Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Sitcom Survivors-- Part 4: Gilligan's Island

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND ( 1964-1967)

Four of the seven stars are no longer with us: Bob Denver (Gilligan), Alan Hale (The Skipper), Jim Backus (Thurston Howell III) and Natalie Schafer (his wife, Lovey).  Russell Johnson (The Professor) died in 2014).

Tina Louise (movie star Ginger  Grant) and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann Summers) still survive.

In case you're wondering, the Skipper, Professor and Lovey Howell had full names as well: Jonas Gumby, Roy Hunkley and Eunice Wentworth Howell.  Gilligan was just Gilligan.  No first or last name.

--Cooter

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