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re: Russell Johnson Appreciation thread (The Professor from Gilligan's Island)

Posted on 11/10/14 at 12:32 pm to
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
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Posted on 11/10/14 at 12:32 pm to
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Without "The Professor and Mary Ann" there would have been nothing to ground the show and it would have been unwatchably silly, IMHO.


It took a while for their importance to be recognized. They were originally known as "and the rest", you know. I never could believe they actually started with that lame lyric; it was like they had 5 seconds to finish the song, and that's all they could come up with.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 11/10/14 at 2:45 pm to
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They were originally known as "and the rest",


And they were the only 2 even remotely normal people on the island.

(I guess the Skipper would be the closest to a third, but he just played Oliver Hardy to Bob Denver's INSANE Stan Laurel.)

This post was edited on 11/10/14 at 2:47 pm
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