Episode
Gilligan's Island: Don't Bug the Mosquitoes
Overview
A popular American singing group, the Mosquitoes (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving), land on the island hoping for some quiet and relaxation on a deserted island.
Details
- Series
- Gilligan's Island
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1965-12-09
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Don't Bug the Mosquitoes is Episode 12 in Season 2 of Gilligan's Island. It aired on 1965-12-09. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 11: The Chain of Command
The Skipper worries that something is going to happen to him, so he begins to train Gilligan to be a leader. The Skipper then disappears leaving Gilligan in charge, with predictable results!
Episode 13: Gilligan Gets Bugged
Gilligan's thinks he is doomed after being bitten by a yellow and green bug. Soon, the other castaways are also bitten by the same bug.
More episodes from this season
Episode 10: Hi-Fi Gilligan
Gilligan's mouth becomes a radio after he is accidentally hit on the head. When their regular radio is broken, Gilligan becomes their sole source of information on the approaching typhoon.
Episode 14: Mine Hero
While fishing, Gilligan pulls a WWII mine out of the lagoon. When the Professor is unable to deactivate the mine, Gilligan tows it back into the lagoon, where it harmlessly explodes.
Episode 9: Nyet, Nyet -- Not Yet
Two Russian Cosmonauts land on the island in their space capsule. Since the cosmonauts keep a tight guard on the space capsule, the castaways must come up with a way to smuggle one of them into the capsule in order to send back help after the cosmonauts are rescued.
Episode 15: Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue
Erika Tiffany Smith lands on the island looking for a place to start a new resort, and a new husband.
Episode 8: Agonized Labor
Gilligan and the Skipper hear a radio broadcast telling of the collapse of the Howell financial empire. The castaways attempt to help them develop skills in order to compete in the working world.
Episode 16: Not Guilty
A crate containing coconuts is wrapped in an old Honolulu newspaper that read that one of the Castaways are being sought in a murder investigation. The castaways become suspicious of each other and decide to recreate the events of the night before they sailed, in order to solve the Randolph Blake murder case.
Episode 7: Castaways Pictures Presents
The Castaways make a silent movie in the hopes that it will be discovered by someone who will rescue them.
Episode 17: You've Been Disconnected
A storm washes up a Trans-continental telephone cable up into the lagoon. Once again the Castaways are given hope for a rescue, as the Professor manages to break into the cable and rig up a telephone so they can dial out for help.
Episode 6: Quick Before It Sinks
The Professor thinks that the island is sinking, which causes the Castaways to panic. As it turns out, Gilligan has mistakenly moved the Professor's measuring stick, so the panic was a false alarm.
Episode 18: The Postman Cometh
The Castaways hear on the radio that Mary Ann's boyfriend in Kansas is getting married. Mary Ann overhears the others talking about her, and mistakenly believes that she has been poisoned by the mushrooms she recently ate, and has only a short while left to live. A hilarious dream sequence follows, featuring the Professor sounding a lot like Cary Grant.