ok so here is a short list of things about this thread that baffle me:
1. that the producer of gilligans island wrote a memoir.
for some reason, i imagine the gilligan island sections of the memoir to be like a "making of..." dvd feature. you know those things: the writing in the show gets compared to chekov and we learn that bob denver was a committed method actor.
2. the decision on the part of newton minnow's parents to give him the first name of newt.
i listened to the audio clip yesterday but found myself distracted continually by imagining a childhood enframed by being named newt minnow. its like the first and last names have nothing to do with each other. two nouns in a row.
3. the idea that saying the airwaves are a public trust and that at least some obligation follows from that fact for those corporate entities which use them seems somehow quaint.
that is probably my problem tho: