I always suspected he and Mary Ann had something going on.
Which made me jealous....
Several years back, Russell Johnson put out a book about his time on “Gilligan’s Island” and he mentioned that he and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) had a close friendship long after the show was cancelled. He also mentioned that she signed all her letters and cards to him, “Love, The Rest”, in reference to the theme song’s lyrics from the first season, “... the movie star and the rest...”