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Why were they carrying luggage

posted 16 years ago by Crossingthegulf
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I watched this movie a couple of years back and I had to question why Skipper and Gilligan were carrying luggage. And why was Gilligan still subservient to Skipper. Early in the movie Howell announced he was turning the island into a resort and they would all be equal partners. Which would mean that all seven of them would be owners. Owners would not carry guest luggage that is what employees do. Plus Gilligan and Skipper were not young men and I am sure Howell would not want to pay medical bills if they got hurt.
And since Skipper and Gilligan were equal owners Gilligan was no longer Skipper's employee. By all rights when Skipper told him to do anything he could have told him to get lost.

[–] cuckookazoo 15 years ago

You're trying to make sense of Gilligan's Island?

The series was silly, the movies were silly.

[–] Crossingthegulf 15 years ago

I was bored that day.

[–] sabresaw 15 years ago

Seeing as how both men were Navymen... They wouldnt just sit on their ass and twittles their thumbs.

Gillian respects Skipper... Rank dissappeared the day they got stuck on the island. A sea captain has no real rank on dry land, just in the water.

I'm bored too by the way, but my dad was a navyman and has the same obsession with being busy.

[–] Crossingthegulf 15 years ago

Yeah i guess I could not see eitheir of them as desk jockeys making sure the island had enough toilet paper for the guests, or seeing what celebrities they can wrangle, or sitting in board room meetings discussing advertising. They were both more hands on.

[–] Dream_Demon 9 years ago

That I agree on. They were more like workers than pen-pushers. They'd rather be busy than staying behind a desk.

Welcome to my Nightmare- Freddy Krueger

[–] millsey72 (9573) 10 months ago

What is so silly about island survival?

[–] f-ascaso 8 years ago

Because they were so used to it. They carried dozens of suitcases and trunks for every passenger who took a 3 hour cruise with them.

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