WHAT?? Gilligan's Island wasn't real ????? What about My Favorite
Martian?


Off-topic: ever notice how the Gilligan's castaways supposedly remained
plump and groomed after years on the island? You'd think that they'd
look like Tom Hanks in Castaway-dirty, unkempt and rail thin. Yet
another unrealistic TV show from the 60s.

WHAT?? Gilligan's Island wasn't real ????? What about My Favorite
Martian?


Off-topic: ever notice how the Gilligan's castaways supposedly remained
plump and groomed after years on the island? You'd think that they'd
look like Tom Hanks in Castaway-dirty, unkempt and rail thin. Yet
another unrealistic TV show from the 60s.

From: running dogg
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:25:29 -0800
Subject: Anybody remember a clandestine station that ran on coconuts?

FDR wrote:


"running dogg" wrote in message
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I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the
South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling
against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year
they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx
going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to
shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were
rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station
was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm
talking about?


Yeah, it was Gilligan's Island.

Off-topic: ever notice how the Gilligan's castaways supposedly remained
plump and groomed after years on the island? You'd think that they'd
look like Tom Hanks in Castaway-dirty, unkempt and rail thin. Yet
another unrealistic TV show from the 60s.

I noticed how Maryann stayed plump and groomed!

Greg

running dogg wrote:
I seem to remember hearing about a rebellious island somewhere in the
South Pacific (although I'm not sure where, or who they were rebelling
against) that had an "official voice" that ran on coconuts. Every year
they'd harvest the coconuts, eat some, then burn the rest to keep the tx
going for a while. Then the coconuts would run out, and they'd have to
shut down until next year. This was necessary because the govt they were
rebelling against had a total blockade in effect. I think the station
was called Radio Bougainville or something. Anybody know what I'm
talking about?

I remember that, the skipper, professor and the rest.......