S. S. Minnow

S. S. Minnow

The S. S. "Minnow" was a fictional charter boat on the hit 1960s television sitcom "Gilligan's Island".

"The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed."
The ship ran aground on the shore of "an uncharted desert isle" (in the south Pacific Ocean), setting the stage for one of the most successful situation comedies of all time.

Origin of its name

A minnow is a very small bait fish, but the TV boat was actually named for Newton Minow,cite web
url=http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/jarvis.htm
author=Robert M. Jarvis
title=Legal Tales from Gilligan's Island
publication=Santa Clara Law Review
volume=39
pages=185-205
year=1998
publisher=Santa Clara Law Review & Jamail Center for Legal Research
accessdate=2007-12-30] [Associated Press, "Nostalgic Ride", "Express" (Washington, D.C.), Sep. 16, 2008, p. 21.] who "Gilligan's Island" executive producer Sherwood Schwartz believed "ruined television". Minow was chairman of the FCC in 1961, and is noted for a speech in which he called American television "a vast wasteland". The inclusion of the ship prefix "S.S." in the name indicates it was powered by steam.

. S. "Minnow II"

The S. S. "Minnow II" was a successor boat purchased by the Skipper from insurance money for the first in the 1978 made-for-TV movie "Rescue From Gilligan's Island". At the end of that movie, the cast and boat are wrecked on the same island, as shown by Gilligan's discovery of a plank with "Minnow I" on it; how they knew to call the first vessel "I" before there was a second is not explained.

"Minnow III"

The "Minnow III" is the plane built by the Professor in the made-for-TV movie "The Castaways on Gilligan's Island", the sequel to "Rescue From Gilligan's Island". It does not have the prefix "S. S.", as it is not a steamboat.

.S. Minnow Today

The S.S. Minnow, also previously known as the 'Bluejacket' now resides at Schooner Cove Marina on the east side of Vancouver Island, in Nanoose Bay B.C. After undergoing a major restoration the new owner plans to do charters and sight seeing tours with it. [cite web
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title = Gilligan's SS Minnow to offer 3-hour Vancouver Island tours
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publisher = CBC News
date = 2008-09-13
url = http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/09/13/minnow-gilligan-vancouverisland.html
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accessdate = 2008-09-13] It is equipped with an old life preserver with "S.S. Minnow" on it and other show items. [Associated Press, "Nostalgic Ride", "Express" (Washington, D.C.), Sep. 16, 2008, p. 21.]

References

ee also

* Gilligan

External links

* [http://www.gilligansisle.com/minnow.html Original Minnow found!]
* [http://www.tvacres.com/boats_cabin_minnow.htm TV Acres.com]


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