History Trivia / CaptainPugwash

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a notorious [[UrbanLegends Urban Legend]] to the effect that the series had characters whose names were offensive sexual puns of a HelloSailor variety, like "Master Bates", "Roger the Cabin Boy" and "Seaman Staines". In the early 1990s, John Ryan won retractions and settlements from two UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers -- ''The Guardian'' and the now-defunct ''Sunday Correspondent'' -- for repeating the legend, although it persists to this day. Comedian Creator/VictorLewisSmith has claimed that he had started the legend in a comedy routine, although other people claim to have heard it much earlier. With the exception of one of the pirates being called Willy, the characters names were not actually rude -- for example, "Master Bates" was really Master ''Mate'' (although the captain's somewhat adenoidal pronunciation of this character's name may well account for the legend's origins).

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a notorious [[UrbanLegends Urban Legend]] to the effect that the series had characters whose names were offensive sexual puns of a HelloSailor variety, like "Master Bates", "Roger the Cabin Boy" and "Seaman Staines". In the early 1990s, John Ryan won retractions and settlements from two UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers -- ''The Guardian'' and the now-defunct ''Sunday Correspondent'' -- for repeating the legend, although it persists to this day. Comedian Creator/VictorLewisSmith has claimed that he had started the legend in a comedy routine, although other people claim to have heard it much earlier. With the exception of one of the pirates being called Willy, the characters names were not actually rude -- for example, "Master Bates" was really Master ''Mate'' (although the captain's somewhat adenoidal pronunciation of this character's name may well account for the legend's origins).
* TalkingToHimself: Peter Hawkins provided all the voices for the first two series, meaning that every conversation on the show was a case of him talking to himself.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a notorious [[UrbanLegends Urban Legend]] to the effect that the series had characters whose names were offensive sexual puns of a HelloSailor variety, like "Master Bates", "Roger the Cabin Boy" and "Seaman Staines". In the early 1990s, John Ryan won retractions and settlements from two UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers -- ''The Guardian'' and the now-defunct ''Sunday Correspondent'' -- for repeating the legend. Comedian Creator/VictorLewisSmith has claimed that he had started the legend in a comedy routine, although other people claim to have heard it much earlier. With the exception of one of the pirates being called Willy, the characters names were not actually rude -- for example, "Master Bates" was really Master ''Mate'' (although the captain's somewhat adenoidal pronunciation of this character's name may well account for the legend's origins).

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a notorious [[UrbanLegends Urban Legend]] to the effect that the series had characters whose names were offensive sexual puns of a HelloSailor variety, like "Master Bates", "Roger the Cabin Boy" and "Seaman Stains". In the early 1990s, John Ryan won retractions and settlements from two UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers -- ''The Guardian'' and the now-defunct ''Sunday Correspondent'' -- for repeating the legend. Comedian Creator/VictorLewisSmith has claimed that he had started the legend in a comedy routine, although other people claim to have heard it much earlier. With the exception of one of the pirates being called Willy, the characters names were not actually rude -- for example, "Master Bates" was really Master ''Mate'' (although the captain's somewhat adenoidal pronunciation of this character's name may well account for the legend's origins).

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a notorious [[UrbanLegends Urban Legend]] to the effect that the series had characters whose names were offensive sexual puns of a HelloSailor variety, like "Master Bates", "Roger the Cabin Boy" and "Seaman Stains". In the early 1990s, John Ryan (the show's creator) won retractions and settlements from two UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers -- ''The Guardian'' and the now-defunct ''Sunday Correspondent'' -- for repeating the legend. Comedian Creator/VictorLewisSmith has claimed that he started the legend in a comedy routine, although other people claim to have heard it much earlier. With the exception of one of the pirates being called Willy, the characters names are incorrect in the urban legend -- for example, "Master Bates" was really Master ''Mate'' (although the captain's somewhat adenoidal pronunciation of this character's name may well account for the legend's origins).

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There is a notorious urban legend to the effect that the series had characters whose names were offensive sexual puns of a HelloSailor variety, like "Master Baytes", "Roger the Cabin Boy" and "Seaman Staines". In the early 1990s, the show's creator won libel damages from two British newspapers for repeating the legend. Comedian Creator/VictorLewisSmith has claimed that he started the legend in a comedy routine, although other people claim to have heard it much earlier. Except for Pirate Willy, the characters names are incorrect in the urban legend (for example, Master Baytes was really "Master Mate").