GILLIGAN MEETS THE JUNGLE BOY
Original Airdate: 2/6/1965

screenshots / Gilligan's Island: Gilligan Meets the Jungle Boy / 1965 CBS Television Network

The castaways discover that the island is also home to a jungle boy who shows them the location of a supply of helium-like gas.

Future movie superstar Kurt Russell was cast as the Jungle Boy in one of his earliest roles.

Kurt Russell would appear the following year as Quanto in the Lost in Space episode "The Challenge".

This was the 19th episode of the series' first season.