Yesterday, May 9th, was the 50th anniversary of former FCC Chairman Newton Minow's 1961 speech in which he stated

"When television is good, nothing, not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers, nothing is better.

But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland."


Well, a certain TV Producer took offense. Yes, Sherwood Schwartz had his revenge when he named the ill fated boat on that "three hour tour" . . . The Minnow.