The Hilarious Reason The Gilligan's Island Boat Is Named S.S. Minnow

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• The boat's name was actually a sly reference to Newton Minow, the FCC chairman who famously called TV a 'vast wasteland' - a jab at the show's critics
• Gilligan's Island creator Sherwood Schwartz admitted the name choice was 'a little dig' at Minow, whose harsh assessment of the industry inspired the punny boat name