 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:12,486 Gilligan is going to be Secretary... 516 00:25:12,486 --> 00:25:14,569 (laughs) 517 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:19,610 Well why aren't you laughing, Gilligan? 518 00:25:19,610 --> 00:25:20,700 - I was thinking how nice it would 519 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:22,510 be to have someone to tie my shoelaces. 520 00:25:22,510 --> 00:25:25,360 (laughter) 521 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:26,620 - [Narrator] The biggest problem with 522 00:25:26,620 --> 00:25:28,920 the democratic voting process is not 523 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,610 simply that it can be bought, but rather 524 00:25:31,610 --> 00:25:34,960 that competency is not a requirement for office. 525 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,340 And a president can be elected 526 00:25:36,340 --> 00:25:38,270 who is woefully under-qualified. 527 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:39,780 - The deciding vote... 528 00:25:42,570 --> 00:25:43,917 Is missing. 529 00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:44,750 - Missing? 530 00:25:44,750 --> 00:25:46,115 - Oh yeah, I've got it right here. 531 00:25:46,115 --> 00:25:46,948 (laughter) 532 00:25:46,948 --> 00:25:48,183 - What's the matter Gilligan, 533 00:25:48,183 --> 00:25:49,850 isn't our ballot box good enough for you? 534 00:25:49,850 --> 00:25:51,607 - I was afraid it might get wet. 535 00:25:51,607 --> 00:25:52,596 - That means that I win! 536 00:25:52,596 --> 00:25:54,030 - That means I'm elected! 537 00:25:54,030 --> 00:25:56,070 - I'm sorry gentlemen, you both lost. 538 00:25:56,070 --> 00:25:56,970 - Well that's impossible! 539 00:25:56,970 --> 00:25:58,707 - Well then who is president? 540 00:26:02,507 --> 00:26:03,374 - Gilligan? 541 00:26:03,374 --> 00:26:05,624 (laughter) 542 00:26:07,947 --> 00:26:09,670 - President Gilligan. 543 00:26:09,670 --> 00:26:11,950 - [Narrator] The democratic social contract 544 00:26:11,950 --> 00:26:14,260 insists that maintaining the system is 545 00:26:14,260 --> 00:26:16,710 more important than everyone's survival. 546 00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:19,670 - I just came by here to offer my congratulations. 547 00:26:19,670 --> 00:26:20,880 People have made their choice, and whether 548 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,450 it's right or wrong, we're stuck with it. 549 00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:23,283 - Well maybe we oughta count the 550 00:26:23,283 --> 00:26:24,480 votes again to make sure I won. 551 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,660 - There's no need to do that either. 552 00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:27,600 Howell and I have counted them four times already. 553 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,170 - Well I sure feel awful about winning. 554 00:26:29,170 --> 00:26:30,560 Especially when I wasn't even running. 555 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,963 - The fact is you did win Gilligan, and that's why I'm here. 556 00:26:33,963 --> 00:26:35,310 I can hardly call myself a friend 557 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:37,357 if I didn't give you a word of warning. 558 00:26:37,357 --> 00:26:38,190 - A word of warning? 559 00:26:38,190 --> 00:26:39,023 About what? 560 00:26:39,023 --> 00:26:40,470 - About the power seekers. 561 00:26:40,470 --> 00:26:42,720 Men who will seek you out, call themselves friends. 562 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,910 They'll flatter you, they'll fawn on you. 563 00:26:44,910 --> 00:26:46,230 These men are dangerous. 564 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:49,130 All they want is a high position in your government. 565 00:26:49,130 --> 00:26:50,020 These men are not to be trusted 566 00:26:50,020 --> 00:26:51,365 and you've got to guard against them. 567 00:26:51,365 --> 00:26:52,198 - Guard against them how? 568 00:26:52,198 --> 00:26:54,760 - [Narrator] Rather than improve efficiency, 569 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,830 the creation of a government offers an 570 00:26:56,830 --> 00:26:59,350 opportunity for people to assume positions 571 00:26:59,350 --> 00:27:02,933 of power where they no longer have to work. 572 00:27:02,933 --> 00:27:05,200 - I just stopped by to offer you my hardiest 573 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,333 congratulations on your rather shocking victory. 574 00:27:08,333 --> 00:27:09,190 (laughter) 575 00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:11,300 - Yeah, it was kinda a surprise to me too. 576 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:14,312 - Yes, well the way I look at it, it could've been worse. 577 00:27:14,312 --> 00:27:15,325 (laughter) 578 00:27:15,325 --> 00:27:16,687 - If you're finished Howell, the president 579 00:27:16,687 --> 00:27:18,870 and I are busy setting up a new administration. 580 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:20,540 - Well that's exactly why I'm here. 581 00:27:20,540 --> 00:27:22,130 - That's exactly what I thought. 582 00:27:22,130 --> 00:27:25,430 - Oh, Mr. President, before I forget, here is a 583 00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:30,020 small but terribly expensive little token of my esteem. 584 00:27:30,020 --> 00:27:31,411 - A box of esteemed tokens. 585 00:27:31,411 --> 00:27:32,244 Thanks, Mr. Howell. 586 00:27:32,244 --> 00:27:33,077 (laughter) 587 00:27:33,077 --> 00:27:34,950 - No no no, you see, they're solid gold cuff links. 588 00:27:34,950 --> 00:27:36,910 You'll have to have your wrists pierced. 589 00:27:36,910 --> 00:27:38,250 - I'm surprised by your attitude. 590 00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:41,330 - The leader's wish is but my command. 591 00:27:41,330 --> 00:27:43,940 - Then here, you can start by cleaning up the White House. 592 00:27:43,940 --> 00:27:45,070 That oughta be humble enough. 593 00:27:45,070 --> 00:27:46,870 - Just exactly who do you think you are? 594 00:27:46,870 --> 00:27:48,030 - I'm the Vice President! 595 00:27:48,030 --> 00:27:49,807 - The Vice President, well how did you get that job? 596 00:27:49,807 --> 00:27:51,305 - By getting here before you did! 597 00:27:51,305 --> 00:27:53,030 - Mr. Howell, do you want your cuff links back? 598 00:27:53,030 --> 00:27:54,250 - You think I'm the kind of man 599 00:27:54,250 --> 00:27:55,918 who would take back a bribe, sir? 600 00:27:55,918 --> 00:27:56,929 (laughter) 601 00:27:56,929 --> 00:27:57,950 - I'd like to give you something in return. 602 00:27:57,950 --> 00:27:59,520 - Well I expect to get something in 603 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,040 return, what exactly do you have open? 604 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,410 - Well we have the Secretary of Labor, 605 00:28:04,410 --> 00:28:06,890 Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State-- 606 00:28:06,890 --> 00:28:07,890 - Yeah, you could be one of the secretaries, 607 00:28:07,890 --> 00:28:09,567 you know how to take shorthand typing? 608 00:28:09,567 --> 00:28:10,577 (laughter) 609 00:28:10,577 --> 00:28:12,242 - No, you see Mr. President, I think with 610 00:28:12,242 --> 00:28:13,310 my background, the ideal job for me 611 00:28:13,310 --> 00:28:16,060 would be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 612 00:28:16,060 --> 00:28:17,730 - But that's a very important position, 613 00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:19,400 have you had any legal experience? 614 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:20,560 - The government has convicted me 615 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,130 six times on anti-trust suits, and I've been 616 00:28:23,130 --> 00:28:25,453 investigated every year for income tax evasion. 617 00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:26,478 (laughter) 618 00:28:26,478 --> 00:28:27,600 - Well that's good enough for me. 619 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:28,940 How about you, Skipper? 620 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:30,530 - Any many who can stay out of jail with a record 621 00:28:30,530 --> 00:28:32,819 like that's got to know something about the law. 622 00:28:32,819 --> 00:28:33,743 - Indeed I do! 623 00:28:33,743 --> 00:28:36,013 - Then we're behind you all the way, Mr. President. 624 00:28:36,013 --> 00:28:37,500 You're the best president we ever elected. 625 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:38,644 - Thanks, Ginger. 626 00:28:38,644 --> 00:28:40,040 - I mean even if I don't get a 627 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,768 star on my dressing room door. 628 00:28:41,768 --> 00:28:42,630 (laughter) 629 00:28:42,630 --> 00:28:43,640 - We're with you, sir. 630 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,501 - Well then how about helping me dig the well? 631 00:28:45,501 --> 00:28:46,334 - I can't help you Mr. President, 632 00:28:46,334 --> 00:28:48,400 I'm in the midst of settling a strike. 633 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,650 - What strike? 634 00:28:49,650 --> 00:28:51,020 - The Secretary of Health and Welfare 635 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:52,500 won't help me in the kitchen anymore. 636 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:55,100 - Well I'm not on strike, I have my own work to do now. 637 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:56,220 How can I wash the dishes and 638 00:28:56,220 --> 00:28:57,650 build a hospital at the same time? 639 00:28:57,650 --> 00:28:58,930 - A hospital? 640 00:28:58,930 --> 00:29:00,803 What for, we don't even have a doctor! 641 00:29:00,803 --> 00:29:02,270 - Well when the hospital's finished, 642 00:29:02,270 --> 00:29:03,522 I'm going to build a medical school. 643 00:29:03,522 --> 00:29:04,355 (laughter) 644 00:29:04,355 --> 00:29:05,760 - Don't count on me sir, I'm involved 645 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,859 in a very serious judicial matter. 646 00:29:07,859 --> 00:29:09,641 - What are you working on now, Mr. Howell? 647 00:29:09,641 --> 00:29:11,226 - Your impeachment! 648 00:29:11,226 --> 00:29:14,643 (upbeat orchestra music) 649 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:17,670 - [Narrator] Just like the experiment of 650 00:29:17,670 --> 00:29:20,160 selecting a leader was not born of any 651 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,810 real need, a system of law does not 652 00:29:22,810 --> 00:29:25,260 arise from any criminal activity, 653 00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:26,760 but rather nothing more than the 654 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,930 realization that such a system, does not exist. 655 00:29:29,930 --> 00:29:31,660 - Now hold on Mr. Howell, at this point 656 00:29:31,660 --> 00:29:33,080 there's been no robbery, no murder, 657 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,830 no crime of any kind on the island. 658 00:29:34,830 --> 00:29:36,360 You can see the necessity for some 659 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,476 form of legal authority here on the island. 660 00:29:38,476 --> 00:29:40,600 - Exactly, what we need is law and order. 661 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:41,490 - Well I'll make a check out to 662 00:29:41,490 --> 00:29:42,985 the Policeman's Benevolence Society. 663 00:29:42,985 --> 00:29:44,039 (laughter) 664 00:29:44,039 --> 00:29:45,980 - I suggest we elect a sheriff, and the sooner the better. 665 00:29:45,980 --> 00:29:47,090 - What about you, Professor? 666 00:29:47,090 --> 00:29:48,380 - No, I'm afraid I'm in the middle of an 667 00:29:48,380 --> 00:29:50,100 experiment with those phosphorescent rocks, 668 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:51,650 I'm too busy trying to get us rescued. 669 00:29:51,650 --> 00:29:52,483 - I'm not too busy. 670 00:29:52,483 --> 00:29:54,130 - That's right, your place is in the laboratory. 671 00:29:54,130 --> 00:29:55,424 - I'm not doing anything at all, I could be the sheriff. 672 00:29:55,424 --> 00:29:56,257 - Ridiculous. 673 00:29:56,257 --> 00:29:57,090 - Preposterous. 674 00:29:57,090 --> 00:29:57,923 - How about a word from you, Professor? 675 00:29:57,923 --> 00:29:59,064 - Idiotic. 676 00:29:59,064 --> 00:30:00,131 - Sorry I asked. 677 00:30:00,131 --> 00:30:00,964 - No, in my opinion, the logical man 678 00:30:00,964 --> 00:30:02,137 for the job of sheriff is the Skipper. 679 00:30:02,137 --> 00:30:03,820 - Now we've gotta learn this criminal code, 680 00:30:03,820 --> 00:30:05,620 we've gotta practically memorize it. 681 00:30:05,620 --> 00:30:07,620 - [Narrator] Societal breakdown is inevitable 682 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:10,320 because the rules themselves will always 683 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,270 become more important than the 684 00:30:12,270 --> 00:30:14,953 social harmony they are designed to produce. 685 00:30:15,915 --> 00:30:17,608 (laughter) 686 00:30:17,608 --> 00:30:18,743 - [Mary Ann] Hi deputy. 687 00:30:18,743 --> 00:30:19,679 - Oh Gilligan! 688 00:30:19,679 --> 00:30:21,139 - Stop! 689 00:30:21,139 --> 00:30:23,389 (laughter) 690 00:30:24,271 --> 00:30:25,188 Hey ladies. 691 00:30:26,097 --> 00:30:26,930 - Ladies. 692 00:30:29,418 --> 00:30:30,251 (laughter) 693 00:30:30,251 --> 00:30:31,360 Gilligan, I'm waiting. 694 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:32,210 - Sorry, sheriff. 695 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,950 How am I doing, pretty good huh? 696 00:30:35,950 --> 00:30:37,067 Lucky thing I was here, there would 697 00:30:37,067 --> 00:30:37,900 have been a big collision. 698 00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:39,110 Just like a big fat truck running 699 00:30:39,110 --> 00:30:40,123 over two little sports cars. 700 00:30:40,123 --> 00:30:40,956 (laughter) 701 00:30:40,956 --> 00:30:42,011 - Thanks a lot. 702 00:30:42,011 --> 00:30:44,678 (blows whistle) 703 00:30:45,537 --> 00:30:48,080 - Gilligan, will you stop that blasted whistling? 704 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,130 - I saw you Mr. Howell, stealing Skipper's binoculars. 705 00:30:50,130 --> 00:30:51,590 - I did not steal the binoculars, 706 00:30:51,590 --> 00:30:52,717 I merely borrowed them, Mrs. Howell 707 00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:54,200 and I are going birdwatching. 708 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,820 - Well sorry Mr. Howell, according to 709 00:30:55,820 --> 00:30:57,020 the book, taking somebody else's 710 00:30:57,020 --> 00:30:58,400 property without their permission is stealing. 711 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,430 - Are you gonna make such a fuss? 712 00:30:59,430 --> 00:31:00,610 We won't use them, we'll just 713 00:31:00,610 --> 00:31:03,665 watch bigger birds, that's all. 714 00:31:03,665 --> 00:31:05,023 - You're under arrest, Article Four. 715 00:31:05,023 --> 00:31:06,940 - Look look look look Gilligan, 716 00:31:06,940 --> 00:31:08,680 this is my first offense, I promise 717 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,760 not to do such a dastardly deed again. 718 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,242 - Ignorance of law is no excuse. 719 00:31:12,242 --> 00:31:13,863 (laughter) 720 00:31:13,863 --> 00:31:16,260 - Look look Gilligan, come on now, this will cover it. 721 00:31:16,260 --> 00:31:18,850 Let's just buy some tickets to the Policeman's Ball, eh? 722 00:31:18,850 --> 00:31:21,070 - Trying to bribe an officer on duty, Article Seven. 723 00:31:21,070 --> 00:31:23,320 - Look, I am not without political influence. 724 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:24,720 I'll have you pounding a beat on 725 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:25,980 the north end of this island! 726 00:31:25,980 --> 00:31:27,240 - Come on, let's go. 727 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,073 (laughter) 728 00:31:28,073 --> 00:31:29,140 - I won't move! 729 00:31:29,140 --> 00:31:31,610 (choking) 730 00:31:31,610 --> 00:31:33,380 - We heard the whistle, what's going on? 731 00:31:33,380 --> 00:31:34,700 - Mr. Howell took your binoculars without 732 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:35,533 your permission and that's stealing. 733 00:31:35,533 --> 00:31:37,180 Then when I caught him, he offered me 734 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:39,210 money to forget it and that's bribery. 735 00:31:39,210 --> 00:31:40,173 So I arrested him. 736 00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:44,300 - Well deputy, you did right. 737 00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:46,460 You should be ashamed of yourself, Mr. Howell. 738 00:31:46,460 --> 00:31:48,511 - I am, I should have made it a bigger bribe. 739 00:31:48,511 --> 00:31:51,400 (laughter) 740 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,240 - [Narrator] Democracy means the collective 741 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,200 agreement to have rules is more important 742 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,980 than whether those rules are just. 743 00:31:57,980 --> 00:32:00,237 - I mean the idea of being treated like a common criminal. 744 00:32:00,237 --> 00:32:01,351 - Now Mr. Howell. 745 00:32:01,351 --> 00:32:02,184 - Yes? 746 00:32:02,184 --> 00:32:04,203 - We all gave our word that we'd obey the law. 747 00:32:04,203 --> 00:32:05,357 - Well I know, but-- 748 00:32:05,357 --> 00:32:07,040 - And we agreed to accept the Skipper 749 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,913 as the sheriff and Gilligan as his deputy. 750 00:32:08,913 --> 00:32:09,787 - Yeah I know, but-- 751 00:32:09,787 --> 00:32:12,530 - And we must agree to obey their authority, 752 00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:14,697 and to accept the penalty if we break the law. 753 00:32:14,697 --> 00:32:17,161 - But the whole thing sounds so darn democratic. 754 00:32:17,161 --> 00:32:18,600 (laughter) 755 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,433 - Oh no Mr. Howell, you can't go 756 00:32:19,433 --> 00:32:20,460 back to your hut when you're under arrest. 757 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:22,200 You have to go to... 758 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:23,270 Where are we gonna put him? 759 00:32:23,270 --> 00:32:25,210 - I don't know. 760 00:32:25,210 --> 00:32:26,780 We've never talked about that. 761 00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:28,780 - Well there's only one thing we can do. 762 00:32:30,003 --> 00:32:31,744 (laughter) 763 00:32:31,744 --> 00:32:33,661 (sobs) 764 00:32:35,510 --> 00:32:37,927 - Thurston, you're a convict! 765 00:32:42,123 --> 00:32:45,766 - It's just not right Mary Anne, Gilligan just went too far. 766 00:32:45,766 --> 00:32:48,070 - Well after all Ginger, he is a deputy. 767 00:32:48,070 --> 00:32:49,393 He's just doing his duty. 768 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:51,880 - [Narrator] In addition to creating rules 769 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,450 that are unworkable, the legal system 770 00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:57,340 creates a corrupt power dynamic. 771 00:32:57,340 --> 00:32:58,760 - Now look Gilligan, I'm gonna be gone most of 772 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,900 the day, so I want you to keep an eye on things. 773 00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:01,850 - You mean I'm in charge? 774 00:33:01,850 --> 00:33:04,130 - I mean you are in complete charge. 775 00:33:04,130 --> 00:33:05,324 See you later, girls. 776 00:33:05,324 --> 00:33:06,157 - Bye. 777 00:33:07,755 --> 00:33:08,830 (laughter) 778 00:33:08,830 --> 00:33:11,550 - That's a pretty big responsibility, right Ginger? 779 00:33:11,550 --> 00:33:13,640 - Doubt if we're going to have a crime wave. 780 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:14,860 - You never can tell, right? 781 00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:16,630 - Right, if I see any suspicious characters 782 00:33:16,630 --> 00:33:18,460 lurking around, I'll be sure and call headquarters. 783 00:33:18,460 --> 00:33:19,827 - That's the spirit. 784 00:33:19,827 --> 00:33:22,530 Oh, by the way girls, that fire's too close to the hut. 785 00:33:22,530 --> 00:33:23,520 - It's where we always used to have it. 786 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,100 - Well ignorance of the law is no excuse. 787 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:27,300 I'll have to put it out. 788 00:33:31,227 --> 00:33:32,119 Ooh, ooh! 789 00:33:32,119 --> 00:33:33,216 (laughter) 790 00:33:33,216 --> 00:33:34,183 (laughs) 791 00:33:34,183 --> 00:33:35,820 That's not funny, Ginger. 792 00:33:35,820 --> 00:33:36,653 You're under arrest for violation 793 00:33:36,653 --> 00:33:38,170 of Section 33 of the Municipal Code. 794 00:33:38,170 --> 00:33:39,390 - Oh let me go! 795 00:33:39,390 --> 00:33:40,223 - As an officer of the law, I'm gonna-- 796 00:33:40,223 --> 00:33:41,414 - Let her go! 797 00:33:41,414 --> 00:33:42,247 - I wouldn't do that if I were you, Mary Ann. 798 00:33:42,247 --> 00:33:44,778 - Oh and what are you gonna do about it? 799 00:33:44,778 --> 00:33:45,992 Let me out of here! 800 00:33:45,992 --> 00:33:46,960 (laughter) 801 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,320 - What are you in for, Mary Ann? 802 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:49,600 - Aiding and abetting someone who was 803 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,100 resisting arrest while violating 804 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:53,205 ordinance 33 of the Municipal Code. 805 00:33:53,205 --> 00:33:54,301 (laughter) 806 00:33:54,301 --> 00:33:56,320 - That's a serious charge, and you Ginger? 807 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,340 - For being dumb enough to let him grab me. 808 00:33:58,340 --> 00:33:59,770 - We found this streak of phosphorescent 809 00:33:59,770 --> 00:34:00,970 rock in the side of a hill. 810 00:34:00,970 --> 00:34:02,410 - How'd you get it out? 811 00:34:02,410 --> 00:34:05,810 - Why with this stick of true dynamite that I made. 812 00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:07,897 - Professor, you never should have done that. 813 00:34:07,897 --> 00:34:08,887 - Well it was the only way we could get the rock. 814 00:34:08,887 --> 00:34:11,350 - I don't mean that, I mean you never should have done that. 815 00:34:11,350 --> 00:34:12,183 - Done what? 816 00:34:13,670 --> 00:34:15,162 Carrying concealed weapons. 817 00:34:15,162 --> 00:34:16,501 (laughter) 818 00:34:16,501 --> 00:34:17,403 - You what? 819 00:34:18,330 --> 00:34:20,240 - Mr. Howell for attempted jailbreak, 820 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:21,880 Mary Ann for aiding and abetting, 821 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,240 Ginger for the municipal code-- 822 00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:24,850 - Gilligan, how could you do such a thing? 823 00:34:24,850 --> 00:34:26,760 - It wasn't easy, the girls put up a good fight. 824 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:27,593 (laughter) 825 00:34:27,593 --> 00:34:30,180 - A good officer knows how to use his power, not misuse it. 826 00:34:30,180 --> 00:34:31,160 - The law is the law. 827 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:31,993 - Gilligan! 828 00:34:31,993 --> 00:34:33,710 - You said go by the book and I went by the book! 829 00:34:33,710 --> 00:34:35,620 - Gilligan, you lamebrain, give me that key! 830 00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:36,710 - No, sticks and stones can break my bones-- 831 00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:38,660 - Yeah, that's not the only thing that's gonna hurt you! 832 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:39,797 Now I intend to get that key if 833 00:34:39,797 --> 00:34:41,857 I have to shake it out of you! 834 00:34:41,857 --> 00:34:42,747 What did I do? 835 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:43,955 - You remember when you were shaking me, 836 00:34:43,955 --> 00:34:45,150 trying to make the key fall out? 837 00:34:45,150 --> 00:34:45,983 - So? 838 00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:47,243 - That's police brutality. 839 00:34:47,243 --> 00:34:48,499 (laughter) 840 00:34:48,499 --> 00:34:49,930 - Gilligan, give me that key! 841 00:34:49,930 --> 00:34:52,550 - [Narrator] Ultimately, potential for rescue is 842 00:34:52,550 --> 00:34:56,030 sabotaged by the obsession with adhering to law. 843 00:34:56,030 --> 00:34:57,900 - That just about completes the search area. 844 00:34:57,900 --> 00:34:59,650 - Well we better get turned around. 845 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:02,980 - There's one more little island I think 846 00:35:02,980 --> 00:35:04,670 we oughta check out, it's not on the map, 847 00:35:04,670 --> 00:35:06,720 but I recall it being just south of here. 848 00:35:07,664 --> 00:35:08,640 - A plane! 849 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:09,870 We're going to be rescued! 850 00:35:09,870 --> 00:35:10,906 - They'll see our signal! 851 00:35:10,906 --> 00:35:12,569 (cheering) 852 00:35:12,569 --> 00:35:13,864 (laughter) 853 00:35:13,864 --> 00:35:15,249 (uplifting orchestra music) 854 00:35:15,249 --> 00:35:17,400 - Well I didn't see anything. 855 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,533 - No sir, no people down there. 856 00:35:20,475 --> 00:35:22,350 - There's the phosphorescent rocks! 857 00:35:22,350 --> 00:35:24,572 - I do hope they hadn't misspelled SOS. 858 00:35:24,572 --> 00:35:25,405 (laughter) 859 00:35:25,405 --> 00:35:26,480 - Tell them, Skipper. 860 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,968 - We didn't have time to put the signal rocks out. 861 00:35:28,968 --> 00:35:29,893 - Why not? 862 00:35:29,893 --> 00:35:32,965 - Because some numbskull put us in jail! 863 00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:36,382 (upbeat orchestra music) 864 00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:38,810 - [Narrator] The final pillar of 865 00:35:38,810 --> 00:35:42,130 American democracy, the justice system, 866 00:35:42,130 --> 00:35:44,500 is established in response to a 867 00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:46,870 dispute over ownership of property. 868 00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:48,250 - Gilligan, what are you down here? 869 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:50,070 You're supposed to be cutting bamboo poles. 870 00:35:50,070 --> 00:35:52,270 - I'm digging a barbecue pit for Mr. Howell. 871 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,518 - Gilligan, I think you've uncovered a treasure chest. 872 00:35:58,518 --> 00:36:00,290 Must be a fortune in this chest. 873 00:36:00,290 --> 00:36:02,300 Come on, let's try and get this padlock and chain. 874 00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:03,640 Just think little buddy, by this time 875 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,460 tomorrow you might be a millionaire. 876 00:36:05,460 --> 00:36:06,980 What are you gonna do with all that money? 877 00:36:06,980 --> 00:36:08,040 - First thing I'm gonna do is buy 878 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,911 something to open up that chest. 879 00:36:09,911 --> 00:36:10,800 You really think I'm a millionaire? 880 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,350 - Sure, it's your chest, you found it didn't you? 881 00:36:13,350 --> 00:36:14,183 - Oh yeah. 882 00:36:14,183 --> 00:36:15,180 - Well finder's keepers. 883 00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:18,587 - Are you positive that treasure chest belongs to you? 884 00:36:18,587 --> 00:36:20,370 - Well of course, Gilligan was working for me 885 00:36:20,370 --> 00:36:22,440 at the time when he was digging and found it. 886 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:26,440 He was in my employee, all big business operates that way. 887 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,790 I still don't see how you're gonna open the chest this way. 888 00:36:28,790 --> 00:36:30,380 - Very simple, Mr. Howell. 889 00:36:30,380 --> 00:36:32,170 All we have to do is cut the vine. 890 00:36:32,170 --> 00:36:34,500 The chest falls and its own weight will break 891 00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:36,870 those seams wide open when it hits the ground. 892 00:36:36,870 --> 00:36:38,406 - I must say, that's very clever, 893 00:36:38,406 --> 00:36:42,120 I must reward you with part of my treasure chest. 894 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:42,963 - Your treasure chest? 895 00:36:42,963 --> 00:36:44,768 That treasure is Gilligan's. 896 00:36:44,768 --> 00:36:45,620 - Gilligan's? 897 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:47,850 - Well of course, he found it, didn't you? 898 00:36:47,850 --> 00:36:49,215 - Yeah, you were with me, don't you remember? 899 00:36:49,215 --> 00:36:50,064 (laughter) 900 00:36:50,064 --> 00:36:50,930 - Of course I remember. 901 00:36:50,930 --> 00:36:53,820 - But he was working for me, therefore the treasure is mine. 902 00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:54,960 - Finder's keepers. 903 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,260 - But that's ridiculous, it is a 904 00:36:56,260 --> 00:36:58,420 practice of any large corporation. 905 00:36:58,420 --> 00:37:00,190 - Gilligan is not a corporation. 906 00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:01,290 - I'm not even a business. 907 00:37:01,290 --> 00:37:03,690 - I still say the treasure chest is mine. 908 00:37:03,690 --> 00:37:05,630 - That treasure chest is Gilligan's. 909 00:37:05,630 --> 00:37:07,000 - So that's the treasure chest huh? 910 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:07,833 - [Gilligan] That's right, Professor. 911 00:37:07,833 --> 00:37:10,520 - Well it certainly looks like the real thing. 912 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,550 But I understand there's a question as to the ownership. 913 00:37:12,550 --> 00:37:13,400 - Yeah, that's why we're playing one 914 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:14,990 game of poker, winner take all. 915 00:37:14,990 --> 00:37:16,110 - Back home you would never play a 916 00:37:16,110 --> 00:37:18,130 game of cards for anything so important. 917 00:37:18,130 --> 00:37:19,860 - Yes, but back home there are laws about 918 00:37:19,860 --> 00:37:22,070 such things, this fellow was in my employee. 919 00:37:22,070 --> 00:37:24,370 - Yeah, well the law says finder's keepers. 920 00:37:24,370 --> 00:37:25,950 - Well if you're interested in law, there's only 921 00:37:25,950 --> 00:37:27,430 one way to settle this thing legally. 922 00:37:27,430 --> 00:37:28,560 A court trial. 923 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,650 - A court trial here on this island? 924 00:37:30,650 --> 00:37:31,483 - Why not? 925 00:37:31,483 --> 00:37:32,655 As the law say. 926 00:37:32,655 --> 00:37:36,770 (speaks foreign language) 927 00:37:36,770 --> 00:37:38,000 - What does that mean? 928 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,760 - Your case comes up Tuesday. 929 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:41,070 - [Narrator] The trial preparations and 930 00:37:41,070 --> 00:37:43,600 arguments are fairly sophisticated. 931 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,170 - Well confidentially not Lovey, you see 932 00:37:45,170 --> 00:37:47,120 this isn't an open and shut case, while I 933 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,265 did hire Gilligan, I didn't actually pay him, 934 00:37:49,265 --> 00:37:51,900 and the Skipper might use that as a loophole. 935 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:54,170 - Loophole, oh you know all the legal terms. 936 00:37:54,170 --> 00:37:57,429 - Why not, after all I watched Perry Mason for six years. 937 00:37:57,429 --> 00:37:58,520 (laughter) 938 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,240 I could close that loophole if... 939 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:01,250 - If what, dear? 940 00:38:01,250 --> 00:38:05,841 - If I can get Gilligan to take the money now. 941 00:38:05,841 --> 00:38:07,070 (chuckles) 942 00:38:07,070 --> 00:38:10,463 I wanna pay you for the work that you did for me. 943 00:38:10,463 --> 00:38:11,640 - But Mr. Howell, I never finished digging 944 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,230 the barbecue pit, I only dug for 10 minutes. 945 00:38:13,230 --> 00:38:15,170 - Well at least let me pay you for the time that you dug. 946 00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:17,187 Will $100 be enough? 947 00:38:17,187 --> 00:38:18,402 - $100? 948 00:38:18,402 --> 00:38:20,580 That's almost $500 an hour. 949 00:38:20,580 --> 00:38:21,774 - 600, but who's counting? 950 00:38:21,774 --> 00:38:23,610 (laughter) 951 00:38:23,610 --> 00:38:25,187 - Gilligan, don't take that money! 952 00:38:25,187 --> 00:38:27,440 (laughter) 953 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:28,630 - Why not, Skipper? 954 00:38:28,630 --> 00:38:30,780 - Gilligan, he's hoping that you'll take the money because 955 00:38:30,780 --> 00:38:33,350 it'll strengthen his claim on the treasure chest. 956 00:38:33,350 --> 00:38:35,900 From now on, Mr. Howell, you are not to talk to my client. 957 00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:37,913 - All right, I'll see you in court. 958 00:38:39,193 --> 00:38:40,670 (laughter) 959 00:38:40,670 --> 00:38:42,843 - Mr. Howell wants you to do something for him. 960 00:38:42,843 --> 00:38:45,160 He showed you where he wanted the barbecue pit. 961 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,778 He never mentioned the word job, never talked 962 00:38:47,778 --> 00:38:50,453 about money, and never paid you a penny. 963 00:38:51,510 --> 00:38:52,993 - Tampering with a witness. 964 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:55,770 I'll file charges! 965 00:38:55,770 --> 00:38:58,513 - [Narrator] Ultimately, the justice system 966 00:38:58,513 --> 00:38:59,930 is shown to curate the very problems 967 00:38:59,930 --> 00:39:02,330 it was designed to resolve. 968 00:39:02,330 --> 00:39:04,610 Instead of settling a dispute and making 969 00:39:04,610 --> 00:39:07,690 life better, this court is intensified 970 00:39:07,690 --> 00:39:09,850 and the castaways all sue each other. 971 00:39:09,850 --> 00:39:12,470 - I hope you're not thinking of offering me a bribe. 972 00:39:12,470 --> 00:39:14,458 - Why of course not, but do you recall two weeks 973 00:39:14,458 --> 00:39:15,888 ago at dinner when I asked someone 974 00:39:15,888 --> 00:39:17,553 to pass me the papaya juice and you did? 975 00:39:17,553 --> 00:39:20,077 Well I wanna pay you for that service. 976 00:39:20,077 --> 00:39:21,351 $5,000 be enough? 977 00:39:21,351 --> 00:39:22,284 - No, no, no. 978 00:39:22,284 --> 00:39:23,390 (laughter) 979 00:39:23,390 --> 00:39:24,890 - I caught you red-handed Howell, 980 00:39:24,890 --> 00:39:26,670 trying to bribe a public official. 981 00:39:26,670 --> 00:39:29,140 Your honor, I wanna file charges. 982 00:39:29,140 --> 00:39:30,840 - First trial hasn't even started and 983 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,659 I've already got two more cases on the docket. 984 00:39:32,659 --> 00:39:33,650 (laughter) 985 00:39:33,650 --> 00:39:35,143 - Everyone take their places! 986 00:39:36,090 --> 00:39:39,270 The first superior court of this island is now in session! 987 00:39:39,270 --> 00:39:41,550 The honorable Professor presiding! 988 00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:42,383 - Be seated. 989 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:46,530 Since everyone is familiar with the case, 990 00:39:46,530 --> 00:39:47,630 we will dispense with the reading 991 00:39:47,630 --> 00:39:50,100 of the complaint and counter-charges. 992 00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:53,060 - Your honor, I feel that they've rehearsed her testimony. 993 00:39:53,060 --> 00:39:54,637 - No more than he's rehearsed Gilligan's. 994 00:39:54,637 --> 00:39:56,310 - And you brought me up before this court on 995 00:39:56,310 --> 00:39:58,530 charges, well I wanna file charges, your honor! 996 00:39:58,530 --> 00:39:59,530 - All right, but you'll have to wait 997 00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:01,400 your turn, that will be case number four. 998 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,470 Now please, let us get on with the testimony. 999 00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:08,120 - Do you recall hearing me say that I was hiring Gilligan? 1000 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:09,950 - Yes Mr. Howell, you told me that you had 1001 00:40:09,950 --> 00:40:12,500 just hired Gilligan to dig the barbecue pit. 1002 00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:14,750 - Howell bribed her the same way he tried to bribe you! 1003 00:40:14,750 --> 00:40:16,560 - That is defamation of character, I wanna 1004 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,710 sue that man for liable and slander! 1005 00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:20,109 - That'll be case number five. 1006 00:40:20,109 --> 00:40:22,862 (laughter) 1007 00:40:22,862 --> 00:40:23,900 - He said I was bribed. 1008 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:25,930 I wanna file charges too. 1009 00:40:25,930 --> 00:40:26,830 - Case number six. 1010 00:40:27,710 --> 00:40:29,450 - [Narrator] The resolution to all of these 1011 00:40:29,450 --> 00:40:32,850 conflicts emerges when the Professor rejects 1012 00:40:32,850 --> 00:40:35,790 the entire notion of private property and 1013 00:40:35,790 --> 00:40:39,373 affirms that on the island, they're all communists. 1014 00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:44,110 - Ladies and gentlemen, I have reached a decision. 1015 00:40:44,110 --> 00:40:45,780 - Well don't keep the boy waiting any longer. 1016 00:40:45,780 --> 00:40:47,399 Tell him I've won the verdict. 1017 00:40:47,399 --> 00:40:48,618 - I can't tell him that. 1018 00:40:48,618 --> 00:40:50,700 - Oh Gilligan, that means the treasure chest is yours! 1019 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:52,150 - Now wait, wait, Gilligan didn't win either. 1020 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:52,983 - Huh? 1021 00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:54,680 - Well let me explain. 1022 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,640 Ever since we were shipwrecked on this island 1023 00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,780 we've shared the hardships, the work, the fish 1024 00:40:58,780 --> 00:41:01,020 we catch, the fruit, the water, everything. 1025 00:41:01,020 --> 00:41:03,020 We've shared and we've shared alike. 1026 00:41:03,020 --> 00:41:04,720 And I choose to look upon the treasure chest 1027 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:06,210 as one of the natural resources of this 1028 00:41:06,210 --> 00:41:08,860 island by custom and usage defacto. 1029 00:41:08,860 --> 00:41:10,960 It belongs to all of us. 1030 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,060 - Well let's go open it, come on, come on. 1031 00:41:13,060 --> 00:41:14,950 - [Narrator] Despite the Professor's decree, 1032 00:41:14,950 --> 00:41:17,600 lapses routinely take place that reveal the 1033 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,673 role capitalism plays in social dysfunction. 1034 00:41:21,561 --> 00:41:25,144 (dramatic orchestra music) 1035 00:41:27,370 --> 00:41:30,630 As more European regimes topple and succumb to 1036 00:41:30,630 --> 00:41:35,213 Soviet control, fear of Communism gripped America. 1037 00:41:38,510 --> 00:41:40,890 - [Announcer] Ever hear of Karl Marx? 1038 00:41:40,890 --> 00:41:43,140 In his mind, Communism was born 1039 00:41:43,140 --> 00:41:44,683 more than a hundred years ago. 1040 00:41:45,540 --> 00:41:47,480 He looked at the world and saw men as 1041 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,663 divided into two classes: workers and capitalists. 1042 00:41:53,980 --> 00:41:56,130 In the Communist Manifesto he called upon 1043 00:41:56,130 --> 00:41:59,490 the workers, proletarians, to rise up 1044 00:41:59,490 --> 00:42:01,553 and overthrow their capitalistic masters. 1045 00:42:02,410 --> 00:42:04,657 He cried "The proletarians have 1046 00:42:04,657 --> 00:42:07,207 "nothing to lose but their chains. 1047 00:42:07,207 --> 00:42:09,327 "They have a world to win. 1048 00:42:09,327 --> 00:42:11,727 "working men of all countries, unit." 1049 00:42:12,827 --> 00:42:16,540 - Communism in reality is not a political party. 1050 00:42:16,540 --> 00:42:20,500 It is a way of life, an evil and malignant way of life. 1051 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:23,372 It reveals a condition akin to disease 1052 00:42:23,372 --> 00:42:25,920 that spreads like an epidemic, and like an 1053 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,840 epidemic a quarantine is necessary to 1054 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,280 keep it from infecting this nation. 1055 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,150 - [Announcer] In recognizing a Communist, 1056 00:42:33,150 --> 00:42:35,800 physical appearance counts for nothing. 1057 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,810 If he openly declares himself to be 1058 00:42:37,810 --> 00:42:40,343 a Communist, we take his word for it. 1059 00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:44,940 If a person supports organizations which 1060 00:42:44,940 --> 00:42:47,700 reflects Communist teachings, or organizations 1061 00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:49,310 labeled Communist by the Department 1062 00:42:49,310 --> 00:42:52,313 of Justice, she may be a Communist. 1063 00:42:54,110 --> 00:42:55,890 If a person defends the activities of 1064 00:42:55,890 --> 00:42:57,660 Communist nations while consistently 1065 00:42:57,660 --> 00:42:59,590 attacking the domestic and foreign policy 1066 00:42:59,590 --> 00:43:02,523 of the United States, she may be a Communist. 1067 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:07,000 If a person does all these things over 1068 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,753 a period of time, he must be a Communist. 1069 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:13,590 But there are other Communists 1070 00:43:13,590 --> 00:43:15,823 who don't show their real faces. 1071 00:43:16,780 --> 00:43:18,303 Who work more silently. 1072 00:43:20,060 --> 00:43:22,785 - Probably the key thing that Marx 1073 00:43:22,785 --> 00:43:25,760 kept coming back to time and time again in 1074 00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,220 his writing was the alienation of the worker. 1075 00:43:29,220 --> 00:43:30,420 - I want you up and on the beach 1076 00:43:30,420 --> 00:43:31,660 first thing in the morning ready to work. 1077 00:43:31,660 --> 00:43:36,660 - The worker who makes something is alienated 1078 00:43:37,030 --> 00:43:40,238 or estranged from the product he creates 1079 00:43:40,238 --> 00:43:43,143 because it doesn't belong to him. 1080 00:43:44,180 --> 00:43:46,510 The product belongs to his employer, 1081 00:43:46,510 --> 00:43:48,470 the person who owns the company or 1082 00:43:48,470 --> 00:43:51,020 the stockholders who own the company, 1083 00:43:51,020 --> 00:43:53,050 and the way in which it's produced, 1084 00:43:53,050 --> 00:43:55,640 and actually the design of the product is 1085 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,270 not under the control of the worker either. 1086 00:43:58,270 --> 00:44:01,870 So Marx said that since the worker is forced 1087 00:44:01,870 --> 00:44:05,215 to make things which his own personality 1088 00:44:05,215 --> 00:44:08,862 is not invested, then he becomes alienated 1089 00:44:08,862 --> 00:44:11,543 or estranged from that thing that he makes. 1090 00:44:12,513 --> 00:44:14,985 - You mean this yellow stuff that looks like gold? 1091 00:44:14,985 --> 00:44:17,033 - Yes, yes, what is it? 1092 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:19,610 - I think it is gold! 1093 00:44:19,610 --> 00:44:20,443 - Gold? 1094 00:44:21,303 --> 00:44:22,603 Gold! 1095 00:44:22,603 --> 00:44:23,752 (screams) 1096 00:44:23,752 --> 00:44:26,002 (laughter) 1097 00:44:26,970 --> 00:44:27,983 Gold, Gilligan! 1098 00:44:28,830 --> 00:44:29,673 I'm richer! 1099 00:44:30,857 --> 00:44:33,193 Hurt a little, but I'm richer. 1100 00:44:34,090 --> 00:44:35,380 - [Narrator] When gold is discovered on the 1101 00:44:35,380 --> 00:44:37,740 island, the mine is considered public 1102 00:44:37,740 --> 00:44:40,300 property, but the labor required to 1103 00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:42,840 extract the gold becomes commodified. 1104 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,530 - I'm gonna hire you to mine the gold, you see. 1105 00:44:45,530 --> 00:44:48,270 I won't pay you enough to cause you any trouble. 1106 00:44:48,270 --> 00:44:50,210 Then I'll hide it so no one will ever be able to find it. 1107 00:44:50,210 --> 00:44:51,043 How's that? 1108 00:44:51,043 --> 00:44:52,555 - Promise you'll tell me where you put it? 1109 00:44:52,555 --> 00:44:53,688 - Scout's honor. 1110 00:44:53,688 --> 00:44:54,521 - Three. 1111 00:44:54,521 --> 00:44:55,497 - Oh. 1112 00:44:55,497 --> 00:44:57,283 (laughter) 1113 00:44:57,283 --> 00:44:58,600 - You want me to dig anymore? 1114 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,620 - Certainly, it's only 4 AM. 1115 00:45:00,620 --> 00:45:03,030 - [Narrator] By hiring Gilligan to extract the gold, 1116 00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:05,940 Mr. Howell establishes private equity. 1117 00:45:05,940 --> 00:45:07,940 The castaways make a plea for communal 1118 00:45:07,940 --> 00:45:11,010 ownership, but Mr. Howell refuses. 1119 00:45:11,010 --> 00:45:12,630 - Mr. Howell, I know you, I know that 1120 00:45:12,630 --> 00:45:14,950 deep down in your soul you're a wonderful, 1121 00:45:14,950 --> 00:45:16,850 generous man, and you wanted to 1122 00:45:16,850 --> 00:45:19,030 share your gold with all of us. 1123 00:45:19,030 --> 00:45:20,537 - Yes I did. 1124 00:45:20,537 --> 00:45:23,463 But thank goodness I fought off that nasty impulse. 1125 00:45:24,340 --> 00:45:26,164 The answer is still no! 1126 00:45:26,164 --> 00:45:28,270 (laughter) 1127 00:45:28,270 --> 00:45:30,600 - [Narrator] Predictably, the introduction of a 1128 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:34,210 capital-based economy causes social breakdown by 1129 00:45:34,210 --> 00:45:37,710 creating a demand for payment for all goods and services. 1130 00:45:37,710 --> 00:45:38,653 - I hope the lobster wasn't too rich for you. 1131 00:45:38,653 --> 00:45:41,086 - Well if he was, he didn't get a chance to mention it. 1132 00:45:41,086 --> 00:45:43,010 (laughter) 1133 00:45:43,010 --> 00:45:44,670 - Thurston, you know I think it's rude 1134 00:45:44,670 --> 00:45:46,080 to talk about money at the table 1135 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:47,574 in front of a strange lobster. 1136 00:45:47,574 --> 00:45:48,900 (laughter) 1137 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:49,910 - Will that be all sir? 1138 00:45:49,910 --> 00:45:51,015 - Yes, that'll be all. 1139 00:45:51,015 --> 00:45:51,848 - Here you are. 1140 00:45:51,848 --> 00:45:52,681 - What is this? 1141 00:45:52,681 --> 00:45:53,514 - That's the dinner check. 1142 00:45:54,357 --> 00:45:55,466 - $740? 1143 00:45:55,466 --> 00:45:56,950 (laughter) 1144 00:45:56,950 --> 00:45:59,510 - Seafood salad $175? 1145 00:45:59,510 --> 00:46:01,253 - Lobster 200? 1146 00:46:01,253 --> 00:46:05,590 - Grapefruit muffins 125, side order of guava jelly 50. 1147 00:46:05,590 --> 00:46:07,000 - So that's your little game huh? 1148 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,310 First the Skipper, then Gilligan. 1149 00:46:08,310 --> 00:46:10,570 You're gonna charge us for our meals huh? 1150 00:46:10,570 --> 00:46:11,403 Well! 1151 00:46:11,403 --> 00:46:13,210 - That's a fine kettle of fish! 1152 00:46:13,210 --> 00:46:14,600 - Thanks for reminding me, Mrs. Howell. 1153 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:15,433 - For what? 1154 00:46:15,433 --> 00:46:17,144 - One kettle of fish, $300. 1155 00:46:17,144 --> 00:46:18,764 (laughter) 1156 00:46:18,764 --> 00:46:19,900 - Well if $600 is all you can 1157 00:46:19,900 --> 00:46:21,846 spend, take only three candles. 1158 00:46:21,846 --> 00:46:22,679 - What? 1159 00:46:22,679 --> 00:46:24,770 - You can't beat that price anyplace on the island. 1160 00:46:24,770 --> 00:46:27,620 - Please Thurston, you can't see a thing down in that mine. 1161 00:46:27,620 --> 00:46:31,017 - All right, I'll take six candles, give the man $1,200. 1162 00:46:31,017 --> 00:46:33,634 - $50 more, Mr. Howell, and I can gift wrap these for you. 1163 00:46:33,634 --> 00:46:36,300 - No, $1,200 for the six and that's my last offer. 1164 00:46:36,300 --> 00:46:38,376 - Well you're the man with the gold mine. 1165 00:46:38,376 --> 00:46:41,030 Oh by the way, as long as you're here Mr. Howell, 1166 00:46:41,030 --> 00:46:42,420 would you like to look at some wicks? 1167 00:46:42,420 --> 00:46:44,292 - You mean there aren't any wicks in these candles? 1168 00:46:44,292 --> 00:46:45,340 (laughter) 1169 00:46:45,340 --> 00:46:46,683 - Not for this kind of money. 1170 00:46:48,634 --> 00:46:52,051 (upbeat orchestra music) 1171 00:46:53,878 --> 00:46:56,120 - It was Mad Magazine I think that came up with the 1172 00:46:56,120 --> 00:47:00,545 joke about under Capitalism, man exploits man, 1173 00:47:00,545 --> 00:47:03,240 under Communism it's the other way around. 1174 00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:04,900 Well in the ideal Communist society 1175 00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:06,610 there would be no exploitation. 1176 00:47:06,610 --> 00:47:08,420 There would be no alienation. 1177 00:47:08,420 --> 00:47:11,550 People would work together, there would be cooperation. 1178 00:47:11,550 --> 00:47:12,817 There would be no government because 1179 00:47:12,817 --> 00:47:15,510 there was no need for a state. 1180 00:47:15,510 --> 00:47:18,930 - The ideal society is a society that 1181 00:47:18,930 --> 00:47:22,330 is bountiful for its members, which is 1182 00:47:22,330 --> 00:47:26,300 fair and just, to the maximum degree possible. 1183 00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:28,130 That's the ideal society. 1184 00:47:28,130 --> 00:47:29,400 - Skipper, we're on land now. 1185 00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,998 When we're on land we both have equal rights. 1186 00:47:31,998 --> 00:47:32,831 - What was that? 1187 00:47:32,831 --> 00:47:33,980 - I said I got rights too! 1188 00:47:33,980 --> 00:47:36,870 - When you say what we want is not a 1189 00:47:36,870 --> 00:47:39,250 capitalist society necessarily or a socialist 1190 00:47:39,250 --> 00:47:42,126 society necessarily or a communist society 1191 00:47:42,126 --> 00:47:44,470 necessarily, what we want is a society 1192 00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:47,270 in which most people are prosperous or 1193 00:47:47,270 --> 00:47:49,870 at least getting what they want and need, 1194 00:47:49,870 --> 00:47:51,300 where most people feel that they're 1195 00:47:51,300 --> 00:47:54,092 treated fairly and justly, where the 1196 00:47:54,092 --> 00:47:57,410 law seems to protect the less 1197 00:47:57,410 --> 00:48:00,890 advantaged as well as the advantaged. 1198 00:48:00,890 --> 00:48:03,995 - If you look at utopias they're 1199 00:48:03,995 --> 00:48:07,860 famously unpleasant to live in. 1200 00:48:07,860 --> 00:48:12,380 In Thomas Moore's Utopia, 1516, which coined 1201 00:48:12,380 --> 00:48:16,430 the word Utopia, there's no private property 1202 00:48:16,430 --> 00:48:19,395 and everyone switches houses with everyone else. 1203 00:48:19,395 --> 00:48:22,812 (upbeat orchestra music) 1204 00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:27,060 - [Announcer] Calling the House Unamerican Activities 1205 00:48:27,060 --> 00:48:29,770 Committee to order, Chairman J. Parnell Thomas 1206 00:48:29,770 --> 00:48:31,870 of New Jersey opens an inquiry into 1207 00:48:31,870 --> 00:48:33,630 possible Communist penetration 1208 00:48:33,630 --> 00:48:35,450 of the Hollywood film industry. 1209 00:48:35,450 --> 00:48:36,930 The committee is seeking to determine 1210 00:48:36,930 --> 00:48:38,490 if red party members have reached 1211 00:48:38,490 --> 00:48:40,612 the screen with subversive propaganda. 1212 00:48:40,612 --> 00:48:42,917 - [Narrator] Formed in 1938 to investigate 1213 00:48:42,917 --> 00:48:45,182 citizens who might be disloyal 1214 00:48:45,182 --> 00:48:48,228 or have ties to Communism, the House 1215 00:48:48,228 --> 00:48:50,662 Committee on Unamerican Activities 1216 00:48:50,662 --> 00:48:53,180 began targeting suspects whom they 1217 00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:55,860 believed to be influential, which often 1218 00:48:55,860 --> 00:48:58,860 included people in entertainment and the media. 1219 00:48:58,860 --> 00:49:01,908 For many, simply being called before the committee 1220 00:49:01,908 --> 00:49:04,763 led to losing their job and their friends. 1221 00:49:06,198 --> 00:49:08,222 ♪ Joe, come here a minute ♪ 1222 00:49:08,222 --> 00:49:11,660 ♪ I got a red hot tip for you, Joe ♪ 1223 00:49:11,660 --> 00:49:15,030 ♪ See that guy with the red suspenders ♪ 1224 00:49:15,030 --> 00:49:18,554 ♪ Driving that car with the bright red fenders ♪ 1225 00:49:18,554 --> 00:49:21,876 ♪ I know he's one of those heavy spenders ♪ 1226 00:49:21,876 --> 00:49:25,114 ♪ Get that Communist, Joe ♪ 1227 00:49:25,114 --> 00:49:28,088 ♪ He's filling my gal with propaganda ♪ 1228 00:49:28,088 --> 00:49:31,857 ♪ And I'm scared she will meander ♪ 1229 00:49:31,857 --> 00:49:35,344 ♪ Don't wanna take a chance where he'll land her ♪ 1230 00:49:35,344 --> 00:49:38,385 ♪ Get that Communist, Joe ♪ 1231 00:49:38,385 --> 00:49:41,627 ♪ He's the most revolting character ♪ 1232 00:49:41,627 --> 00:49:44,866 ♪ And the fellas hate him so ♪ 1233 00:49:44,866 --> 00:49:48,142 ♪ But with the girls this character ♪ 1234 00:49:48,142 --> 00:49:51,909 ♪ Is a comrade Romeo ♪ 1235 00:49:51,909 --> 00:49:54,610 ♪ Since my love he's sabotaging ♪ 1236 00:49:54,610 --> 00:49:56,860 - [Announcer] Often operating as a one man committee, 1237 00:49:56,860 --> 00:50:00,680 he has traveled far, interviewed many, terrorized some. 1238 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:02,720 Accused civilian and military leaders of 1239 00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:04,690 the past administration of a great 1240 00:50:04,690 --> 00:50:07,830 conspiracy to turn over the country to Communism. 1241 00:50:07,830 --> 00:50:09,780 Wait 'till you hear the bleeding hearts 1242 00:50:10,690 --> 00:50:14,282 scream and cry about our methods of trying 1243 00:50:14,282 --> 00:50:18,520 to drag the truth from those who know 1244 00:50:18,520 --> 00:50:21,347 or should know, who covered up a 1245 00:50:21,347 --> 00:50:23,583 fifth amendment Communist major. 1246 00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:28,040 But they say oh, it's all right to uncover 1247 00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,290 them, but don't get rough doing it, McCarthy. 1248 00:50:31,370 --> 00:50:34,110 - The line between investigating and persecuting 1249 00:50:34,110 --> 00:50:36,670 is a very fine one, and the junior senator 1250 00:50:36,670 --> 00:50:39,103 from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. 1251 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:41,770 His primary achievement has been in 1252 00:50:41,770 --> 00:50:43,966 confusing the public mind as between the 1253 00:50:43,966 --> 00:50:47,460 internal and the external threats of Communism. 1254 00:50:47,460 --> 00:50:50,882 We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. 1255 00:50:50,882 --> 00:50:54,271 - If you think that I am going to cooperate 1256 00:50:54,271 --> 00:50:58,354 with this collection of Judases, of men who sit 1257 00:50:59,915 --> 00:51:02,565 there in violation of the United States Constitution. 1258 00:51:03,580 --> 00:51:05,040 If you think I'll cooperate with 1259 00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:08,043 you in any way, you are insane. 1260 00:51:10,839 --> 00:51:13,089 (applause) 1261 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:18,290 - There were all kinds of anti-communists 1262 00:51:18,290 --> 00:51:20,410 in the United States in those years. 1263 00:51:20,410 --> 00:51:23,340 There were some whose position was rather simple 1264 00:51:23,340 --> 00:51:25,876 and it was more anti-soviet than anti-communist, 1265 00:51:25,876 --> 00:51:28,450 often the people who took these positions 1266 00:51:28,450 --> 00:51:31,820 didn't even really know what Communism is 1267 00:51:31,820 --> 00:51:33,260 or was, and you can be sure they never 1268 00:51:33,260 --> 00:51:35,680 read the Communist Manifesto of 1848. 1269 00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:39,890 - Many of the anti-communists, especially the 1270 00:51:39,890 --> 00:51:44,890 McCarthyite's type, were just, it was just words 1271 00:51:44,990 --> 00:51:47,473 to them, they had no idea what Communism was. 1272 00:51:48,350 --> 00:51:51,440 - This is what the Communists say 1273 00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:55,350 about our public school system. 1274 00:51:55,350 --> 00:51:58,470 The whole American school system acts 1275 00:51:58,470 --> 00:52:01,223 in the spirit of a militaristic program. 1276 00:52:02,130 --> 00:52:04,200 The syllabuses and textbooks in American 1277 00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:08,070 schools are imbued with racist ideology and 1278 00:52:08,070 --> 00:52:13,070 teach hatred to everything outstanding and advanced. 1279 00:52:13,230 --> 00:52:17,310 The word peace is forbidden in American schools. 1280 00:52:17,310 --> 00:52:19,550 - We oughta stop fooling around with talking 1281 00:52:19,550 --> 00:52:21,970 diplomacy and show the Communists we mean business. 1282 00:52:21,970 --> 00:52:23,430 - [Announcer] Under Communism virtually 1283 00:52:23,430 --> 00:52:25,213 everything belongs to the state. 1284 00:52:27,070 --> 00:52:28,680 The individual has little right to 1285 00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:31,483 own property, or to plan his own life. 1286 00:52:32,340 --> 00:52:35,630 He's told where to work with his employer. 1287 00:52:35,630 --> 00:52:38,930 Little freedom to leave his job or seek a better one. 1288 00:52:38,930 --> 00:52:41,334 - Marx said that, in pure Communism, not only 1289 00:52:41,334 --> 00:52:43,970 would there be no classes, there'd be no government. 1290 00:52:43,970 --> 00:52:46,826 - There was nothing wrong with Communism in theory, 1291 00:52:46,826 --> 00:52:50,880 but it was the way it was being implemented and practiced 1292 00:52:52,408 --> 00:52:56,460 in the Soviet Union as a totalitarian society 1293 00:52:56,460 --> 00:52:59,280 in which everyone was required to 1294 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:04,280 conform to the dictates of the state. 1295 00:53:05,810 --> 00:53:10,810 Which was exactly the opposite of what Marx had envisioned. 1296 00:53:11,450 --> 00:53:14,910 - We'll all be saved by great and glorious Soviet Navy. 1297 00:53:14,910 --> 00:53:18,120 They shall come and take us all back home to Moscow. 1298 00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:20,185 - Oh boy, we're going home to Moscow! 1299 00:53:20,185 --> 00:53:23,602 (gentle orchestra music) 1300 00:53:35,970 --> 00:53:37,560 - [Narrator] In addition to adhering to the 1301 00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,760 actual principles of Communism, the castaways 1302 00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:43,250 are guided by the spirit of comradery. 1303 00:53:43,250 --> 00:53:44,620 - It'll be a lot quicker and a lot 1304 00:53:44,620 --> 00:53:46,460 easier if we all pitch in and work together. 1305 00:53:46,460 --> 00:53:49,050 Remember the old saying, united we stand. 1306 00:53:49,050 --> 00:53:51,550 - I was just thinking what a waste my life's been. 1307 00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:54,800 I mean so I was an actress, so what? 1308 00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,140 I never really did anything for anyone. 1309 00:53:57,140 --> 00:53:58,590 - Well you entertained people. 1310 00:53:58,590 --> 00:54:00,453 - Oh that was just for the moment. 1311 00:54:00,453 --> 00:54:02,810 I mean really do something important. 1312 00:54:02,810 --> 00:54:04,690 Like being a nurse. 1313 00:54:04,690 --> 00:54:07,558 Although I was a nurse, for one day I was Ben Casey's nurse. 1314 00:54:07,558 --> 00:54:08,567 (laughter) 1315 00:54:08,567 --> 00:54:10,070 And you know something, Professor? 1316 00:54:10,070 --> 00:54:13,290 In that one hour we saved six people, and if it 1317 00:54:13,290 --> 00:54:15,293 hadn't been for the commercials we would've saved eight. 1318 00:54:15,293 --> 00:54:16,388 (laughter) 1319 00:54:16,388 --> 00:54:17,860 - You're right Ginger, that's what's important. 1320 00:54:17,860 --> 00:54:19,100 Saving people. 1321 00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:20,790 - That's one thing you can always count on, 1322 00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:23,442 when you've lost everything, I mean 1323 00:54:23,442 --> 00:54:25,900 friendship does mean more than money doesn't it? 1324 00:54:25,900 --> 00:54:27,830 - We've all gotta pitch in and work hard. 1325 00:54:27,830 --> 00:54:29,274 - I've been thinking about life, 1326 00:54:29,274 --> 00:54:30,811 you never know what to expect. 1327 00:54:30,811 --> 00:54:31,644 - You can say that again. 1328 00:54:31,644 --> 00:54:33,250 - Like 10 years ago, who would have 1329 00:54:33,250 --> 00:54:34,230 figured we'd be here on this island, 1330 00:54:34,230 --> 00:54:36,480 sharing our load and pulling for the common cause. 1331 00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:38,140 - Everybody shared everything and everybody 1332 00:54:38,140 --> 00:54:38,973 pitched in and helped and I think 1333 00:54:38,973 --> 00:54:40,630 that's just calling good neighbors. 1334 00:54:40,630 --> 00:54:41,910 We did that when we were pioneers 1335 00:54:41,910 --> 00:54:43,180 going into the west, we all built 1336 00:54:43,180 --> 00:54:44,690 each other's houses and painted our walls. 1337 00:54:44,690 --> 00:54:46,240 - We've got to function as a group! 1338 00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:47,180 - You're right, Skipper. 1339 00:54:47,180 --> 00:54:48,280 - We've lived here together, and if 1340 00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:50,775 necessary, we'll die together. 1341 00:54:50,775 --> 00:54:52,167 - The Flintstones and The Jetsons are 1342 00:54:52,167 --> 00:54:55,880 almost the same show, they use the same gags. 1343 00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:58,950 I think it's the same way with Capitalism and Communism. 1344 00:54:58,950 --> 00:55:03,291 The more you strive towards complete atomism, 1345 00:55:03,291 --> 00:55:07,920 the idea that every person is in it 1346 00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:10,994 for himself, the more you reduce people 1347 00:55:10,994 --> 00:55:15,864 to machines of appetite being driven 1348 00:55:15,864 --> 00:55:19,670 by vectors of desire and behaving 1349 00:55:19,670 --> 00:55:21,594 according to purely predictable 1350 00:55:21,594 --> 00:55:24,713 and sociologically intelligible forces. 1351 00:55:25,720 --> 00:55:28,720 In other words, you start to see these 1352 00:55:28,720 --> 00:55:31,990 little atoms as part of a Brownian movement 1353 00:55:31,990 --> 00:55:35,847 or some sort of physics of, part of a 1354 00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:38,830 system of physical forces in which the 1355 00:55:38,830 --> 00:55:41,830 group starts to be more important than 1356 00:55:41,830 --> 00:55:43,450 the individual because you've broken it 1357 00:55:43,450 --> 00:55:47,780 down to pure individuals governed by forces. 1358 00:55:47,780 --> 00:55:50,810 Similarly in Communism, if the state is 1359 00:55:50,810 --> 00:55:54,158 to wither away, what's left is a bunch of 1360 00:55:54,158 --> 00:55:57,777 happy people living according to their own desires. 1361 00:55:57,777 --> 00:56:01,194 (upbeat orchestra music) 1362 00:56:02,820 --> 00:56:04,460 - I'm sorry Mr. Howell, unless I can figure out 1363 00:56:04,460 --> 00:56:06,200 a way to make everybody share it, nobody gets it. 1364 00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:07,890 - As long as we're all on this island together, 1365 00:56:07,890 --> 00:56:09,290 it's not gonna make any difference to any 1366 00:56:09,290 --> 00:56:11,100 one of us whether you have any money or not. 1367 00:56:11,100 --> 00:56:14,100 - Private property is essentially fictitious, 1368 00:56:14,100 --> 00:56:18,270 and Capitalism has always been driven by that anxiety 1369 00:56:18,270 --> 00:56:20,030 because Capitalism depends on the 1370 00:56:20,030 --> 00:56:23,854 idea that I'm a free agent and I can not only 1371 00:56:23,854 --> 00:56:28,854 barter my talents, which are plausibly enough mine, 1372 00:56:29,904 --> 00:56:32,410 but I can also barter the things 1373 00:56:32,410 --> 00:56:36,420 I own which are very feebly mine. 1374 00:56:36,420 --> 00:56:40,117 When the anarchist Proudhon said property is theft, 1375 00:56:40,117 --> 00:56:44,263 he was saying something that is worth thinking about. 1376 00:56:45,303 --> 00:56:49,320 That's always been the strongest point of Communism. 1377 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:50,603 - Boy, I can't wait to tell the Professor about this, 1378 00:56:50,603 --> 00:56:52,882 and the Skipper and the girls, we'll all be rich. 1379 00:56:52,882 --> 00:56:53,715 - All? 1380 00:56:53,715 --> 00:56:54,548 - Sure, Mr. Howell. 1381 00:56:54,548 --> 00:56:55,381 Don't you remember? 1382 00:56:55,381 --> 00:56:56,507 We all made an agreement to share everything on the island. 1383 00:56:56,507 --> 00:56:59,740 - Yes, yes, I do recall making that agreement, 1384 00:56:59,740 --> 00:57:01,080 but of course then we didn't expect 1385 00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:02,810 to find a gold mine, you understand? 1386 00:57:02,810 --> 00:57:04,810 Don't you know what gold does to people, Gilligan? 1387 00:57:04,810 --> 00:57:05,948 - Uh-huh, makes them rich. 1388 00:57:05,948 --> 00:57:06,781 (laughter) 1389 00:57:06,781 --> 00:57:08,284 - It makes them greedy. 1390 00:57:08,284 --> 00:57:11,701 (upbeat orchestra music) 1391 00:57:13,090 --> 00:57:16,463 - It's true that Marx also had a, 1392 00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:18,990 he was very much against religion 1393 00:57:18,990 --> 00:57:22,248 because he figured things like religion 1394 00:57:22,248 --> 00:57:27,248 and philosophy, which he was one, 1395 00:57:27,395 --> 00:57:31,577 a philosopher, things of the mind were 1396 00:57:31,577 --> 00:57:36,040 really super structure, these were secondary, 1397 00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:40,630 tertiary even, results of the economic base. 1398 00:57:40,630 --> 00:57:44,120 - Why don't I buy you out, say for $20 million? 1399 00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:45,770 - Buy me for money? 1400 00:57:45,770 --> 00:57:46,945 Bah humbug! 1401 00:57:46,945 --> 00:57:48,074 - Bah on money? 1402 00:57:48,074 --> 00:57:49,620 What are you, some kind of an atheist? 1403 00:57:49,620 --> 00:57:52,510 - Religion, he saw as just a means 1404 00:57:52,510 --> 00:57:57,313 of keeping the oppressed suppressed. 1405 00:57:59,510 --> 00:58:02,870 In his ideal society there would be no need for religion. 1406 00:58:02,870 --> 00:58:06,330 - Skipper, I recall reading in Professor Oldenberg's 1407 00:58:06,330 --> 00:58:08,740 text on primitive tribes and customs that the more 1408 00:58:08,740 --> 00:58:12,380 primitive the tribe, the more superstitious it is. 1409 00:58:12,380 --> 00:58:14,750 - Well with this bunch we must have hit the jackpot. 1410 00:58:14,750 --> 00:58:17,070 - And they're terrified of various gods. 1411 00:58:17,070 --> 00:58:19,390 Now listen, if we could convince them that we were 1412 00:58:19,390 --> 00:58:22,453 gods with mystical powers, they might flee and panic. 1413 00:58:22,453 --> 00:58:25,870 (upbeat orchestra music) 1414 00:58:30,350 --> 00:58:34,543 - So individuals could fulfill their full potential. 1415 00:58:35,690 --> 00:58:39,000 As whatever they wanted to be, they could 1416 00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:43,010 be artists, philosophers, as Marx said, 1417 00:58:43,010 --> 00:58:46,180 they could hunt in the morning, fish in 1418 00:58:46,180 --> 00:58:49,620 the afternoon, and recite poetry in the evening. 1419 00:58:49,620 --> 00:58:51,630 - Your excellency. 1420 00:58:51,630 --> 00:58:52,910 - I am ready. 1421 00:58:52,910 --> 00:58:54,112 - Ready for what? 1422 00:58:54,112 --> 00:58:55,350 - To be executed. 1423 00:58:55,350 --> 00:58:56,803 - Don't be ridiculous. 1424 00:58:58,020 --> 00:58:59,903 - Well then you're going to exile me of course. 1425 00:58:59,903 --> 00:59:01,743 - Well I never heard such nonsense. 1426 00:59:03,700 --> 00:59:05,850 - Then what will become of me? 1427 00:59:05,850 --> 00:59:09,380 - You will become a member of our little community. 1428 00:59:09,380 --> 00:59:11,595 - You mean become one of the masses? 1429 00:59:11,595 --> 00:59:12,540 (laughter) 1430 00:59:12,540 --> 00:59:14,440 - I don't like to think of ourselves that way. 1431 00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:17,170 We're a free society and you will be free 1432 00:59:17,170 --> 00:59:19,713 to do or become whatever you want. 1433 00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:22,180 - Anything? 1434 00:59:22,180 --> 00:59:24,842 - The idea was from each according to his 1435 00:59:24,842 --> 00:59:27,320 ability to each according to his needs. 1436 00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:31,160 If someone needed more to survive, not because 1437 00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:36,160 they were greedy, but to have a good quality 1438 00:59:37,299 --> 00:59:42,299 of life, then that person should get more. 1439 00:59:43,130 --> 00:59:45,020 People who didn't require so much would 1440 00:59:45,020 --> 00:59:46,610 get less, but each of them would be 1441 00:59:46,610 --> 00:59:51,610 contributing their own talents to society. 1442 00:59:52,040 --> 00:59:52,910 - Pretty soon the vegetables will be ready, 1443 00:59:52,910 --> 00:59:55,240 Gilligan will pick them, Mary Ann will 1444 00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:57,030 clean them, and Ginger will prepare them. 1445 00:59:57,030 --> 00:59:59,570 - Yes, but on second thought, oughtn't we do something? 1446 00:59:59,570 --> 01:00:01,350 - Oh perish the thought, every hive must 1447 01:00:01,350 --> 01:00:02,980 have a queen, the rest are workers. 1448 01:00:02,980 --> 01:00:04,820 - Yes, but I feel a little guilty. 1449 01:00:04,820 --> 01:00:06,615 Maybe we should make some kind of an effort. 1450 01:00:06,615 --> 01:00:07,875 - What do you suggest? 1451 01:00:07,875 --> 01:00:11,160 - Well we could be host and hostess at a dinner party. 1452 01:00:11,160 --> 01:00:12,660 - A vegetarian do. 1453 01:00:13,590 --> 01:00:14,910 - In an ideal Communist society 1454 01:00:14,910 --> 01:00:17,060 one would be contributing one's talents, 1455 01:00:17,060 --> 01:00:19,579 so if one had talents as an actor, 1456 01:00:19,579 --> 01:00:23,590 one would be allowed to do that. 1457 01:00:24,813 --> 01:00:28,421 ♪ I wanna be loved by you ♪ 1458 01:00:28,421 --> 01:00:33,421 ♪ By you and nobody else but you ♪ 1459 01:00:33,602 --> 01:00:37,447 ♪ I wanna be loved by you ♪ 1460 01:00:37,447 --> 01:00:39,759 ♪ Alone ♪ 1461 01:00:39,759 --> 01:00:42,037 ♪ Boop-oop-a-doop ♪ 1462 01:00:42,037 --> 01:00:44,152 (applause) 1463 01:00:44,152 --> 01:00:47,735 (dramatic orchestra music) 1464 01:00:49,170 --> 01:00:51,850 - I'm going to explain to you the system 1465 01:00:51,850 --> 01:00:54,090 of warning signals that will be used in 1466 01:00:54,090 --> 01:00:56,643 this country in the event of a nuclear attack. 1467 01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:00,665 First, the red warning. 1468 01:01:00,665 --> 01:01:03,332 (siren blaring) 1469 01:01:10,100 --> 01:01:10,980 - [Announcer] In the cities, police and 1470 01:01:10,980 --> 01:01:13,303 civil defense teams clear the streets. 1471 01:01:16,330 --> 01:01:18,210 Meanwhile, from the Pentagon and other 1472 01:01:18,210 --> 01:01:20,120 key points, top defense figures are 1473 01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:22,102 airlifted to secret control centers 1474 01:01:22,102 --> 01:01:23,510 from where they would direct 1475 01:01:23,510 --> 01:01:26,110 America's defense and counterattack. 1476 01:01:26,110 --> 01:01:27,870 It was estimated over four million 1477 01:01:27,870 --> 01:01:29,780 would have died in New York City. 1478 01:01:29,780 --> 01:01:31,630 No estimates were given for the rest of 1479 01:01:31,630 --> 01:01:34,680 the country, but the grim arithmetic took on 1480 01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:39,413 new impact for all who took part in Operation Alert. 1481 01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:42,702 - [Announcer] Whatever kind of shelter you find, 1482 01:01:42,702 --> 01:01:45,940 settle down and make the best of it. 1483 01:01:45,940 --> 01:01:47,877 If there are others with you, 1484 01:01:47,877 --> 01:01:51,150 help them by being as calm as you can. 1485 01:01:51,150 --> 01:01:53,480 And don't be discouraged. 1486 01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:56,313 (jazzy sax music) 1487 01:01:57,773 --> 01:02:01,588 ♪ I'm not scared ♪ 1488 01:02:01,588 --> 01:02:05,751 ♪ I'm prepared ♪ 1489 01:02:05,751 --> 01:02:10,751 ♪ I'll be spared ♪ 1490 01:02:13,838 --> 01:02:18,260 ♪ I've got a fallout shelter, it's nine by nine ♪ 1491 01:02:18,260 --> 01:02:22,074 ♪ A hi-fi set and a jug of wine ♪ 1492 01:02:22,074 --> 01:02:26,254 ♪ Let the missiles fly from nation to nation ♪ 1493 01:02:26,254 --> 01:02:31,254 ♪ It's party time in my radiation station ♪ 1494 01:02:32,930 --> 01:02:37,021 ♪ A 14 day supply of multipurpose food ♪ 1495 01:02:37,021 --> 01:02:40,828 ♪ A lot of medicine, be sure to include ♪ 1496 01:02:40,828 --> 01:02:45,278 ♪ Build your bomb bungalow, you needn't postpone ♪ 1497 01:02:45,278 --> 01:02:50,278 ♪ There's no down payments and an FHA loan ♪ 1498 01:02:51,236 --> 01:02:55,251 ♪ Let the tests go up in the atmosphere ♪ 1499 01:02:55,251 --> 01:02:59,711 ♪ In my fallout shelter I'll have no fear ♪ 1500 01:02:59,711 --> 01:03:03,960 ♪ My baby and me, cozy we'll be ♪ 1501 01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:08,389 ♪ Away from radioactivity ♪ 1502 01:03:08,389 --> 01:03:12,278 ♪ 20 megatons is the size of the boom ♪ 1503 01:03:12,278 --> 01:03:16,243 ♪ And if they let it go, I'll feel no gloom ♪ 1504 01:03:16,243 --> 01:03:20,330 ♪ Let the cats run about, helter-skelter ♪ 1505 01:03:20,330 --> 01:03:25,330 ♪ Gonna live live live in my fallout shelter ♪ 1506 01:03:29,570 --> 01:03:33,377 ♪ I'm not scared ♪ 1507 01:03:33,377 --> 01:03:37,553 ♪ I'm prepared ♪ 1508 01:03:37,553 --> 01:03:42,553 ♪ I'll be spared ♪ 1509 01:03:45,681 --> 01:03:49,481 ♪ 20 megatons is the size of the boom ♪ 1510 01:03:49,481 --> 01:03:53,286 ♪ And if they let it go, I'll feel no gloom ♪ 1511 01:03:53,286 --> 01:03:57,419 ♪ Let the cats run about, helter-skelter ♪ 1512 01:03:57,419 --> 01:04:02,084 ♪ Gonna live live live in my fallout shelter ♪ 1513 01:04:02,084 --> 01:04:06,061 ♪ So if you wanna be full of confidence ♪ 1514 01:04:06,061 --> 01:04:10,282 ♪ Get survival jazz and civil defense ♪ 1515 01:04:10,282 --> 01:04:14,213 ♪ You'll live like a king in your fallout pad ♪ 1516 01:04:14,213 --> 01:04:19,213 ♪ 'Till the all clear sounds on CONELRAD ♪ 1517 01:04:20,521 --> 01:04:23,938 ♪ Dial 640-1240 CONELRAD ♪ 1518 01:04:25,190 --> 01:04:27,410 - Basically there are only two things you 1519 01:04:27,410 --> 01:04:29,913 need to know how to do to protect your life. 1520 01:04:30,790 --> 01:04:34,720 One is to evacuate your city before the bomb falls. 1521 01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:37,380 Because obviously, if you are caught in 1522 01:04:37,380 --> 01:04:40,450 the open, near ground zero, you won't 1523 01:04:40,450 --> 01:04:42,710 have to worry about radiation. 1524 01:04:42,710 --> 01:04:44,990 The bomb itself will kill you. 1525 01:04:44,990 --> 01:04:46,610 - [Narrator] In addition to the turmoil 1526 01:04:46,610 --> 01:04:49,220 caused by the attempts to adopt components 1527 01:04:49,220 --> 01:04:52,290 of democracy, threats to the idyllic 1528 01:04:52,290 --> 01:04:55,900 lifestyle come from the outside world as well. 1529 01:04:55,900 --> 01:05:00,370 - Uncle Sam was this rapacious image, 1530 01:05:00,370 --> 01:05:02,890 was very greedy, wanting to become 1531 01:05:02,890 --> 01:05:05,090 wealthier and wealthier at the expense 1532 01:05:05,090 --> 01:05:09,383 of the worker, and was wanting to spread 1533 01:05:09,383 --> 01:05:12,150 this imperialist power throughout 1534 01:05:12,150 --> 01:05:14,700 the world so that the wealthy 1535 01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:17,290 Capitalists could make more money. 1536 01:05:17,290 --> 01:05:19,550 - Well you can't quit now, we need them to get rescued! 1537 01:05:19,550 --> 01:05:21,420 - I hate being a girl, besides he was touching my knee. 1538 01:05:21,420 --> 01:05:23,805 - Small price to pay for civilization, come on, my boy! 1539 01:05:23,805 --> 01:05:25,835 (laughter) 1540 01:05:25,835 --> 01:05:26,780 Follow me! 1541 01:05:26,780 --> 01:05:28,650 - [Narrator] Civilization is depicted as 1542 01:05:28,650 --> 01:05:31,620 being fixated on military aggression and 1543 01:05:31,620 --> 01:05:33,950 constructing weapons of war that 1544 01:05:33,950 --> 01:05:37,510 inevitably come into contact with the island. 1545 01:05:37,510 --> 01:05:40,830 - Projected power of this new warhead is fantastic. 1546 01:05:40,830 --> 01:05:41,930 Everything within a radius of 1547 01:05:41,930 --> 01:05:44,110 100 miles will be totally destroyed. 1548 01:05:44,110 --> 01:05:46,313 No habitation, no people. 1549 01:05:50,490 --> 01:05:51,750 - [Lieutenant] That's wonderful, sir. 1550 01:05:51,750 --> 01:05:54,240 - That's approximately our position here. 1551 01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:55,073 - [Broadcaster] The countdown has 1552 01:05:55,073 --> 01:05:58,220 already started on Operation Powder Keg. 1553 01:05:58,220 --> 01:06:02,963 Five, four, three, two, one. 1554 01:06:03,830 --> 01:06:04,815 Zero! 1555 01:06:04,815 --> 01:06:08,148 (tense orchestra music) 1556 01:06:12,293 --> 01:06:14,626 (screaming) 1557 01:06:16,347 --> 01:06:18,597 (laughter) 1558 01:06:26,518 --> 01:06:27,611 - Throw it, throw it! 1559 01:06:27,611 --> 01:06:28,782 Throw it, throw it! 1560 01:06:28,782 --> 01:06:31,032 (laughter) 1561 01:06:33,250 --> 01:06:35,670 - The ape was obviously on the island during the war. 1562 01:06:35,670 --> 01:06:37,220 He saw the soldiers using the weapons 1563 01:06:37,220 --> 01:06:39,660 and decided that's the way men play together. 1564 01:06:39,660 --> 01:06:42,400 - [Narrator] In October of 1962, the two 1565 01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:45,850 world powers prepared for nuclear war after 1566 01:06:45,850 --> 01:06:48,200 surveillance photos reveal Soviet 1567 01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:51,060 constructed missile sites in Cuba. 1568 01:06:51,060 --> 01:06:52,800 - [Announcer] And authorities assembled thousands 1569 01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:55,560 in cities and villages for patriotic rallies. 1570 01:06:55,560 --> 01:06:57,570 As in the past, these rallies are designed 1571 01:06:57,570 --> 01:06:59,540 to whip up hate of what Castro 1572 01:06:59,540 --> 01:07:02,370 calls Yankee imperialistic warmongers. 1573 01:07:02,370 --> 01:07:04,130 Through suggestions that a UN team 1574 01:07:04,130 --> 01:07:06,441 inspect missile sites, Castro said that 1575 01:07:06,441 --> 01:07:08,550 they had better come ready for combat. 1576 01:07:08,550 --> 01:07:10,410 He went on to call President Kennedy 1577 01:07:10,410 --> 01:07:13,120 a pirate for setting up the quarantine. 1578 01:07:14,043 --> 01:07:17,310 - Within the past week, unmistakable evidence 1579 01:07:17,310 --> 01:07:20,300 has established the fact that a series of 1580 01:07:20,300 --> 01:07:23,510 offensive missile sites is now in 1581 01:07:23,510 --> 01:07:26,393 preparation on that imprisoned island. 1582 01:07:27,270 --> 01:07:29,700 The purpose of these bases can be 1583 01:07:29,700 --> 01:07:32,930 none other than to provide a nuclear strike 1584 01:07:32,930 --> 01:07:36,200 capability against the western hemisphere. 1585 01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:38,470 - In my country there is a saying. 1586 01:07:38,470 --> 01:07:40,710 He who has gun is the leader. 1587 01:07:40,710 --> 01:07:42,853 March and take my bag with you. 1588 01:07:45,170 --> 01:07:46,003 Hand up. 1589 01:07:46,003 --> 01:07:46,997 (laughter) 1590 01:07:46,997 --> 01:07:50,210 - Are we going to submit or subvert? 1591 01:07:50,210 --> 01:07:52,060 - I vote for subversion. 1592 01:07:52,060 --> 01:07:54,449 May the Harbor Club have mercy on my soul. 1593 01:07:54,449 --> 01:07:55,810 (laughter) 1594 01:07:55,810 --> 01:07:56,920 - Where do we begin? 1595 01:07:56,920 --> 01:07:57,890 - With his gun. 1596 01:07:57,890 --> 01:07:59,340 - [Narrator] To further emphasize the 1597 01:07:59,340 --> 01:08:02,070 corrupt nature of the outside world, 1598 01:08:02,070 --> 01:08:04,680 when objects wash ashore, they are 1599 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:07,500 often contaminated by radioactivity, 1600 01:08:07,500 --> 01:08:10,039 or are capable of mass destruction. 1601 01:08:10,039 --> 01:08:12,289 (laughter) 1602 01:08:22,878 --> 01:08:25,160 (ticking) 1603 01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:26,660 - That's a World War II mine. 1604 01:08:26,660 --> 01:08:28,600 - I told you, I told you. 1605 01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:29,650 - It's been a long time since I've 1606 01:08:29,650 --> 01:08:31,100 seen one of those babies, why I remember-- 1607 01:08:31,100 --> 01:08:33,830 - Shhh, it's ticking. 1608 01:08:33,830 --> 01:08:34,900 - Ticking? 1609 01:08:34,900 --> 01:08:36,600 That means it's activated! 1610 01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:38,130 Let's get out of here, it's liable to blow up! 1611 01:08:38,130 --> 01:08:39,610 - Yeah, let's go! 1612 01:08:39,610 --> 01:08:41,407 - It's no use, it won't help us to run. 1613 01:08:41,407 --> 01:08:42,910 - But it won't hurt us any. 1614 01:08:42,910 --> 01:08:44,300 Oh I get it. 1615 01:08:44,300 --> 01:08:47,970 If that mine blows up with 600 pounds of explosives, powee! 1616 01:08:47,970 --> 01:08:48,803 - Powee? 1617 01:08:48,803 --> 01:08:50,630 - Right, it would cause such a chain reaction 1618 01:08:50,630 --> 01:08:52,480 that the entire island would be demolished. 1619 01:08:52,480 --> 01:08:53,770 So you see, if it goes off, it doesn't 1620 01:08:53,770 --> 01:08:55,353 make any difference where you are. 1621 01:08:57,725 --> 01:08:58,558 - Look. 1622 01:09:04,270 --> 01:09:07,060 This looks like we found something real good this time, huh? 1623 01:09:16,013 --> 01:09:17,373 - Plastics don't explode. 1624 01:09:18,470 --> 01:09:21,053 - But plastic explosives explode. 1625 01:09:21,053 --> 01:09:22,092 - Explosives? 1626 01:09:22,092 --> 01:09:24,342 (laughter) 1627 01:09:27,648 --> 01:09:31,065 (cheery orchestra music) 1628 01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:46,033 Oh boy, packages of seeds. 1629 01:09:48,134 --> 01:09:49,850 - Gilligan, is this your idea of some kind of a joke? 1630 01:09:49,850 --> 01:09:51,000 - Look, a falling star! 1631 01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:55,423 - I believe it's gonna hit the island. 1632 01:09:58,391 --> 01:10:01,141 (loud explosion) 1633 01:10:06,051 --> 01:10:07,800 - This simple form of Geiger counter will be able 1634 01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:10,180 to tell us whether that meteor is radioactive. 1635 01:10:10,180 --> 01:10:12,633 - Oh Professor, if it is, it's absolutely deadly. 1636 01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:18,000 - I'm afraid it's rather difficult to walk. 1637 01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:20,737 - This lead makeup sure feels funny, Professor. 1638 01:10:20,737 --> 01:10:23,490 - Well we need it to protect our faces from the cosmic rays. 1639 01:10:23,490 --> 01:10:25,810 - [Narrator] The corrosive effects of capitalism 1640 01:10:25,810 --> 01:10:28,130 and imperialism are displayed by the 1641 01:10:28,130 --> 01:10:30,490 people who arrive on the island. 1642 01:10:30,490 --> 01:10:34,280 They're often deviant criminals and power-seeking despots. 1643 01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:35,113 - Hold it! 1644 01:10:36,300 --> 01:10:37,430 So now you know. 1645 01:10:39,820 --> 01:10:42,350 Before too long, a boat will arrive to pick me up. 1646 01:10:42,350 --> 01:10:45,350 Until that time, I don't want any problems. 1647 01:10:45,350 --> 01:10:48,120 If any problems do arise, I won't 1648 01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:50,463 hesitate to eliminate them. 1649 01:10:50,463 --> 01:10:51,630 Any questions? 1650 01:10:52,510 --> 01:10:54,595 - Any bullets in that gun? 1651 01:10:54,595 --> 01:10:55,428 (gunshot) 1652 01:10:55,428 --> 01:10:57,023 (laughter) 1653 01:10:57,023 --> 01:10:59,410 - So you see, he's a victim of his environment. 1654 01:10:59,410 --> 01:11:01,190 Ever since he's been a child he's been 1655 01:11:01,190 --> 01:11:02,930 surrounded by crime, and it's up 1656 01:11:02,930 --> 01:11:05,100 to us to welcome him back to society. 1657 01:11:05,100 --> 01:11:07,855 Give him a chance to prove himself again. 1658 01:11:07,855 --> 01:11:11,083 - We used to play, but not football or baseball. 1659 01:11:12,280 --> 01:11:13,930 We used to play cops and robbers. 1660 01:11:14,860 --> 01:11:16,410 And I was always the cop. 1661 01:11:16,410 --> 01:11:17,549 Never the good guy. 1662 01:11:17,549 --> 01:11:18,802 (laughter) 1663 01:11:18,802 --> 01:11:22,302 (playful orchestra music) 1664 01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:32,027 - Wake up, young man. 1665 01:11:32,027 --> 01:11:34,410 - I'm awake Skipper, I'm awake. 1666 01:11:34,410 --> 01:11:36,043 - I have come to rescue you. 1667 01:11:38,820 --> 01:11:40,009 (screams) 1668 01:11:40,009 --> 01:11:42,842 (laughter) 1669 01:11:42,842 --> 01:11:46,280 - Comrade Igor and I are colonels in Soviet space program. 1670 01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:48,727 I regret to say that we have missed landing 1671 01:11:48,727 --> 01:11:51,963 target and landed here by accident. 1672 01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:00,720 - Have you ever heard of a space 1673 01:12:00,720 --> 01:12:02,433 capsule with a one way radio? 1674 01:12:03,480 --> 01:12:05,030 - Come to think of it, no. 1675 01:12:05,030 --> 01:12:06,410 - Professor, what are you driving at? 1676 01:12:06,410 --> 01:12:07,970 - The possibility that those Russians 1677 01:12:07,970 --> 01:12:09,739 didn't land here by mistake. 1678 01:12:09,739 --> 01:12:10,670 - You mean they're planning to take 1679 01:12:10,670 --> 01:12:13,260 over the island and use it for a base? 1680 01:12:13,260 --> 01:12:15,910 - You know who I am, Gilligan. 1681 01:12:15,910 --> 01:12:17,461 - I know who you are, Gilligan. 1682 01:12:17,461 --> 01:12:18,634 (laughter) 1683 01:12:18,634 --> 01:12:20,680 - No no no no, I'm Dr. Boris Balinkoff. 1684 01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:21,950 - The mad scientist. 1685 01:12:21,950 --> 01:12:26,305 - No, scientist yes, mad no. 1686 01:12:26,305 --> 01:12:28,863 (maniacal laugh) 1687 01:12:28,863 --> 01:12:30,230 - You have any game on this island? 1688 01:12:30,230 --> 01:12:31,063 - Game? 1689 01:12:31,063 --> 01:12:32,160 Yeah, the SKipper's got some checkers 1690 01:12:32,160 --> 01:12:33,260 and I've got a deck of cards. 1691 01:12:33,260 --> 01:12:36,810 - No no, I mean do you have any wild goat or wild boar? 1692 01:12:36,810 --> 01:12:37,850 - No no, we don't have any game 1693 01:12:37,850 --> 01:12:38,690 like that at all on the island. 1694 01:12:38,690 --> 01:12:40,040 I gotta go tell the others. 1695 01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:46,383 - Seven people on this island and nobody knows they're here. 1696 01:12:47,690 --> 01:12:48,890 That's very interesting. 1697 01:12:50,160 --> 01:12:51,900 Ramon, we're going hunting. 1698 01:12:51,900 --> 01:12:53,050 - But you not hear? 1699 01:12:53,050 --> 01:12:54,043 No game on island. 1700 01:12:55,450 --> 01:12:57,200 - Perhaps not the four legged kind. 1701 01:12:58,200 --> 01:12:59,440 But I've always wondered what it 1702 01:12:59,440 --> 01:13:01,390 would be like to track down and 1703 01:13:01,390 --> 01:13:03,513 kill the most challenging of all game. 1704 01:13:05,451 --> 01:13:06,284 Man. 1705 01:13:11,410 --> 01:13:13,660 (laughter) 1706 01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:22,952 - Calling W-9, you there? 1707 01:13:22,952 --> 01:13:24,517 - [W-9] I am here, go ahead. 1708 01:13:24,517 --> 01:13:26,560 - We can now claim island. 1709 01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:28,150 - [W-9] Squatters are dead? 1710 01:13:28,150 --> 01:13:29,180 - [Ghost] Very dead. 1711 01:13:29,180 --> 01:13:31,180 - You were right, Professor. 1712 01:13:31,180 --> 01:13:33,790 - Whoever did this thinks we are now dead right? 1713 01:13:33,790 --> 01:13:35,690 All right then, we'll be dead. 1714 01:13:35,690 --> 01:13:37,210 - [Narrator] The remaining visitors are 1715 01:13:37,210 --> 01:13:40,504 typically self-absorbed and morally bankrupt. 1716 01:13:40,504 --> 01:13:42,131 - Did you come here to rescue us? 1717 01:13:42,131 --> 01:13:43,560 - Actually I'm here to look for a deserted 1718 01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:45,979 island to build a resort hotel. 1719 01:13:45,979 --> 01:13:48,050 - Gilligan, this is the world famous, 1720 01:13:48,050 --> 01:13:50,970 the world famous, Erika Tiffany Smith! 1721 01:13:50,970 --> 01:13:52,011 - Wow, three names. 1722 01:13:52,011 --> 01:13:52,930 (laughter) 1723 01:13:52,930 --> 01:13:55,600 - Much more, my name is Lady Erika Tiffany, 1724 01:13:55,600 --> 01:13:58,300 the Countess of Capri, the Baroness of Blenford, 1725 01:13:58,300 --> 01:14:00,570 and the Duchess of Devonshire and Smith. 1726 01:14:00,570 --> 01:14:01,980 - I'm listening to a very important radio program, 1727 01:14:01,980 --> 01:14:03,323 it's called Take A Dare, and they're 1728 01:14:03,323 --> 01:14:04,920 talking about a guy on a deserted island. 1729 01:14:04,920 --> 01:14:06,929 - Oh there's nothing I'd rather hear more. 1730 01:14:06,929 --> 01:14:10,346 (upbeat orchestra music) 1731 01:14:11,995 --> 01:14:13,480 - [Host] And Barkley, you have no 1732 01:14:13,480 --> 01:14:15,560 fishing equipment or tool correct? 1733 01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:16,400 - [George] That's right. 1734 01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:19,970 - [Host] Then how do you catch fish and open coconuts? 1735 01:14:19,970 --> 01:14:22,983 - I use my bare hands. 1736 01:14:23,836 --> 01:14:25,621 (laughter) 1737 01:14:25,621 --> 01:14:27,271 - Wow, he must be a powerful man. 1738 01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:33,910 - It's uncanny. 1739 01:14:33,910 --> 01:14:35,510 - You'll never get away with it. 1740 01:14:37,630 --> 01:14:40,240 - Sorry you can't come to the party tonight. 1741 01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:42,454 I'll explain that you're all tied up. 1742 01:14:42,454 --> 01:14:43,750 (laughter) 1743 01:14:43,750 --> 01:14:45,720 - Lovey, don't you recognize your own husband? 1744 01:14:45,720 --> 01:14:48,400 - Well I recognize his clothes on that one. 1745 01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,290 - Yup, that's Mr. Howell all right. 1746 01:14:50,290 --> 01:14:52,630 - Don't you see that this scoundrel swam ashore, 1747 01:14:52,630 --> 01:14:53,760 wrapped me in the head, dragged me 1748 01:14:53,760 --> 01:14:55,940 in the jungle and change clothes with me. 1749 01:14:55,940 --> 01:14:58,582 - Fantastic story. 1750 01:14:58,582 --> 01:15:00,449 - I don't know what to think. 1751 01:15:00,449 --> 01:15:03,782 (tense orchestra music) 1752 01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:08,795 (primal yell) 1753 01:15:08,795 --> 01:15:09,712 - Gilligan! 1754 01:15:18,825 --> 01:15:20,620 - We've got to be able to use your transmitter. 1755 01:15:20,620 --> 01:15:21,453 - To call boat? 1756 01:15:21,453 --> 01:15:22,434 - Yes. 1757 01:15:22,434 --> 01:15:23,267 - No. 1758 01:15:23,267 --> 01:15:24,100 - No? 1759 01:15:24,100 --> 01:15:24,933 - Yes, no. 1760 01:15:24,933 --> 01:15:25,766 (laughter) 1761 01:15:25,766 --> 01:15:28,290 10 years ago, Dubov don't like critics. 1762 01:15:28,290 --> 01:15:29,800 Dubov don't like people. 1763 01:15:29,800 --> 01:15:32,340 Dubov don't like Dubov, so come to island. 1764 01:15:32,340 --> 01:15:34,110 - Oh I think you're a real nice guy, don't you Professor? 1765 01:15:34,110 --> 01:15:35,200 - I think he's one of the most charming, 1766 01:15:35,200 --> 01:15:36,360 personable, most likable people 1767 01:15:36,360 --> 01:15:37,330 I've ever met in my whole life. 1768 01:15:37,330 --> 01:15:38,260 - Now where's the transmitter? 1769 01:15:38,260 --> 01:15:40,600 - When Dubov is ready, Dubov call Bob. 1770 01:15:40,600 --> 01:15:42,400 - All right men, now hear this. 1771 01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:45,000 We're not splitting from this island for two months. 1772 01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:46,873 - Two months? 1773 01:15:46,873 --> 01:15:47,840 (laughter) 1774 01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:49,070 - Maybe longer. 1775 01:15:49,070 --> 01:15:50,880 That crazy scene last night wound us 1776 01:15:50,880 --> 01:15:52,343 up tighter than Presley's pants. 1777 01:15:52,343 --> 01:15:53,190 (laughter) 1778 01:15:53,190 --> 01:15:54,793 - The Mosquitoes left us a message. 1779 01:15:54,793 --> 01:15:55,626 - A message? 1780 01:15:55,626 --> 01:15:56,459 - They can write? 1781 01:15:56,459 --> 01:15:57,340 - Apparently. 1782 01:15:57,340 --> 01:15:59,487 Hi gang, me and the boys... 1783 01:15:59,487 --> 01:16:01,250 "Me and the boys." 1784 01:16:01,250 --> 01:16:02,810 Decided to take off this morning 1785 01:16:02,810 --> 01:16:05,030 when the helicopter came by with provisions. 1786 01:16:05,030 --> 01:16:06,150 As for The Honeybees-- 1787 01:16:06,150 --> 01:16:07,887 - As for The Honeybees? 1788 01:16:07,887 --> 01:16:10,690 As for The Honeybees, you're good gals, but just 1789 01:16:10,690 --> 01:16:13,900 a little too good, and we've got enough competition. 1790 01:16:13,900 --> 01:16:15,110 - Well hear this and hear this good, 1791 01:16:15,110 --> 01:16:16,530 right now a couple of my flunkies 1792 01:16:16,530 --> 01:16:18,080 are following me in a plane. 1793 01:16:18,080 --> 01:16:19,700 If you and your friends wanna be my guests 1794 01:16:19,700 --> 01:16:21,330 in a free ride back to civilization-- 1795 01:16:21,330 --> 01:16:22,163 - We do, we do! 1796 01:16:22,163 --> 01:16:23,520 - Then remember one thing, the key 1797 01:16:23,520 --> 01:16:25,600 word around here is cooperation! 1798 01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:27,754 That is the word, cooperation! 1799 01:16:27,754 --> 01:16:29,460 Now who gives the orders around here? 1800 01:16:29,460 --> 01:16:30,694 - Mr. Harold Hecuba. 1801 01:16:30,694 --> 01:16:31,620 - Mr. Harold Hecuba. 1802 01:16:31,620 --> 01:16:32,453 - That's better. 1803 01:16:32,453 --> 01:16:34,960 - This may be one of the reasons why 1804 01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:36,703 Gilligan's Island was so popular. 1805 01:16:38,250 --> 01:16:40,390 Not at a conscious level, but at a 1806 01:16:40,390 --> 01:16:44,600 subconscious level, the notion of 1807 01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:46,500 getting away from the rat race, 1808 01:16:46,500 --> 01:16:49,570 the competition of capitalism, being off 1809 01:16:49,570 --> 01:16:54,307 on an island with other people who, 1810 01:16:55,300 --> 01:16:58,020 although you may have disagreements with, 1811 01:16:58,020 --> 01:17:00,520 ultimately everything was resolved within 1812 01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:04,853 half an hour, and all the problems were solved. 1813 01:17:05,780 --> 01:17:07,490 Until the next episode. 1814 01:17:07,490 --> 01:17:09,880 - [Narrator] When Gilligan foils a rescue attempt, 1815 01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:11,680 it may have been intentional and 1816 01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:14,232 done with everyone's tacit concent. 1817 01:17:14,232 --> 01:17:16,258 - [Skipper Voiceover] Gilligan, his bungling, 1818 01:17:16,258 --> 01:17:17,858 that disarming grin on his face. 1819 01:17:18,720 --> 01:17:19,870 Could it all be an act? 1820 01:17:20,745 --> 01:17:22,995 (laughter) 1821 01:17:25,090 --> 01:17:25,923 - What is it? 1822 01:17:27,270 --> 01:17:30,503 - Help, we are marooned on a desert island. 1823 01:17:31,470 --> 01:17:32,880 They spelled maroon wrong. 1824 01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:34,070 - Let me see that. 1825 01:17:35,790 --> 01:17:37,600 Gilligan, this is the note that you wrote! 1826 01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:40,013 - Oh yeah, I don't know how to spell maroon. 1827 01:17:40,013 --> 01:17:40,846 - Give me that! 1828 01:17:40,846 --> 01:17:43,096 (laughter) 1829 01:17:44,864 --> 01:17:46,440 - Igor. 1830 01:17:46,440 --> 01:17:48,533 You believe they are shipwrecked? 1831 01:17:49,620 --> 01:17:51,180 - Of course not. 1832 01:17:51,180 --> 01:17:53,880 - Must be secret American space program. 1833 01:17:53,880 --> 01:17:57,636 - These Americans, they think they can fool us. 1834 01:17:57,636 --> 01:17:59,020 - Especially Gilligan. 1835 01:17:59,020 --> 01:18:01,770 He acts too stupid to be stupid. 1836 01:18:01,770 --> 01:18:04,234 - Must be the cleverest one of them all. 1837 01:18:04,234 --> 01:18:05,067 (laughter) 1838 01:18:05,067 --> 01:18:07,200 - [Narrator] With nothing to return home to, 1839 01:18:07,200 --> 01:18:09,460 the show suggests the rescue attempts 1840 01:18:09,460 --> 01:18:12,030 are only half-hearted, and the castaways 1841 01:18:12,030 --> 01:18:13,230 don't actually want to leave the island. 1842 01:18:13,230 --> 01:18:15,760 - Look on the bright side Ginger, maybe we'll 1843 01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:17,710 never be rescued and maybe we'll be marooned 1844 01:18:17,710 --> 01:18:19,620 on this island the rest of our lives. 1845 01:18:19,620 --> 01:18:22,910 There'll be no Broadway, no play, no nothing. 1846 01:18:22,910 --> 01:18:24,520 - What's taking everybody so long? 1847 01:18:24,520 --> 01:18:26,220 - Maybe nobody wants to leave. 1848 01:18:26,220 --> 01:18:28,720 - Well of course everybody's anxious to leave, Gilligan. 1849 01:18:28,720 --> 01:18:29,790 - I'm not. 1850 01:18:29,790 --> 01:18:32,210 - Certainly, everybody wants to get back to civilization. 1851 01:18:32,210 --> 01:18:33,420 - I had fun here. 1852 01:18:33,420 --> 01:18:35,420 - But Gilligan, there'll be people on the streets. 1853 01:18:35,420 --> 01:18:36,253 - Yeah, pushing and shoving. 1854 01:18:36,253 --> 01:18:37,086 - And restaurants. 1855 01:18:37,086 --> 01:18:37,919 - Waiting for a table. 1856 01:18:37,919 --> 01:18:38,920 - And you'll get paid for a day's work. 1857 01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:39,830 - Who cares about money? 1858 01:18:39,830 --> 01:18:42,270 - Oh Captain, Mr. Howell would never forget you. 1859 01:18:42,270 --> 01:18:43,740 If it weren't for you wrecking the boat, 1860 01:18:43,740 --> 01:18:45,113 we wouldn't any of us be here. 1861 01:18:45,113 --> 01:18:46,190 (laughter) 1862 01:18:46,190 --> 01:18:47,380 - [Thurston] It's so true. 1863 01:18:47,380 --> 01:18:48,375 - Hi Skipper. 1864 01:18:48,375 --> 01:18:49,488 The raft's almost finished, all we need 1865 01:18:49,488 --> 01:18:50,830 is some planking and a sail and-- 1866 01:18:50,830 --> 01:18:52,286 - Pardon me. 1867 01:18:52,286 --> 01:18:54,536 (laughter) 1868 01:18:57,430 --> 01:18:58,810 - What are you doing? 1869 01:18:58,810 --> 01:19:00,740 - I'm destroying the raft. 1870 01:19:00,740 --> 01:19:01,895 - Pardon me. 1871 01:19:01,895 --> 01:19:02,728 - Huh? 1872 01:19:04,934 --> 01:19:06,231 (laughter) 1873 01:19:06,231 --> 01:19:07,181 What are you doing? 1874 01:19:09,780 --> 01:19:12,050 - Destroying the raft. 1875 01:19:12,050 --> 01:19:14,590 If the world is lucky we'll never get rescued. 1876 01:19:14,590 --> 01:19:16,982 (laughter) 1877 01:19:16,982 --> 01:19:19,815 (off-key singing) 1878 01:19:20,734 --> 01:19:24,151 - That boy has flipped his bonnet, I say! 1879 01:19:25,737 --> 01:19:26,952 - I'm not going. 1880 01:19:26,952 --> 01:19:29,170 - After I reserved first class passage for seven people? 1881 01:19:29,170 --> 01:19:32,080 - It's not fair leaving the professor here by himself. 1882 01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:32,944 Excuse me. 1883 01:19:32,944 --> 01:19:34,888 - But you can't stay alone with him, it's not proper. 1884 01:19:34,888 --> 01:19:35,721 (laughter) 1885 01:19:35,721 --> 01:19:37,314 Thurston, they need a chaperone. 1886 01:19:37,314 --> 01:19:39,101 - Darling, they're going to miss you at the horse show. 1887 01:19:39,101 --> 01:19:40,111 (laughter) 1888 01:19:40,111 --> 01:19:40,955 - Not me, you! 1889 01:19:40,955 --> 01:19:41,788 - Oh Lovey. 1890 01:19:41,788 --> 01:19:42,920 - I can't Skipper, I can't leave the 1891 01:19:42,920 --> 01:19:45,180 Professor and Mary Ann and the Howells here. 1892 01:19:45,180 --> 01:19:46,510 - Count me out too. 1893 01:19:46,510 --> 01:19:47,620 Hollywood will just have to do without me. 1894 01:19:47,620 --> 01:19:49,137 - Are they gonna send a boat after us? 1895 01:19:49,137 --> 01:19:51,310 - So we can be rescued. 1896 01:19:51,310 --> 01:19:53,160 - Did you notify any authority? 1897 01:19:53,160 --> 01:19:54,467 - Certainly not, what in the world 1898 01:19:54,467 --> 01:19:55,950 would I do a thing like that for? 1899 01:19:55,950 --> 01:19:58,280 - So we can get off the island. 1900 01:19:58,280 --> 01:19:59,884 - And leave this paradise? 1901 01:19:59,884 --> 01:20:00,717 (laughter) 1902 01:20:00,717 --> 01:20:03,530 - You mean to say that nobody knows that you're here? 1903 01:20:03,530 --> 01:20:05,780 - To tell the truth, I don't know where I am. 1904 01:20:06,820 --> 01:20:09,086 - Man, you guys ain't lost, you're hiding! 1905 01:20:09,086 --> 01:20:10,908 (laughter) 1906 01:20:10,908 --> 01:20:12,010 - I'm leaving a message here for anybody 1907 01:20:12,010 --> 01:20:13,070 who might be shipwrecked in the next 1908 01:20:13,070 --> 01:20:15,199 million years in case they wanna get off. 1909 01:20:15,199 --> 01:20:16,200 (laughter) 1910 01:20:16,200 --> 01:20:17,120 - A message? 1911 01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:18,343 - What message? 1912 01:20:23,912 --> 01:20:26,160 (laughter) 1913 01:20:26,160 --> 01:20:27,771 - Home sweet home. 1914 01:20:27,771 --> 01:20:30,021 (laughter) 1915 01:20:31,339 --> 01:20:35,089 (uplifting orchestra melody) 1916 01:20:39,805 --> 01:20:43,055 (upbeat ukulele music) 1917 01:20:46,310 --> 01:20:48,340 - [Interviewer] I know you get asked this all the time, 1918 01:20:48,340 --> 01:20:50,500 the Professor can make a radio out of 1919 01:20:50,500 --> 01:20:52,633 a coconut, why can't he fix the boat? 1920 01:20:53,621 --> 01:20:55,689 ♪ Only one thing that will stop them ♪ 1921 01:20:55,689 --> 01:20:58,234 ♪ And their atrocious bunch ♪ 1922 01:20:58,234 --> 01:21:03,234 ♪ If General MacArthur drops an atomic bomb ♪ 1923 01:21:03,530 --> 01:21:07,452 - I could repair a boat in theory, but not in practice. 1924 01:21:07,452 --> 01:21:09,436 ♪ But they died just like heroes ♪ 1925 01:21:09,436 --> 01:21:11,544 ♪ Amid the many shot and killed ♪ 1926 01:21:11,544 --> 01:21:13,772 ♪ They had their hands tied behind them ♪ 1927 01:21:13,772 --> 01:21:16,008 ♪ And were murdered by the score ♪ 1928 01:21:16,008 --> 01:21:18,210 ♪ By those dirty minded Communists ♪ 1929 01:21:18,210 --> 01:21:19,563 - I have a boat. 1930 01:21:20,530 --> 01:21:23,380 Several, I have not build a boat, 1931 01:21:23,380 --> 01:21:25,365 but if I had to I think I could. 1932 01:21:25,365 --> 01:21:29,658 ♪ And the radioactivity will burn them to the ground ♪ 1933 01:21:29,658 --> 01:21:34,390 ♪ If there's any Commies left they'll be all on the run ♪ 1934 01:21:34,390 --> 01:21:37,129 - I could build a boat, the question is will it float? 1935 01:21:37,129 --> 01:21:39,212 (laughs) 1936 01:21:47,150 --> 01:21:51,060 - Professor, what exactly are your degrees? 1937 01:21:51,060 --> 01:21:54,080 - Well I have a BA from USC, a BS from UCLA, 1938 01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:57,287 an MA from MSU, and a PhD from TCU. 1939 01:21:57,287 --> 01:22:01,172 ♪ Old hard headed Joe will be feeling mighty blue ♪ 1940 01:22:01,172 --> 01:22:06,172 ♪ When he finds out he's bitten off more than he can chew ♪ 1941 01:22:07,540 --> 01:22:09,750 - The reason I could make a radio out of a coconut 1942 01:22:09,750 --> 01:22:14,010 and not get us off the island is because I'm from MIT. 1943 01:22:32,912 --> 01:22:35,219 ♪ Old MacArthur has the power ♪ 1944 01:22:35,219 --> 01:22:37,769 ♪ To stop those murdering thieves ♪ 1945 01:22:37,769 --> 01:22:42,182 ♪ And he'll make them sorry for their underhanded schemes ♪ 1946 01:22:42,182 --> 01:22:46,398 ♪ Just leave it to the general for he really has the nerve ♪ 1947 01:22:46,398 --> 01:22:50,410 ♪ To give those no good Communists just what they deserve ♪ 1948 01:22:50,410 --> 01:22:54,570 - I read that with some surprise. 1949 01:22:54,570 --> 01:22:58,210 And I sent them, in their letters 1950 01:22:58,210 --> 01:23:00,690 to the editor, I sent them a letter, 1951 01:23:00,690 --> 01:23:05,690 and it said thank you for placing me in such 1952 01:23:05,880 --> 01:23:09,428 great company, I said, but about the order. 1953 01:23:09,428 --> 01:23:11,511 (laughs)