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Skipper's Insurance Company Refusing To Reimburse Him

posted 9 years ago by McGannahanSkjellyfetti
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This problem where the insurance company claiming that the Skipper was blamed for the wreckage of the Minnow was already resolved. In the Gilligan's Island episode "Court-Martial" It was announced on the radio that the new testimony indicated that on the day the Minnow set out from Honolulu Harbor, the radio operator issued the weather information from the previous day. No mention was made of the approaching storm, and the captain had NO warning of ANY kind...

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Well, insurance companies are notorious for trying to weasel out of stuff.

[–] strntz (10843) 3 years ago

Let me quote a great sage:

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals… except the weasel
~ Homer J. Simpson

[–] PaladinNJ (20310) 3 years ago

I wonder if they would have paid him. Seems to me in 15 years they would probably have settled with his legal heirs and already paid off the policy or written it off.

[–] millsey72 (9579) 3 years ago

Its not a plot hole