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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 3:26 pm
Maybe they had some film that portrayed them in a particularly unattractive light? And they had some remorse over that, so they backed out? I'm just guessing. Wildly. LOL
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 3:47 pm
Kar - that sounds as good a guess as any.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 6:01 am
Or maybe they saw all the Captain Phil footage and realized that they might need to put more attention to their families and less to mugging for the cameras...last season's theme seemed to be whether they should start making the decisions to move on with their lives beyond being captains...perhaps they have decided that it might be that time. Or else they are holding out for more money.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 9:03 pm
Trio quits Deadliest Catch Link is to msnbc (or rather the today show I think.)
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Ladyw
Member
06-28-2007
| Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 9:36 pm
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo say it isn't true....

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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:56 pm
Well this just sucks! Looks like Discovery's bizarre lawsuit killed not 1 but 2 shows! Did they feel suing 2 main players for one show would have no repercussions on the other show they are on? BTW I'm with all of you that feel there MUST be more to this story. Given how the Hillstram's enjoy honest straight talk, I'm thinking we're likely to hear it unless Discovery gets a gag motion. The 2 Captains did a lecture in MA earlier this month. I wanted to go but with all my friends laughing at me and finances low I blew it off. If it was after this news I'd go to find out what is going on! BTW the fire someone mentioned was on Sig's boat. I heard him talk about it. He said he was shocked that none of it made the show. And that while he totally understands so much was going on this season (clearly Capt Phil with a  sent upward his way) he felt they at least would have shown it as it was so major to him and his crew. Keep in mind this now also affects the Harris boys. Word was that Sig was going to Captain the CM I think for King crab and Jonathan (or was it Andy?) for opies. Wonder if the quitting is a power move to get them to draop the Hillstram lawsuit, as they know the show is now dead in the water without all them! What a pity all around. What I don't get is Discovery people always spoke with such love and humanity about this show and the Capts and crew. So how did it get to this???
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:57 pm
PS...could be totally wrong, but doesn't it seem if Phil were her, that somehow he could have smoothed everything over with all parties?? SIGH
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 11:19 pm
sorry bout the typos-- clearly I mean the Hillstrands. I tend to hear it right in my head and always type it wrong lol
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 2:18 am
It doesn't make sense that Sig would have captained the Cornelia Marie. What would have happened to the Northwestern? The show will go on, there are other captains...but I'll bet the ratings tank and it will be the last season. I'm surprised we aren't hearing more details of what really happened. There are so many internet sleuths who find out spoilers and such. There must be gag orders or something.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 7:36 am
WOW... WOW... WOW... We were right - there is obviously waaaaaaaaaay more to the original lawsuit with the Hillstrands than Discovery is saying.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 8:35 am
Huk, the Northwestern is the boat that had the big fire, that wasn't aired. I guess it's still in for repairs, (it was when I heard Sig interviewed and he was upset that none of the fire was aired). So we have a Captain w/out a boat and a boat, the CM, sadly w/out a Captain. I think that's why they came up with it. So right now Discovery has a show if they want to show Keith and Wild Bill...not ONE major Captain onboard IMHO. Wonder if this is fixable?? I'm sure not tuning on to see those 2. As it would be hard enough without Phil!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 9:01 am
Ahh, thanks Lurk. I read upstream about a fire, but I didn't know it had disabled the Northwestern! So if Captain Phil's sons are on the CM and Captain Sig won't allow filming, it's going to be a pretty lame season I would think.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 10:03 am
That's why I think this is a power play to get Discovery to drop the Hillstrand lawsuit. Seems to me, get ready for pure speculation, that Discovery tried to bully the Hillstand's to go ahead with that show. For reasons we may or not ever know clearly they didn't want to. Now we have pretty much every single popular Captain and crew member out of next year's Deadliest Catch. So it is worth 3 mil (which I think wasn't that they really wanted the $, they just wanted to bully Andy and Johnathan and they should know better than to try to bully 2 Bering Sea Crab Captains LOLOL). So the boys, with some help from their friend Sig, stood firm together and pushed back!!! I think the fact that NONE of them are talking,and we KNOW they all love to talk, says this may be fixable. Just Discovery is gonna have to cave in. That's my bet on what will happen. Plus Discovery had to be nutz...they know how popular the guys are. Public opinion will support them all the way! Bet some fool lawyer at Discovery is unemployed VERY SOON with some low level exec taking the fall w/them lolol
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 10:04 am
I like how you're thinking Lurk!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 10:15 am
Just hope I'm right LOL. But I do think the fact that not ONE Captain or crew member has said one word other than that one statement is a really good sign! Plus I checked the CM web site and the last post was worded VERY carefully about next season saying not much lol. (where in the past it said look for interesting developments as the boys return to the Bering Sea, or something similar).
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 10:17 am
Without our Harris boys, Captain Sig, or the Hillstrands, it will be the "Boring Sea" instead of the Bering Sea.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 10:24 am
lololol SOOOO true and well put!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 11:14 am
Dullest Catch?
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Northshore
Member
08-10-2005
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 11:16 am
I read somewhere the Harris boys signed on for next season.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 11:21 am
Yes, I had read that about the Harris boys too, but without Captain Sig (I'm partial to him) it just won't be watchable.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 1:38 pm
There is always more to the story than can get played out publicly, especially when legal action is involved.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 2:14 pm
Ro....without Capt Sig and 1 of the Hillstrand's the Harris boys won't have a licensed captain!!! So what will they show, the boys sitting on the boat in Dutch Harbor fighting about something??? Dullest Catch...good one LOL
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 2:15 pm
Bummer, but it really wouldn't be the same without Captain Phil.. still too bad.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 2:16 pm
Yankee, I agree. We don't really know much about either side of the story, do we? and there always are TWO sides. We don't know what the bros did to get sued. And therefore we can't really evaluate the lawsuit either. Not enough evidence to take sides, either way!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 3:10 pm
Hmmmm, let me see. A bunch of hard working Captains and their crew who I've watched working had and risking their lives for years now, come to care about and sobbed like a baby when one died VERSUS a massive TV corporation. So while I'm sure there are THREE sides to all stories, the guys involved and the unbiased TRUTH, I personally, in this case, have NO problem taking a side. I care about the Bering Sea boys and the corporate suits mean less than nothing to me. JMHO!
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