RIP Russell Johnson (the professor on Gilligan's Island)

dawn wells facebook page ^ | january 16, 2014 | dawn wells

[dfwgator]

Now when I think of Alan Hale Jr, I think of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwjljzW95zA

“PACKERS WON THE SUPER BOWL......WOOO HOOO!”

[TexasCajun]

Re: pics

Wow, one self-confident low maintenance, the other not so much.

[EveningStar]

In It Came From Outer Space, he's one of the people kidnapped by the aliens.

In This Island Earth, he plays the scientist who is killed when he tries to escape from the compound (along with the two other scientists, who do successfully escape, but are then kidnapped aboard a flying saucer).

From Wikipedia:

Twilight Zone episodes

Johnson appeared in two episodes in The Twilight Zone. He attempted to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in "Back There". He appeared as a college professor in the episode, "Execution". The plot of both episodes involved time travel from the 20th to the 19th centuries.

Outer Limits episode

He appeared as a crew member at the rank of major, on a U.S. space station in "Specimen: Unknown".

[P.O.E.]

RIP.

[Defiant]

One thing about series back then, they did like 40 episodes and then had the summer off. So 3 seasons gave us a lot of episodes.

I don't recall Sharon Tate on Pettycoat Junction, but I do recall being about 8 years old and already having a hankerin' for those gals in the tank.

[Gefn]

We would be about the same age, I don’t recall these shows til they were in re runs and I was I Jr High and that was around the bicentennial.

I do remember watching Jeanie first run because my dad for some reason was fascinated by Barbara Eden and my mom liked Larry Hagman before he was JR. The only other show I recall first watching first run was Green Acres but that’s becsuse I loved Arnold Zefflel

[Yaelle]

Nancy Kulp must have gone nuts with all those hot ladies on set!

[dfwgator]

LOL.

[Yaelle]

Tina? Ginger didn’t show up on my Jewdar! Wow! I need to get the thing calibrated. I missed Simon Cowell too!

[Defiant]

I am probably a few years older than you. I do vaguely recall Gilligan when it was on regular TV, but got to know every line of dialogue later, when it was on reruns every day after school. The lineup was Leave it to Beaver, Gilligan, F Troop, Andy Griffith, Beverly Hillbillies. Later they added shows like Bewitched, Jeannie, Brady Bunch. Somehow, with all those shows, we still managed to play outside a lot and always be in a sport. I think we didn’t have as much homework as my kids have now.

[greene66]

One thing about those 60s sitcoms, they sure had a long lives in syndication, compared to the equivalent shows that followed them. Probably because they generally had both ‘kid appeal’ and a sense of timelessness. The 70s/80s representatives (excepting the early-70s “Brady Bunch”) tended to comparatively bomb in reruns, for the most part. But the 60s shows just kept going and going and going.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

What about Gilligan’s last name?

Never mentioned, revealed or written in any episode.

[Defiant]

Ha! According to this, the SS Minnow was named after FCC guy Newton Minnow. Now that's funny.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[ThomasThomas]

I have always thought of Bob Denver as. Beatnik

[DMZFrank]

From Wikipedia:

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 Mitchell twin-engine medium 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 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.[

[ETL]

Re: What about Gilligan’s last name?

Never mentioned, revealed or written in any episode.

It actually turns out, Gilligan was his last name, and his first, although maybe used once in an unaired pilot episode, 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

[Hyman Roth]

I had heard she was a lady’s lady. LOL!! My mistake.

[Jewbacca]

“Tina? Ginger didn’t show up on my Jewdar! Wow! I need to get the thing calibrated.”

Yes, and she was not the only member of our Tribe on the Island.

http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=1480

[Yaelle]

Ok, I could see that. I could also see backus - but I guess not.

It used to bug me as a child, seeing all these Jews on TV walking around saying Merry Christmas! :) I didn’t get it.