A Three Hour Tour

[tinselwolverine]

Having nothing better to do, I stumbled across a Gilligan’s Island three hour marathon on METV.

I think they’re showing some of the very best episodes.

Hopefully they’ll show the one where the professor tries to make a Phone or a Clock-I forget which one it is-with the coconut and some other stuff.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I tell you, that Marianne sure had one fine ass.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Right now the skipper and Gilligan have been trying to glue wood to the damaged parts of the boat so they can sail the Minnow off the island… But Gilligan has managed to glue them selves to each other and both of them to the side of the boat. I’ll give you an update as things progress.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Anyway the glue was defective and the boat fell apart-leg it disintegrated. The minnow.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Anyway in this next episode, Thurston Howell is out golfing and Gilligan is his caddy. Mr. Howell drives the ball into a deep hole; Gilligan falls in and it looks as if the walls are lined with gold. Thurston Howell falls in also and then we go to commercial.

 

[tinselwolverine]

So now everybody on the island knows about the gold and everyone is torn between trying to get off the island and minding the gold.

 

[tinselwolverine]

So at this point the bougie Howells have all the gold in the proletarian masses-except Ginger the movie star is probably not proletarian-are feeling fucked.

 

[tinselwolverine]

So everybody tried to smuggle a big bag of gold on the raft to escape the island and the wrath sank in the lagoon. They are still stranded.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Anyway in this next episode somebody finds a rare artifact probably worth a fortune and all the castaways are trying to get possession of it.

I’m starting to notice a theme here-it seems that their collective greed ends up keeping them trapped on the island.

 

[rumseyhouse77]

Everything I needed to know about life I learned by watching Gilligan's Island.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I always like the episodes where they're about to get off the island and something goes wrong.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Crap! Probably too late. I'll check though.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Btw, what's METV?

 

[Michchamp]

So at this point the bougie Howells have all the gold in the proletarian masses-except Ginger the movie star is probably not proletarian-are feeling fucked.

I don't think the Howells are bourgeoisie... they're wealthier than that. They're firmly upper class, not upper middle class.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I don't think the Howells are bourgeoisie... they're wealthier than that. They're firmly upper class, not upper middle class.

Well, in the iconic theme song, the Howells are described as ?the millionaire, and his wife??

That having been said?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qy5Hn43V9A

 

[Michchamp]

Well, in the iconic theme song, the Howells are described as ?the millionaire, and his wife??

That having been said?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qy5Hn43V9A

Being a millionaire in the 60's was a big deal. in the '10's, not so much. today it just means you can afford to live in a house without having to run it as an Air B-N-B on the weekends and sleep in the street, or drive ?ber in addition to your regular job to afford car payments.

 

[hungry]

Yep, I was going to say that. Being a millionaire back then, probably meant you were super rich

being a millionaire now, doesn't mean you are super rich

 

[Michchamp]

Yep, I was going to say that. Being a millionaire back then, probably meant you were super rich

being a millionaire now, doesn't mean you are super rich

right.

I just checked and it looks like Gilligan's Island aired from 1964-1967.

According to the Federal government's cost of living adjuster, $1,000,000 in 1964 would be worth $8,180,453.07 today.

Not sure whether they had that in cash, but according to various US wealth estimates, that puts them in the range of the top 1.5% of Americans. Not quite the top 1% though.

At their age, they could live pretty comfortably on that, though they might not be hanging with Jeff Bezos, the king of Saudi Arabia, and the rest of the Mega-Yacht crowd. but then again, in the 1960's the wealth gap was not as extreme as it is today, so maybe there wasn't as much of a different in lifestyles between the top 1.5% and 1% back then.

 

[tinselwolverine]

right.

I just checked and it looks like Gilligan's Island aired from 1964-1967.

According to the Federal government's cost of living adjuster, $1,000,000 in 1964 would be worth $8,180,453.07 today.

Not sure whether they had that in cash, but according to various US wealth estimates, that puts them in the range of the top 1.5% of Americans. Not quite the top 1% though.

At their age, they could live pretty comfortably on that, though they might not be hanging with Jeff Bezos, the king of Saudi Arabia, and the rest of the Mega-Yacht crowd. but then again, in the 1960's the wealth gap was not as extreme as it is today, so maybe there wasn't as much of a different in lifestyles between the top 1.5% and 1% back then.

We don’t know that the Howells were millionaires with a net worth of only $1 million.

Their behavior indicated that they were more affluent society folk than that.

They could have been worth up to $999,999,999 and still have only been millionaires.

So according to your cost-of-living adjuster, that would’ve put them at an equivalent of upwards of $8 billion in today’s money.

That would put them between Stephen Ross and George Soros based on this from Forbes.

 

[rumseyhouse77]

We don?t know that the Howells were millionaires with a net worth of only $1 million.

Their behavior indicated that they were more affluent society folk than that.

They could have been worth up to $999,999,999 and still have only been millionaires.

So according to your cost-of-living adjuster, that would?ve put them at an equivalent of upwards of $8 billion in today?s money.

That would put them between Stephen Ross and George Soros based on this from Forbes.

Reasoning it out though, if the Howells had been super rich they would have had their own yacht and would not have been on a 3 hour tour on the Minnow (which was not even good size party boat). So, I think they may have been exaggerating their wealth.