ss Minnow
 

Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...

And it really is listed:

http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingID=74883

Ron
No connection with seller ...

ss Minnow
 

"Ron" wrote in message
...
Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...


http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/...sland2ndtv.wav

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour...
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost.
The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with Gilligan, the Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife,
the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan's Isle.



Mmmmmmmm................Mary Ann............

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/...landonline.jpg

ss Minnow
 

Ginger was hot, but Mary Ann just seemed "dooable"

BTW, the origionalversion of the song was:

"a movie star,
and the rest; here on gilligan's isle

they added the skipper and mary ann when the show went color (I think)


JimH wrote:
"Ron" wrote in message
...
Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...


http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/...sland2ndtv.wav

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour...
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost.
The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with Gilligan, the Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife,
the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan's Isle.



Mmmmmmmm................Mary Ann............

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/...landonline.jpg

ss Minnow
 

You mean *professor* and Mary Ann.

-W

wrote in message
ups.com...
Ginger was hot, but Mary Ann just seemed "dooable"

BTW, the origionalversion of the song was:

"a movie star,
and the rest; here on gilligan's isle

they added the skipper and mary ann when the show went color (I think)


JimH wrote:
"Ron" wrote in message
...
Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening
shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...


http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/...sland2ndtv.wav

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour...
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost.
The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with Gilligan, the Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife,
the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan's Isle.



Mmmmmmmm................Mary Ann............

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/...landonline.jpg

ss Minnow
 

Ron wrote:
Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...

And it really is listed:

http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingID=74883

Ron
No connection with seller ...

ROTFLMAO

One of the links on that site invites you to check the "history" of
this boat.
Figuring they meant the TV history, I clicked on it and instead was
invited to order a collision and damage abstract based on the HIN. :-)

I can see it now, "Vessel was wrecked on a deserted island......."

ss Minnow (but only sorta kinda)
 

Ron wrote:
Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...

And it really is listed:

http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingID=74883

Ron
No connection with seller ...


And not to pee on the guy's parade, but the only time this particular
boat was ever seen on TV was in a long-distance, split second view of a
boat motoring out past a breakwater
in the opening credits beginning with the second season. That shot was
filmed at Marina del Rey, which should surprise no one at all, and the
boat was rented by the hour from its owner. Yes, it was "a" Minnow, but
not *the* Minnow most people would assume when hearing the name.

There were a total of four boats used in the filming of Gilligan's
Island. One was not actually a boat, but just a studio prop. TV
audiences must have been fairly unsophisticated 45 years ago (what
could be unsophisticated about watching Gilligan's Island?), as there
is only a cursory resemblance between the four boats.

So the seller's claim is true, but could be misleading. This boat was
never seen close up, or washed up on the beach, etc, like the others in
the TV series were.

No way is this boat worth $100k, IMO, split second appearance in
Gilligan's Island not withstanding.



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

ss Minnow (but only sorta kinda)
 

Chuck Gould wrote:
Ron wrote:
Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...

And it really is listed:

http://www.ablboats.com/details.asp?ListingID=74883

Ron
No connection with seller ...


And not to pee on the guy's parade, but the only time this particular
boat was ever seen on TV was in a long-distance, split second view of a
boat motoring out past a breakwater
in the opening credits beginning with the second season. That shot was
filmed at Marina del Rey, which should surprise no one at all, and the
boat was rented by the hour from its owner. Yes, it was "a" Minnow, but
not *the* Minnow most people would assume when hearing the name.

There were a total of four boats used in the filming of Gilligan's
Island. One was not actually a boat, but just a studio prop. TV
audiences must have been fairly unsophisticated 45 years ago (what
could be unsophisticated about watching Gilligan's Island?), as there
is only a cursory resemblance between the four boats.

So the seller's claim is true, but could be misleading. This boat was
never seen close up, or washed up on the beach, etc, like the others in
the TV series were.

No way is this boat worth $100k, IMO, split second appearance in
Gilligan's Island not withstanding.



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

Correction: The boat was purchased by the studio, not rented. The boat
filmed in Hawaii was rented. Sorry.

ss Minnow
 

Yeah, oops! I should have gone to bed some time ago.

yer right....

Clams Canino wrote:
You mean *professor* and Mary Ann.

-W

wrote in message
ups.com...
Ginger was hot, but Mary Ann just seemed "dooable"

BTW, the origionalversion of the song was:

"a movie star,
and the rest; here on gilligan's isle

they added the skipper and mary ann when the show went color (I think)


JimH wrote:
"Ron" wrote in message
...
Hey it turns out a guy up here has the boat that was in the opening
shots
of Gilligans island. Been all over the evening news...


http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/...sland2ndtv.wav

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour...
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost.
The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with Gilligan, the Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife,
the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan's Isle.



Mmmmmmmm................Mary Ann............

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photos/...landonline.jpg

ss Minnow (but only sorta kinda)
 

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 29 Aug 2006 22:55:52 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

(what
could be unsophisticated about watching Gilligan's Island?)

Coconut radios seem pretty damn sophisticated to me.

Yeah, they could build a radio out of coconuts, plus all sorts of other
equipment, but couldn't build a raft, or patch the boat!

ss Minnow (but only sorta kinda)
 

Speaking of film boats, whatever happened to the two boats used to film
Captain Ron? One is here in Kemah, but there was a sister ship used
that was in CA last I heard. There used to be a web site about them,
but I lost the link or it went away... anybody know if it's still out
there?
basskisser wrote: