Q: “If the professor on Gilligan’s Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can’t he fix a hole in a boat?”
A: It was all a FBI/CIA plan to keep Thurston Howell III and his wife out of circulation.
The President at the time was concerned about the alarming amount of the Howells’ cartel money flowing to Cuba and assigned Anton Deppesphere (otherwise known as ‘Gilligan’) to the case.
The Professor (agent name ‘Baraxus’) actually worked for the Treasury Department and was temporarily re-assigned to the IRS to assess the actual wealth of Mrs Howell. Mr. Howell’s wealth was well-known to the government as he was a front, and needed to look “clean” to help prepare the path for his wife’s activities.
It was MRS Howell who was under investigation. She was the mastermind of the operation being targeted for, and actually had a far greater influence on international political sensitivities than did her husband.
The rest of the folks were just as portrayed; it was only through the cunning mastery of interpersonal interaction that Anton and Baraxus were able to continue the operation until the Cuban missile crisis had cooled off.
Lancelot Link was present too, but undercover and no one took much notice of him. However he was vital to the success as he relayed communication between the other field agents and headquarters. He used a coconut radio, which is actually more efficient than is widely known.
