Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Today is the birthday of actor Bob Denver. First gaining stardom as beatnik sidekick Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Bob Denver immediately followed that run by taking on his biggest role, Gilligan on Gilligan's Island. This role would stay with him for the rest of his life, but unlike many roles that actors wind up married to, Gilligan kept providing him with work. Following the end of Gilligan's Island, the character was resurrected in two cartoon series and a string of reunion movies. Decades after the classic series ended, Bob Denver was guest starring on various shows playing Gilligan. Many of his other roles tended to be very similar to Gilligan on shows that were essentially variations on the Gilligan's Island theme (Dusty's Trail was Gilligan's Island in the wild west, The Sid & Marty Krofft produced Far Out Space Nuts was essentially Gilligan's Island in space).



In the item selected, Bob Denver's Gilligan is "disguised" as an island native.