RESCUED
He is cast away no more.
Bob Denver, better known as "Gilligan," died on Friday in North Carolina as a result of cancer treatment.
He found fame after only 3 seasons on "Gilligan's Island," managing to screw up the rescue of the passengers and crew of the "Minnow" a total of 98 times. He played basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters and slept in the same room as the Skipper, and never made any untoward advances on Ginger or Mary Ann.
Previously, he'd played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," going so far as to jam with Thelonius Monk, but it was as the bumbling First Mate that he found his true calling. His fellow cast members called him a "bright guy who was articulate and loved Shakespeare." His contract didn't pay him for reruns, so his 40 years of celebrity were gratis, but he still started the Denver Foundation to help handicapped children in West Virginia, where he retired.
Welcome home, Little Buddy.
4 Comments:
There was only one thing that got me out of the swimming pool during the summer when I was a kid, and that was Gilligan. In many ways he raised me.
Yes, Gilligan took care of me a fair amount when I was a kid, him and the cast of "Three's Company," which also probably explains a lot.
It explains why you are constantly falling over the couch.
... and breaking the coconut radios you keep building.
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