Sad News – September 6th, 2005

Mr. Hophople was employed first as “Little Buddy” then as first mate of the tiny ship S.S. Minnow (named after Newton Minnow, the FCC Chairman in 1961) Based at an undisclosed tropic port, the Minnow was primarily used for drug running, and was converted to a tourist charter some time later. Leaving for a three hour tour, the Minnow was shipwrecked after the weather started getting rough and the tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew (and the apprehension that thirteen kilos of cocaine might be washed overboard) the Minnow would have been lost.

Gilligan lived on an uncharted desert isle from early 1964 (located at 34.1N 118.7W, better known as Echo Park in Los Angeles) until September 4th, 1967 when the ridiculous show was cancelled. Mr. Hophople was never heard from again.

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