FADE IN: JUNGLE
GILLIGAN IS RUNNING AND SHOUTING AND FLAILING HIS ARMS WILDLY AS HE ENTERS THE CASTAWAY'S CAMPSITE.
GILLIGAN
Professor! Professor! They've got him! They've got him!
HELP! Professor!
THE PROFESSOR RUNS OUT OF HIS HUT, INTERRUPTED FROM HIS MIDMORNING MEDITATION.
PROFESSOR
Gilligan! What is it? What's wrong?
GILLIGAN
They've got him! The Skipper. They've taken him!
PROFESSOR
GILLIGAN
PROFESSOR
Natives? You mean those evil people from the other island?
GILLIGAN
I guess. They all look the same to me.
PROFESSOR
Well Gilligan, you know we have to be careful here. You know the
Itongas are just fun-loving pranksters but the Bawongas are cannibals.
Now, which group was it?
GILLIGAN
Well, they all were wearing these long things on their heads.
PROFESSOR
GILLIGAN
PROFESSOR
I said, like a headdress? Were they wearing headdresses?
GILLIGAN
I don't know. I could only see them a little. I was hiding in the
bushes.
PROFESSOR
If they wearing headdresses they are the cannibals. We don't really
want to mess with them. I mean the Skipper was a great guy and all
but I mean these guys are cannibals! Cannibals! They eat
other folks! Gilligan, do you understand?
GILLIGAN
You mean we're not going to go help the Skipper?
PROFESSOR
You got it, Little Buddy. Can I call you 'Little Buddy' from now
on? You know, kind of in remembrance of the Skipper? Or is it
improper of me to not mourn a while longer?
GILLIGAN
You can call me 'Little Buddy' only if I can call you Russell Johnson.
PROFESSOR
Gilligan! The name is the Professor! Please! Let's try to stick
to the script.
THE DIRECTOR COMES OVER TO THE ACTORS.
DIRECTOR
Boys, boys, boys. Why are we doing this again? Do we want to
waste another morning with this crap?
PROFESSOR
It was Denver! He thinks he's too good to do the script the way it
was written!
GILLIGAN
DIRECTOR
Boys, boys, boys. Listen to me. Now, Russell? You want to get
paid, right?
JOHNSON NODS 'YES'.
DIRECTOR
And Denver? You want to get paid too, right?
DENVER NODS 'YES' ALSO.
DIRECTOR
Now let's take it one more time.
THE DIRECTOR WALKS BACK BEHIND THE CAMERAS.
DIRECTOR
PROFESSOR
Gilligan! Little Buddy. Please try to remember what
the natives looked like.
DIRECTOR
Johnson, you're OUT! Pack up. Send in the Professor's
double.
A MAN BEARING A STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO WALLY COX ENTERS THE SCENE FROM THE RIGHT.
DIRECTOR
Denver, Simpkins. Simpkins, Denver. Now that the rapport has
been established, rolem!
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