Inside Joke
Since it’s been years, we’re pretty sure it’s safe to let this one out of the bag. While the show was aired a man named Newton Minow headed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Creator Sherwood Schwartz absolutely hated this man. Therefore, he invented a clever inside joke with the Gilligan’s Island crew. He named the shipwreck….the S.S. Minnow. Perhaps, Minow never even realized!
Inside Joke
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