Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet
| "Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet" | |
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| Season 2, Episode 9 | |
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| Two Russian Cosmonauts crash land on the island. For once, Gilligan does something right when he switches vodka for water bottles... but as usual he messes everything up as usual! | |
| Basic Info | |
| Air Date: | November 18, 1965 |
| Written By: | Adele T. Strassfield and Bob Riordan |
| Directed By: | Jack Arnold |
| Guest Cast: | Vincent Beck and Danny Klega |
| Episode guide | |
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Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet is the 45th Episode in the series and Ninth episode in the Second season. It first aired on November 18, 1965.
Synopsis[edit]
The Castaways discover two Russian Cosmonauts named Igor and Ivan have crashed on the island. They see their crash as a chance to be rescued, but there's a lot of mistrust between them. The Professor doesn't trust their arrival as random, and Igor and Ivan don't believe their claims of being stranded. Using a ruse, the Professor takes Gilligan to sneak on their craft to use a radio, but Gilligan hangs on a power switch and short-circuits their radio. Although they're caught, the Professor is the only one who can fix the radio so that the Cosmonauts can call for help. Gilligan, meanwhile, overhears them planning on leaving everyone behind after drinks. Without anyone capable of handling the Russian vodka, Gilligan has to sneak aboard and replace one marked bottle of Vodka with water. The men thereby are able to drink the Cosmonauts into submission, and leave them to be disgraced by their countrymen, but the next morning, Gilligan sets his watch to Manila time, and everyone misses the rescue boat. A few days later, the Castaways learn from the radio that the Russian Space Program has relocated their misplaced capsule to the Black Sea to cover-up their accident.
Message[edit]
- "Trust is a two-way street; mistrust is a dead end."
Highlights[edit]
- Coming up
Credits[edit]
Main Cast
- Bob Denver as Gilligan
- Alan Hale Jr. as The Skipper
- Jim Backus as Mr. Howell
- Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
- Tina Louise as Ginger
- Dawn Wells as Mary Ann
- Russell Johnson as The Professor
Guest Cast
- Vincent Beck as Igor
- Danny Klega as Ivan
- Charles Maxwell as the Radio Announcer (unconfirmed)
Trivia[edit]
- The syndicated version of his episode cuts out the ending where the Skipper and Gilligan hear of the rescue of the Cosmonauts.
- The footage shows the Russian capsule coming down like a falling star when it should have descended on a parachute.
- The tea urn and framed photo of Lenin in the Russian capsule shouldn't have survived traveling into space or even re-entry.
- In a previous episode, the Professor claims he speaks several languages. However, in this episode, it seems Russian is not one of them.
- Since English is their second language, it's odd that Igor and Ivan plot against the Castaways in English where someone could hear them rather than their native Russian.
- There is no Russian tradition of switching drinks before a toast.
- The coconut cups actually "clink" when struck, suggesting they are made of something other than coconut.
- Ivan supposedly passes out while drinking vodka as the Castaways drink water, but a close-up shows he had been drinking from the bottle with the "X" on it which had water in it.
- Mr. Howell mentions his brother-in-law in this episode; he also mentions him in Seer Gilligan.
- According to some press reports, the Russian space agency did alcoholic beverages to be taken along with their cosmonauts to keep them "in tone" and neutralize tension.
Quotes[edit]
- Gilligan "Boy, those falling stars are sure scary at night. I don't mind them during the day but at night when it gets dark."
Skipper "Gilligan, how can you possibly see a falling star during the daytime?"
Gilligan "Easy. Wait till it gets dark."
- Ginger "Tell me, Igor, how long do you think it will be before we're rescued?"
Igor - "If we're lucky, it will take long time."
Ginger "How about that, a Russian wolfhound."
- Mr. Howell - "Gentlemen, I am Thurston Howell III and this, of course, is my wife, Mrs. Thurston Howell III."
Mrs. Howell "Charmed."
Igor - "Capitalist... Exploiter..."
Mr. Howell - "Capitalist? Exploiter? I was wrong, Lovey, they're very friendly."
- Igor - "This calls for celebration."
Ivan - "With what? Coconut milk?"
Igor - "I have for you a big surprise. Hold this."
Ivan - "You bring vodka? On space ship?"
Igor - "Only way to fly!"
- Skipper "Professor, ask them again, they can't keep saying no forever."
Professor "All right. Igor...."
Igor - "Nyet."
Professor "You're wrong, Skipper, they can keep saying no forever."
- Professor "The capsule is gone!"
Skipper "The Russians are gone too!"
Gilligan "And you said nobody would steal them!"
