AS SEEN ON TV: CAPTAIN EDWARD SMITH

CAPTAIN EDWARD SMITH

AS SEEN ON:
'Saturday Night Live'

AS PLAYED BY:
Zach Galifianakis

TV DIMENSION:
Skitlandia

From Wikipedia:
Captain Edward John Smith, RD, RNR (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was an English naval reserve officer, and ship's captain. He was the officer in command of the RMS Titanic and died when the ship sank in 1912.

It is not known how Smith died on the night of the sinking. historians and Robert Ballard's book, "The Discovery of the Titanic", claim that Smith went into the bridge at 2:13 AM, 7 minutes before the final sinking and went down with the ship. Some sources state that Smith quietly wandered off to the bridge, while others had Smith actively helping with the radio room, morse lamp and distress rockets.

Working near Collapsible B, Junior Marconi Officer Harold Bride reported seeing Smith dive into the sea from the open bridge minutes before the final plunge began. One story states he carried a child to the overturned collapsible B after the sinking and swam off to freeze in the water, but according to historians featured in the A&E Documentary "Titanic: Death of a Dream", that story is generally considered a romantic fiction.

There is a statue to his legacy in Beacon Park, Lichfield, England.

Skitlandia, however, tells a different story. Apparently, J. Bruce Ismay wasn't the only man to escape the disaster dressed as a woman.....

BCnU!