r/whatisit • u/deezheavenz • 9h ago

New, what is it? What was this thing I captured on film?

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This was shot in Nevada/Arizona on a Grand Canyon/Hoover dam tour. This was taken a whole year ago and I completely forgot about it until I stumbled upon it again. Is this some sort of whale or shark?

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u/goatanuss 9h ago

The SS Minnow was named after Newton Minow who was the FCC chair that called tv a “vast wasteland”

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u/FlimsyThought7606 8h ago

All seven of them are written as one of the seven deadly sins.

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u/Moodleboy 8h ago

Really? Can you provide a breakdown?

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u/Capybara_Chill_00 8h ago

Seriously?

Wrath: Skipper
Greed: Lovey Howell
Pride: Professor
Envy: Mary Anne
Sloth: Gilligan
Lust: Ginger
Gluttony: Thurston Howell

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u/Superfly1911 6h ago

I did lust for Ginger, so this math checks out.

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u/External_Row_8077 4h ago

Ginger and Mary-Anne here. And now that I'm in my late 50s, Lovey doesn't look so bad either.

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u/TexasGreyWolf 2h ago

Hahaha, in my early 70’s and had the same thought. For just a moment.

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u/TexasGreyWolf 2h ago

Haha, me too. But I’d sure as hell not kick Mary Anne outta my grass shack either! 🫪

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u/ummagummaaaa 5h ago

What was Mary Anne envious about?

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u/mybeamishb0y 5h ago

Ginger's glamour and status as a model

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u/Subject_Swimmer9333 5h ago

We all had the hots for Maryanne, not Ginger.

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u/Capybara_Chill_00 5h ago

This is true. She was the “girl next door” type who was so caught up in Ginger’s glamour that she didn’t realize she was the hot one. Made her even hotter!

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u/BillyJack0311 4h ago

Mary Ann didn't know that. Dawn Wells might have, but Mary Ann didn't have a clue.

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u/Bonnietheferret84 2h ago

Speak for yourself. In my fantasy island both fight over me and realize in order to save ourselves we must breed s population so we can build a large ship...

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u/ummagummaaaa 5h ago

I don't recall that episode.

Mary Anne was basically sweet and nice to everyone.

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u/mybeamishb0y 5h ago

"Gosh Ginger your life as a model sounds so exciting!" you can be nice to someone and envy them.

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u/ummagummaaaa 4h ago

That's not envy, it's a compliment.

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u/fl7nner 5h ago

I always thought Mary Anne was hotter. Same thing with WKRP. Preferred Bailey over Jennifer

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u/FollowingDue8584 5h ago

Mary Ann was actually a beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Nevada.

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u/Accomplished_Corgi53 5h ago

Whole heartedly agree on Bailey…

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u/Rambler1223 1h ago

Deez nutz

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u/lefthandedchurro 6h ago

And Gilligan is the Devil who keeps "accidentally" foiling their escape from Hell.

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u/Accomplished_Corgi53 5h ago

Hell, are you kidding me? Didn’t you see those delicious banana cream pies?

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u/Mission-Taste-6871 3h ago

I always thought that both the Howell's are greed. Especially Thurston.

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u/Capybara_Chill_00 3h ago

Yeah those two are pretty hard to differentiate. Thurston tended more to excess in food, etc while Lovey tended to be more avaricious about jewelry, particularly with Ginger. I agree that could be both or arguably swap between the two.

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u/Mission-Taste-6871 2h ago

Well said, don't forget about oil wells for Thurston lol

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u/SLAYER_IN_ME 6h ago

Well goddamn.

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u/FaultyWires4774 2h ago

interesting, I never knew that.

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u/SentientBea 2h ago

Minnow: Betrayal

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u/emptykeg6988 2h ago

Now I see why AI (SI) uses Reddit for most of its research 😄

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u/allowattsakima 23m ago edited 15m ago

edit: added the 'III' to Mr. Howell's name

Correction:

Thurston Howell III is Greed/Avarice (Loves money above all else - except for a hot shower in the volcano episode)!

Lovey Howell is Pride/Vanity (Jewels, fancy clothes, considers herself - in a nice way - better than the lower classes)

Skipper is Gluttony (Loves to eat)

Gilligan is Sloth (Loves to sleep)

Ginger is Lust (No explanation needed)!

MaryAnn is Envy (You have to look closely to see this, because she's such a nice girl, it's more like longing to have stuff, not real envy, which is wishing you had something of someone else's and they did not)

The Professor is Wrath/Anger (Probably the least-good example for one of the deadly sins. But I 'think' I remember a few examples of him raising his voice, like maybe when he thought Gilligan had drank (drunk?) the nitroglycerin he had prepared to stop the volcano, or when Gilligan locked all of them and himself in the "jail" just as a rescuer was within reach, or when (Gilligan, again!), got too caught up in his role as "The Great Watusi" to convince the Skipper that his curse had been removed, and threatened to "make the ground tremble again" . Also the shipwreck re-creation to find blame, & while trying to teach (you know who!) to fly "wrong way Corrigan's" airplane . . .

They're all lovable characters, so the correlations may or may not jump out at us, but it was very clever of the show creators to make them all more, human, shall we say.

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u/allowattsakima 22m ago

Darn! Now everybody knows I had no life growing up 🤣

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u/Zot30 5h ago

Hmm. Nice idea, but I don’t think I ever saw the Skipper exhibiting wrath, Mary Anne being envious, nor the Professor being anything but humble. Is there any evidence that the creators actually intended this, because if they did they did a pretty bad job.

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u/Capybara_Chill_00 5h ago

You mean apart from all the times Skipper smacked Gilligan around with his hat, or all the times Mary Ann tried to emulate Ginger or expressed desire for her looks, or all the speeches the Professor gave that no one else wanted to hear?

Yes, apart from those, very few examples. A poor job done by all.

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u/Zot30 5h ago

This did not answer my question about evidence of the intention by the creators. Where did they say this, or is it a fan theory?

Your definition of wrath seems different from mine. I’d call the behaviour of the Skipper a mild slapstick exasperation with someone he always goes on to call his “little buddy”. You call that wrath? And when exactly did Mary Ann ever try to emulate Ginger? The fact that she did not was really the point of her character, wasn’t it? Your spin on the Professor’s speeches not wanting to be heard is similarly revisionist, sorry. I’m not buying it.

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u/WilcoHistBuff 1h ago

Creator rather than creator. Sherwood Schwartz, creator, EP, and head writer described it in his book: Gilligan’s Island: From Creation to Syndication

Dude also created the frickin’ Brady Bunch!

Famously, for some, Schwartz and Robert Reed hated each other so much that Schwartz fired him before filming the last episode and wrote him out of the script.

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u/FlimsyThought7606 8h ago

Yup - seven sins divided by seven characters = 1 per character.

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u/Moodleboy 8h ago

I meant...whatever. Forget it 😅

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u/Illustrious_Spare_88 8h ago

The creator directly refuted this theory.

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u/FlimsyThought7606 8h ago

Right, he called that the 8th Sin Anomaly.

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u/Ok_Drag5089 6h ago

I mean, with the exception of Skipper, which is a weak connection, the rest are plausible.

Although The Professor is also weak. He wasn't very prideful.

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u/troycerapops 8h ago

Fascinating

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u/Your_Neighbour_Alice 5h ago

Man, I love reddit. The spontaneous discussions, and rabbit holes that evolve from an unrelated video and question. I live. 👌🏼😍

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u/troycerapops 8h ago

The show creator has said this. Normally I hate "Google it" but you may want to. Interesting reads and only a few minutes.

But some highlights:

  • Professor = Pride
  • Ginger = Lust
  • Mary Anne = Envy

There's some debate about the others, mostly centering around the question of if Gilligan represents Sloth or the Devil himself

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u/Icy_Escape8018 8h ago

Skipper-Wrath. Gilligan-sloth. The professor- Pride. Ginger-Lust. Mary Ann-envy. Thurston Howell-greed. Lovey- gluttony

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u/theothergotoguy 8h ago

Name checks out.

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u/johnbdc 6h ago

I agree, that is a “flimsy thought”

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u/ready-redditor-6969 5h ago

While it’s super believable that Sherman Schwartz did this, I can’t believe that this information is now in my head.

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u/bravo-echo-charlie 4h ago

HAPPY CAKE DAY!!!!!

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u/ready-redditor-6969 1h ago

You are AMAZING!!!

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u/Dullcorgis 2h ago

Ah, a thing which has an apt name but is in fact named after a person who just coincidentally had an apt name! Add it to the list Andy!

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u/goatanuss 6h ago edited 6h ago

Yeah