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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: MarineBrat
Oh. I missed your observation at the top.

Yes, and I'm not the least surprised.

61 posted on 01/16/2014 12:36:58 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: Sarah Barracuda

It’s Cougar season...


62 posted on 01/16/2014 12:37:26 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Steely Tom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64mAgL8G4-E


63 posted on 01/16/2014 12:37:29 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: lowbridge

RIP Professor. I always liked his character, he was one of the few useful people on the island. It is interesting that the actors kept in touch after all these years.


64 posted on 01/16/2014 12:37:37 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: ETL
He was also in at least one episode of the Twilight Zone. Anyone remember which?

I remember seeing him in some western as a gunslinger, was that an episode of TZ?

65 posted on 01/16/2014 12:38:01 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: Steely Tom

The all time mystery will always be...did The Professor and Mary Ann “get busy”?


66 posted on 01/16/2014 12:39:21 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: Rebelbase

“One of the many melodies that Amazing Grace can be sung to.”

Oh, that just ain’t right! :)


67 posted on 01/16/2014 12:39:41 PM PST by PastorBooks
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To: EveningStar
Thanks, didn't want to cheat....It Came from Outer Space
got the other one...my fav. This Island Earth

68 posted on 01/16/2014 12:40:00 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: YankeeReb
I think that was the Twilight Zone episode where he plays a scientist who invents a time machine and brings a condemned gunslinger (Albert Salmi) from the old west who was about to be hung into the future.

-PJ

69 posted on 01/16/2014 12:41:06 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Yaelle

The Prof. figured the longer they were stuck on the island the better chance he had of nailin’ the dog meat out of both Mary Ann and Ginger and then when that old goat Thurston croaked he was gonna move on Lovey and her dough, fix the boat, and THEN split! Damn smart man!


70 posted on 01/16/2014 12:42:01 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a GREAT life!)
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To: Rebelbase

Stairway to Gilligan’s Island

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=stairway+to+gilligan’s+island+youtube&FORM=VIRE3#view=detail&mid=063685FF1BB9D2E83305063685FF1BB9D2E83305


71 posted on 01/16/2014 12:42:22 PM PST by Hugin
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To: Vince Ferrer
There was a great episode of Newhart where Channel 8 was running a Gilligans Island Marathon, and the local townsfolk had gathered at Dick Loudon's inn to watch it.

Some crisis came up where he had to ask all the guests to leave. He was shuttling a long line of people out the door. Finally when he came to the last one, he turned around and it was Russell Johnson.

"Hey, I want to see the end of that!"

To which Newhart's character replies "They don't get off the island.....trust me!"

RIP, Professor.


72 posted on 01/16/2014 12:42:33 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ScottinVA
RE: Gilligan’s Island theme song One of the many melodies that Amazing Grace can be sung to. And... “House of the Rising Sun”

How about the Coca Cola song? (I'd like to teach the world to sing)

73 posted on 01/16/2014 12:43:15 PM PST by sportutegrl
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To: Political Junkie Too
And for you Firefly fans:

Kaylee -or- Inara

74 posted on 01/16/2014 12:43:18 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: forgotten man

Yes, the professor could make a nuclear reactor out of a coconut. But look at who is on the island with him. Mr. & Mrs. Howell have each other. I strongly suspect the Skipper and Gilligan share more than a grass hut. That leaves the professor the choice between Ginger and Mary Ann every night. The professor is a smart guy; he’s not fixing the boat.


75 posted on 01/16/2014 12:43:39 PM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)
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To: MarineBrat; Steely Tom

My friend, that is hilarious!! Excellent!!!

Mary Ann had the sweet, innocent, yet incredibly sexy “I’ll-do-ya-in-the-hayloft-when-Ma-and-Pa-Ain’t-Lookin’” thing down pat...

Ginger, yeah... she had the whole glam thing going on, but... always looking for the bigger wallet, the brighter light... who can her where and what she wants...

BOTH gorgeous...

BUT...

if you’re talking REAL hottie, ya GOTTA go with Lovey Howell... Gigolo Hpttie!!! Man, John F’in Kerry would have SNAPPED that tail up in a heartbeat!!! Then, instead of him being “The Ketchup Gigolo” he’d be “The Coconut Gigolo”!!!!

Just sayin’...


76 posted on 01/16/2014 12:44:04 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
I always liked his character, he was one of the few useful people on the island.

He was the ensemble's 'straight man'.

77 posted on 01/16/2014 12:44:29 PM PST by AU72
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To: upchuck

Still beautiful. Time has been kind to her.

Sophia Loren aged well too.


78 posted on 01/16/2014 12:45:13 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale
if you’re talking REAL hottie, ya GOTTA go with Lovey Howell... Gigolo Hpttie!!!

I bet she was something before electricity.

79 posted on 01/16/2014 12:45:33 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: mbarker12474

When I was young, the questions was Mary Ann or Ginger.

Now that I’m an old fart, I have to say...

That Mrs. Howell doesn’t look too bad there herself, now does she?


80 posted on 01/16/2014 12:45:59 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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