[Prospero]

This SO weird. Not having seen a single Gilligans Island episode in decades, I happened upon the last 10 minutes of one of the first season, black and white shows last night, while channel surfing. I stopped, the character on the screen at that precise moment was none other than Johnson.

He had a career before The Island, not all of it B-grade sci-fi movies and Zones or Outer Limits.

Trivia Champions will know that "the Skipper's" character name was mentioned in the series at least once ("Jonas Grumby," God bless 'em, Alan Hale, Jr. He and his father were both fine people and fixtures, in their time.)

But, was "the Professor's" character name ever mentioned; was it even hinted at, by Sheldon Leonard or any of the merry band of writers?

Inquiring minds want to know...

[yarddog]

All of their names were given in a radio report on the first episode.

Natalie Shaefer really was pretty old when the show was on. She was pretty spry for her age.