Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978 TV Movie)

Jim Backus: Thurston Howell III

Quotes 

• [spotting a Coast Guard helicopter] 

  Skipper : I can't believe it. After fifteen years, we're finally rescued.

  Mary Ann : Rescued.

  Mrs. Howell : Rescued.

  Ginger Grant : Rescued.

  Mr. Howell : Rescued.

  Professor : Rescued.

  Gilligan : Rescued.

• Mr. Howell : Captain, can you give me one good reason why you haven't put up the sail?

  Skipper : Yes, Mr. Howell, we haven't got a sail.

  Mr. Howell : Can you give me another good reason?

• Governor's Aide : Aloha. On behalf of the governor of Hawaii, may I present you with the key to the city.

  Gilligan : Oh, it must open some big door, huh?

  Governor's Aide : The entire world was thrilled when the Coast Guard radioed word of your rescue after 15 years. Telegrams and calls have been pouring in. I'd like to present you with the most important one first. This telegram is from Jimmy Carter.

  Mr. Howell : Jimmy who?

  Governor's Aide : Jimmy Carter. He's the president now. He succeeded Ford.

  Mrs. Howell : Ford who?

  Governor's Aide : Gerald Ford. He came after Watergate.

  Ginger Grant : Watergate who?

  Mary Ann : Oh, I'm afraid we've been away a long time.

  Professor : Yes, it seems that everything has changed.

• Skipper : [wading in the water]  Help! Help, Skipper!

  Skipper : Why, I can hear my little buddy calling out my name like he was still here.

  Gilligan : Help, Professor!

  Professor : That's odd, now I can hear him calling me.

  Mr. Howell : That's nothing odd at all. It's the dear boy reaching out to us from the great beyond.

  Gilligan : Help, Ginger, Mary Ann!

  Mary Ann : Ginger, do you believe in ghosts?

  Ginger Grant : No, but I believe Gilligan's haunting this hut.

  Gilligan : Help, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, somebody!

  Mrs. Howell : Somebody? How informal.

  Professor : That's Gilligan, and it sounds like he's just beyond that wall.

  Skipper : [sticks his head through the wall]  Little buddy, Gilligan! He's out there, everybody, and he's okay!

• Mr. Howell : i cant swim lovey. remember i hired our butler to take the lessons for me.

• Mr. Howell : we dont like the way you were talking about oyr freinds the deal is off get out of our house