TV Gilligan's Island

[Tiki Bot]

Title: Gilligan's Island

Genre: Comedy, Family

First aired: 1964-09-26

Creator: Sherwood Schwartz

Cast: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Russell Johnson, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Dawn Wells

Overview: The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.

 

[Tiki Bot]

Gilligan's Island

Waiting For Watubi
Season: 1
Episode: 10
Air date: 1964-12-05

While digging, the Skipper uncovers a carved statue of a Tiki God. He then believes a curse has fallen on him for disturbing the resting-place of Watubi, and that his days are numbered. Gilligan dresses up as Watubi, and performs a special ritual dance that the Skipper believes will lift the curse. It is an earth-shaking experience!

Gilligan's Island had a lot of island décor but Waiting for Watubi was one of the few times an actual tiki idol was shown.

 

[Shrunken Head 805]

Do you ever get the impression that the Professor didn’t really want to leve the island? I don’t think he tried very hard, too busy making golf carts out of coconut trees.