"Gillign" (last name held by request), although he possesed a 143 IQ (13 points hight than the Professor), was scorned by the other castaways because of proclevity for failure and paltry physical appearance. Bipolarism, epilepsy, mild dislexia, attention deficit disorder, and early stages of madness due to untreated syphilis, was a constant burden to him and at times was the couterwieght to his natural genius. Upon observation of nearly two years of isolation on the desert isle, it was noted that Gilligan prevented the castaways rescue on approximately 38 occasions. However, he can bedirectly credited with the prevention of more than 42 instances where one or more castaways would have met with sever bodily injury or death. Not to cast apsursions upon the Professor, but his failure to properly smelt iron, repair the rather simple two-way radio, or construct a boat( the island contained enough raw materials to build a fleet of reliable watercraft) marked him as quite an under-achiever in comparison to Gilligan (collected food, built shelter, policed compound, light duty security, transpotation, etc.) [more to follow
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Re: The Psychohistorial Dynamic of Giligan's Island
Sun, May 2, 2004 - 2:53 AM"Gilligan" left his home at age 16. He was the only child of a couple (names withheld pending authorization) who made their home in San Jose California. Te were poor immigrants from Eastern Europe. His father died when Gilligan was five years old from tuberculosis, his mother committed suicide a year later. It was then Gilligan left high school, falsified his identification, and signed on as crew of trans-pacific freighter, the "Kwang Hung" Although unconfirmed, it is held true Gilligan was dismissed from his job after accidentally causing th death of an ensign on board while having a petite siezure. He left the Kwang Hung when it docjed in Honoluluin 1959. It was there he met Jonas Grumby, a former US Navy Captain who was discharged due to advanced stress disorder syndrome, who owned a small boatcalled the Minnow on which he gave short harbor tours, short harbor tours. -
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Re: The Psychohistorial Dynamic of Giligan's Island
Sun, May 2, 2004 - 3:09 AMCORRECTIONS ANS CLARIFICATIONS: Giligans father died when Giligan was 15 not five. Captain Grumby's stress condition was quite rare. The trauma to Grumby's mental state took place on oneparticluar day during the battle of Inchon during WWI(the big one) Grumby, a decorated war hero, and his crew (he commanded a PT boat) came under fire. The radio was damaged. Grumby, who had obtained a technical degreefrom Grossmont College in San Diego in electronics, fixed the broken radio which allow him to call in air support that allowed a major supply line to continue to bring ammunitionand food to troops wagingassaults on theisland of Inchon/ However, the delay cost the lives of every single crewmember under his command. He was captured by the Japanese, tortured untill the end of the war and was treanded on a small island in thethe Japanese island chain, where he remaind for three years, unaware the war had ended. Before he was found by an American archaoligist studying ruins on the island where was stranded. Grumby never forgave himself for the death of his men. He returned to the states, began to drink heavilly and eventually bought the Minnow. -
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Sun, May 2, 2004 - 3:22 AMIt is not difficult to see the dynamic of the bizzare, yet strong relationship between Grumby and Gilligan. Grumby took Gilligan in as first mate of the tiny pleasure craft,hoping to quell his demons of failure to save his crew during the war and Gilligan, being drprived of a good relationship with his father and the untimely deathof his mother, saw "Skipper" a Gilligan referred to Grumby, as his father figure. His mother's suicide, however, seemed to make it difficult for him to establish norman relations with women. His father's over bearing nature and long illness caused Gilligan to be confortable in subservient rolls (see chapter on Thurston Howell III). It is important tonot, lest anyone think Grumby and Gilliagn were lovers. Both men were quite fond of attractive women, but gurded their damaged social skills by throwing themselves in to their work as sailors (see song "Brandi" "...my life, my love and my lady...is the sea") -
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Sun, May 2, 2004 - 3:31 AMGrumby kepta small apartment near the harbor andlet Gilligan live on the Minnow. The two men became close friends andeventually, Grumby gave 1/2 interest in the business to Gilligan. (Itis rumored that Grumby, having no family, wrote Gilligan into his will as sole heir.Life was simple for the two men. On June 15, 1961, a day like any other and many other, Grumby and Gilligan were hired for a simple mouth of the harbor tour (three hours). Thurston Howell III, Lovey Howell, Ginger Grant, and the rest boardedthe Minnow at 3 p.m.
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Re: The Psychohistorial Dynamic of Giligan's Island
Mon, May 3, 2004 - 10:58 PMHoly Sh*t~!! That was amazing. How long did it take you to research all this? I'd like to hear more about the professor. What's his major malfunction? -
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Wed, July 27, 2005 - 10:17 PMRoy Hinkley (The Professor), earned his PhD in chemistry at MIT and before the shipwreck, was a tenured professor of chemistry and physics at Brown University. A man of awkward social skills and solitude, Hinkly toiled away in his home laboratory researching chemical reponses to the human brain in an attempt to alter his nerd-like behavior. he failed. Horrible depressed, he planned to take one last vacation in Hawaii before committing suicide. During the storm in which the Minnow, Hinkly was shocked into reality. Surviving the storm cured him of his deep depression and he mamde it his life's work to develop food addidtves and substitutes; meteorolgy; and survival fitness techniques while on the island for the benefit of those shipwrecked and for the people of the world should he ever be rescued... -
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Wed, July 27, 2005 - 10:29 PM...Upon the 56th day of being shipwrecked, castavay movie actress, Ginger Grant stole into Hinkly's private hut and seduced him, unbeknownst to the others. Hinkly enjoyed the event, and the 34 other times sex between he and Ginger, but maintained the appearance of disinterest in the interest of of the cohesion of the group. It is to be noted that Hinkly had failed in numerous attempts to devise viable strategies and technologies that would get them off the island. Subconsiouly, Hinkly was sabataging the plans during the mathmatical calculation phase of reasearch on nearly every attempt. It was only when Ginger cut Hinky off sexually did he begin to review his work and discover what he had been doing (see Escape Fom Giligan's island). Most assuredly, Hinkly would have done harm to himself if he had know Mr. Thursan Howell III was giving Ginger $1,500 per act for sex. Ginger, a savy Hollywood type, figured it was a good gable should they ever be rescued. Unfortunantely, Howell's cash she had pocketed was lost during the hurricane that devestaed the island and aided the recue of the castaways. -
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Re: The Psychohistorial Dynamic of Giligan's Island
Wed, July 27, 2005 - 10:30 PMNames of the Casaways
William Giligan (Giligan)
Jonas Grumby (Skipper)
Roy Hinkley (The Professor)
Thurston Howell III (Mr. Howell)
"Lovey" Howell (Mrs. Howell)
Ginger Grant (Ginger)
Mary Ann Summers (Mary Ann)
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