AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 ----- BODY: Long after the crew of the S.S. Minnow were rescued from the island, the actors themselves were still stuck there waving S.O.S. flags for someone to rescue their careers from being typecast. No such luck for any one of them though except maybe Jim Backus (Mr. Howell) who did a few guest spots on "The Brady Bunch" and was also the voice behind the near sighted "Mr. Magoo" cartoon from the 1960's. Bob Denver (Gilligan) died the other day, and as the funeral made its way to the church, the driver took a wrong turn with Denver's body in the back and the 100 or so cars that followed him turned a 10 minute ride into a three hour tour! ..sorry for the yuck yuck there. It had to be done. Bob, just like a lot of other cast members that were on a show that stunk (lasted only 3 seasons) chose to distance themselves from all the hoopla, and once again, became bitter with anything relating to the show, regardless of the fact that it was at it's peak years after it got the axe. They tried reunion movies in the 1970's however, there was always at least one person from the original cast that felt he or she was "too good enough" to stoop that low to do a 2 hour movie. Hey, I'm sure anyone that remembers those few movies will remember "Curly" Neal and the Harlem Globetrotters somehow ending up on the isle with the gang. Perhaps the most bitter of the original cast had to be Tina Louise (Ginger) who would stick her fingers in her ear at a restaurant if someone started whispering about "Ginger eating the Cobb Salad a few tables away. Several years ago, Bob Denver pulled the white floppy hat out of retirement and once again began to embrace the show that made him famous however, his return was rather unorthadox. It all started with one of those "tell all" books that he wrote that claimed he was quite the lover back in the day and that he slept with Dawn Wells and Tina Louise. Of course, they denied it. Well, that's not exactly something you'd want to admit to anyway! One thing that was more fact than fiction was Denver's run-ins with the cops. Within the last 20 years or so, Bob Denver and Paul McCartney have been in a close race over drug arrests. Denver had him beat when you throw the DUI's into the mix. Otherwise, Denver loved to smoke pot and wasn't going to let anyone with a uniform and a badge stop him from smoking. Maybe it was to help ease the pain of the cancer that he died from. All I know is, "The Skipper" and his "Little Buddy" are together again after all these years. We'll miss you Willie Gilligan. Ship Ahoy! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: "Aloha" to America's favorite "Little Buddy."

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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

"Aloha" to America's favorite "Little Buddy."

Long after the crew of the S.S. Minnow were rescued from the island, the actors themselves were still stuck there waving S.O.S. flags for someone to rescue their careers from being typecast. No such luck for any one of them though except maybe Jim Backus (Mr. Howell) who did a few guest spots on "The Brady Bunch" and was also the voice behind the near sighted "Mr. Magoo" cartoon from the 1960's. Bob Denver (Gilligan) died the other day, and as the funeral made its way to the church, the driver took a wrong turn with Denver's body in the back and the 100 or so cars that followed him turned a 10 minute ride into a three hour tour! ..sorry for the yuck yuck there. It had to be done. Bob, just like a lot of other cast members that were on a show that stunk (lasted only 3 seasons) chose to distance themselves from all the hoopla, and once again, became bitter with anything relating to the show, regardless of the fact that it was at it's peak years after it got the axe. They tried reunion movies in the 1970's however, there was always at least one person from the original cast that felt he or she was "too good enough" to stoop that low to do a 2 hour movie. Hey, I'm sure anyone that remembers those few movies will remember "Curly" Neal and the Harlem Globetrotters somehow ending up on the isle with the gang. Perhaps the most bitter of the original cast had to be Tina Louise (Ginger) who would stick her fingers in her ear at a restaurant if someone started whispering about "Ginger eating the Cobb Salad a few tables away. Several years ago, Bob Denver pulled the white floppy hat out of retirement and once again began to embrace the show that made him famous however, his return was rather unorthadox. It all started with one of those "tell all" books that he wrote that claimed he was quite the lover back in the day and that he slept with Dawn Wells and Tina Louise. Of course, they denied it. Well, that's not exactly something you'd want to admit to anyway! One thing that was more fact than fiction was Denver's run-ins with the cops. Within the last 20 years or so, Bob Denver and Paul McCartney have been in a close race over drug arrests. Denver had him beat when you throw the DUI's into the mix. Otherwise, Denver loved to smoke pot and wasn't going to let anyone with a uniform and a badge stop him from smoking. Maybe it was to help ease the pain of the cancer that he died from. All I know is, "The Skipper" and his "Little Buddy" are together again after all these years. We'll miss you Willie Gilligan. Ship Ahoy!

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