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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Minnow #181090 12/22/08 01:43 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT OP enthusiast OP ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando I must admit (and it is due, I am certain, to my age) that 'minnow' immediately evokes a recollectin of the theme song from "Gilligan's Island". They set out on 'a 3-hour tour' on The USS Minnow. "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnow ParkinT #181099 12/22/08 03:52 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water How well I remember, and probably due to my age as well ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnow LukeJavan8 #181107 12/22/08 04:39 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont ah, MaryAnn... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnow Buffalo Shrdlu #181133 12/23/08 03:10 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania yeah she was much cuter than the movie star... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnow The Pook #181193 12/24/08 07:05 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water I heard that Gilligan's Island was just off Tasmania. True???? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnow LukeJavan8 #181202 12/24/08 07:37 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX M Myridon addict Myridon addict M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX The Minnow is named for FCC head Newton "TV is America's vast wasteland" Minow (with one n). The island shown in the credits is near the island of Oahu, Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. The show (including the lagoon) was shot in Studio City, California. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnow Myridon #181302 12/28/08 09:49 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,916 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Myridon The Minnow is named for FCC head Newton "TV is America's vast wasteland" Minow (with one n). Quote: The island shown in the credits is near the island of Oahu, Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. The show (including the lagoon) was shot in Studio City, California. So I see from the AWAD NEWSLETTER from Anu. And I see also why they named it that: to indicate the vast wasteland being the state of American television programming. And it was entertaining, not real.And, again, I could not agree more. Who, for instance, believes some poor chap is off under a tree eating bugs, while a cameraman, gaffer, best boy, director with producers are not just a few feet away. Starving, and on bugs. Give us a break. Yet millions really believe it, I guess, because they keep creating shows similar to that. And shows related to a person's fears are no better. And the sad thing is that they call them reality TV, and I know people who believe they are 'real'. About as real as Gilligan's Island, or I Love Lucy. We loved them and we watched them, and knew they were not " real", but took our mind off the 'reality' of every day life and into the lives of these poor folks with their foibles: really: look at Lucy, her antics made our everyday lives bearable, at least we could laugh at them. But todays wasteland of TV? Reality. I take a good book, since TV seldom satisfies any more. If I did not have cable, I'd probably throw out my tv when the nation goes digital. But I like reality shows such as National Geo. and Discover. Ah poor me. Crying in my beer again. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 12/28/08 10:00 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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