Could fix anything other than a hole in a boat.
RIP , Russ.
Aww. Seemed a likeable gent.
Condolences to his family. Sad.
RIP Professor.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Just yesterday as I watched Gillian’s Island, I thought, the only ones left alive are Mary Ann, Ginger and The Professor. Well, looks like I have to make a revision B-( My condolences go out to him, his family and friends. He was my favorite character on the show.
We’re down now to Ginger and Mary Ann.
Professor: All right, Ginger, read my mind.
Ginger: 36, 22, 36.
Professor: Well, that’s just the atomic weight of sodium hydro-chloride.
I always suspected he and Mary Ann had something going on.
Which made me jealous....
What do lovey and Thurston say about all this?
He also used to be a regular on the western series “Black Saddle,” which starred Peter Breck, around 1959-60.
Very prolific actor for a whole decade before he got stuck on that darned island. I always liked him.
Its amazing how a college professor like him was an expert at electronics, geometry, archeology, plumbing, chemistry, medical sciences,... its endless.
And that he didn’t have the hots for both Mary Ann and Ginger being trapped on the Island with them w no competition..
He was in Attack of the Crab monsters which I hope they remake one day in Imax and 3D.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050147/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_126
Besides of course GI, I saw him in “It Came From Outer Space” (a 50s 3d Sci Fi film) on TCM.
http://www.russell-johnson.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426157/
Dawn Wells and Tina Louise are the only castaways left. Tina will be 80 years old on Feb. 11.
I heard that's because the network didn't know if the show was going to be a hit or not, so Sherwood Schwartz didn't want to spend the extra for color until the show was renewed. (Ted Turner fixed that in the 1990s by colorizing the first season, like he did to so many B&W movies.) After the first season, they also rewrote the theme song to add "The Professor and Mary Ann."
RIP Professor.
The world’s smartest man.
He literally made a geiger counter out of cocoanuts and that was just one thing I can think of off hand.
When I was younger I used to daydream of being stranded with Mary Ann. Even Ginger was OK.
Our condolences to his family & friends.
‘Favorite MST3k Movie Riff: What’s all this “and the rest” crap?
Military careerThanks so much for your service, Mr. Johnson!
After high school, in the midst of World War II, Johnson joined the United States Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He flew 44 combat missions as a bombardier in B-25 bombers. While flying as a navigator in a B-25 with the 100th Bombardment Squadron, 42nd Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force, his plane and two other B-25s were shot down in the Philippines in March 1945 during a low level bombing and strafing run against Japanese targets. The planes were hit by intense flak and had to ditch in the waters off the port of Zamboanga. During the ditching, he broke both his ankles and the radioman next to him was killed. Johnson earned a Purple Heart for this mission. He was also awarded the Air Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three service stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one service star, and the World War II Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged with the rank of first lieutenant on November 22, 1945. He then joined the Army Reserve and used the GI Bill to fund his acting studies at the Actors Lab in Hollywood.
Seemed like a good guy, even if he did hate Ronald Reagan.