RIP, Professor

[Gilligan]

A childhood idol is gone.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/r ... and-671675

[Metsfanmax]

And here I was thinking someone important in academia passed away.

[Gilligan]

And here I was thinking someone important in academia passed away.

Dude, this was someone important.

[Metsfanmax]

And here I was thinking someone important in academia passed away.

Dude, this was someone important.

Never watched.

[Timminz]

I'm surprised he was only 89.

I figured the whole cast was long dead.

[Gilligan]

I'm surprised he was only 89.

I figured the whole cast was long dead.

The Howells and the Skipper are long dead, about 25 years for each of them.

Gilligan died about 7 years ago.

Ginger and Mary Ann are still alive. Actually, Mary Ann was supposed to be at the San Diego comic con last year but had to pull out at the last minute. I was quite bummed.

[Dukasaur]

And here I was thinking someone important in academia passed away.

Dude, this was someone important.

"I think, what I love most at this point in time in the long life of Gilligan's Island is the positive, intelligent nature of longtime Gilligan aficionados," he wrote on his website. "It amazes me. I have received mail throughout the years from young viewers from all over the world, year after year, who were so influenced by the Professor's smarts that they became science buffs and are now real professors, doctors and scientists. It makes me proud."

[Anarkistsdream]

I'm surprised he was only 89.

I figured the whole cast was long dead.

The Howells and the Skipper are long dead, about 25 years for each of them.

Gilligan died about 7 years ago.

Ginger and Mary Ann are still alive. Actually, Mary Ann was supposed to be at the San Diego comic con last year but had to pull out at the last minute. I was quite bummed.

I had to pull out of her at the last minute....

[TeeGee]

I was a huge fan of this show growing up in prehistoric times (the 1970's). A sad day for the older generation of CC

[Gilligan]

I'm surprised he was only 89.

I figured the whole cast was long dead.

The Howells and the Skipper are long dead, about 25 years for each of them.

Gilligan died about 7 years ago.

Ginger and Mary Ann are still alive. Actually, Mary Ann was supposed to be at the San Diego comic con last year but had to pull out at the last minute. I was quite bummed.

I had to pull out of her at the last minute....

If you like 75 year old women...

I was a huge fan of this show growing up in prehistoric times (the 1970's). A sad day for the older generation of CC

And the younger, cause me