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Originally Posted by Pangloss62
Why is it that almost eveything I see from the 1950s or 1960s just looks so cool? Gilligan's Island pretty much raised me when I came home to an empty house after school. These days I just ponder it's cultural significance and write postmodern analyses of the series in my head. I would buy it if I could.
The other day I watched the Kon Tiki documentary (1947-51) that was made to compliment Thor Heyerdahl book of the same name. I truly believe the whole idea for GI came from that book and movie. Balsa-log rafts have so many advantages over boats, not capable of sinking being the most important.  |
Balso logs, huh? I seemed to remember it was mad of reeds. So I Googled it, and of course you are right. Obviously, since you just watched the thing. It was his next boat, the Ra, that was made of reeds.