Re: Why the fuck were Thurston Howell and Lovey on a shitty charter boat?
Ubiquitous
>IIRC, one of the first season episodes (and maybe another one later)
>explained that three-hour tour of Hawaii on Jonas Grumby's S.S. Minnow
>was a last-minute accommodation for the Howells, whose previous plans had
>fallen through.
Hmm, that sounds right, but it's been awhile...
>Actually, a lot of questions people have asked about the logistics of the
>show were addressed in the first season, which (at least in the markets I
>grew up in) were rarely shown, because surveys had indicated that
>audiences preferred the latter color seasons over the first B&W season.
>These include the ship radio (Gilligan caught it with a fishing line
>while trying to catch dinner, and drug it out into the water),
What kind of radio works after being submerged in salt water at least once?
>and the ship itself (Gilligan's super-glue concoction actually made the wood
>slats repel from each other, which destroyed the ship).
The "super glue" that Gilligan discovered turned into dust after 24 hours
or so. Why they didn't test the glue at all surprised me.
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Anim8rFSK
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> In article <pan.2008.09...@rspw.net>, rs...@chadbryant.net wrote:
>
> >IIRC, one of the first season episodes (and maybe another one later)
> >explained that three-hour tour of Hawaii on Jonas Grumby's S.S. Minnow
> >was a last-minute accommodation for the Howells, whose previous plans had
> >fallen through.
>
> Hmm, that sounds right, but it's been awhile...
>
> >Actually, a lot of questions people have asked about the logistics of the
> >show were addressed in the first season, which (at least in the markets I
> >grew up in) were rarely shown, because surveys had indicated that
> >audiences preferred the latter color seasons over the first B&W season.
>
> >These include the ship radio (Gilligan caught it with a fishing line
> >while trying to catch dinner, and drug it out into the water),
>
> What kind of radio works after being submerged in salt water at least once?
>
> >and the ship itself (Gilligan's super-glue concoction actually made the wood
> >slats repel from each other, which destroyed the ship).
>
> The "super glue" that Gilligan discovered turned into dust after 24 hours
> or so. Why they didn't test the glue at all surprised me.
"Let's slather it all over one of the huts and see how it stands up in
the first storm"
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Dan D. Err
"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> >Actually, a lot of questions people have asked about the logistics of
>> >the
>> >show were addressed in the first season, which (at least in the markets
>> >I
>> >grew up in) were rarely shown, because surveys had indicated that
>> >audiences preferred the latter color seasons over the first B&W season.
>>
>> >These include the ship radio (Gilligan caught it with a fishing line
>> >while trying to catch dinner, and drug it out into the water),
>>
>> What kind of radio works after being submerged in salt water at least
>> once?
>>
>> >and the ship itself (Gilligan's super-glue concoction actually made the
>> >wood
>> >slats repel from each other, which destroyed the ship).
>>
>> The "super glue" that Gilligan discovered turned into dust after 24 hours
>> or so. Why they didn't test the glue at all surprised me.
>
> "Let's slather it all over one of the huts and see how it stands up in
> the first storm"
Like, you bought into the premise until that point?
Bluuuue Rajah
@news.west.cox.net:
> Why the fuck were Thurston Howell and Lovey on a shitty charter boat?
Gingwer talked them into it, so she'd have someone to talk to.
Dan D. Err
"Bluuuue Rajah" <Bluuuuue@Rajah.> wrote in message
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> Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in
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>
>> Why the fuck were Thurston Howell and Lovey on a shitty charter boat?
>
They were slumming?
Bluuuue Rajah
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Hanging out with a movie star isn't slumming for the Howells. It's a
treat.