Arguably the most famous fictional boat of all-time, the S.S. Minnow from Gilligan's Island was not actually named for the fish, but for whom?

As the story goes, Gilligan creator Sherwood Schwartz was forced to check in with FCC Chairman Newton Minow on the content of the series scripts. As a dig, Schwartz decided to name the shipwrecked boat after Minnow. Hopefully the FCC head had a good sense of humor.

Asked by Tom Cohen · Last updated 5 years ago · 1.7K views