The Pentagon is set to launch a new deadly missile that will destroy everything within 100 miles of its path, and the island is ground zero.The Pentagon is set to launch a new deadly missile that will destroy everything within 100 miles of its path, and the island is ground zero.The Pentagon is set to launch a new deadly missile that will destroy everything within 100 miles of its path, and the island is ground zero.
Harry Lauter
- Maj. Adams
- (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell
- Radio Announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Russell Thorson
- Gen. Bryan
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGilligan breaks the Fourth Wall when his head is outside the missile & the Professor warns him that if he makes a wrong move while disarming the missile, that he could blow everyone up.
- GoofsThe radio announcer gives the target coordinates for the Powderkeg missile as 140 degrees latitude, 10 degrees longitude, which the Skipper (an old salt in these waters) and Professor confirm. Lines of latitude only go up to 90 degrees. Transposing the coordinates, though (to 10 degrees N latitude, 140 degrees W longitude) would place the missile several hundred miles southeast of Hawaii - the approximate location of their island.
- Quotes
Ginger Grant: If we had been doing these exercises all along, we'd be in good shape.
Mary Ann Summers: I don't see how you can exercise anyway in that dress. It's so tight. I'm surprised it doesn't cut off your circulation.
Ginger Grant: Honey, in Hollywood the tighter the dress, the more the girl circulates.
- Alternate versionsOn MeTv, TBS, and TNT, this episode airs in color.
- ConnectionsReferences Ben Casey (1961)
- SoundtracksThe Ballad of Gilligan's Isle
Words and Music by George Wyle and Sherwood Schwartz
Featured review
OPERATION POWDERKEG?
Growing up (in the days with NO cable) you had a choice; either I LOVE LUCY or GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.
After all these years, it's still fun. Goofy situations, over the top acting, but you keep on coming back for more. I've often said that the pairing of the Skipper (Alan Hale) and Gilligan (Bob Denver) is a take off on Laurel and Hardy. There's one scene here where the Skipper gets hit with a sloppy pie in the face! Where the heck did they get a pie in the first place?
Here, the gang is in trouble again... The powers that be in Washington decide to launch a nuclear warhead, as a test, and of course Gilligan's Island is the target, hence the title X MARKS THE SPOT. To note, many of the props on the show were ingenius. Case in point, near the end of this episode, check out the missile that Gilligan happens to be sitting on! Probably a combo of cardboard and plastic, but it sure was a cool prop. The artistic award, however, goes to the designer of the island huts, which are really fun, replete with curtains and bamboo furniture.
The Radford Studios (as they are called, named after the street) are still there in Studio City, CA, but years ago they filled in the Gilligan Island mini lake to make way for CBS television studios. And if you live in the area, every time you pass the place you can't help but think of the show, also the WILD WILD WEST, which used the lake to its advantage.
Happy 60th birthday, 1964-2024
SEASON 1 EPISODE 19 remastered color dvd box set.
After all these years, it's still fun. Goofy situations, over the top acting, but you keep on coming back for more. I've often said that the pairing of the Skipper (Alan Hale) and Gilligan (Bob Denver) is a take off on Laurel and Hardy. There's one scene here where the Skipper gets hit with a sloppy pie in the face! Where the heck did they get a pie in the first place?
Here, the gang is in trouble again... The powers that be in Washington decide to launch a nuclear warhead, as a test, and of course Gilligan's Island is the target, hence the title X MARKS THE SPOT. To note, many of the props on the show were ingenius. Case in point, near the end of this episode, check out the missile that Gilligan happens to be sitting on! Probably a combo of cardboard and plastic, but it sure was a cool prop. The artistic award, however, goes to the designer of the island huts, which are really fun, replete with curtains and bamboo furniture.
The Radford Studios (as they are called, named after the street) are still there in Studio City, CA, but years ago they filled in the Gilligan Island mini lake to make way for CBS television studios. And if you live in the area, every time you pass the place you can't help but think of the show, also the WILD WILD WEST, which used the lake to its advantage.
Happy 60th birthday, 1964-2024
SEASON 1 EPISODE 19 remastered color dvd box set.
helpful•00
- tcchelsey
- Mar 4, 2023
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content