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{{Infobox_episode
|name = Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue
|season = 2
|number = 15
|summary = Will the castaways be rescued by a rich socialite who wants to turn the Island Into a resort and happens to fall in love with the Professor?
|image = File:Gilligan's island. ETSR..jpg
|previous = [[Mine Hero]]
|next = [[Not Guilty]]
|airdate = 12/30/65
|writer = [[David P. Harmon]]
|director = [[Jack Arnold]]
|guests = [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] as [[Erika Tiffany Smith]]}}

'''Erika Tiffany Smith To the Rescue''' is the fifteenth episode of the second season of "Gilligan's Island." It aired December 30, 1965.

==Synopsis==
Socialite [[Erika Tiffany Smith]] is sailing through the South Pacific with a young boatman named [[Johnny]] looking for an island to build a tropical resort. When she gets to [[The Island|island]], she casually meets the [[Skipper]] hauling coconuts back to camp and [[Gilligan]], who runs back to tell the [[Howell's Hut|Howells]] about her. [[Mrs. Howell]] isn't fond of Erika since her name appeared above hers in the [[Mrs. Howell's Social Register|social register]], but she remains cordial to her. [[Ginger]] meanwhile finds the Skipper struggling to win Erika's affection, but Erika is only enchanted and attracted to the [[Professor]], who is oblivious to the attraction as he tries to share with her his scientific discoveries on the island. She mistakes his desire to have a research partner for a marriage proposal, but [[Mr. Howell]] meanwhile is trying to finagle a deal to sell the island to her. Eventually, Erika realizes she can never have the sort of relationship she wants with the Professor, and she has Mr. Howell break up with him for her. She departs promising to come back in two hours, but a storm comes up and three days pass with no sign of her. In a later radio interview, she mentions the [[Castaways]] without naming them, but the Navy are unable to use her log book to find them which is written in English translated from Hungarian, neglecting to use latitude and longitude in her notes.

==Message==
* "Love conquers all."

==Highlights==
* Coming up

==Credits==
Main Cast
*[[Bob Denver]] as [[Gilligan]]
*[[Alan Hale Jr.]] as [[Skipper|The Skipper]]
*[[Jim Backus]] as [[Mr. Howell]]
*[[Natalie Schafer]] as [[Mrs. Howell]]
*[[Tina Louise]] as [[Ginger]]
*[[Dawn Wells]] as [[Mary Ann]]
*[[Russell Johnson]] as [[The Professor]]

Guest Cast
* [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] as [[Erika Tiffany Smith]]
* [[Michael Witney]] as [[Johnny]]
* [[Charles Maxwell]] as the [[Radio Announcer]] (unconfirmed)

==Trivia==
* This really rare episode actually features the [[Professor]] as the central character of the plot.
* Mrs. Howell is jealous of Erika Tiffany Smith because her name once appeared before the Howells' in the social register.
* The Skipper moves out of the way since Gilligan always comes down out of the trees on top of him, but after he moves, Gilligan still lands on him!
* The Professor packs his clothes in Gilligan and the Skipper's [[Boy's Hut|hut]].
* Although Mrs. Howell and Erika are very polite to each other, it is kind of obvious that both of them have social feud with each other.
* The second movie made after the series ended, [[The Castaways on Gilligan's Island]], reveals that the [[The Island|island]] being made into a resort.
* Zsa Zsa and her sister, Eva, have been mentioned as the "Gabor Sisters" in [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]] and in [[Bang! Bang! Bang!]].
* Although Erika agrees to go into partnership with Mr. Howell to build the resort, she apparently changes her mind at the end, saying only she has spent time with some charming people on an island (without giving their names). Likewise, her logbook isn't any help. Not only is there no latitude and longitude given, but it's "written in plain English translated from Hungarian" which the US Navy can't comprehend. (This is an in-joke since guest-star [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] was born in Hungary.)
* The Me-TV version of this episode cuts out the remark by Erika Tiffany Smith "that this island is so remote, it doesn't even appear on "The Twilight Zone.""

==Quotes==
* '''[[Erika Tiffany Smith|Erika]]''' - "His mother must have been frightened by a cocktail shaker."
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* '''[[Skipper]] -''' "Ginger, I've got a problem. You're a girl, right?" '''[[Ginger]]''' - "Well, Skipper, if you don't know that, you really do have a problem."
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* '''[[Ginger]]''' - "Professor, in your home town, didn't you ever meet a girl whose home had a porch swing." '''[[Professor]]''' - "As a matter of fact I did, I tried to have intelligent conversations with her but all she was interested in was hugging and kissing, kissing and hugging..."
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* '''[[Erika Tiffany Smith|Erika]]''' - "This island is so remote it doesn't even appear in the Twilight Zone."
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* '''[[Ginger]]''' - "Hold me tighter, Professor." '''[[Professor]]''' - "I... uh, I'm afraid I'll crush your dress." '''[[Ginger]]''' - "Try..." 
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* '''[[Mr. Howell]]''' - "Well, I'm glad I told you first. By time you finished that speech, you'd be celebrating your fifth wedding anniversary."
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[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Season 2 Episodes]]
[[Category:Guest Star Episodes]]
[[Category:Professor Episodes]]
[[Category:Skipper Episodes]]

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