San Diego Blog (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
WoW! I am old ! 1. What builds strong bodies 12 ways? A. Flintstones vitamins B. The buttmaster C. Spaghetti D.. Wonder Bread E. Orange Juice F. Milk G. Cod Liver Oil 2. Before he was Muhammed Ali, he was… A. Sugar Ray Robinson B. Roy Orbison C. Gene Autry D. Rudolph Valentino E. Fabian F. Mickey Mantle G. Cassius Clay 3. Pogo, the comic strip character said, "We [...]
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
I was feeling nostalgic recently and decided to Google some of the TV stars I grew up watching. Turns out, many have their own Web sites, and one even has a blog. 1. Dick Van Patten Boy did I love Van Patten on Eight is Enough, where he played Tom Bradford for 5 seasons. [...]
Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
A Pre-Gilligan Bob Denver On The Andy Griffith Show Episode Divorce, Mountain Style Click to watch the YouTube video.
Pinwheels (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Bob Denver (whom you might know as Gilligan of “Gilligan’s Island”) is on my mind, perhaps because the kids have fallen in love with a DVD from the library called “The Wackiest Wagon Train” (which I can not recommend!) featuring, you-guessed-it, Bob Denver as a Gilligan-esque ranch hand. Which has only a tiny relationship [...]
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Maude’s husband, Walter, is 86. That's actor Bill Macy. He was recently a character named Whiskey Pete on My Name Is Earl. The oldest (and sole surviving) Cartwright boy, Adam, is 80. That's Pernell Roberts. Dobie Gillis is 74. That's actor Dwayne Hickman who played the high school chum of Maynard G. [...]
NDN (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
As a way to set the mood for today's West Virginia Primary, I will go with the obvious choice and ask you to listen to Bob Denver's classic . Today, voters from Wheeling to Weirton will head to the polls in the Mountain State from 6:30a.m. until 7:30p.m. to allocate West Virginia's 28 delegates. At 7:45p.m. Keith Olberman , Wolf Blitzer , and Bill O'Reilly will all call the race for Senator Clinton....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
It's hard to beat a stereotype, particularly one that is repeated by well, repeats. In the sitcom world, Bob Denver will always be known...
The Official Site of Grant Miller. (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Tinsel Town gossip hounds have been working overtime after it was learned handsome actor Robert Urich actually is ... dead ! Could other well-know Hollywood celebrities be living secret lives ... as dead people ? Grant Miller Media checked with it's best celebrity sleuths and found many Hollywood A- Listers actually are ... flatliners ! The names may surprise you: Dead: Eddie Albert Bill Bixby John...
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
Typecasting is an actor's worst nightmare. The last thing a professional wants to happen is getting pigeonholed into the same role time after time following a breakthrough performance. Usually this happens at the beginning of a career, such as the case of Bob Denver. Denver was Gilligan for the rest of his career and essentially the rest his life. [...] Read more!
Teevieo (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
The nerds are eclipsing the image of the big strong burley man being the hero of your TV show. Not just the nerds, but the geeks, the misfits, the people that were also the comic sidekick or peripheral character that popped up when needed and then floated away into the background. A good example of [...]
A BUCK'S Blogography (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
Here's a little quiz to see how much you remember about some less-than-important things from a few decades back. It's just for fun, no scoring involved. Even the wrong answers may bring back a memory or two. Have Fun (but no peeking!). 1. What builds strong bodies 12 ways? A. Flintstones vitamins B. The buttmaster C. Spaghetti D. Wonder Bread E. Orange Juice F. Milk G. Cod Liver Oil 2. Before he was...
Gone Mild (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Mary Ann, the sweet, innocent farm girl of my adolescent dreams, was caught with pot a couple weeks ago. Back in 1998, she was rumored to be Bob Denver's supplier when he got busted .
Chicagoray (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
As if things weren't bad enough, now comes word that Mary Anne of all people from Gilligan's Island is a 69 year old closet dope fiend? At least that's what the courts are saying today although she denies it after pleading guilty to possession.. We all knew Bob Denver was smoking something along the way but Mary Anne? Can't judge a book........ My Way News - ' "DRIGGS, Idaho (AP) - Dawn Wells, who...
ATLmalcontent (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
One could imagine the Professor and Ginger sharing a big fattie. Today we learned of Mary Ann's habit. It goes deeper than that; turns out Mary Ann was the island's dealer. The wholesome Kansas farm girl act was merely a...
osmrks (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
IT started with a surprise bithday for actress Dawn Wells, best known as the wholesome Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island, and ended with the actor being caught with marijuana in her car driving home. The party on October 18 for the actor, once considered one the sexiest television stars ever, ended with a nearly three-hour tour of the Teton [...]
