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RustyRatRod

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I got to wondering about the SS Minnow. They had to use a boat. Turns out they used three. This is the one used in the opening scene where it pulls out of the marina.

http://www.gilligansisle.com/minnowtour.html

Imagine that. Totally restored and taking people on three hour tours. How cool is that?
 
that's cool!
 

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Here' more trivia for you Rob. The first season shot in black and white showed them cruising out of the harbor during the intro. In the background the flag is at half staff. Know why?
 
I don't get to often! Around here, in the Philadelphia area, we have something called MeTV (Memorable Entertainment Television). It is basically a channel with all the good old shows from the 60s. As I was Googling something, or someone I saw on one of the episodes, I came across that little tidbit. Things weren't staged back then the way they are now. Sometimes it was just happenstance. That is the case here. What are the odds they would be filming the pilot introduction hours after JFK passed away? The second season was shot in color and had a different intro.
 
RustyRatRod said:
I got to wondering about the SS Minnow. They had to use a boat. Turns out they used three. This is the one used in the opening scene where it pulls out of the marina.

http://www.gilligansisle.com/minnowtour.html

Imagine that. Totally restored and taking people on three hour tours. How cool is that?
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Nizze Boat for sure and would like to see it in person :color:

Heck I still watch it her on the hill :D
 
fratzog lover said:
in the Philadelphia area, we have something called MeTV (Memorable Entertainment Television). .
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We have in here in the Spokane area, KXLY the ABC station carries it. I watch it a lot, though I will say very little of "Gilligan." I like humor, but sometimes it's a bit too silly

But here, locally, "they have been playing" with programming, and putting on some programs from UPN instead. "Mixed results."

Still watch Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Bob Newhart, Taxi, "The Rifleman", on Sat. nights they have "The Honeymooners" to this day one of the funniest shows ever produced, and "late night" Sunday is "The Fugitive," and one I rarely stay up for but I do like is "Naked City"

The networks are stupid. I don't watch this crap "Big Brother" etc. All the networks have to do is play old TV shows!!!!
 
Taxi was an excellent show.
The SS Minnow looks to be a nice boat, cant beat the feel of a wood boat super solid.

My in-laws build custom wood luxury boats for customers, entry price is 2,000,000 for a basic shell that floats, then add options.
Two brothers build them, all by hand, not one is the same, takes about a year to build one.
 
fratzog lover said:
I don't get to often! Around here, in the Philadelphia area, we have something called MeTV (Memorable Entertainment Television).
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Great TV station!!! I'm trying to convince my dish provider to carry it. I love the old shows, and they have M*A*S*H on there as well. I'm a MASHaholic, lmao.

I get to tune into it in different parts of the country when I shut down at night, love it.
 
fratzog lover said:
I don't get to often! Around here, in the Philadelphia area, we have something called MeTV (Memorable Entertainment Television). It is basically a channel with all the good old shows from the 60s. As I was Googling something, or someone I saw on one of the episodes, I came across that little tidbit. Things weren't staged back then the way they are now. Sometimes it was just happenstance. That is the case here. What are the odds they would be filming the pilot introduction hours after JFK passed away? The second season was shot in color and had a different intro.
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That's the only thing we watch is MeTv. If it was not available over the air, DVDs would be all we watch. I love me some ADAM 12. The shows they have out now ain't a pimple on it's butt. Hollywood could do well to look back at all those shows.
 
Google tubtub, its a streaming channel that has most all old sitcoms.

Another trivia factoid: the beach they show the original wrecked boat on (probably first season again) is just before "little Corona" in Newport Beach, CA. Right in the harbor there. Ginger Rogers lived in Newport Beach a while ago and bought a TV at the Circuit City in Fashion Island mall, they said she was a real *****! I used to work for them and it was water cooler conversation.
 
Her character's name was Ginger Grant. Ginger Rogers was Fred Astaire's dance partner.

The actress's name is Tina Louise. And yes, everything I've read about her as far as personality ain't good. Unlike Dawn Wells (MaryAnn), she didn't embrace being typecast. She hated it. Reading about her, you kinda get the idea that she wasn't as good as she thought she was. I always liked Dawn Wells. I have her facebook page liked, and it's really her that updates it and chats with people. She's always sayin stuff like "It's really me, MaryAnn" LOL. She never had a problem with it.
 
pishta said:
Google tubtub, its a streaming channel that has most all old sitcoms.

Another trivia factoid: the beach they show the original wrecked boat on (probably first season again) is just before "little Corona" in Newport Beach, CA. Right in the harbor there. Ginger Rogers lived in Newport Beach a while ago and bought a TV at the Circuit City in Fashion Island mall, they said she was a real *****! I used to work for them and it was water cooler conversation.
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Tina was a trained theater actress and after the show didn't like her Ginger stereotype. Hell it made her famous.

I always thought Mary Ann was the pretty one. Even in the show ginger was stuck up

Love the show and still watch it, yes it was silly, but better than the crap they put out today

I watch a lot of antenna TV but also get Me TV
 
I'm diggin some "chips" but hate they took off "mod squad"!!
 
great share...i had wondered about the boats...I still read wooden boats but don't have the $s for one,,,
 
My wife and I pretty much watch nothing but MeTV. We don't watch shows about repo agents getting attacked with rakes every time they seize a car, or naked people eating bugs in the forest. Any really, who needs 10 shows about flipping houses and life inside the pawn shop industry? This thread has been a good one so I am not going to make it go south by bringing up the phony street drag racing shows. I am ducking now.......
 
Tina was a trained theater actress and after the show didn't like her Ginger stereotype. Hell it made her famous.
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The veteran could have learned a lot about breaking a typecast from Miley Cyrus.
 
I'll start the poll.
Marry Anne.
 

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