Gilligan warns Ginger his hair might be full of "greasy kid stuff," a popular catch phrase used in the marketing of non-greasy Vitalis hair cream ("You still using that greasy kid stuff?"), in particular, Pomade.
The Skipper insists that seeing a falling star (meteor) during the daytime is impossible. He also tells Gilligan this in Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet (1965) when a Soviet capsule splashes down in the lagoon.
This episode uses the ending theme by The Wellingtons that was previously heard at the end of every episode of season 1.
Gilligan knows four girls named Mary Ann: Mary Ann Summers, who is on the island with him, Mary Ann Finglemeyer, Mary Ann Grumschmidt, and Mary Ann Dinglehopper.
Gilligan's last line "I don't look bad for man of 72". Sadly Bob Denver died at 70.