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The Ballad of Gilligan's Island, also known as Somewhere Over the Rerun is the second episode of ALF's second season. It originally aired on September 28, 1987.

Plot

The episode opens with ALF drilling holes into coconuts and speaking some vaguely Hawaiian gibberish. This is because he’s preparing himself for some event television: a rerun of Gilligan's Island. Brian and ALF are both watching an episode of Gilligan's Island but Kate comes in to tell Brian to get ready for bed, and he joins ALF in the Gilligan’s Island quote-fest by forcing his way through history’s most tortured “Aye aye.” Willie comes in and ALF complains to him that he’s only happy when Gilligan’s Island is on. Willie dismissively replies, “That’s four hours every day right there.”. At nighttime, ALF tells Willie and Kate some stories about the show and he knows that the fun never stops. Willie asks if ALF can return to reality, and possibly, he can make a little lagoon. The next morning, Willie tells Kate that there is no water coming out of the faucet. Willie goes into the backyard, then promptly falls into a water-filled hole. When Kate asks what happened, ALF said he could build a lagoon and Willie authorized it. Willie angrily remarks "I said a little lagoon, not the Great Tanner Reef!" Willie makes ALF sleep in the backyard as punishment and bans him from coming indoors until the lagoon is filled and the backyard is level again. That night, ALF tries to dupe Lynn into filling the lagoon just like the other castaways dupe Gilligan. Lynn does not fall for it, but gives ALF some lemonade.

While asleep from working hard, he has a dream where he actually finds himself on Gilligan's Island. He meets with Gilligan and Skipper, who are fishing. They take ALF to meet Mary Ann and the Professor. For lunch, Mary Ann said that they're going to have mangoes. ALF learns that there are no more coconut creme pies due to the castaways' aging and being concerned about blood sugar, and Gilligan remarks he is fine with that as they were sick of coconut creme pies anyway. ALF also learns that the castaways are depressed from being away from civilization for so long. They are bored and tired from doing the same thing for 23 years like eating fruits, coconut pies, Gilligan get hit on the head with a hat, and being called "Little Buddy" when he's in his 40's. ALF tries to make them be their funny selves, only for them to order him to fill their own lagoon for them to build a miniature golf course. Through a makeshift TV built by the Professor, (made from bamboo, transistor tubes and a 19-inch tube that fell off a cruise ship and washed ashore), the castaways watch their favorite TV show, The Adventures of the Tanner Family, a program about the Tanner family! Gilligan and the castaways pine for a mundane life in suburbia like the Tanners, where they could take warm baths, have a wardrobe of more than one set of clothes, and eat meatloaf with apple pie for dessert. ALF shows up and asks the cast if he can watch a little. He can dig as he goes home and he knows that he doesn't want to be a castaway since it's only fun in half hour chunks. Through the TV, Willie tells ALF that he wanted to be on Gilligan's Island since the fun never stops, and he got it. ALF begs Willie to rescue him. He is then woken by Willie at the Tanner residence, who said ALF was talking in his sleep. ALF says he realizes now that he should grateful for what he has with the Tanners. Willie says ALF is still responsible for rectifying the damage to the yard, but is happy about the apology. Left alone, ALF puts his back into restoring the yard.

Later, now welcome back in the house, ALF thanks Kate for cooking a dinner of meatloaf. When Kate says that she has coconut cream pie for dessert, ALF decides to pass. Willie is glad the backyard is nice and level, but Kate remarks that it looks a lot like a Western ponderosa. The Tanners realize ALF has become a fan of Bonanza and traded one fandom for another!

Transcript

The transcript for the episode can be found here.

Title Reference

"The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" is the title of the theme song to the Gilligan's Island TV series.

Cast

Paul Fusco – ALF (puppeteer, voice)
- Lisa Buckley - ALF (assistant puppeteer)
- Bob Fappiano - ALF (assistant puppeteer)
Max Wright – Willie Tanner
Anne Schedeen – Kate Tanner
Andrea Elson – Lynn Tanner
Benji Gregory – Brian Tanner
Bob Denver – Gilligan
Alan Hale, Jr. – The Skipper
Dawn Wells – Mary Ann Summers
Russell Johnson – Professor

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+'''The Ballad of Gilligan's Island''', also known as '''Somewhere Over the Rerun''' is the second episode of [[ALF (TV series)|''ALF'']]'s [[Season 2|second season]]. It originally aired on September 28, 1987.[[File:Gilligan's_Island.jpg|thumb|300px]]
+==Plot==
-'''The Ballad of Gilligan's Island''', also known as '''Somewhere Over the Rerun''' is the second episode of [[ALF (TV series)|''ALF'']]'s [[Season 2|second season]]. It originally aired in September 28th, 1987.[[File:Gilligan's_Island.jpg|thumb|300px]]
+The episode opens with [[ALF]] drilling holes into coconuts and speaking some vaguely Hawaiian gibberish. This is because he’s preparing himself for some event television: a rerun of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_island Gilligan's Island]''. Brian and ALF are both watching an episode of ''Gilligan's Island'' but Kate comes in to tell Brian to get ready for bed, and he joins ALF in the Gilligan’s Island quote-fest by forcing his way through history’s most tortured “Aye aye.” Willie comes in and ALF complains to him that he’s only happy when Gilligan’s Island is on. Willie dismissively replies, “That’s four hours every day right there.”. At nighttime, ALF tells Willie and Kate some stories about the show and he knows that the fun never stops.  Willie asks if ALF can return to reality, and possibly, he can make a little lagoon. The next morning, Willie tells Kate that there is no water coming out of the faucet. Willie goes into the backyard, then promptly falls into a water-filled hole. When Kate asks what happened, ALF said he could build a lagoon and Willie authorized it. Willie angrily remarks "I said a little lagoon, not the Great Tanner Reef!" Willie makes ALF sleep in the backyard as punishment and bans him from coming indoors until the lagoon is filled and the backyard is level again. That night, ALF tries to dupe Lynn into filling the lagoon just like the other castaways dupe Gilligan. Lynn does not fall for it, but gives ALF some lemonade.
+While asleep from working hard, he has a dream where he actually finds himself on ''Gilligan's Island''. He meets with Gilligan and Skipper, who are fishing. They take ALF to meet Mary Ann and the Professor. For lunch, Mary Ann said that they're going to have mangoes. ALF learns that there are no more coconut creme pies due to the castaways' aging and being concerned about blood sugar, and Gilligan remarks he is fine with that as they were sick of coconut creme pies anyway. ALF also learns that the castaways are depressed from being away from civilization for so long. They are bored and tired from doing the same thing for 23 years like eating fruits, coconut pies, Gilligan get hit on the head with a hat, and being called "Little Buddy" when he's in his 40's. ALF tries to make them be their funny selves, only for them to order him to fill their own lagoon for them to build a miniature golf course. Through a makeshift TV built by the Professor, (made from bamboo, transistor tubes and a 19-inch tube that fell off a cruise ship and washed ashore), the castaways watch their favorite TV show, ''The Adventures of the Tanner Family'', a program about the Tanner family! Gilligan and the castaways pine for a mundane life in suburbia like the Tanners, where they could take warm baths, have a wardrobe of more than one set of clothes, and eat meatloaf with apple pie for dessert. ALF shows up and asks the cast if he can watch a little. He can dig as he goes home and he knows that he doesn't want to be a castaway since it's only fun in half hour chunks. Through the TV, Willie tells ALF that he wanted to be on ''Gilligan's Island'' since the fun never stops, and he got it. ALF begs Willie to rescue him. He is then woken by Willie at the Tanner residence, who said ALF was talking in his sleep. ALF says he realizes now that he should grateful for what he has with the Tanners. Willie says ALF is still responsible for rectifying the damage to the yard, but is happy about the apology. Left alone, ALF puts his back into restoring the yard.
-==Plot Summary==
-[[ALF]] dreams of being on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_island Gilligan's Island], ''so he has been remaking the Tanner residence into an imagined paradise. He thinks life is always fun and wacky on Gilligan's Island, where coconut creme pies are plentiful. ALF's transformation of the backyard into the "Great Tanner Reef" and diversion of the house's water main gets him punished by being made to refill the hole. While asleep from working hard, he has a dream where he actually finds himself on Gilligan's Island and is met by Gilligan and Skipper, who are working on a minature golf course. They take him to meet Maryann and the Professor (it is explained that Ginger and the Howells are on the other side of the island). ALF learns that there are no more coconut creme pies due to the castaways' aging and being concerned about blood sugar (and being tire of them, anyway). ALF also learns that the castaways are depressed from being away from civilization for so long. They are bored and tired from doing the same thing for 23 years like eating fruits, coconut pies, Gilligan get hit on the head with a hat, etc. Alf tries to make them be their funny selves, only for them to order him to fill their own lagoon for them to build a miniature golf course. Through a makeshift TV built by the Professor, (made from bamboo, transistor tubes and a 19-inch tube that fell off a cruise ship and washed ashore), the castaways watch their favorite TV show, ''The Tanners'', a program about the Tanner family! Gilligan and the castaways pine for a mundane life in suburbia like the Tanners and to once again eat apple pie and meatloaf and take warm bathes. Through the TV, Willie tells ALF that he got more than he bargained for by being on Gilligan's Island. ALF screams to be rescued, only to be awoken. ALF learns his lesson to be appreciative of living with the Tanners.
+Later, now welcome back in the house, ALF thanks Kate for cooking a dinner of meatloaf. When Kate says that she has coconut cream pie for dessert, ALF decides to pass. Willie is glad the backyard is nice and level, but Kate remarks that it looks a lot like a Western ponderosa. The Tanners realize ALF has become a fan of ''Bonanza'' and traded one fandom for another!
+==Transcript==
+The transcript for the episode can be found [[The Ballad of Gilligan's Island/Script|here]].
 ==Title Reference==
 "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" is the title of the theme song to the ''Gilligan's Island'' TV series.
-[[de:Reif für die Insel]]
+==Cast==
+* Paul Fusco – [[ALF]] (puppeteer, voice)
+** Lisa Buckley - ALF (assistant puppeteer)
+** Bob Fappiano - ALF (assistant puppeteer)
+* Max Wright – [[Willie Tanner]]
+* Anne Schedeen – [[Kate Tanner]]
+* Andrea Elson – [[Lynn Tanner]]
+* Benji Gregory – [[Brian Tanner]]
+* Bob Denver – Gilligan
+* Alan Hale, Jr. – The Skipper
+* Dawn Wells – Mary Ann Summers
+* Russell Johnson – Professor
 [[Category:ALF Episodes]]
+[[Category:Season 2 Episodes]]