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Mr. Howell quotes from Gilligan's Island

15 quotes

5th most-quoted character in Gilligan's Island: in 15 of its 66 quotes
Most scenes with: Gilligan (7), Professor Roy Hinkley (7), The Skipper Grumby (5)

Lines by Mr. Howell 2

HMr. Howell

Sorry we're late, we were used to having our breakfast served in bed by a butler after he's had his breakfast served in bed.

S1 E20 St. Gilligan and the Dragon
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HMr. Howell

I'd walk out on that picture even on an airplane.

S2 E7 Castaways Pictures Presents
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Scenes with Mr. Howell 13

HMr. Howell

Oh, Shut up, will you Gilligan!

You can't tell Gilligan to shut up! I'll tell him when to shut up!

Thanks skipper. Now folks...

Shut up, Gilligan!

S1 E2 Home Sweet Hut
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Well, that glue is permanent! There's nothing on the island to dissolve it. Why do you know what it would take? It would take a polyester derivative of an organic hydroxide molecule.

HMr. Howell

Watch your language! You're in the presence of a lady!

S1 E8 Goodbye Island
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[after the raft sinks in the lagoon, and the castaways make it back to shore] Hey Skipper? We sank anyway without the gold.

Oh, I'm afraid this is all my fault, folks. Why, I didn't think one bag of gold would sink us.

Two bags.

HMr. Howell

Three bags.

Four bags.

Five bags.

Six bags.

[after they all look at him, he scoffs] That's a switch. Usually I'm one left holding the bag.

S1 E9 The Big Gold Strike
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HMr. Howell

Gilligan, my boy, I've prepared a dish to titillate even your unsophisticated palate. Behold, la spécialité de la maison.

What is it? It smells like fish stew.

HMr. Howell

Fish stew? It's a world-famous French recipe -- bouillabaisse.

It sure smells like fish stew!

HMr. Howell

No, no, no, no, no, it's not fish stew; it's bouillabaisse!

What does bouillabaisse mean in English?

HMr. Howell

Errr -- fish stew.

S1 E32 Physical Fatness
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[while judging the beauty contest] Mr. Howell, are you trying to influence me?

HMr. Howell

Oh, no, cherish the thought.

S2 E2 Beauty Is as Beauty Does
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HMr. Howell

[to the Russian cosmonauts] Gentlemen. I am Thurston Howell III and this of course is my wife, Mrs. Thurston Howell III.

Charmed.

IIgor

Capitalist! Exploiter!

HMr. Howell

Capitalist. Exploiter. I was wrong Lovey. They're very friendly!

S2 E9 Nyet, Nyet, Not Yet
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[hears the radio] Wait a minute! Quiet! The announcement, quiet! Quiet!

RARadio Announcer

And now they are activating the robot's receptor spools to see if they can find out how it got to Hawaii. The next voice you hear will be that of the robot.

RRobot

[mechanically] I have been on a deserted island. The putt breaks to the right.

HMr. Howell

Well, it was a lucky shot!

RRobot

[mechanically] Sweep back and forth, back and forth. I was stranded. This is the way we wash our clothes.

RARadio Announcer

Ladies and gentlemen, the scientists from the laboratory are checking to see exactly what went wrong. Perhaps now we can learn the reason the recorded messages are all scrambled... A WHAT?... Ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, a RABBIT'S FOOT was just found in the robot!

[all turn and stare at Gilligan]

RARadio Announcer

It demagnetized the entire receptor spools. There is now no chance of finding out where the robot has been, who reprogrammed it, or how it got to Hawaii. For that matter, how the rabbit's foot got in there in the first place!

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GILLIGAN?

I just thought it'd bring us some luck, ya know?

S2 E21 Gilligan's Living Doll
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HMr. Howell

We are dealing with a super mentality, an enemy with an intelligence far superior to ours.

Mr. Howell, I shall have to contest your theory.

HMr. Howell

You contest your commanding general? A man who studied under Robert E. Lee and George Custer?

You would pick two losers.

S2 E22 Forward March
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Oh, let him go, Thurston. What's the difference?

That's right, Mr. Howell. What's the difference? He can't spend any more of your money even if he is rescued.

HMr. Howell

Well, he can't, can he? He's wearing my pants and my wallets in the back pocket!

S2 E26 Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?
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Now gentlemen, on the one hand there may be nothing to worry about.

Good!

But on the other hand...

I knew it, it's always the other hand that gets in trouble!

HMr. Howell

" I have one regret. that I won't live to be one hundred years old."

"Oh, but you will dear. You' be that on Saturday."

S2 E32 Meet the Meteor
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We've been all over this island and were not even sure Lord Beasley has even seen a Pussycat Swallowtail.

Where else can he afford to look?

HMr. Howell

Good heavens!

Looking for a butterfly under the water?

HMr. Howell

That's what I call a determined man.

That's what I call a determined nut!

You and your big mouth! [after Gilligan remarks that the only place Beasley hasn't searched the mountain, and Beasley forces them to climb it]

S3 E7 Man With a Net
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