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Originally Posted by Racnad
Also, are you aware that the wrecked ship that brought the castaways to Gilligan's Island was named after Newton Minow, as a response to this speech?
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That's the rumor, though it was never confirmed to my knowledge. It's deeply ironic that a show as low quality as that would make fun of a visionary who would have seen a higher quality in broadcasting.
Still, I find that Minow's words ring as true today as they did those decades ago.