I noticed it when I hit Gullivers head when he was sleeping and he talked to me, the next time he did show up, I hit him with the net and he talked immediately. I know it’s kind of mean, but it’s faster instead of talking to him too much.
I was just going to post this LOL. He's washed up on these shores so many times, I think he deserve a whacking. I do also miss the megaphone though. I always think about it when I'm running around trying to find a villager.
hitting him did not wake him immediately in my experience : ( it just seemed to take the same amount of time as talking to him, and i’ve tried it twice. maybe i just did it wrong somehow