Comments on: He finally got off the island

He finally got off the island

yhbc — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:21:35 -0800

Bob Denver, beloved to millions as the lovable beatnick Maynard G. Krebs on the early television show The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, has died at age 70.
he was also on a later show about seven stranded castaways

By: Item

Item — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:23:07 -0800

By: JeffK

JeffK — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:24:06 -0800

Aw, crap. Rest in peace, Bob.

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:24:39 -0800

so long, little buddy.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:25:34 -0800

Um, best known for being Gilligan on Gilligan's Island.

By: davy

davy — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:27:03 -0800

He retired to West Virginia. I hope to do that.

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:27:14 -0800

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:27:23 -0800

Thank you, Professor Duh. .

By: billder

billder — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:27:40 -0800

In a related story, President George Bush has nominated John G. Roberts to the post of Gilligan, mere minutes after Denver's unfortunate death.

By: ?!

?! — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:28:27 -0800

Like, I'm getting all misty. Goodnight Walter.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:29:13 -0800

/whaps delmoi on head with yachtsman's cap . "work?"

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:29:53 -0800

. He was a good guy. Proud of what he'd done with his life, and always nice to the fans. He'll be missed. /builds memorial out of coconuts

By: Rothko

Rothko — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:29:59 -0800

By: bshort

bshort — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:30:13 -0800

By: Gankmore

Gankmore — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:30:22 -0800

can't believe how little press this is getting... i mean first Katrina, then Rehnquist, now Gilligan!?!? oy vey.... or as gankmore might say, "man. gosh. america man. screwed." posted not by gankmore, but gankyb (aka little buddy)

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:31:03 -0800

Sleep well, little buddy. .

By: cavalier

cavalier — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:33:12 -0800

Rehnquist and Denver run into each other at the Pearly Gates, exchange glances, and....

By: StarForce5

StarForce5 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:33:12 -0800

Is this the same Bob Denver that sang "Country road take me home"? I love that song.

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:33:42 -0800

. I said lunch, not launch!

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:33:58 -0800

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:35:42 -0800

By: sonofsamiam

sonofsamiam — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:40:19 -0800

Is this the same Bob Denver that sang "Country road take me home"? I love that song. Is this the same StarForce5 that had never heard of Leonard Cohen? Because otherwise, I'd guess the quoted comment was a joke.

By: mrzer0

mrzer0 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:42:12 -0800

A friend of mine notified us in irc, and I just sat there thinking "Didn't he die 8 or so years ago?" I honestly had him confused with John "Oh, God!" Denver. Then I saw someone try to make that joke on Fark. Then I felt super-lame. :|

By: Mach3avelli

Mach3avelli — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:42:32 -0800

He was on Lost? .

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:46:32 -0800

Stir those damned coconuts! You, on the bamboo bicycle, move those feet! If we get enough charge we can defibrillate! ... With respect, of course. I'm sad to see Gilligan go.

By: bjgeiger

bjgeiger — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:47:41 -0800

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:51:27 -0800

And dammit, Gilligan's first name was Willy, no matter what anyone says.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:52:44 -0800

I'll wear my red rugby shirt tomorrow in tribute.

By: kingfisher, his musclebound cat

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:55:33 -0800

Well now that he can't defend himself, Gilligan is certain be the target of Bush's investigation into the stunning incompetence of the past week. "Well, it seems like Gilligan was trying to befriend a monkey and forget to launch the coconut flare that would alert me to give a damn." Seriously, damn, so many afternoons after school with Gilligan, the Skipper, too, the millio . . . . .

By: glenwood

glenwood — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:56:14 -0800

By: alms

alms — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:59:19 -0800

By: WaterSprite

WaterSprite — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:07:27 -0800

Hey, he's just joining Skipper Jonas Grumby in that big thatched hut in the sky... .

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:10:59 -0800

By: StarForce5

StarForce5 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:11:51 -0800

Geez, you don't have to come down on me just because I only know a few Bob Denver songs like "Thank God I'm a country boy" and "Puple Haze".

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:13:27 -0800

Nooo!.........now my line is gone; how you doing? - "I'm Chillin like Gilligan."

By: billder

billder — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:14:32 -0800

thomcatspike: You can always use "I'm chillin like Ted Williams."

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:14:34 -0800

By: tfmm

tfmm — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:15:57 -0800

This got me thinking: Gilligan crew + Superdome = TV Funhouse magic

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:19:37 -0800

Bob Denver songs like "Thank God I'm a country boy" and "Puple Haze". not John... yet now their both gone to a higher high somewhere above the sky

By: amberglow

amberglow — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:22:27 -0800

By: moonbird

moonbird — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:24:07 -0800

By: ernie

ernie — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:29:18 -0800

I always thought they could have escaped so easily from that German prison camp, given the incompetence of the guards, and that Col. Klink.

By: KerPow

KerPow — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:32:09 -0800

goodbye little buddy... (willy?)

By: oneswellfoop

oneswellfoop — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:32:16 -0800

Thanks, commish, for giving Maynard his well-deserved due... You do realize the studio backlot where they had Gilligan's "Lagoon" was paved over to build (shudder) the Big Brother House... He also had good taste in oldies, and mediocre web skillz (designed his own personal site).

By: StarForce5

StarForce5 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:37:36 -0800

John Denver was Gilligan?! yes, it's scarcasm.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:38:17 -0800

It's interesting that people feel a need to make the jokes when someone dies. Someone please let me know when ernie and Starforcescrewup, die and I'll be sure to make jokes about it... The point is, jerkoffs, if you don't know who the heck it is, it is probably best to keep your mouth shut.... If you're stupid enough to PRETEND you don't know who it is and think that we'll find it amusing, still a good idea to keep your mouth shut.. That said... Maynard was one of my all time favorite TV characters, he inspired me to become a hippie!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:40:01 -0800

It's interesting that people feel a need to make the jokes when someone dies. I'm kinda hoping people crack jokes when I die. So long as they're funny.

By: Lusy P Hur

Lusy P Hur — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:42:44 -0800

By: Mike D

Mike D — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:45:11 -0800

"The point is, jerkoffs, if you don't know who the heck it is, it is probably best to keep your mouth shut.... If you're stupid enough to PRETEND you don't know who it is and think that we'll find it amusing, still a good idea to keep your mouth shut.." Geez, HB, the guy was a comedian, after all. He'd probably appreciate friends and fans remembering him by having a few laughs by way of remmebering him. Lighten up... "A little song; a little dance; A little seltzer down your pants."

By: billder

billder — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:47:18 -0800

It's interesting that people feel a need to make the jokes when someone dies. Well, when they spent their lives making you laugh, it's natural. Somebody like Rehnquist dying just brings on somber or dread. The Pope, reverance. And so on.

By: ericb

ericb — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:47:28 -0800

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:49:16 -0800

. Oh. Little buddy. You know I read a great story just a couple weeks ago about Alan Hale Jr. (AKA: The Skipper). When Hale was in the hospital very ill and near the end he would unplug his IV's and shit - put on his Skipper cap - and escape his ward and go down to the Pediatric Cancer ward to entertain the sick kids. Evidentially this accelerated his demise. Goddamn it. I gotta go. I got something in my eye.

By: Ber

Ber — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:50:09 -0800

Bye Bob, you were my hero when I was six years old. And now we're just left with The Professor, Maryann, and Ginger. Damn, I feel old.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:51:04 -0800

"Geez, HB, the guy was a comedian, after all. He'd probably appreciate friends and fans remembering him by having a few laughs by way of remmebering him. Lighten up..." It's like this... you've made half an edit; the phone rings. You get a quick end-of-day question to answer just before you head out for the bus. So thinking that you're uneditably brilliant, you hit "Post". You go back and re-read it. You think, "%$@%&!!!" Here's what I meant to say: "Geez, HB, the guy was a comedian, after all. He'd probably appreciate friends and fans having a few laughs by way of remembering him. Lighten up..." I trust my future biographer will get the right statement into the book. (I know I said, "That's one small step for Man..." I meant "That's one small step for a man...")

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:51:48 -0800

The professor actually lost a son to AIDS a while back, poor fellow.

By: ericb

ericb — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:03:24 -0800

The professor actually lost a son to AIDS a while back, poor fellow. Bob Denver's brother-in-law died as a result of AIDS.

By: ericb

ericb — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:06:06 -0800

The characters' full names (from Bob Denver's website to which oneswellfoop linked): 1) Gilligan - Willy Gilligan 2) The Skipper - Jonas Grumby 3) Thurston Howell III - Thurston Howell III 4) Mrs. Howell - Eunice Wentworth (Lovey) Howell 5) Ginger - Ginger Grant 6) The Professor - Roy Hinkley 7) Mary Ann - Mary Ann Summers

By: ktoad

ktoad — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:06:24 -0800

By: threadbare

threadbare — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:06:42 -0800

WORK? The tone and dispair in his voice will always remind me to take time to play. Bye Little Buddy.

By: about_time

about_time — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:12:28 -0800

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:12:55 -0800

He was one of my favorite celebrity pot smokers...

By: StarForce5

StarForce5 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:40:50 -0800

HuronBob, you're pretty uptight for a hippy. Please bear in that this is only a web page not the Bob Denver funeral service. Here's my tear if it makes feel better: .

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:41:17 -0800

Y'know, my dad always told me that he came from North Long Beach, CA (like me). Now I found that my father lied to me. LIED! *is crushed*

By: gubo

gubo — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:52:28 -0800

The characters' full names A friend of mine, for whom only the original series is "canon," insists that the real first names of Gilligan and Mrs. Howell are unknown.

By: Ruki

Ruki — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:53:19 -0800

Maynard G. Krebs was one of my favorite tv characters. .

By: djeo

djeo — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:14:32 -0800

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:28:22 -0800

By: gleuschk

gleuschk — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:31:17 -0800

By: WillieD

WillieD — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:11:22 -0800

By: malaprohibita

malaprohibita — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:17:21 -0800

Mercer County, West Virginia's best-known celebrity. Rest in Peace, Bob. He retired to West Virginia. I hope to do that. No. You really don't want to do that.

By: dougkess

dougkess — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:19:18 -0800

By: peacay

peacay — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:25:24 -0800

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:30:38 -0800

I loved him as Maynard G. Krebs--The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and My Living Doll were my favorite comedies when they were on. For me, when Denver became Gilligan and Julie Newmar became Catwoman, it was a step down in both cases. From the link above: Just before the Dobie show ended its run in 1962, Maynard recorded his legendary "Like, What?" album. But when the show was cancelled, the record's release was scrapped. Only a few hundred promotional copies were ever manufactured. "Like, What?" is now a highly sought after collector's item fetching thousands of dollars in mint condition. A smoky mixture of cool scat, jazz and beat poetry with a truly bent perspective, the lp is deadpan hilarious. The listener is never quite sure if its a put-on or not. An instant classic, the album's influence far exceeded its limited distribution. When Rolling Stone magazine asked Bob Dylan where he got the inspiration for "If Dogs Run Free", he said "I wanted to get that Krebs sound, you know, with the girls in the back, 'Like What?' "

By: keswick

keswick — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:09:25 -0800

. I remember watching Dobie Gillis on Nick at Nite. Good times.

By: parki

parki — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:17:20 -0800

By: bwg

bwg — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:41:51 -0800

Hope he gets more than a three-hour tour of Heaven. .

By: briank

briank — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:30:02 -0800

NOW how are they going to get home?

By: deemer

deemer — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:47:06 -0800

Ask for the bottom hammock this time, little buddy.

By: herichon

herichon — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:56:12 -0800

By: nj_subgenius

nj_subgenius — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:59:41 -0800

By: Edible Energy

Edible Energy — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:06:32 -0800

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:50:33 -0800

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:16:52 -0800

No. You really don't want to do that. Parts of West Virginia are great. But back to the topic: .