Awaiting Rescue

The other night I was watching Lost and starting thinking about another one of my favorite television shows and the similarities between them. The folks on Gilligans Island were awaiting rescue for years. Like the Lost folks, they thought rescue was imminent. In one show the SS Minnow gets shipwrecked and in the other Oceanic Flight 816 goes down. In both shows the characters go to great lengths to be rescued. The professor on Gilligan's Island would come upwith ingenious yet failing plans - a lot like Jack. People respect him but he really doesn't have a clue. Mary Ann - the cheerful, helpful shipmate with dark curly hair reminds me of Kate. I know in Lost Kate has a criminal past but we really don't know what Mary Ann's past was in Gilligan's Island - she may have been a criminal too for all we know. She probably committed a felony in Iowa for fraud. And the Skipper - he always thought he knew what was best for everyone - a real control freak - just like Locke. They even look similiar with their dark eyebrows and gray balding heads. I think Juliet is like Ginger although she seems more manipulative and dangerous. As for Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Howell the Third? I think Sun and Jin Kwon fulfill that role. Both couples were rich and were used to having other people serve them. Like Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Howell the Third, their relationship is rocky. So who is Gilligan? Who has a lot more going on upstairs than people give him credit for? Who has the physical comedy role? Which character is known for what is on top of his head? Who is misunderstood and sometimes sulks by himself? Hurley!