Requests For Rescue
Honestly, this is kind of funny, despite how bizarre it sounds. Once the show aired, the Coast Guard received letters from people that desperately asked them to rescue the trapped castaways. Somehow, they didn’t realize it was a sitcom. During his interview with the Archive of American Television, creator Schwartz called those viewers delusional and added, “Now who did they think was laughing at what was happening to these people? Where did they think the music came from, and the commercials?”
Requests For Rescue
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