Cabin Boy is a 1994 fantasy comedy film directed by Adam Resnick and produced by Tim Burton, which starred comedian Chris Elliott. Elliott co-wrote the film with Adam Resnick. Both men worked for Late Night with David Letterman in the 1980s, as well as the short-lived FOX sitcom Get a Life in the early 1990s.
The project was originally to be directed by Tim Burton, who had contacted Chris Elliott after seeing Get a Life episode "Neptune 2000". Writer Adam Resnick took over the direction after Burton was offered the film Ed Wood.
Nathaniel Mayweather (Chris Elliott) is a snobbish, self-centered virginal man. He is invited by his father to sail to Hawaii aboard the Queen Catherine. After annoying the driver he is forced to walk the rest of the way.
Nathaniel makes a wrong turn into a small fishing village where he meets the imbecilic cabin boy/first mate Kenny (Andy Richter), and thinks the ship, The Filthy Whore, is a theme ship. It is not until the next morning that Captain Greybar (Ritch Brinkley) finds Nathaniel in his room. Nathaniel also realizes that he is on the wrong boat that will not return to dry land for three months. Nathaniel tries to unsuccessfully convince each fisherman to set sail to Hawaii. Later Nathaniel convinces Kenny to set sail for Hawaii. On the way to Hawaii the ship is caught in a fierce storm and Kenny is knocked over board and drowns. Without a cabin boy Greybar forces Nathaniel do the chores. Eventually the crew reaches Hell's Bucket, a Bermuda Triangle-like area where weird events occur.
I wanna go to 'Frisco bay
Drink my liquor and spend my pay
Sling my hammock and hoist the boat
Knuckle under and learn the ropes
Action stations, all correct
Trim the rigging and swab the deck
Hard to starboard - man ahoy
I wanna be your cabin boy
All night... all night
Cabin boy work night and day
Cabin boy goes all the way
Man the capstan, work the pump
Cook and carry and fetch and hump
Set the sextant, strip the guns
Bite the biscuit, beat the drums
Do the hornpipe - jump for joy
I wanna be your cabin boy
All night... all night
I wanna be your cabin boy all night
I wanna be your cabin boy all night...
Set the sextant, strip the guns
Bite the biscuit, beat the drums
Do the duties I enjoy
I wanna be your cabin boy
All night... all night
I wanna be your cabin boy all night
I wanna be your cabin boy all night