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[ZahZoo]

Pretty sad to see such character full of life gone...

Gonna be tough watching the upcoming season knowing it ended with his passing.

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[ZahZoo]

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[kwame k]

Captain Phil was an incredible character, as are all the main guys on that show. Those guys put it all on the line in a job where it's not a matter of if anyone will die this season, it's how many. The stories of setting your own broken bones and pulling teeth, then going back to work.....these guys are some tough bastards.

Captain Sig and his brother Edgar are fucking hilarious but my all time favorite Captain is Johnathan, that dude is just plain crazy.

RIP Captain Phil.....at least you did what you loved in life and passed a legacy on to your children, not many people can even do one of those things in life, let alone two.

[Guitar Shark]

One of my favorites from an excellent show. Actually met him by chance one day when we were walking around Fisherman's Terminal. Super nice dude.

RIP, crab fart guy.

[Full Bug]

Phil was great, its not going to be the same without him, had a feeling something like this might happen after his blod clot issues, yet he still kept smoking and drinking Red Bulls like crazy.....

Kinda feel bad for Jake, he made a stupid decision, but his head cant be right these days....

Deadliest Catch's Jake Harris Jailed After DUI Arrest - Deadliest Catch : People.com

Deadliest Catch's Jake Harris Jailed After DUI Arrest

February 19, 2010

Deadliest Catch star Jake Harris was arrested on drunk driving and hit and run charges after he crashed his car late Thursday night.

Harris, 24, is currently in jail in Seattle after police say he got into an accident while intoxicated. He has been charged with hit and run, DUI and driving with a suspended license. Bail was set at $2,000.

"Mr. Harris was spotted driving a BMW 3 Series erratically Thursday evening by a citizen in Shoreline, Wa. We were able to locate his vehicle by aircraft, and he was pulled over in the Seattle area. The car was registered to his father," says Washington State Patrol spokesman Dan McDonald.

"He failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a toxicological test," McDonald added. "After further investigation, it was found that he was involved in a hit and run with another occupied vehicle earlier in the evening. He had rear-ended another car."

A deckhand on the fishing vessel Cornelia Marie, Jake has been struggling with grief following the death of his father, Captain Phil Harris, earlier this month.
Honoring His Dad
On Feb 13, Harris and his brother Josh attended a small gathering of friends and family at his father’s favorite Seattle-area casino to honor his life. "The old man, he had a lot of buddies," Harris told PEOPLE. "We didn't want to make it really sad. So we picked somewhere the old man, you know, loved to go, and hopefully we will tell stories about what a good life he led."

But the fisherman's grief was palpable.

"I'm going to be looking at that chair in a different way," he said of his father’s captain's seat. "We definitely talked about it, but I just didn't expect this to happen so soon."
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Also, this is a great read, Mike is a class guy....

Mike Rowe posts about Captain Phil
http://www.mikeroweworks.com/2010/02/captain-phil/

[Igosplut]

Captain Sig and his brother Edgar are fucking hilarious but my all time favorite Captain is Johnathan, that dude is just plain crazy.

I just finished this book today. If you like Johnathan Kwame, you really have to pick it up. From 2009, it's a great read, I finished it in two days. Loved it.

Time Bandit Book- PaperBack - Books

RIP Captain Phil.....at least you did what you loved in life and passed a legacy on to your children, not many people can even do one of those things in life, let alone two.

Amen brother

[kwame k]

I just finished this book today. If you like Johnathan Kwame, you really have to pick it up. From 2009, it's a great read, I finished it in two days. Loved it.

Time Bandit Book- PaperBack - Books



Amen brother

Those are the best books, the ones you just can't put down.......thanks for the link, Igo

[Full Bug]

Thanx for mentioning the book Igo, gonna pick that one up for sure....

[fryingdutchman]

Gonna miss Captain Phil.

But you can only abuse your body for so long before it abuses you back.

Awesome character on an awesome show.

When does the new season start?

[ZahZoo]

April I think is when the next season kicks off.

[thome]

Anyone catch the season opener on tuesday..?

http://www.corneliamarie.com/

It is wierd for me not missing a episode since the day the show started 5 years ago, and the first show that was just a special about, worlds deadliest jobs .

When they play the marathons all day and I have a day off the channel doesn't change.

I think that that is how the Crab Fishermen Show idea came about.worlds deadliest jobs

It is cool seeing Captain Phil interacting and you can see the worry worn man written all over his face.

Better than any show on the tube.

[tojoro]

That is true, Thome. It's almost an insult to call Deadliest Catch a reality show, but it doesn't get much more real than that.
Like a tool, I missed the season opener. Didn't realize it until I saw Larry King the other night, where the Captains were featured guests.

[DavidLeeNatra]

I was his german voice...sad...

[ZahZoo]

It's a little difficult watching this new season knowing how it ends... especially for Phil's sons.

I got to admire Johnathan Hillstrand... wish he would have given Capt Keith the full ass whoopin he deserves!!

[VanHalenFan5150]

He was a badass guy, he will be missed.

[chefcraig]

The commercials leading up the season premiere were done in a tasteful, subdued and bittersweet manner. The understated nature of them really allows some comfort for what we all know is coming.

[Little Texan]

I'm surprised he lived as long as he did...living on a diet of Red Bulls and cigarettes.

[thome]

That is true, Thome. It's almost an insult to call Deadliest Catch a reality show, but it doesn't get much more real than that.
Like a tool, I missed the season opener. Didn't realize it until I saw Larry King the other night, where the Captains were featured guests.

I think alot of people have worked that hard and for 12 months out of the year, but it all changes on the pitching deck of a tiny little bobber in the middle of the berring sea...balsy dudes of the first magnitude...stress factors tripple.....I watch the show and think I could do that maybe if I was 22 and ...I watch some more and think, no way!!

It would be fun to me to try it for a season..if I was 22 again and focused and ..and ...and ...and...no fukk'n way..lol

I can believe that article where Phil sais his first day he quit, crawled up on the galley table, and was sick ,and the captain came and said, I knew you couldn't hack it and Phil got up.......... and here it is 30 years later.. he has that look of a challenge met.

[Igosplut]

Here's an excerpt from the book Time Bandit written by Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand 2008 where Johnathan talks about riding with Phil Harris..

I took the Harley out with a crabbing buddy, Phil Harris, who rides with no windscreen and no helmet. He was going over ninety miles an hour down the highway, lighting one cigarette after another with a powerful butane lighter. That is what I call dedication.

[Full Bug]

I got to admire Johnathan Hillstrand... wish he would have given Capt Keith the full ass whoopin he deserves!!

Keith is damm lucky he didnt, Jonathan's a tough dude, in the book Igo mentioned he talks about how he put a guy in a coma in a fight (self defence), he also has served time in Mexican jails...

[Igosplut]

Keith is damm lucky he didnt, Jonathan's a tough dude, in the book Igo mentioned he talks about how he put a guy in a coma in a fight (self defence), he also has served time in Mexican jails...

One evening we rode my Harley to a local bar. We were minding our own business, enjoying a few drinks, when three guys parked themselve beside us at the bar and started hitting on her like I was not there. She brushed them off politely but she made it clear that she wanted them to leave her alone. I let her handle it.
These guys left the bar and came back more stoned or drunk than before. They would not leave her alone. She is beautiful, admittedly, but this went way beyond that sort of attraction. They were looking for a fight. With a few out-of-bounds remarks from them, she went quickly from uncomfortable to angry. The situation was heating up fast. They started to pump up their aggresion. My girlfriend gets hit on often. Most guys get the message and move on. These guys were not taking no for an answer.

I do not get mad easily. But when I do, I can fight to the death. I am focused and I can smite an army with the jawbone of an ass, as Ezekiel said, I think.

It came to that. I took one guy down on the floor and held my fist to his face. I said, "I don't want it to be this way". He said okay.
I turned around and he got up off the floor and punched me from behind. The whole bar began fighting. I tried to stay out of it. The three guys who bothered my girlfriend went outside. We turned back to face the bar. They came back in and the big sonofabitch grabbed her hair and slammed her forehead against the bar and said he'd find her, rape her, and kill her.
I told him, "It's time for you to leave".

The bartender was on the phone to the police when I was taking these guys outside. The fight was quick. I threw the would-be rapist/killer down on the ground and pulled his head back and kicked as hard as I could. Blood flew everywhere. He went limp. His two friends jumped me and hammered away; I have a head as hard as a helmet; You can pound the shit out of me for hours and you will not knock me out. I was wearing them out, and in a real fight that dose not take long. My girlfriend screamed and scratched and punched. She fought like a wildcat. She bought me a few seconds to run over and slam-kick the big sonofabitch in the face with my boot. The only thing that moved on him was the blood from his ears.

I'd say Keith was lucky there was cameras rolling....

[Little Texan]

Didn't Phil also have a problem with Keith last season or the season before last...setting out pots where Phil was fishing and they got them crossed up?

[Nitro Express]

When I lived in Oregon we used to get into debates over who were more psyco. Loggers or fishermen? It makes me laugh that they do reality shows on each now. I worked on a fishing boat up in Alaska to pay for college but I worked on a Japanese boat with a Japanese captain. His boat was dry and no booze allowed. Let me tell you, there were secret stashes of sake hidden all over that boat, you would go under deck looking for something and an in some hidden corner, sake.

[Nitro Express]

I had severe heath problems about two years ago and almost died. Red Bull was the only thing that kept me going. When you feel like shit and have no energy that stuff keeps you going. Drinking lot's of Red Bull sometimes is a sign a person has health problems and it's how they are jump starting themselves. I don't touch the stuff now.

[Nitro Express]

I guess it comes down to this. The world is desperate for authenticity. In business and in real life. In work and play. We crave it I think, because it’s in such short supply. Consequently, when we see it, we’ll wait for it. We’ll watch it on TV. We’ll stand in line for a chance to be near it. Fans, fishermen, CEO’s – we know authenticity when we see it, even if we’re not looking for it. And Phil Harris had it in spades.

Mike Rowe nailed it. I think one of the main reason this show is popular is it's REAL. The world has become almost a virtual reality of manmade bullshit. Especially if your job is working in an office that deals with man made games like taxes, regulations, inspections and such. We live in a world were money is literally made from nothing by an elite few who control the banking computers. A crab fishing operation is real, everything that goes on, goes on for real productive reasons and mistakes can be fatal.

[chefcraig]

It the promos run over the weekend on the Discovery Channel are to be believed, tonight's episode depicts Captain Phil's stroke and his departure from the Cornelia Marie to the hospital. To tell you the truth, I dunno if I'm even going to watch. This season has been a downer with Harris' death looming over it, and the title sequence being used this year showing the men in a grave yard, then quickly zeroing in on Phil has been hard to see each week. This episode begins the countdown to the inevitable, and I'm not so certain I wish to go through it all again.

[Igosplut]

It the promos run over the weekend on the Discovery Channel are to be believed, tonight's episode depicts Captain Phil's stroke and his departure from the Cornelia Marie to the hospital. To tell you the truth, I dunno if I'm even going to watch. This season has been a downer with Harris' death looming over it, and the title sequence being used this year showing the men in a grave yard, then quickly zeroing in on Phil has been hard to see each week. This episode begins the countdown to the inevitable, and I'm not so certain I wish to go through it all again.

Last week on the show "After the catch" (I didn't see it) Johnathan talked about Phil, and broke down, refusing to say anymore. I've tried to fine it on a download, but no such luck. I wonder how much the shit-fuck kid stealing his pain meds, and his confession strained Phil to the brink. I admit they've been playing it up but you can't help but think the people that worked on the show and worked with Phil probably feel worse than the people that only knew him on a screen....

[Jagermeister]

Last week on the show "After the catch" (I didn't see it) Johnathan talked about Phil, and broke down, refusing to say anymore. I've tried to fine it on a download, but no such luck. I wonder how much the shit-fuck kid stealing his pain meds, and his confession strained Phil to the brink. I admit they've been playing it up but you can't help but think the people that worked on the show and worked with Phil probably feel worse than the people that only knew him on a screen....

No SHit. Last week I was like wtf??? Dad I'm an addict!!!!! Tonight should be a great show!

[Guitar Shark]

I hate that frickin kid.

[Whiteflag]

As you all know I am a Captain so this one hits home.

RIP Captain Phil Harris.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

As you all know I am a Captain so this one hits home.

RIP Captain Phil Harris.

you WERE a captain, now you are a corpse.

[Whiteflag]

you WERE a captain, now you are a corpse.

But I ROSE!!!!

[chefcraig]

Well, I wound up watching after all. As usual, no spoilers here out of respect for you guys in later time zones...but damn, I'm speechless. Some quite compelling television.

[Full Bug]

Last week on the show "After the catch" (I didn't see it) Johnathan talked about Phil, and broke down, refusing to say anymore. I've tried to fine it on a download, but no such luck.

Yeah, I have been looking for that everywhere on line and cant find it either, strange how to torrents for the episodes appear almost instantly, but after the catch is nowhere to be found.....
I'm going to download tonites episode in the morning, for some retarded reason discovery channel airs the episodes a week behind here, cant say I'm looking forward to watching it, capt. Phil was my favourite.....

[PETE'S BROTHER]

it was sad to watch for sure. next episode is gonna be very sad. what a bunch of side stories and such, the producers couldn't make this up if they tried. very sad for the harris family.

[Jagermeister]

I watched the DVR last night. Great show.

I guess the Time Bandit boys have made enough money off endorsements to retire. LOL

[fryingdutchman]

I hate that frickin kid.

That goes double for me. Seeing the shit he put his dad through while we all know what was to come just made him even worse.

He's a little fuckin' drama queen who needs to be knocked on his ass.

[Igosplut]

I watched the DVR last night. Great show.

I guess the Time Bandit boys have made enough money off endorsements to retire. LOL

I would say that the show was a godsend for those guys. Have you seen their Geico commercial? People tend to forget that those two seasons are only two-three weeks long. Yes that could be a years pay for normal people, but fisherman are notoriously bad with money, and living on a higher adrenalin plain makes that just that much worse. I've known guys that did crab/tuna (years ago when it was big) and saved/bought land/houses, but they are the minority. Plus fishing (as a livelyhood) is fucking hard on your body, mostly your back from years of fighting the motion of the boat. Those guys HAVE to be in the wheelhouse now, they just can't physically do it anymore.

None of those guys kids are able to captain any of those boats. They see it as the glory of TV, and none of them have worked hard enough to get to their OWN familys captain seats. never mind being a captain on somebody else's.......

[Jagermeister]

'Deadliest Catch': Discovery boss talks about future of Cornelia Marie
by Lynette Rice
Categories: Cable, News, Reality TV
Image Credit: Blair Bunting/Getty ImagesEW talked with Discovery Channel President and General Manager Clark Bunting about Capt. Phil Harris’ final episodes of Deadliest Catch, and what’s next for the extraordinary reality show about crab fisherman.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Talk about your decision to focus the final six episodes on the passing Capt. Phil Harris.
CLARK BUNTING: We really struggled, there’s no question. I think this is one of the harder stories in our history. We’ve gone through, unfortunately, some tragedy before. We did the Steve Irwin special, but it was a two-hour special after Steve passed. The storyline for Deadliest Catch is about the full arc of Phil’s life. It’s the full arc of going through not just what happened to Phil and the boys, but also the rest of the fleet, the captains sharing their experiences, and them becoming aware of the tragedy that happened. So, we think we’ve covered the full arc without going over the edge.

Did you ever expect this show to get so heavy?
Years ago, I looked at a special that (Deadliest Catch executive producer) Thom Beers had created that was really the forerunner for Deadliest Catch, and I sat there thinking, “Are you kidding me? We’re gonna do a show about crustaceans?” And then he showed me a segment about what happens on those boats, how rough the seas are. He brought us in a bunch of fresh crab and we ate crab while we watched the segment. I think it was, arguably, one of the best pitches I’ve ever seen in my 25 years and it immediately erased in my mind any doubt that this couldn’t be an amazing, heartfelt, exciting story that was, for me at least, the beginning. This is full circle. This is the full story of the captains. This is the full story of the sons. In the end, this is a generational story.

Have you been overwhelmed by the response to Capt. Harris’ death?
Oh my gosh — the number of pages of the posts we had on the blogs. I mean, literally, it was melting the servers. It’s just one of those things that if somebody told me about, I wouldn’t believe. I would go through them night after night to see what these posts were saying, and it was extraordinarily heartfelt. The sheer volume and the sympathy and emotion was unlike anything I’ve ever seen.

Is that reflective of the show’s ratings this season?
No. Honestly, I think the outpouring was disproportionate to the ratings. It’s TV. Some people watch or people sample. People see a show. But the emotion and the number of folks who wrote in are disproportionate to the number of people who watch the show. Obviously, there were a lot of fans, but above and beyond that, it was a sense of loss. I think, unfortunately, that sense of loss was something we all experience. The show has continued to do extremely well for us. It is our highest rated show on the air. They’ve always had a very loyal audience and that audience comes back week after week. Now, as you begin to get into these next episodes, my expectation is that the ratings will go up high.

Will there be a seventh season?
We will continue next year. And what that story looks like…I think we just want to get this one put to bed and give everybody a little bit of a break to decide where to go next year.

Will the show lighten up?
I think we have to. I think with any loss, there’s a process of healing. I think that’s part of what folks will naturally experience. And then, the question is, where does the story lead you from there? It’s like any great docu-soap. Part of the reason I think that people are drawn into this is that it’s genuine, it’s authentic, and the story has yet to play out. We don’t know how the boys are going to respond. We don’t know what the captains will do. We don’t know who will be the owner of the Cornelia Marie. There aren’t a bunch of writers sitting around and saying, “Okay, what are we going to do next year?” This is real. I think that’s what makes it as compelling.

[Guitar Shark]

Jesus, 6 weeks devoted to Captain Phil's death? I liked him as much as the next guy, but come on.