Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978 TV Movie)

Russell Johnson: Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr.

Quotes 

• [spotting a Coast Guard helicopter] 

  Skipper : I can't believe it. After fifteen years, we're finally rescued.

  Mary Ann : Rescued.

  Mrs. Howell : Rescued.

  Ginger Grant : Rescued.

  Mr. Howell : Rescued.

  Professor : Rescued.

  Gilligan : Rescued.

• Professor : Miss Ainsworth, turn off your macho!

• Dean : We're expanding. This will be the biggest university on the west coast.

  Professor : But we're on the east coast.

  Dean : That's how big I want it to be.

• Professor : [about the tsunami]  Mind you, I haven't worked out all the details.

  Mrs. Howell : I have one thing to say to you, Professor. Work out the details.

• Skipper : [Gilligan holds up a sign from the first Minnow]  Oh no!

  Professor : The same island!

• [the Professor tries to stick a mast out through the roof of the cabin, but it doesn't go through] 

  Skipper : What seems to be the problem, Professor?

  Professor : Well, it's not fitting for some reason.

  Gilligan : Skipper, give me a boost. I can get it.

  Skipper : All right, little buddy. Put your right foot right on my hand...

  [pushes Gilligan upward; Gilligan goes right through the roof and sticks out] 

  Gilligan : I think you got me a little too high, Skipper.

  Skipper : Gilligan, come down from there this *minute*!

  Gilligan : Look out below!

  [drops down onto Skipper's shoulders; Skipper mumbles whilst trying to keep his balance; both he and Gilligan crash through the cabin's wall and collapse to the sand; Skipper grabs a thick pole; Gilligan whimpers as Skipper chases him; the Professor shakes his head] 

• Gilligan : Hey, everybody! I got some good news!

  Skipper : You spotted a rescue boat!

  Gilligan : No, that'd be great news. All I got is good news. Hey, we're having broiled snapper for dinner.

  Professor : Broiled?

  Gilligan : Uh-huh.

  Skipper : How are you *cooking* it?

  Gilligan : With a fire.

  Skipper : With a fire? Where did you build a fire?

  Gilligan : On the deck.

  Skipper : On the *deck*?

• Governor's Aide : Aloha. On behalf of the governor of Hawaii, may I present you with the key to the city.

  Gilligan : Oh, it must open some big door, huh?

  Governor's Aide : The entire world was thrilled when the Coast Guard radioed word of your rescue after 15 years. Telegrams and calls have been pouring in. I'd like to present you with the most important one first. This telegram is from Jimmy Carter.

  Mr. Howell : Jimmy who?

  Governor's Aide : Jimmy Carter. He's the president now. He succeeded Ford.

  Mrs. Howell : Ford who?

  Governor's Aide : Gerald Ford. He came after Watergate.

  Ginger Grant : Watergate who?

  Mary Ann : Oh, I'm afraid we've been away a long time.

  Professor : Yes, it seems that everything has changed.

• Skipper : [wading in the water]  Help! Help, Skipper!

  Skipper : Why, I can hear my little buddy calling out my name like he was still here.

  Gilligan : Help, Professor!

  Professor : That's odd, now I can hear him calling me.

  Mr. Howell : That's nothing odd at all. It's the dear boy reaching out to us from the great beyond.

  Gilligan : Help, Ginger, Mary Ann!

  Mary Ann : Ginger, do you believe in ghosts?

  Ginger Grant : No, but I believe Gilligan's haunting this hut.

  Gilligan : Help, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, somebody!

  Mrs. Howell : Somebody? How informal.

  Professor : That's Gilligan, and it sounds like he's just beyond that wall.

  Skipper : [sticks his head through the wall]  Little buddy, Gilligan! He's out there, everybody, and he's okay!

• Professor : [sees Gilligan in the water]  Let's enlarge the hole and pull him in.

  Skipper : Well stand back, Professor. If my head made this little hole, I know how to make a great big one.

  [laughs] 

• Gilligan : Ah Professor, is that one of your experiments?

  Professor : Yes. But it starts over there, Gilligan.

  Gilligan : Oh wow, Professor, look at all this stuff. I mean, how do you do all that?

  [knocks over the science set] 

  Skipper : Gilligan!

  Gilligan : Sorry, Professor.

  Professor : Oh that's all right, Gilligan. That's not part of my experiment. You see, I was expecting you today, so I set that up especially for you.

  Gilligan : Well thanks, Professor.

• Professor : I'm sorry, Dean, these are my good friends, the Skipper and Giiligan. We were all shipwrecked together on the island.

  Dean : You spent 15 years with him?

  Gilligan : Yes, sir. When the Professor first met me, I was a young stupid kid. He's made me what I am today.