GILLIGAN’S ISLAND





				 "Meet the Meteor"
				        by
				  Elroy Schwartz


								May 5, 1966




				     TEASER

FADE IN:

EXT – LAGOON – DAY – CREDIT OVERLAY

WIDE SHOT 

	Gilligan is seen running along the west pathway of the Lagoon’s edge occasionally 
	looking up as he goes.

				GILLIGAN
			Skipper! Hey Skipper! 
 
CUT TO:  EXT – JUNGLE CLEARING NEAR HUT – DAY

	Gilligan is seen running out from the jungle near the huts looking up as he runs.

				GILLIGAN
			Skipper! Oh! Skipper!

PULL BACK WITH GILLIGAN TO SKIPPER – MEDIUM SHOT

	The Skipper is laying on a lounge relaxing as Gilligan comes running from the jungle. 
	As he frantically calls to the skipper, he doesn’t look where he’s going and abruptly 
	runs into the Skipper knocking him off the lounge.

				SKIPPER
			Ep! Gilligan is this your idea of 
			some kind of a joke!

	We hear a strange melodic sound coming from off screen as if something is 
	descending.Gilligan points to the sky off screen as the Skipper looks up in the 
	direction he’s pointing.

				GILLIGAN
			Look a falling star!

CUT TO: FLAMING OBJECT DESCENDING FROM SKY (STOCK SHOT)

	We see a bright flaming object as it descends through the sky with a strange 
	melodic sound.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan it’s day time, that’s impossible!

CUT TO: FLAMING OBJECT DESCENDING FROM SKY (STOCK SHOT)

				GILLIGAN
				  (O.S.)
			Would you believe a falling moon?

				SKIPPER
				  (O.S.)
			No I wouldn’t believe a…

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

				SKIPPER
			      (CONTINUED)
 			…falling moon!

				GILLIGAN
			What would you believe?

	The skipper and Gilligan react as they look up off screen at the object.

				SKIPPER
			I…I believe it’s going to hit the island!

	The Skipper and Gilligan follow the object with their eyes as it descends and 
	react as we hear the explosion of the impact.

CUT TO: EXT – MOLTEN LAVA EJECTING FROM GROUND – DAY
(STOCK SHOT)

	We see a jet of bubbling molten lava over the crest of a low hill. There is the 
	sound of the ground shaking.

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN
(CAMERA SHAKE)

	The trembling of the ground is tossing the skipper and Gilligan around as the 
	sound of the ground shaking continues to rumble.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN
	
				GILLIGAN
			Skipper!? What do you think it is!?

				SKIPPER
			I don’t know Gilligan, but we better 
			go see!

	The skipper and Gilligan looking frightened, run off screen towards the fallen object.

WHIP PAN TO: EXT – METEOR IMPACT AREA – DAY 

WIDE SHOT 

	We see half of a large spherical object imbedded in the ground with a ring of 
	blackened raised dirt around the edge in the form of a crater. The object is 
	dark in color but glowing an eerie red. There are wisps of smoke coming from 
	the object as the Skipper and Gilligan arrive in the clearing and see the object.

				SKIPPER
			Look Gilligan look!

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			What a crazy care package.

				SKIPPER
			It looks like something from outer 
			space.

 				GILLIGAN
			I believe it! No wonder, after all the 
			stuff we shot up there, they finally 
			shot back!

				SKIPPER
			No I don’t mean a weapon Gilligan, 
			I mean it’s…

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF METEOR

				SKIPPER
				 (O.S.)
			…it’s a piece of meteor.

				GILLIGAN
				 (O.S.)
			Oh no!

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

				GILLIGAN
			A piece meteor!? A meteor!!?

				SKIPPER
			Yes a meteor!

				GILLIGAN
			What’s a meteor?

				SKIPPER
			      (FRUSTRATED)
			Oh brother come on lets take a closer 
			look.

	The skipper and Gilligan slowly start to walk towards the meteor. 

				GILLIGAN
			Hey skipper I don’t think we should go to 
			close it looks kind of spooky.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan let me explain. A piece of 
			meteor is something off a star or a 
			planet or something. And it breaks off 
			every now and then and falls to Earth.

				GILLIGAN
			Oh.

				PROFESSOR
				  (O.S.)
			Don’t go near that!

	Gilligan and the skipper react to the disembodied voice with alarm.

				GILLIGAN
			It talked!

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF METEOR

				PROFESSOR
				 (O.S.)
			Skipper! Gilligan!

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

	Gilligan reacts in fear at the voice. The skipper looks off camera and 
	sees the professor.

				GILLIGAN
			It knows our names!

				SKIPPER
			It’s the professor!

				GILLIGAN
			Doesn’t look like the professor!

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF PROFESSOR

				PROFESSOR
			Get away from there!

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

	Gilligan and skipper look off screen at the professor.

				SKIPPER
			Wonder what he’s worried about.

				PROFESSOR
				 (O.S.)
			Fast!!

				GILLIGAN
			Let’s go find out, fast!

	The skipper and Gilligan move quickly towards the professor.

PAN RIGHT WITH SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN TO PROFESSOR

				SKIPPER
			What’s wrong professor?

				PROFESSOR
			That large glowing object!

				GILLIGAN
			It’s a meteor! It’s like a little piece of 
			star or planet, breaks off and…

	The skipper cuts Gilligan off in mid sentence.

				SKIPPER
			All right Gilligan, the professor knows all 
			about that.

	Gilligan concedes.

				GILLIGAN
			Oh.

				PROFESSOR
			Now gentleman, on the one hand there 
			may be nothing to worry about.

				GILLIGAN
			       (RELIEVED)
			Good.

				PROFESSOR
			But on the other hand…

				GILLIGAN
			I knew it! It’s always the other hand that 
			gets into trouble!

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan will you be quiet and let the professor 
			talk!

				PROFESSOR
			Now these meteors travel millions of miles 
			through space. Through the Stratosphere, 
			the Ionosphere, the radiation belt picking up all…

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF METEOR

				PROFESSOR
				  (O.S.)
			…sorts of strange rays, that’s why it’s glowing!

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

				SKIPPER
			Oh my gosh! Wha…wha…what are we going to 
			do about it!?

				GILLIGAN
			I have a suggestion.

				PROFESSOR
			Oh, what?

	Gilligan runs off camera quickly.

CUT TO: WIDE SHOT – (UNDERCRANKED)

	Gilligan takes off running around and through the nearby area and then disappears 
	into the jungle as we…

								FADE OUT





				ACT I

FADE IN:

EXT – SUPPLY HUT – DAY (STOCK FOOTAGE)

(Transcribers note: the stock shot is that of Ginger and Mary Ann’s hut) 

CUT TO: INT – SUPPLY HUT – DAY

CLOSE UP OF GEIGER COUNTER

PULL BACK FOR MEDIUM SHOT

	The professor and the skipper are working on some apparatus at the professor’s 
	work table while Gilligan looks on.

				PROFESSOR
			This simple form of Geiger counter will 
			be able to tell us whether that meteor is 
			radioactive.

				SKIPPER
			Oh professor if it is, it’s absolutely deadly.

				PROFESSOR
			Now just try to be calm. When we put this 
			fallout meter together, we’ll make a radiation 
			count. And that way we’ll definitely know 
			whether there’s cause for alarm.

	Gilligan starts making the sound of an alarm.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan!

				GILLIGAN
			My alarm just went off.

				SKIPPER
			Oh cut that out!

				PROFESSOR
			Gilligan there is great need for secrecy. 
			Ginger, Mary Ann and the Howell’s mustn’t 
			know anything about this.

				SKIPPER
			That’s a good idea professor. I’ll help you 
			put this together, Gilligan…

				GILLIGAN
			Yes sir.

				SKIPPER
			I,I want you to stand guard outside the 
			hut and let no body know what we’re doing.

				GILLIGAN
			That’s easy ‘cause I don’t even know what 
			we’re doing. (pause)
			By the way, what are we doing?

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan, outside!

	Gilligan reluctantly turns and starts to head outside the hut. The skipper and 
	professor resume the construction of the Geiger counter.

				PROFESSOR
			      (TO SKIPPER)
			Here skipper, hold this.

	The professor hands the Geiger counter to the skipper as Gilligan make his way 
	outside.

CUT TO: EXT – SUPPLY HUT – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF GILLIGAN

	Gilligan is pacing back and forth in front of the supply hut as if on guard duty.

PAN CAMERA WITH GILLIGAN’S MOVEMENTS

	Ginger walks on camera and up to Gilligan. 

				GINGER
			Gilligan what are you suppose to be?

				GILLIGAN
			I can’t tell you.

				GINGER
			What can’t you tell me?

				GILLIGAN
			Ask me what the skipper and professor 
			are doin’ in there.

				GINGER
			All right. What are the skipper and 
			professor doing in there?

				GILLIGAN
			That’s what I can’t tell you.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN AND GINGER 

CUT TO: ANGLE FAVORING GINGER

	Ginger puts on the charm and starts to run her fingers through Gilligan’s hair.

				GINGER
			   (SEDUCTIVELY)
			Gilligan come on. 

CUT TO: ANGLE FAVORING GILLIGAN

				GINGER
			     (CONTINUED)
			You can tell Ginger.

				GILLIGAN
			You might as well not run your fingers 
			through my hair, you’ll probably end up 
			with a palm of greasy kids stuff.

CUT TO: ANGLE FAVORING GINGER

				GINGER
			Why can’t you tell me?

				GILLIGAN
			My lips are sealed.

	Ginger then gives Gilligan a passionate kiss.

				GINGER
			There, did that steam them open?

CUT TO: ANGLE FAVORING GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			No. It’s a surprise.

				GINGER
			A surprise?

	Gilligan just stands there without saying a word but shakes head yes.

CUT TO: ANGLE FAVORING GINGER

				GINGER
			My birthday. A surprise birthday party.

CUT TO: ANGLE FAVORING GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			A surprise birthday party?

CUT TO: ANGLE FAVORING GINGER

				GINGER
			Oh you admitted it! Oh well gee I didn’t 
			think anybody would have remembered. 
			Oh, don’t tell anybody that I know.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN AND GINGER

	Ginger walks quickly off camera leaving Gilligan looking confused as usual.

				GILLIGAN
			Ok.

	Gilligan wipes the “kiss” from his mouth as he walks back to the supply huts door.

CUT TO: INT – SUPPLY HUT – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF DOORWAY

	As Gilligan enters the hut we…

PULL BACK WITH GILLIGAN TO SKIPPER AND PROFESSOR

	The skipper and professor are still assembling the Geiger counter as Gilligan 
	walks over to the professor and taps him on the shoulder. The professor is 
	startled and the partially assembled Geiger counter falls apart.

				PROFESSOR
			      (TO GILLIGAN)
			Gilligan! Why did you do that?

				GILLIGAN
			I just wanted to tell you something.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan will you please get out of here?

				GILLIGAN
			Ginger wanted to know what was happening 
			in here and I didn’t tell her, but she thinks she 
			knows but she…

	The skipper gets angry and cuts him off.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan! Gilligan OUT!

				GILLIGAN
			Ok you don’t have to get sore about it.

	Gilligan turns and starts out of the hut again. The Skipper and professor resume 
	putting the Geiger counter back together. The professor nearly drops the Geiger 
	counter on the ground but manages to catch it in time.

CUT TO: EXT – SUPPLY HUT – DAY

	Mary Ann is seen with a laundry basket as she makes her way from around the 
	side of the supply hut.

PAN LEFT WITH MARY ANN TO GILLIGAN

	Gilligan’s back is to Mary Ann as she walks up behind him.

				MARY ANN
			Hi Gilligan.

	Gilligan gets startled and quickly turns around.

				GILLIGAN
			Who goes there friend or foe?!

				MARY ANN
			Well it’s me, Mary Ann.

				GILLIGAN
			Mary Ann who?

				MARY ANN
			Well how many Mary Ann’s do you know?

				GILLIGAN
			Let me see I know, Mary Ann Thingelmeyer, 
			Mary Ann Grumschmit, Mary Ann Dinglehoffer, 
			Ma…

	Mary Ann cut off Gilligan.

				MARY ANN
			Oh Gilligan stop that. I’ve got to get into 
			the supply hut and get some clothespins 
			for the clothes.

	Mary Ann starts to pass Gilligan as he stops here.

				GILLIGAN
			Oh no, no you can’t go in there. 
			Don’t you remember this is wear your 
			dirty shirt week?

				MARY ANN
			Oh! There’s something in there you 
			don’t want me to see!

				GILLIGAN
			Honest Mary Ann, I can’t tell anyone.

				MARY ANN
			Uh-hu, if you can’t tell anyone it must 
			be something for everybody.

	Gilligan looks sick.

				GILLIGAN
			Yeah it’s something for everybody all right.

				MARY ANN
			A Christmas party! They’ve hidden the 
			presents in there!

				GILLIGAN
			They have!? Oh boy I! No wait a minute 
			Mary Ann…

	Mary Ann is obviously pleased with the idea of the Christmas party.

				MARY ANN
			Oh Gilligan you just can’t keep a secret!

	Mary Ann walks off camera quickly leaving Gilligan as confused as ever. 
	He turns to go back in the supply hut.

CUT TO: INT – SUPPLY HUT –DAY

	The skipper and professor are still engaged in constructing the Geiger 
	counter as Gilligan comes into the hut. Gilligan walks up behind the professor 
	but this time he doesn’t tap him on the shoulder.

				GILLIGAN
				(LOUDLY)
			Hi!

	The professor is startled into breaking the Geiger counter again. The professor 
	gives Gilligan a stern look.

				GILLIGAN
			I didn’t tap you on the shoulder this time.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan I have good idea for you. The next 
			time that you have an urge to come in here, 
			CONQUER it!!!

	Gilligan reacts as if with hurt feelings.

				SKIPPER
			OUT!

	Gilligan turns and starts out the door once again. The professor and the skipper 
	once again get back to work.

				SKIPPER
			    (DISAPPOINTEDLY)
			Oh, lets start again professor.

CUT TO: EXT – SUPPLY HUT JUNGLE – DAY

	Mr. and Mrs. Howell are seen emerging from the jungle into the clearing near the 
	supply hut.

PAN LEFT WITH MR. AND MRS. HOWELL TO GILLIGAN

				MR. HOWELL
			Hello there Gilligan.

	Gilligan stretches out his arms to stop the Howells from passing.

				GILLIGAN
			HAULT! Back up and be recognized.

				MRS HOWELL
			Recognized? Don’t be silly we’re mister 
			and misses Howell you’ve met us dozens 
			of times.

				MR. HOWELL
			Stand aside young man we want to get our 
			sun umbrella.

				GILLIGAN
			I’m sorry no ones allowed in there.

	Mr. Howell reacts with indignity.

				MR. HOWELL
			I’ll have you know you’re speaking to a 
			HOWELL!

				GILLIGAN
			I’m sorry, Howell’s aren’t allowed in 
			there either.

				MRS. HOWELL
			Thurston I think I’m going to have one 
			of my fainting spells!

				MR. HOWELL
			No no no Lovey let me handle this.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MR. AND MRS. HOWELL

				MR. HOWEL
			Young man I’ll have you know that the 
			Howells are greeted with open arms at 
			Buckingham Palace, the Whitehouse 
			and the Kremlin. Which I must point out 
			is easy to get into but murder to get out of.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			I’m sorry no ones allowed in the supply hut. 

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MR. AND MRS. HOWELL

				MRS. HOWELL
			Oh but I must get my parasol. This tropical 
			sun plays havoc with delicate complexions. 

				MR. HOWELL
			You’re so right, and it isn’t good for your 
			skin either.

				GILLIGAN
				(O.S.)
			I’ll tell you this,…

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			       (CONTINUED)
			…the skipper and professor are working 
			on a secret.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MR. AND MRS. HOWELL

				MRS HOWELL
				(EXCITEDLY)
			Ah I just adore secrets. I love to hear them 
			and I love to tell them.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			Well I’d love to tell you but I can’t.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MR. AND MRS. HOWELL

				MRS. HOWELL
			Oh well it doesn’t matter because I know 
			anyway.

	Mrs. Howell turns and whispers something in to Mr. Howells right ear which makes 
	him smile.

				MR. HOWELL
			Egad you’re so right Lovey!

	He then turns and whispers something in to Mrs. Howell’s left ear which makes her 
	smile.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

	Gilligan is watching the Howells exchange whispers and is looking confused.

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

				MRS. HOWELL
			And besides that…

	Mrs. Howell turns once again and whispers something in to Mr. Howells ear.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

	Gilligan is still watching the Howells exchange whispers and is still just as confused.

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF MR. AND MRS. HOWELL AND GILLIGAN
 
				MR. HOWELL
			Yes which can only mean that…

	Mr. Howell then whispers something into Mrs. Howell’s ear again who giggles. 
	Mrs. Howell then in turn moves to Gilligan and whispers something in to his ear 	
	which makes him react with surprise.

				GILLIGAN
			An anniversary party?

				MR. HOWELL
			I’m going to break out my best bottle 
			of bubbly!

				MRS. HOWELL
			Oh it’s going to be marvelous! I know 
			everyone will be there!

	Ginger walks on camera and is stopped by Mrs. Howell.

				MRS. HOWELL
			Oh darling…darling Ginger we have 
			the most wonderful secret to tell you. 
			It’s about the party.

	Ginger reacts sternly.

				GINGER
			Oh Gilligan you promised you weren’t 
			going to tell anyone!

				MR. HOWELL
			Well don’t worry about the expense of 
			the gifts, after all it’s the spirit my dear 
			that counts.

	Ginger is confused.

				GINGER
			Gifts!? Why should I bring a gift to 
			my own birthday party?

	Mr. Howell looks confused now.

				MR. HOWELL
			Gilligan what is the meaning of this.

				GILLIGAN
			I’m kind of confused myself.

	Mary Ann has heard the quarrel and walks on camera.

				MARY ANN
			Please stop fighting. We’re preparing 
			for the Christmas party. 

				GINGER
			Christmas party?! You mean birthday party!

				MRS. HOWELL
			Anniversary party!

				MR. HOWELL
			Young man what have you got to say 
			for yourself!?

				GILLIGAN
			Just one thing.

				MR. HOWELL
			What?

	Just then, Gilligan walks off camera towards the supply hut.

CUT TO: INT – SUPPLY HUT – DAY

	The skipper and professor nearly have the Geiger counter assembled when Gilligan 
	enters the hut and yells…

				GILLIGAN
			HEEEEEELP!

	Startled, the professor drops the counter, the skipper hits the table and sends it 
	crashing to the ground. The Geiger counter is once again destroyed. Both have 
	a look of exasperation as we…

FADE TO: EXT – METEOR AREA – DAY

	The professor and the skipper are seen walking out from the jungle area near 
	the meteor. The professor is intently studying the readings from his Geiger counter 
	as the travel. We can hear the faint clicks the Geiger counter is giving 
	off indicating radiation. They stop near the meteor to take some readings.

				SKIPPER
			Aren’t we close enough professor?

				PROFESSOR
			Skipper you just right down the figures 
			as I call them out.

	The skipper has a note pad and pencil, ready to copy what the professor says.

				SKIPPER
			Ok but talk fast.

				PROFESSOR
			All right. Ten over sixteen. Nine over 
			seventeen. Ten over eighteen.

	The skipper and professor continue to slowly walk around the meteor taking readings 
	as we…

FADE TO: EXT – SUPPLY HUT – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF PROFESSOR, SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

	The professor is working on another project as Gilligan, armed with a bamboo shovel, 
	digs in the dirt nearby. The skipper is holding a wooden bowl while Gilligan fills it with 
	his shovel.

				PROFESSOR
			So you see Gilligan there was no 
			radiation near the meteor at all.


				GILLIGAN
			       (EXCITEDLY)
			OH BOY!

				PROFESSOR
			However there were cosmic rays.

				GILLIGAN
			       (DEPRESSED)
			Oh boy.

				PROFESSOR
			Which aren’t as deadly as interstellar 
			radiation.

				GILLIGAN
			       (EXCITEDLY)
			OH BOY!

				PROFESSOR
			However they can kill you.

				GILLIGAN
			       (DEPRESSED)
			Oh boy.

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan, can’t you say anything but 
			oh boy?

				GILLIGAN
			I could say oh girl, but I don’t think 
			it’d sound right.

				SKIPPER
			Oh please. Keep digging! Now for 
			goodness sakes, the professors got 
			a way of using these cosmic rays that 
			I think are going to get us off the island.

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF PROFESSOR

				SKIPPER
				(O.S.)
     			Right!?

				PROFESSOR
			This reflective screen I’m making will 
			focus those cosmic rays and shoot them 
			straight up in to the air. A weather plane 
			or radiation detection station is bound to 
			spot them, investigate, and we’ll be rescued.

		CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

				SKIPPER
			      (EXCITEDLY)
			OH BOY!

				GILLIGAN
			Skipper!

				SKIPPER
			Ep…Ep…well the skippers allowed.

				GILLIGAN
			Still haven’t told me why I’m digging 
			for lead?

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF PROFESSOR

				PROFESSOR
			Why to protect ourselves from the cosmic 
			rays when we put this screen around the 
			meteor.

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

				SKIPPER
			That’s right you see, we’re gonna melt it 
			all down, dip our clothes into it, and then 
			they’ll be full of lead!

				GILLIGAN
			How ‘bout that! Instead of getting the lead 
			out, we’re getting the lead in!

				SKIPPER
			      (RESTRAINED)
			Yes Gilligan. DIG!

	Gilligan goes back to digging as we…

(Transcribers note: This scene has been deleted since the early 70’s)

FLIP TO: EXT – SUPPLY HUT CLEARING – DAY

CLOSE UP OF A PAIR OF LARGE STIFF SILVER PANTS.

PULL BACK TO REVEAL THREE PAIRS OF STIFF SILVER PANTS ALL STANDING 
ALONE IN A ROW

END WITH WIDE SHOT OF SUPPLY HUT CLEARING

	The skipper is using a bamboo pole to help support the bamboo screen the 
	professor is coating with lead. At the far side of the clearing, Gilligan is coating 
	a shirt with lead. There are two other lead coated shirts sitting on the ground near 
	where he’s working. In the background there is a cast iron cauldron of silver 
	material that’s being heated over a fire.

				SKIPPER
			Hurry it up Gilligan, if this lead gets 
			cold it won’t stick to the cloth!

				GILLIGAN
			This is the last one!

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER AND PROFESSOR WITH GILLIGAN IN B.G.

				PROFESSOR
			I’m going to need more of that lead.

				SKIPPER
			Well there’s plenty over there professor.

				GILLIGAN
			These things will really hold a press.

				PROFESSOR
			Now let the rest of it cool. We may need 
			it later.

	Gilligan is still trying to lift a lead coated shirt with a bamboo pole.

				GILLIGAN
			Hey skipper give me a hand with 
			this it’s awful heavy.

				SKIPPER
			All right. You got this professor?

	The professor uses his free hand to support the screen while the skipper heads over 
	to Gilligan’s position. He gets a bamboo pole to help Gilligan move the shirt. Both the 
	skipper and Gilligan use their poles to lift a stiff lead coated shirt to where the others 
	are located.

				SKIPPER
			       (STRAINED)
			Let’s put it over there with the other things.

				GILLIGAN
			       (STRAINED)
			Ok.

	They move the shirt but it falls over with a plop and never bends or creases. The 
	professor finishes the screen and moves over to where the skipper and Gilligan are.

				PROFESSOR
			We’ve gotta start getting in to our things. 
			Shoes first.

				SKIPPER
			Yeah shoes first.

	The skipper and the professor head over to where their shoes are laying while 
	Gilligan eyes the pants standing erect all in a row.

PAN WITH GILLIGAN TO ROW OF PANTS

	As the skipper and professor busy themselves with their shoes, Gilligan tries to 
	figure out how to put the stiff lead coated pants on. 

ZOOM IN FOR MEDIUM SHOT OF GILLIGAN

	He finally decides to lay down his pair of pants and slides into them. He can only 
	wiggle his feet but is unable to move as the skipper and professor walk over to 
	where he’s laying.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan how’d you get your pants on?

				GILLIGAN
			Stand me up and I’ll tell you.

	The professor and skipper each grab one of Gilligan’s arms and raise him into 
	position.

PAN UP WITH GILLIGAN FROM GROUND

	Gilligan looks relieved that he’s finally standing again. He wobbles a bit but is steady.

ZOOM IN FOR MEDIUM SHOT OF ALL THREE

				GILLIGAN
			Wooo you fall down you break your 
			pants!

				SKIPPER
			Well yeah be careful too you might 
			break your neck.

				GILLIGAN
			Professor, how ya gonna walk in 
			these things.

				PROFESSOR
			Well lead is a soft metal. It’ll loosen 
			up as you move around a bit.

				GILLIGAN
			Yeah.

				PROFESSOR
			By the way, how DID you get into them?

				GILLIGAN
			Oh you take the pants and lay’em down 
			there and you kinda sit down, kinda s…

	Gilligan tries to show how he put on the pants and starts to loose his balance again 
	and is caught by the skipper and professor as we…

FADE TO: EXT – JUNGLE – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER, PROFESSOR AND GILLIGAN

TRACK WITH CAMERA TO FOLLOW MOVEMENT

	The professor, skipper and Gilligan are stiffly walking through the jungle all wearing 
	clothes covered in lead. Their hats, shoes, gloves and even sun glasses have all 
	been coated with lead making them all look like the tin man from the Wizard of Oz. 
	The professor, leading the group, is holding his Geiger counter while the skipper 
	is carrying the lead covered rolled up bamboo screen. They stop.

				PROFESSOR
			I’m afraid it’s rather difficult to walk.

				SKIPPER
			This lead make-up sure feels funny 
			professor.

				PROFESSOR
			Well we need it to protect our faces 
			from the cosmic rays.

				GILLIGAN
			I feel like Frankenstein.

	Gilligan stretches out his arms and starts to make a roaring sound. The skipper 
	stops and makes the same sound towards Gilligan and scares Gilligan who starts 
	to turn to run.

				GILLIGAN
			Whaaaa!

				SKIPPER
			Come back here Gilligan!
			(PAUSE)
			Cut that out!

				PROFESSOR
			We’d better move on. We’re almost there.


				SKIPPER
			Oh I hope so, these suits are sure 
			uncomfortable.

				GILLIGAN
			But I bet they wear like iron!

				SKIPPER
			       (STERNLY)
			Come on Gilligan.

	They continue to move off through the jungle and off camera.

FLIP TO: EXT – METEOR AREA – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF GROUP

	The bamboo screen has been put in place around the meteor and the professor 
	is taking readings on the Geiger counter.

				PROFESSOR
			That’s wonderful! It’s wonderful! The 
			count has drop almost to zero!

				GILLIGAN
			You mean it might work!?

ZOOM IN FOR CLOSE UP OF GROUP

				PROFESSOR
			I think so!

				GILLIGAN
			I better go tell the others!

	Gilligan starts to run past the meteor but is tripped by a small bush nearby. He falls 
	flat on his face. The skipper and professor moves near by to help.

PAN RIGHT WITH GILLIGAN TO FALL

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan!

				PROFESSOR
			Skipper!	Give me a hand.

	The professor and the skipper help Gilligan up from the ground.

PAN UP WITH GILLIGAN

				SKIPPER
			Ep! Gilligan UP!

	The skipper and professor are getting Gilligan to his feet when we…

FLIP TO: EXT – JUNGLE – DAY

	The professor, the skipper and Gilligan, having successfully put the screen around 
	the meteor, are making their way back to camp through the jungle. Suddenly there 
	is a strange sound of crunching wood coming from behind them.

				PROFESSOR
			Wait! Wait! Wait!
			There’s something funny going on 
			back there!

				SKIPPER
			      (NERVIOUSLY)
			Oh well we could use some laughs 
			professor lets go back.

				PROFESSOR
			No no no I don’t mean funny funny, 
			I mean funny strange.
			Come on!

	The group turns around and starts heading back towards the meteor and off camera.

FLIP TO: EXT – METEOR AREA – DAY

WIDE SHOT OF METEOR

	We see that the bamboo screen is no longer visible. Instead, there is just a ring of 
	saw dust in its place.

PULL BACK FOR MEDIUM SHOT

	The professor, skipper and Gilligan walk on camera as they inspect the meteor.

				SKIPPER
			Professor!? What happened to the 
			bamboo screen?

				PROFESSOR
			Why I’m afraid to even guess!

	Gilligan looks up and to his left.

				GILLIGAN
			I just noticed something.
 
	Gilligan walks over to a large tree that’s near the meteor.

				GILLIGAN
			Look at this tree!

	The skipper and professor walk over to where Gilligan is and look at the tree.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan it’s just a tree!

ZOOM IN FOR CLOSE UP OF GROUP

				GILLIGAN
			Yeah but a few minutes ago it was 
			only four feet tall!

				SKIPPER
			What do you mean a few minutes 
			ago it was only four feet tall? 
			Gilligan for goodness sakes…

	The professor examines the tree and cut the skipper off in mid sentence.

				PROFESSOR
			No no no skipper he’s right! I remember 
			that tree, he tripped over it!

				SKIPPER
			This is the tree that he tripped…
			Oh well professor what does it mean!?

				PROFESSOR
			Well it means we gotta get rid of that 
			meteor before it get rid of us!

				GILLIGAN
			Gets rid of us?

				PROFESSOR
			Gilligan, those cosmic rays are so 
			powerful that they aged that bamboo 
			screen into saw dust in just a few minutes.

				SKIPPER
			Oh…Ep… and that tree!?

				PROFESSOR
			A little while ago that tree was a sapling. 
			It’s now fully grown and will die of old age 
			within the week!

				SKIPPER
			You mean to say that the cosmic rays 
			of this meteor puts out, makes things 
			grow older!?

				PROFESSOR
			Yes they speed up the life process at 
			an incredible rate.

				GILLIGAN
			You’ve made me feel older since you 
			been talking.

				SKIPPER
			Wa…wa…wa…wa…what about the 
			plants, the trees and the bamboo?

				GILLIGAN
			An...an...an...and the people.

				PROFESSOR
			Ah, I’m afraid that within a week, we 
			shall all die of old age. However the 
			others don’t know about this so lets not 
			tell them.

				GILLIGAN
			I have only one thing to say.

				PROFESSOR
			What’s that?

				GILLIGAN
			Why’d you have to tell me? Why? 
			Why’d you have to tell me? WHY! 
			WHY’D you have to tell me!? 
			Why’d you have to tell me!?

				SKIPPER
			All right Gilligan!

	The skipper hits Gilligan with is lead covered hat which makes the sound of a 
	metallic thump when it hits Gilligan’s head. The skipper shows surprise as 
	Gilligan looks stunned.

								FADE OUT




				ACT II

FADE IN: OCEAN AND BEACH THROUGH PALM TREES (STOCK SHOT)

CUT TO: INT – SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN’S HUT – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF PROFESSOR AND SKIPPER

	The professor is lying in the top hammock while the skipper paces the floor looking 
	worried.

				SKIPPER
			Professor this is the worst spot we’ve 
			ever been in. Can’t you think of something?

				PROFESSOR
			I, I am thinking.

				SKIPPER
			Can you think faster?

	The skipper looks at the professor in anticipation.

				SKIPPER
			Are you thinking faster?

				PROFESSOR
			Skipper I am thinking as fast as I can.

				SKIPPER
				(ANGRY)
			Well it’s not fast enough!

				PROFESSOR
			You know I know a way I could think 
			faster.

				SKIPPER
			       (HOPEFULL)
			How!

				PROFESSOR
				(STERNLY)
			If you’d stop telling me to think faster!

	Gilligan walks into the hut with the radio and it’s playing music.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan this is no time to be listening 
			to the radio. Now turn that music off.

				GILLIGAN
			Why!? After next week, we won’t have 
			time to listen to anything!

	Just as Gilligan is about to turn off the radio, a weather report comes over the radio.

				RADIO ANNOUNCER
				          (V.O.)
			WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM FOR A 
			SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan will you turn that radio off! 
			You heard me!

	The professor hears the announcement and jumps up from the hammock.

				PROFESSOR
			No no no leave it on a minute!

				RADIO ANNOUNCER
				          (V.O.)
			THE STORM THAT WAS DUE TO HIT HAWAII 
			THIS MORNING HAS PASSED TO THE SOUTH, 
			AND IS TRAVELING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION. 
			IT’S AN ELECTRICAL STORM OF SUCH INTENSITY,
			THAT IT HAS BEEN LIGHTING UP SKYS FOR MILES 
			AROUND. ALL AIRLINES AND SHIPS HAVE BEEN 
			RE-ROUTED.

	Music begins to play again on the radio following the announcement.

				SKIPPER
			Oh great that’s all we need is a storm.

				PROFESSOR
			Well it’s not just a storm skipper. 
			It’s an ELECTRICAL storm.

				GILLIGAN
			If you’ve seen one storm you’ve 
			seen ‘em all.

	Gilligan turns the radio off.

				PROFESSOR
			No but this one may save us!

				SKIPPER
			This storm can save us!?
			Well that meteor out there is making 
			us grow older every minute!

	The professor starts walking around as he makes his explanation.

PAN CAMERA TO FOLLOW MOVEMENT

				PROFESSOR
			All right now listen skipper. Meteorites 
			are composed of metals. They’re made 
			of metals, iron compounds. 

	The professor stops by the hammock.

				PROFESSOR
			       (CONTINUED)
			Now if that storm should pass 
			over the island, it might just possibly 
			destroy it.

				SKIPPER
			Oh come on now pro… A storm 
			destroy that meteorite!? 

				GILLIGAN
			Good question.

				SKIPPER
			Thanks Gilligan.

	The professor walks back to the skipper and Gilligan as he explains.

PAN CAMERA TO FOLLOW MOVEMENT

				PROFESSOR
			All right now listen. We make a lightening 
			rod, we attach it to the meteorite, and if 
			just one bolt hits it…

				SKIPPER
			Oh professor! You mean a bolt of 
			lightening strik…what are the odds 
			on that!?

				PROFESSOR
			Well…a million to one.

				SKIPPER
			Oh fine a million to one. What could 
			be worse than that?

				GILLIGAN
			A million to none.

				PROFESSOR
			Exactly! At least it’d give us a possibility. 
			I mean that’s better than nothing!

				GILLIGAN
			Yeah I’ll go tell the others the good news!

				PROFESSOR
			No wait a minute. How can you tell them the 
			good news when we haven’t told them the 
			bad news yet?

				GILLIGAN
			Oh.

				PROFESSOR
			I mean that is of course you ah…

				GILLIGAN
			Me!? Why would I do a thing like that!?

CUT TO: INT – GINGER AND MARY ANN’S HUT – DAY

CLOSE UP SHOT OF GINGER AND MARY ANN

	Ginger and Mary Ann are sitting at their make-up table crying and looking at 
	themselves in small hand mirrors.

				MARY ANN
				(SOBING)
			Do I look any older to you?

				GINGER
			(SOBING)
			No. Do I look any older to you?

				MARY ANN
			No. Oh! We’re too young to die 
			of old age!

	Ginger and Mary Ann return to crying as we…

CUT TO: INT – MR. AND MRS. HOWELL’S HUT – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF MR. AND MRS. HOWELL

	Mrs. Howell is seated at a table with a note pad and pencil while Mr. Howell is 
	standing behind her pacing back and forth.

				MR. HOWELL
			…and being of sound mind, I do here 
			by bequeath to my nephew Perry, my 
			favorite Polo pony, Sea Biscuit…and 
			my set of matched golf clubs, Wingfoot, 
			Hillcrest and Pebble Beach, the dollar 
			forty two his wife Francis owes me, 
			I do here by NEGATE in full.

				MRS. HOWELL
			Thurston it makes me very sad writing 
			your Will.

				MR. HOWELL
				(SOLEMNLY)
			But dear we always knew that one day 
			we’d have to go to that great safety deposit 
			box in the sky.

				MRS. HOWELL
			Yes, but after all in the past we’ve 
			always gone first class. (PAUSE)
			Have you any regrets dear?

				MR. HOWELL
			No my dear. No, no perhaps one. 
			That I won’t live to be a hundred years old.

				MRS. HOWELL
			Oh but you will dear! You’ll be that on 
			Saturday! (PAUSE)
			How much time do you think we have left?

				MR. HOWELL
			Well Gilligan said about a week.

				MRS. HOWEL
			Oh. Oh a week. Oh.

	Mrs. Howell gets up from the table and makes her way to the stand-up closet.

PAN RIGHT WITH MRS. HOWELL TO CLOSET

	She pulls back the curtain.

				MRS. HOWELL
			Oh the professor will simply have to do 
			something, I can’t go! I haven’t got a 
			thing to wear!

FLIP TO: EXT – SUPPLY HUT CLEARING – NIGHT

CLOSE UP OF BUBBLING POT OF LEAD

PULL BACK AND PAN UP FOR MEDIUM SHOT OF PROFESSOR AND SKIPPER 

	The professor is stirring a cast iron pot of molten lead that’s being heated over a fire.

				SKIPPER
			Professor, shouldn’t the lightening 
			rod be made out of copper or steal 
			or something?

				PROFESSOR
			Yes. Obviously the better the conductor 
			the better our chances. But all we have 
			to work with is this lead.

	Gilligan walks on camera with a long skinny bamboo pole.

				GILLIGAN
			This is the straightest, longest bamboo 
			pole I could find professor.

				PROFESSOR
			Well that’s just fine Gilligan. Now put one 
			end in this pot and keep turning. The lead 
			will gradually harden on the pole.

				GILLIGAN
			Huh.

	Gilligan put one end of the pole into the pot of lead and begins turning it.

				PROFESSOR
			That’s it.

				GILLIGAN
			Hey! I’m making a lead sickle!

FADE TO: SAME AREA – NIGHT

MEDIUM SHOT

	The skipper is holding the lightening rod upright with a pair of Y shaped sticks as 
	it cools. Gilligan is fast asleep as he rests up against a downed log.

ZOOM IN FOR CLOSE UP OF SKIPPER AND PROFESSOR

				SKIPPER
			Well there you are professor. 
			The lightening rods all finished.

				PROFESSOR
			Well just put it down and let it cool 
			and harden. We’ll finish the work in 
			the hut. 

				SKIPPER
			All right. (PAUSE)
			Oh ah, should I wake up Gilligan?

				PROFESSOR
			No he’s exhausted just let him stay there.

PAN RIGHT AND DOWN WITH SKIPPER TO LOG

	The skipper takes the lightning rod over to where Gilligan is sleeping and leans the
	rod against the log next to him.

START OF DREAM SEQUENCE

	We hear the disembodied voice of the professor as we watch Gilligan sleep.

				PROFESSOR
				  (O.S.)
			…cosmic rays are speeding up the life 
			cycle, making everything older. By the 
			end of the week we’ll be fifty years older. 
			Soon we’ll all be fifty years older.

	Gilligan is restless as he hears the professor’s words in his dream.

				GILLIGAN
			(GROGGILY)
			Fifty years older. Fifty years older.
			Fifty years…

	As Gilligan repeats the professor’s words, we start to fade into his dream.

FADE TO: INT – SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN’S HUT – NIGHT

MEDIUM SHOT OF GILLIGAN WITH SKIPPER IN BG

	Gilligan is combing his hair as he hums to himself. He’s looks as if he’s in his 
	seventies now with white hair and wrinkles.

PULL BACK FOR REVEALING SHOT

	We see that Gilligan is actually looking in the wall mirror as he combs his hair. 
	We see the skipper lying in his hammock. 

				GILLIGAN
				 (OLD)
			Better hurry up skipper you’re gonna 
			be late for the party tonight.

				SKIPPER
				 (OLD)
			Well, don’t just stand there Gilligan, 
			come over and help me.

PAN RIGHT WITH GILLIGAN TO SKIPPER

	Gilligan finishes his hair and starts to slowly make his way to the skipper. 

				SKIPPER
				 (OLD)
			Well hurry it up!

				GILLIGAN
				 (OLD)
			I’m runnin!

	Gilligan grabs the skippers hand and the both of them make every labored effort to 
	get the skipper out of the hammock with grunts and groans. We see the skipper is 
	much older now too. He’s got long white hair and a beard.

				SKIPPER
				 (OLD)
		            (labored and groaning more)
			Gilligan. Thanks little buddy! Hea…hea…hea… 
			(PAUSE)
			Well it’s hard to realize, this, fiftieth anniversary 
			on this island.

				GILLIGAN
				  (OLD)
			Fifty years! One good thing about it, 
			we know everybody at the party! 

	Gilligan lets out a laugh that sound more like a dog coughing than a laugh. The 
	skipper slaps him on the back making him nearly fall as he looses his breath 
	making him gasp.

				SKIPPER
				(OLD)
			Well hand me my cane Gilligan.

	Gilligan goes over to the hammock pole where the cane is propped up and tries to 
	pick it. It immediately drops to the ground pulling Gilligan with it as if it weighed a 
	hundred pounds.

				GILLIGAN
				 (OLD)
			Either that canes getting heavier or 
			I’m getting older!

				SKIPPER
				(OLD)
			Well naturally Gilligan you’re getting 
			older so the cane IS getting heavier.

	Gilligan hands the cane to the skipper. The skipper gives the camera a long stare 
	as if to say “for Pete’s sake!”

				SKIPPER
				 (OLD)
			Thank you. (PAUSE)			
			Shall we start going?

	The skipper and Gilligan slowly make their way towards the huts door and out.

FLIP TO: INT – MR. AND MRS. HOWELL’S HUT – NIGHT

CLOSE UP SHOT OF MR. AND MRS. HOWELL

	Mr. Howell is standing wearing an old tuxedo and has white hair and a beard. 
	Mrs. Howell is seated at her make-up table looking considerably older as well. 
	Mr. Howell is fiddling with his bow tie.

				MR. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			Lovey my dear, help me with my 
			tie will you?

				MRS. HOWELL
				    (OLD)
			Oh yes of course Thurston. Come 
			over here.

	Mr. Howell slowly walks towards Mrs. Howell.

				MR. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
	Thank heavens it’s down hill, there you go my dear.

PULL BACK FOR MEDIUM SHOT

	He finally makes the short distance to Mrs. Howell and bends over slightly so she 
	can help him with his bow tie but there’s only a couple of haggard black ribbons 
	hanging down.

				MRS. HOWELL
				    (OLD)
			Ah, where’s your bow tie Thurston?

				MR. HOWELL
				     (OLD)
			This IS my bow tie. It’s worn out through 
			the years. Erosion you know!

	There’s the sound of snapping and crackling. 

				MRS. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			Oh dear, did you hear all that crackling? 
			I’m afraid they put too much starch in you 
			shirt.

				MR. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			Oh no that wasn’t starch, that was my, 
			arteries hardening. Hea…hea…noisy 
			little sons a guns aren’t they!?

				MRS. HOWELL
				  (OLD)
			Yes. (PAUSE)
			Thurston help me select a piece 
			of jewelry?


				MR. HOWELL
				    (OLD)
			All right my dear I’ll, I’ll help you.

	Mr. Howell takes a large diamond necklace with a large diamond dangling from it.

				MR. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			Oh this, this one is, a heavy one, you’ll 
			never be able to, wear it my dear.

				MRS. HOWELL
				    (OLD)
			Oh nonsense Thurston, diamonds are 
			never too heavy. Put it on me please.

	Mr. Howell places it around Mrs. Howell’s neck and clasps the back. As he does, 
	the weight of the necklace makes Mrs. Howell hunch over even more.

				MR. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			There you are, I put it on you my dear. 
			Oh it must be terribly uncomfortable.

				MRS. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			Oh, on the contrary. It’s a delightful way 
			to get the bends.

	Mrs. Howell stands up and is still hunched over, part from age and part from the 
	weight of the diamond.

				MRS. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			Come along dear.

	Mr. Howell turns to walk with Mrs. Howell to the door and he’s hunched over as well.
	He hops a bit and is more hunched over than before.

				MR. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			To tell the truth I feel, more comfortable 
			that way myself. Let me get my little hattie, 
			and away we go! Ah! Out on the town!

				MRS. HOWELL
				  (OLD)
			You're so gallant.

	Mr. Howell grabs his hat and the both of them make their way to the door as they 
	chatter. Mr. Howell lets out one last yell as they exit.

CUT TO: INT – GINGER AND MARY ANN’S HUT – NIGHT

MEDIUM SHOT OF GINGER AND MARY ANN

	Mary Ann and Ginger are standing in their hut getting ready for the party. 

				GINGER
				(OLD)
			Here, zip me up.

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			All right.

	Mary Ann tries but struggles.

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			Oh, I can’t.

				GINGER
				(OLD)
			What’s the matter?

				MARY ANN
				(OLD)
			I haven’t got enough zip left in my 
			zipper.

				GINGER
				(OLD)
			Use both your hands.

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			All right.

	Mary Ann tries again.

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			Umph! There.

	She is successful.

				GINGER
				 (OLD)
			Mary Ann? Do you think that anyone 
			will recognize this dress from last year, 
			or the year before, or the year before, 
			or, the year before?

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			Oh yes I know, you don’t have to go over 
			the last fifty years.

				GINGER
				(OLD)
			Fifty years!? Please it’s not a day 
			over thirty.

				MARY ANN
				(OLD)
			Oh I forgot. We started subtracting 
			ten years ago.

	Just then we hear an aging professor making a hut call.

				PROFESSOR
				(O.S. OLD)
			Yo ho!

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			Oh!

	The professor walks inside the girls hut.

				PROFESSOR
				 (OLD)
			Yo ho! Are you ladies dressed?

	The professor enters their hut and he has white hair and a wispy beard. Ginger 
	reacts.

				GINGER
				(OLD)
			Oh, I…I thought that skipper and 
			Gilligan where coming to call for us.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF PROFESSOR

				PROFESSOR
				  (OLD)
			Well it was too far for them to walk!

	The professor eyeballs the girls.

				PROFESSOR
				  (OLD)
			Why you ladies certainly look as 
			beautiful as ever tonight!

CUT TO CLOSE UP OF GINGER AND MARY ANN

	Mary Ann gets giddy and giggles.

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			Professor, I bet you say that to 
			all the girls.

				GINGER
				(OLD)
			Mary Ann, we ARE, all the girls.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF PROFESSOR

				PROFESSOR
				 (OLD)
			Well, if you're ready, let’s go to 
			the party!

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF GROUP

				MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			I’m ready.

				GINGER
				(OLD)
			I’m ready too.

				PROFESSOR
				  (OLD)
			All right! If each one of you will take 
			an arm, I think that I’ll be able to make it!

	Mary Ann and Ginger each take one of the professor arms. All three are 
	chatting away as they walk towards the door.

				PROFESSOR
				  (OLD)
			Let’s go have a ball!

FADE TO: EXT – HUT CLEARING – NIGHT

WIDE SHOT

	We see the communal table with all sorts of food and drink displayed. The seven 
	castaways, all very old, are seated around the table chatting. Mr. Howell then 
	takes charge.

ZOOM IN FOR MEDIUM SHOT OF GROUP

				MR. HOWELL
				  (OLD)
			Quiet, quiet, I’d like to propose a 
			toast to our fiftieth anniversary.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MRS. HOWELL, GINGER AND MARY ANN

				GINGER
				 (OLD)
			Thirtieth!

				MRS. HOWELL
				   (OLD)
			Anyone for twenty five!?

	Ginger and Mary Ann like the idea.

			   GINGER AND MARY ANN
				 (OLD)
			Twenty five!

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

				MR. HOWELL
				  (OLD)
			I won’t argue the point I’m a gentleman, 
			but it’s…it’s fifty that we’ve been here. 
			All right now, here’s a toast to the island. 
			I raise my cup of grog,…

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MR. HOWELL

				MR. HOWELL
			        (CONTINUED)
			…though life hasn’t been easy here, 
			at least, we’ve been out of the smog.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF PROFESSOR, SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

	They raise the cups and are laughing.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MRS. HOWELL, GINGER AND MARY ANN

	The girls too are in agreement with raised cups and laughter.

				MRS. HOWELL
				      (OLD)
			Oh Thurston you haven’t lost your touch!

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF MR. HOWELL

	He nods and smiles.

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

				MARY ANN
				  (OLD)
			Oh lets have some music!

				GINGER
				  (OLD)
			Yeah lets dance.
     
CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF PROFESSOR, SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

				SKIPPER
				   (OLD)
			Come on Ginger lets dance!

	The professor is trying to get up from the table but isn’t fast enough for the skipper 
	whose obviously exited about dancing.

				SKIPPER
				 (OLD)
			Come on professor move!

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF GROUP

	Everyone gets up from the table and heads out into the open area to dance. They 
	all start singing and dancing, though no music is heard.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN WITH RADIO

	The radio begins to issue a weather report and the announcer sounds just as old 
	as the listeners.

			    RADIO ANNOUNCER
			     (V.O. OLD)
			WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM FOR 
			A SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN. 

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

	The group hears the radio and stops their activity.

			   RADIO ANNOUNCER
			    (V.O. OLD)
			THE STORM IS ABOUT TO HIT THIS 
			AREA AT ANY MOMENT.

	Suddenly there is a bright lightening flash and clap of thunder.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN AND RADIO

			   RADIO ANNOUNCER
			    (V.O. OLD)
			SEE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A 
			REAL FIERCE ONE.

	Another bolt of lightening is seen and heard. 

CUT TO: LIGHTENING BOLT THROUGH SKY (STOCK FOOTAGE)

CUT TO: MEDIUM SHOT OF GROUP

	There is wind, rain, thunder and lightening as the group starts to quickly leave 
	the clearing.

CUT TO: LIGHTENING BOLT THROUGH SKY (STOCK FOOTAGE)

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

	The group runs off camera to safety.

PAN LEFT WITH GROUP UNTIL GILLIGAN IN FRAME

ZOOM IN FOR CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

	Gilligan is still seated at the table with the radio as the weather gets worse. 

END DREAM SEQUENCE

WAVE FADE TO: EXT – HUT CLEARING – NIGHT

CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN STILL ASLEEP NEAR LOG

	Gilligan is awakened by the thunder clap and realizes the storm has started.

				GILLIGAN
			The storm is here!

	Gilligan gets up and see the lightening rod.

PAN UP WITH GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			The lightening rod! I’ve got to 
			get it to the meteor!

	He takes the lightening rod and starts toward the meteor.

CUT TO: LIGHTENING BOLT THROUGH SKY (STOCK FOOTAGE)

CUT TO: EXT – HUT CLEARING – NIGHT

WIDE SHOT

	Gilligan is fighting the wind as he tries to make his way to the meteor when 
	all of a sudden there is a flash of lightening.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

	A bolt of lightening strikes the lightening rod causing it to spark and flame. 
	Gilligan’s hair stands on end and he reacts.

				GILLIGAN
				(YELLING)
			Heeeelp!

CUT TO: EXT – SUPPLY HUT – NIGHT

	We can hear Gilligan’s yell for help.

				GILLIGAN
				 (O.S.)
			Oooowww heeeeelp!

	Skipper hears Gilligan and comes out of the hut.

				SKIPPER
			Something’s happened to my little buddy!

	The skipper runs off camera towards the meteor.

CUT TO: EXT – METEOR AREA – NIGHT

MEDIUM SHOT OF GILLIGAN

	Gilligan is running with the lightening rod and trips over a rock, sending the 
	lightening rod flying out of his hands. 

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF METEOR

	We see the lightening rod fly into the meteor and stick.

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

	The skipper runs out of the jungle and up to Gilligan.

				SKIPPER
			       (YELLING)
			Little buddy are you all right!?

ZOOM IN FOR CLOSE UP OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			       (YELLING)
			Yeah I’m ok but I lost the lightening 
			rod! It flew out of my hands and I 
			don’t know where it went!

				SKIPPER
			Look!

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF METEOR

				SKIPPER
			      (CONTINUED)
				 (O.S.)
 			Look at the meteor!

				GILLIGAN
				 (O.S.)
			Huh? Huh? Huh!?

	We see the lightening rod now firmly stuck in to the meteor. A lightening bolt 
	hits the rod and a sparking effect is seen working its way down the rod. 
	When it gets to the meteor, the meteor explodes in a shower of sparks, flame 
	and debris.

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT (CAMERA SHAKE)

	The skipper and Gilligan watch the destruction as the ground shakes beneath 
	them.

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF METEOR

	There is nothing left but a smoking hole where the meteor once was. 

CUT TO: PREVIOUS SHOT

	The rumbling sound of the explosion can still be heard as the skipper and 
	Gilligan keep looking at where the meteor was.

				SKIPPER
			Gilligan! The meteor disintegrated!

				GILLIGAN
			Not only that! It broke into a million pieces!

				SKIPPER
			Yes!

	The skipper and Gilligan look extremely happy. 

CUT TO: CLOSE UP OF METEOR HOLE

	We see the smoking hole where the meteor was as we…	
								
								FADE OUT


				EPILOG

FADE IN

INT – SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN’S HUT – DAY

MEDIUM SHOT OF SKIPPER AND GILLIGAN

	The skipper is lying in his hammock while Gilligan is pacing back and forth 
	nearby looking at himself in a small mirror as the professor enters the hut.

				PROFESSOR
			Well I just told the others the good 
			news! Not a trace of cosmic rays.

				SKIPPER
			Oh that’s wonderful professor!

				GILLIGAN
			That’s the best news I ever heard!

				SKIPPER
			Oh Gilligan you’ve been looking at 
			that mirror for the last ten minutes!

ZOOM IN FOR CLOSE UP OF GILLIGAN

				GILLIGAN
			I know. I don’t think I look bad 
			for a man of seventy two.

	Gilligan keeps looking at himself in the mirror as we…

			
								FADE OUT


				END CREDITS