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Posted on August 24, 2008 - by corny
A Thank You from Capt Phil
A quick Thank you From Captain Phil.
Phil was promoting his new Coffee Line in bainbridge, Washington when he stopped to provide this little message. He appreciates all the good wishes.
Posted on June 15, 2008 - by corny
Phil, Josh, & Jake in People Magazine!
Phil, Josh, and Jake are featured in the June 23rd publicaton of ‘People’ magazine! The piece features five tv star father/son combinations and the title of the article is, My Dad Taught Me To…
Posted on June 8, 2008 - by corny
Capt. Phil Spotted in Gloucester Recently
Thanks to blogger, Capt Joe at GoodMorning Gloucester, we get to glimpse Phil in Gloucester meeting fans and signing merchandise. ‘After the Catch’ was just filmed in Gloucester in the last week or so and we’ll be seeing more of Capt Phil, the rest of the skippers, and some of the deckhands, starting on Tuesday, June 17th! Can’t wait!
(Courtesy goes to Capt Joe, and you can also view more of his Deadliest Catch photos)
Posted on April 15, 2008 - by corny
New York, New York! It’s Suddenly Deadly There….
Josh posted a great pic on his myspace that just has to be shared! Are east coast fans ready for the Harris clan? They’re here.…..(or there, all depending on your location)
(photo courtesy of Josh Harris)
Posted on April 13, 2008 - by corny
“Pull a tooth…with pliers?”
So where do you think Jake got the idea to pull his own tooth with pliers? From his dad of course! Read the story below. It’s an excerpt from Discovery’s new book, Deadliest Catch Desperate Hours and there’s alot of Phil Harris in it! In the book, Capt. Phil tells lots of stories as do the other skippers and deckhands. Keep in mind these tales span a lifetime of fishing and may have taken place last year or twenty years ago. This is a good one….
–Captain Phil Harris
The day before we were leaving for king crab season, I had an abscessed tooth, and it was just driving me nuts. There’s no dentist in Dutch Harbor, and at that time there wasn’t even a doctor. There was an EMT. And he goes, “Hey look, I can’t pull a tooth. I don’t have the anesthesia, the equipment, the staff.”
I said, “You got a pair of pliers? You gotta get the mother out of my mouth, man. It’s just driving me nuts.”
So I was sitting in a chair with two of the biggest guys on the boat holding me down. And this guy goes in with just a regular pair of hardware store pliers, and he’s trying to pull my molar. And he ends up breaking it off. There’s no novocaine, no drugs, no anything. I’m wide awake and sober. Now there’s blood everwhere, and there’s just a chunk of tooth stkicking out, not enough for him to grab. We’re in a pickle.
So now he gets a regular claw hammer and a chisel–a regular cold chisel you use to cut metal, not a surgical instrument by any means. What he hoped to do was get down to the gum line, and give it a real good whack, and hope the tooth broke in pieces that he could grab with a pair of needle nose pliers.
I mean, that was about as painful as you can get. I’ve done alot of things that were painful, and I can take pain with best of them, but that was almost more than I could stand. There was blood pouring out of me. The guys on either side, they’re puking–they’re holding me, turning around, and throwing up on the floor, turning back, and holding me some more. I’m just to the point of passing out. And he’s whacking me over and over. He pulled out a couple chunks, but there was a big bunch in there that he couldn’t get out so I went fishing like that.
After we made the first trip it was all I could take, so we made arrangements in Anchorage to fly a guy in–some sort of surgeon. the guy’s name, I never will forget, was Luther Paine. They knocked me out, pulled everything out, and I was back on an airplane a day later. And in retrospect I should have done that in the first place.
Posted on April 9, 2008 - by corny
Marathon Weekend Coming Up!
“Deadliest Catch” is going to get even bigger starting this weekend with season 2 & 3 marathons airing all day and night on Saturday and Sunday. And then it will just be a couple of days til SHOWTIME! Stop by over the weekend if you can pull yourself away from the Discovery channel and read a few Phil Harris excerpts from Discovery’s new book, Deadliest Catch Desperate Hours.
(Photo courtesy of Bonnie. Thanks Bonnie!)
Posted on March 21, 2008 - by corny
KICKER Reels in “Deadliest Catch’s” Cornelia Marie
Here’s a little something about what Capt. Phil and the crew have been up to while crabfishing…
Friday, March 21, 2008 — Stillwater, Okla. – Until recent years, the marine market went mostly ignored by the mobile audio industry. KICKER Audio thought of no better way of helping to jump-start its marine business than seeking out the toughest, most rugged bunch out there for its next “demo” vehicle.
KICKER recently partnered with the extreme fishing vessel Cornelia Marie, one of the four ships featured in the famed show “Deadliest Catch,” which airs on the Discovery Channel. The show, which is about the dangers of Alaskan king-crab fishing, consistently carries top ratings among 18-34 year-old males, and begins its fourth season April 15.
A few conversations with co-owner and captain of the Marie, Phil Harris, were had, and he and his crew loved the idea of putting an all-out audio system in the boat. Phil was responsible for making the Cornelia Marie one of the top-performing boats last season despite some major mechanical difficulties, and hopes to make this season just as good.
And so, KICKER dealer Safe & Sound in Anchorage was called on to “deck” out the ship. “This was the most unusual and fun job we have ever done,” said Terry Spessard, owner of Safe & Sound.
Following an exhausting five-hour truck ride and then 12-hour ferry ride just to get to where the Cornelia Marie was docked, Spessard and crew installed a system in the wheelhouse and one outside on the main deck that became an instant hit with all on board.
“Because of this fantastic system, it’s what keeps us up at night to get our work done,” said Harris. “It’s as loud as I could possibly have asked for.”
After the installation was completed, they ended up loading the Cornelia Marie with a 15-inch Solo-Baric L7 subwoofer, two 12-inch CompVT subwoofers, four sets of 6.5-inch RS-Series Component speakers, and three weather-hardy KB6000 box pairs.
KICKER Brand Manager Roger Demaree summed it up. “Some of the original feedback we got was that the Discovery film crew often had to tell (Phil’s guys) to turn the system down because it was too loud.”
“Everybody in the fleet knows about the system, and are completely envious of our gear,” Harris said. “KICKER has given us absolutely, bar none, the best-sounding system out there.”
The new season of “Deadliest Catch” airs April 15 on the Discovery Channel. Make sure to check out the Cornelia Marie’s website, and look for extensive coverage of Phil and crew in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
Phil will also be signing autographs in the KICKER booth at the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Finals, May 3, in Las Vegas. KICKER audio systems and SoundGate integration products, divisions of Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc., are available for the mobile and home audio aftermarket at authorized dealers worldwide, and also through selected Original Equipment Manufacturers. Consumers needing more information on KICKER, SoundGate, or Livin’ Loud® may call the Consumer Information Line at 1-800-256-5425 or visit brand websites at www.kicker.com or www.soundgate.com.
Posted on March 14, 2008 - by corny
Catch the Paula Deen/Capt. Phil Repeat!
Paula Deen show, Risky Business airing again March 14, 2008 10:00 PM ET/PT March 15, 2008 1:00 AM ET/PT
Risky Business Party
Paula Deen heads into the danger zone with three tough guys who do the riskiest jobs around. She puts up her dukes as she faces boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and teaches him to make Body Blow Ribs.
Then Paula heads out to the rough seas with Captain Phil Harris from Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, who shows her how real men eat crab with fried crab fritters. To wrap up, Paula puts the pedal to the metal and turns up the heat with NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and her Blowtorch Steak with Bourbon Mushroom Sauce.
Posted on February 13, 2008 - by corny
One of Capt. Phil’s Bird Feeders
You may have heard that Captain Phil likes to create birdfeeders in his spare time, not that he’s had any for a while. I’m sure you’d agree that any bird in their right mind would love to hang out in one of Capt. Phil’s creations as you can see below. If you’ve never check out the discussion forums on the F/V Cornelia Marie site, you might want to. Fans of “Deadliest Catch” often stop by and ask interesting questions and sometimes they’ll post a picture or two. (Photo is courtesy of Bonnie)
Posted on February 2, 2008 - by corny
Capt. Phil featured on Pullmaster Winch Ad
There’s a great video of Phil on the Pullmaster website!
