In case you ever wondered whether the crab fishermen of Discovery's Tuesday-night reality hit "Deadliest Catch" are now living Kardashian-style lives and hiring other people to do the dirty work, wonder no more.
"I'm in the wheelhouse," Edgar Hansen, deckboss of the F/V Northwestern, tells Zap2it. "We're in the shipyard. We're doing all the boat maintenance. We've got engines torn apart, cranes off."
Told that TV stars should have people to handle this for them, Hansen laughs.
"Oh, no," he says, "you should see me right now. I'm covered in grease and paint chips. We're trying to get it all done by June 2, to go after salmon. We do that in June, July and August. We're a little nervous about it, but whatever, it'll come together."
Hansen's older brother, Sig Hansen, is captain of the huge white Northwestern, one of the top boats in Alaska's Bering Sea fishing fleet.
"I'm in the wheelhouse," Edgar Hansen, deckboss of the F/V Northwestern, tells Zap2it. "We're in the shipyard. We're doing all the boat maintenance. We've got engines torn apart, cranes off."
Told that TV stars should have people to handle this for them, Hansen laughs.
"Oh, no," he says, "you should see me right now. I'm covered in grease and paint chips. We're trying to get it all done by June 2, to go after salmon. We do that in June, July and August. We're a little nervous about it, but whatever, it'll come together."
Hansen's older brother, Sig Hansen, is captain of the huge white Northwestern, one of the top boats in Alaska's Bering Sea fishing fleet.
- 5/14/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
On Tuesday, June 19, the Bering Sea crab fleet hits dry land.
"It's really hot out today in Breckinridge," Josh Harris tells Zap2it from the latest location for "After the Catch" -- the roundtable companion show to Discovery's Tuesday reality hit "Deadliest Catch" --at the Whale's Tail restaurant in the Colorado ski-resort town, far from any ocean.
"It's probably in the 80s here," adds Harris.
Reminded that's a far cry from the bitter cold and crushing ice suffered by the crab fleet as it sought opilio crab on Alaska's Bering Sea during the first half of 2012, Harris says, "Oh, yes, it is. God bless it. God bless it. That's all I can say about that."
Among those on the new season of "After the Catch" are crab captains Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand of the F/V Time Bandit, Keith Colburn of the F/V Wizard, "Wild Bill" Wichrowski of the F/V Kodiak,...
"It's really hot out today in Breckinridge," Josh Harris tells Zap2it from the latest location for "After the Catch" -- the roundtable companion show to Discovery's Tuesday reality hit "Deadliest Catch" --at the Whale's Tail restaurant in the Colorado ski-resort town, far from any ocean.
"It's probably in the 80s here," adds Harris.
Reminded that's a far cry from the bitter cold and crushing ice suffered by the crab fleet as it sought opilio crab on Alaska's Bering Sea during the first half of 2012, Harris says, "Oh, yes, it is. God bless it. God bless it. That's all I can say about that."
Among those on the new season of "After the Catch" are crab captains Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand of the F/V Time Bandit, Keith Colburn of the F/V Wizard, "Wild Bill" Wichrowski of the F/V Kodiak,...
- 6/19/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A fourth-generation fisherman, Capt. Sig Hansen thought he'd spend most of his life at sea, particularly in the Bering Sea off Alaska. Little did he know that fate -- and a little Tuesday-night show called "Deadliest Catch" on Discovery Channel -- would eventually land him at a post-premiere party, right behind one of his favorite athletes.
"David Beckham was in there," he says, calling in from Florida where he's on a "Captains' Tour," with fellow "Deadliest" crab-boat captains Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand. "I was right behind him, but I didn't want to bother him. I was thinking, 'Man, I wish I could just grab him and get a picture,' but I chickened out."
The premiere in question was for Disney/Pixar's new animated movie "Cars 2," released to theaters on June 24. Hansen voices the character of Crabby the Boat, a cartoon version of his own boat, the blue-and-white F/V Northwestern.
"David Beckham was in there," he says, calling in from Florida where he's on a "Captains' Tour," with fellow "Deadliest" crab-boat captains Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand. "I was right behind him, but I didn't want to bother him. I was thinking, 'Man, I wish I could just grab him and get a picture,' but I chickened out."
The premiere in question was for Disney/Pixar's new animated movie "Cars 2," released to theaters on June 24. Hansen voices the character of Crabby the Boat, a cartoon version of his own boat, the blue-and-white F/V Northwestern.
- 6/25/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
In all my years watching reality TV, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a moment as real and as achingly beautiful as ailing Phil Harris kissing his hand and putting it to his son Josh’s face, then Josh leaning down to kiss his father’s forehead. That conversation is something that will stick forever with the record 8.5 million viewers who saw it. You want to know why fans have been sobbing through the episodes leading up to Phil’s death — it’s because as much as we thought we related to men who do a job...
- 7/14/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
During last night’s post-show After the Catch chat, host Mike Rowe set up the clip of Cornelia Maria deckhand Freddie Maughtai telling Josh Harris he should abandon ship and be with his ailing father, Capt. Phil, by calling it one of the six-year-old series’ most honest moments. Last night’s episode added a few more to that list.
While Phil recovered from a 12-hour surgery to relieve pressure on his swelling brain, Josh, Jake, and Johnathan Hillstrand were updated on his condition. He could survive the devastating stroke, but it was going to be a long road back. Twenty-eight hours after the surgery,...
While Phil recovered from a 12-hour surgery to relieve pressure on his swelling brain, Josh, Jake, and Johnathan Hillstrand were updated on his condition. He could survive the devastating stroke, but it was going to be a long road back. Twenty-eight hours after the surgery,...
- 7/7/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
We’ve known this episode was coming ever since we found out that Capt. Phil Harris insisted the cameras keep filming after he suffered a stroke because they needed “a great finish to the story,” and it’s made season 6 — the show’s most-watched — exquisitely excruciating. You couldn’t have scripted a more moving start to Phil’s final days if you tried.
We started with a replay of the confrontation Phil and son Jake had in last week’s episode after the skipper caught his deckhand stealing some of his prescription pain medicine. Phil said he never wanted to...
We started with a replay of the confrontation Phil and son Jake had in last week’s episode after the skipper caught his deckhand stealing some of his prescription pain medicine. Phil said he never wanted to...
- 6/23/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
On last night’s episode of Deadliest Catch, an ailing Capt. Phil Harris caught his son Jake, who’d been slacking off on deck, stealing his prescription pain medicine. The confrontation that followed (Phil: “I want you out of my life. You’re out of my life…. You’re nothin’ but a thief. A thief and a liar”) was painful to watch. Especially if you knew that in next week’s episode, Phil suffers the stroke that eventually took his life.
I don’t know how we’re going to get through the June 22 episode and those airing after it,...
I don’t know how we’re going to get through the June 22 episode and those airing after it,...
- 6/16/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
One of our favorite reality TV personalities, Discovery's Mike Rowe, narrator of "Dirty Jobs," is hosting a boys night out a the bar in New Orleans with all the menfolk of "Deadliest Catch." The men will honor their fallen friend Capt. Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie, who died this last year in a limited series. "After the Catch" returns for its fourth season on Tuesday, June 15 at 10Pm Et/Pt, bringing together the seafaring cast of "Deadliest Catch" to share a few fish tales from the shore. This year, Bering Sea Captains Sig Hansen (F/V Northwestern), Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand (F/V Time Bandit), and Keith Colburn (F/V Wizard) will have a few laughs, recap memorable...
- 6/3/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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