Gilligan's Island
Physical Fatness
Season 1, Episode 32 · Aired 1965-05-08
Synopsis
The Skipper has to go on a crash diet when he realizes that he weighs too much to re-enlist in the Navy again. Meanwhile, the professor invents a phosphorescent dye that he hopes will work for signalling passing ships.
In the series
This episode is part of Gilligan's Island (1964–1967) on CBS.
A three-hour tour that never ends — castaways as pure syndication candy.
Key cast
- Bob Denver as Gilligan
- Alan Hale Jr. as Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby
- Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III
- Tina Louise as Ginger Grant
- Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers