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Blooper

posted 10 years ago by padutchland-1
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Just watching a DVD of Sea Hunt adventures. Great show, however noticed a blooper in the Octopus episode and thought I'd mention this little tidbit. When the US Coast Guard patrol boat finds the boat with no one aboard it is the CG 95319. However, as they are towing it in, and come upon Mike Nelson in his boat, the CG boat has changed to the CG 95302. I looked up both of these "95 footers" and they did indeed work in California waters for a while. The fantail showed a repeat of the number on the bow and not a ship's name. I learned that they did not get names until January 1964 and all were named for Capes. The shows I am watching started in 1958 according to IMDb, yet on the Sixty Feet Below episode, the credits read roman numerals for copyright of 1957.

[–] lousvr 10 years ago

Yea, now that you mention it.. I could swear that an early episode had a copywrite date of 1956??? perhaps a pilot episode.??? Maybe the 3rd or 4th around there.. Yes in an attempt to find out .. All the websites post 1958 as the beginning dates???????
If you and I are right then there is a major screwup going on all over the web about this show...

[–] padutchland-1 10 years ago

I don't know how any laws read, however, perhaps they were made earlier but not released until 1958. Or - perhaps one person who was supposed to know, used the wrong date on the Internet, and all others followed suit (sheep thinking). Not the end of the world, but interesting nonetheless.

[–] BKinzeys 10 years ago

I don't know specifically about "Sea Hunt" but many show episodes are shot in one year and aired in the next year. IMDB often credits the year it aired and not the year it was shot.

[–] padutchland-1 10 years ago

That is what I was thinking was the cause of the date variance. Thanks for your confirmation.