RIP Russell Johnson

[robkelk]

MSN is reporting that http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=847737]Russell Johnson passed away yesterday, at age 89.

I'd recently re-watched This Island Earth - well, the MST3K version - although I suspect most folks will remember him from Gilligan's Island. Odd how he played characters with quiet dignity in both stories...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2014/01/16/pa ... ?hpt=hp_t3]of The Partridge Family and Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Dragonflight]

Odd, What sticks in my mind most regarding MST3K is that he pushes the protagonist and his love interest out of the car and drives off so that the death ray kills them and spares him. So, not very dignified from this side of the gallery.
As for Gilligan's Island, I recall someone, probably Shane, telling us that since the millionaire's wife was on the island with him, and the two seamen were obviously gay, that left the girl next door and the movie star without a mate. There's a reason why he never fixed a three foot hole in the boat...
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.

[Pyeknu]

A sad loss. At least Bob Denver et all won't be alone in Heaven now.