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RIP Russell Johnson (the professor on Gilligan's Island)
dawn wells facebook page ^ | january 16, 2014 | dawn wells

Posted on 01/16/2014 12:04:13 PM PST by lowbridge

Dawn Wells has posted on her facebook page that Russell Johnson passed away this morning.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: gilligansisland; hollywood; itcamefromouterspace; obituary; outerlimits; russelljohnson; theprofessor; thisislandearth; twilightzone
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To: ETL

Tina was a nice-looking Jewess, if I say so myself.


141 posted on 01/16/2014 1:46:03 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: traderrob6

I think I read somewhere that Gilligan was his last name.


142 posted on 01/16/2014 1:46:43 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: GeronL

When the show was on the Network got calls from people wondering why the government couldn’t spare a plane to go rescue the stowaways. They thought it was real!


143 posted on 01/16/2014 1:47:07 PM PST by Borges
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To: Gefn
The comment about Mary Ann, Ginger, and I Dream of Jeannie made me think of this for some strange reason. You never saw their navels.

Well, they were after-school shows, after all. The kids who watched them were pretty young, I assume.

The older kids had more interesting things to do, I'm guessing.

By the early- to mid-70s, a lot of stay-at-home moms had gotten jobs and become "independent," thanks to Betty Friedan.

144 posted on 01/16/2014 1:47:13 PM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Borges

‘castaways’


145 posted on 01/16/2014 1:47:51 PM PST by Borges
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To: ETL

Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!!!


146 posted on 01/16/2014 1:49:35 PM PST by Defiant (Obama is The Bard of Canard.)
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To: traderrob6
Actually it’s uncertain whether “Gilligan” is his first or last name.

"Gilligan" was his last name. His first name was never given on the series. Sherwood Schwartz once said that, had there been a need for it in one of the scripts, his first name would have been "Willie."

147 posted on 01/16/2014 1:50:37 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers; traderrob6

>>I think I read somewhere that Gilligan was his last name.

Yes. Turns out that apparently is true. And according to this I just came across, his first name was “Willie”.

“Gilligan’s last name was Gilligan. No where on any of the episodes is his first name found or used, though producer Sherwood Schwartz said the character was to be named “Willie Gilligan.” “

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/On_Gilligan%27s_Island_what_was_Gilligan%27s_last_name
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“In the pilot, his full name is given as Willy Gilligan.”
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0oG7mpSU9hSOz8ABGVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzc3ZjMjdrBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDNQRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA1NNRTM0Nl8x?qid=20080221061303AAHMIkt


148 posted on 01/16/2014 1:52:11 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Gefn

nothing wrong with good standards


149 posted on 01/16/2014 1:54:11 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Riley

Yes, but when I was a kid, maybe sometime in the early 70s, I distinctly remember the Skipper getting busted for pot possession. I was very disillusioned. Now look at me.


150 posted on 01/16/2014 1:54:14 PM PST by Defiant (Obama is The Bard of Canard.)
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To: GreenHornet

Beat me by a couple minutes.


151 posted on 01/16/2014 1:54:20 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Borges
When the show was on the Network got calls from people wondering why the government couldn’t spare a plane to go rescue the stowaways. They thought it was real!

That was Granny calling from Beverly Hills.

152 posted on 01/16/2014 1:55:26 PM PST by Defiant (Obama is The Bard of Canard.)
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To: ETL; GreenHornet

Well, even after seeing every single episode a dozen or more times times I don’t know all the trivia, LOL


153 posted on 01/16/2014 1:55:57 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: Defiant

The *Skipper*??! Bob Denver of course, he was mister MaryJane and def got popped for it- but Alan Hale?

Are you certain it was him and not Gilligan?


154 posted on 01/16/2014 1:57:35 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: GeronL

I wouldn’t mind if TV went back to these programs. Most of what I watch these days are documentaries, news and cooking shows. Oh yes. Kittens and puppies on Animal Planet. ( Gearing up for the Puppy Bowl)


155 posted on 01/16/2014 1:59:02 PM PST by Gefn (RIP Holly, April 1999-December 31, 2013 the best cat ever)
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To: Riley

Yes.


156 posted on 01/16/2014 1:59:35 PM PST by Defiant (Obama is The Bard of Canard.)
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To: forgotten man

RIP.


157 posted on 01/16/2014 2:01:52 PM PST by x (Resisting the temptation of the inevitable joke about making a dialysis machine out of a coconut.)
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To: Gefn

Lots of classic TV and movies on the web though


158 posted on 01/16/2014 2:02:27 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL

Yes. I just saw the entire Andy Griffith show for the first time on Netflix. Two weeks ago and loved it.


159 posted on 01/16/2014 2:04:53 PM PST by Gefn (RIP Holly, April 1999-December 31, 2013 the best cat ever)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers; traderrob6

Check out this short teaser from the unaired pilot episode. This was before Russell Johnson, Tina Louise and Dawn Wells got their roles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBq4KMkH8ug


160 posted on 01/16/2014 2:06:08 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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