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"The Producer" is the fourth episode of the third season of ''Gilligan's Island'', in which the castaways stage a musical version of ''Hamlet''. It first aired in on October 3, 1966. == Synopsis == After curmudgeonly film producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) crash lands near the island during an around the world talent hunt, the castaways are forced to tolerate him until his rescue plane arrives. When Ginger asks him for a role in his next movie however, Mr. Hecuba laughs at the idea, causing Ginger to become so upset that she refuses to return to civilization with the rest of the castaways. Hoping to change Mr. Hecuba's mind, Gilligan suggests that they perform a play for Mr. Hecuba so that he might reconsider Ginger's talent and ultimately decide to use her in a movie. From the limited resources available on the island, they create a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet.'' The cast performs three songs for their show. These parody the "To be or not to be" speech of Act III, Scene 1; the "Get thee to a nunnery" exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia later in the same scene, and Polonius's "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" speech from Act I, Scene III. The episode employs dialog taken directly from the original work and musical passages from the operas ''Carmen'' and ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' ("Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"). An example follows. : ''Neither a borrower nor a lender be.'' : ''Do not forget: stay out of debt.'' : ''Think twice, and take this good advice from me:'' : ''Guard that old solvency!'' : ''There's just one other thing you ought to do.'' : ''To thine own self be true.'' Hecuba awakens as the castaways rehearse at night, taking over the production. When help arrives Hecuba departs alone, leaving behind all the others in order to take full credit for the musical version of ''Hamlet'' he intends to stage as his next project. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Producer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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