Bob Denver (Gilligan, Maynard G. Krebs) dead.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

www.msnbc.com

Breaking news.

http://www.cnn.com/

Snip: BREAKING NEWS Actor Bob Denver, 70, of TV's "Gilligan's Island" fame has died, his agent tells The Associated Press. More soon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9230080/

‘Gilligan’ star Bob Denver dies at age 70
TV's legendary ‘little buddy’ had undergone bypass surgery this year

LOS ANGELES - Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show “Gilligan’s Island,” made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday. He was 70.

Denver, who underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year, died at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to agent Mike Eisenstadt. Denver’s death was first reported by “Entertainment Tonight.”

[meganmonkey]

1. Considering all the tragedy right now, it seems irrelevant

But it still makes me a little sad.

I loved Gilligan.

:(

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

3. My first thought was: "This is breaking news?"

I actually thought Maynard from Dobie Gillis was a cooler character.

[gauguin57]

13. I put it on General Discussion, and it got moved to the Lounge.

Whatever. He's a cultural icon -- it's breaking news to me.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I consider it breaking news...

But when I posted the death of Barbara Bel Geddes a couple of weeks ago, my thread got moved, too...:shrug:

[Cooley Hurd]

41. See my post #40...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1757501&mesg_id=1758439

Rhi lives!! ;)

[Rhiannon12866]

49. Thanks! And, yes, I'm still alive. Thanks for caring...

:hi::hug:

[Piperay]

45. I didn't know that

I guess I missed sorry to hear this R-I-P BARBARA!:-(

[gratuitous]

15. It probably IS a little irrelevant

But I'll bet it stokes more genuine sorrow in the U.S. than what happened in New Orleans last week.

[niceypoo]

44. He was my babysitter for a half hour a day for 10 years

I watched "Gilligans Island" faithfully from age 3 til puberty. I have seen every episode at least 10 times, probabally more. My kids love the show now. Gilligan was the eternal kid. Godspeed to ya dude!

[sabra]

2. rip

[Dolomite]

4. Fair winds and following seas…

RIP Little Buddy…

[Skittles]

14. OMG the skipper just cracked me up

his facial expressions were PRICELESS

[Lindsay]

5. I never watched Gilligan's Island.

But I am still known to quote Maynard G. Krebs from time to time.

Rest in peace.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

7. RIP, indeed.

[Jackpine Radical]

20. WooooooooooooooorkkkkkkkKK??!

[Lochloosa]

21. I'm Shocked! Shocked!...never watched Gilligan's Island

I lived for MaryAnne

[Coventina]

6. SKIPPERRRRR!!!!

That was the first thing that popped into my head.

:hide:

May he RIP.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. "You rang?"

:-(

That's the first catch phrase that came to my mind.

[meegbear]

37. And beat Lenny and Squiggy's "Hello!" by 20 years.

[enid602]

8. Lovee

Well, after seeing Barbara Bush on TV last night, it's nice to see that 'Lovee' is still hanging in their.

[IChing]

10. The only way to get off of Gilligan's island with Millionare and his wife.

I loved him as Maynard G. Krebs, the first hip cat on Dobie Gilis.

Now we are stuck on Gilligan's island with the rest of the crew.

REST IN PEACE

[iconoclastic cat]

11. Right now, St. Peter is hitting him with that stupid white hat.

[roguevalley]

12. Like, sad. I am sorry to hear this. Rest in peace, Maynard.

[melody]

27. RIP absolutely, but

:rofl:

I think even Bob is somewhere laughing at that, since he'd be the first person to rip on the Gilligan thing.

[davidinalameda]

16. that's a shame

he was living in West Virginia

:cry:

[Rhiannon12866]

17. They just announced this on CNN...

He looks just the same, except for the grey hair...;(

[stevedeshazer]

19. I'll always remember him as Maynard G. Krebs.

Fairly or not.

[americanstranger]

22. 'Night, Little Buddy.

Bob Denver was a gentle, loving person. He was probably one of the happiest people on earth.

Sad day.

-as

[JustSayNO 2 Sheeples]

23. Is this ironic, or what? n/t

[MN ChimpH8R]

24. Maynard G. Krebs was my first hero

I wanted to be just like him. Years later, and with some horror, I realized I was! :scared: Go in peace, Bob - you made a lot of people laugh for many years and that's a pretty damned good legacy.



Maynard G. Krebs, Dobie Gillis' best friend, was the first beatnik on national TV and remains the most famous beatnik in history. Sure Kerouac was the real thing while Krebs was just a fiction, but what a memorable fiction he was! Maynard's character was created by Max Shulman specifically for the TV show. (When Bob Denver asked Shulman why Maynard wasn't in either of the books, Shulman would only reply "Because I wanted to sell a few copies!") But it was Denver himself who fleshed the character out, mainly because the writers had no idea what beatniks were really like. Actually Denver didn't know anything about them either -- he'd been a Catholic school teacher when he landed the part! Denver didn't do any research on real beatniks to develop the character. Instead he just played Maynard as a more childlike and innocent version of himself. Denver dug jazz so jazz musicians became Maynard's idols too. (A great example of just how hip the Dobie show was: Can you name any other 50's sitcom where Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonius Monk were praised on a regular basis?) When he wasn't listening to records, Maynard played bongos, ocarina and whatever else he could get sound from. If no instruments were available he just sang scat. Maynard loved scary movies, especially "The Monster that Devoured Cleveland" which seemed to enjoy a never-ending engagement at the Bijou Theater. He also loved to watch the wrecking ball swing on the "Old Endicott Building" which must have been the sturdiest structure in town because it seemed to be under demolition almost every week! Maynard lived in his own world with its own twisted logic. The G. in his middle name stood for Walter! (He was named after his aunt.) His speech was full of colorful catch phrases such as "You rang?" and "Like, I'm getting all misty." But Maynard G. Krebs will always be best remembered for his involuntary response whenever anyone mentioned the subject of work. He would instantaneously shudder and recoil and let out an anxiety-ridden wail of WORK!?!! Just before the Dobie show ended its run in 1962, Maynard recorded his legendary "Like, What?" album. But when the show was cancelled, the record's release was scrapped. Only a few hundred promotional copies were ever manufactured. "Like, What?" is now a highly sought after collector's item fetching thousands of dollars in mint condition. A smoky mixture of cool scat, jazz and beat poetry with a truly bent perspective, the lp is deadpan hilarious. The listener is never quite sure if its a put-on or not. An instant classic, the album's influence far exceeded its limited distribution. When Rolling Stone magazine asked Bob Dylan where he got the inspiration for "If Dogs Run Free", he said "I wanted to get that Krebs sound, you know, with the girls in the back, 'Like What?' "

[StaggerLee]

29. Great post

I used to watch the re-runs religiously as a teenager in the early 80's. The show was hilarious...and at times surreal.

Is the series on DVD?

RIP Mr. Denver.

[meegbear]

33. Maynard helped me with my unemployment ...

I was unemployed for over a year and a half in the early 90s. I wanted to make sure I kept a "normal" schedule, so I would wake up and watch Mr. Ed and Dobie Gillis on Nick at Nite.

Like Maynard was way gone! I'd love to get together with him and catch The Monster that Devoured Cleveland and The Son Of The Monster that Devoured Cleveland and The Bride Of The Monster that Devoured Cleveland and The Son Of The Bride Of The Monster that Devoured Cleveland ....

[defiant1]

25. Bummer....

R.I.P.

:toast:

[shavedape]

26. via con dios, little buddy (nt)

[DoYouEverWonder]

28. He's still Maynard G. Krebs to me

He was one of the good ones. Bye-bye little buddy.

[Gregorian]

43. Same here! He was the greatest.

I can't believe he was seventy.

Hope to see you soon! I mean it. There are more good people dead than alive. Oh well. Bye beatnik skipper.

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. I think I'll wear my sleeveless sweatshirt

a la Maynard the rest of the day.

"Who, me? Oh, come now."

:cry:

FWIW, Calif. State Senator Sheila Kuehl was Zelda Gilroy on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (as Sheila James) and returned as Dobie's wife for the 1988 TV movie "Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis." She's a champion of human rights.

Sheila Kuehl

[genius]

31. Was he a Republican? I think I read that somewhere at du.

[Centered]

35. that's not really important is it?

RIP Sir... you made me laugh and I wish your family the best


Centered

[callous taoboy]

36. Republican? Oh come now. n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

40. He loved the herb, that's for sure...

http://www.nndb.com/people/827/000023758/

<snip>
In 1998, Denver was arrested when he signed for a FedEx delivery of 30 grams of marijuana. Police spent more than two hours making a mess of his house, and reportedly confiscated two marijuana pipes and several more grams of pot. Reports at the time suggested that Denver's Gilligan co-star Dawn Wells had arranged the shipment, that his checkbook included several suspicious payments to Wells, and that prosecutors were pressuring him to name Wells as his supplier. Instead, Denver testified that "some crazy fan must have sent it." His punishment was six months probation.
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This one's for you. little buddy:

RIP, and thanks for the laughs!

[tabasco]

47. Man, now I love Mary Ann even more !

Sending 'Ol Bob some stash ! Too bad he got busted :(

Rest in peace, Mr. Denver !

[Bonobo]

32. "Little Buddy!"

[arwalden]

34. So Long To Our "Little Buddy" Gilligan...

... thanks for the laughs!

[ignatius 2]

38. Godspeed,Mr. Denver,you have given us lots of goofy but

fond memories.

[Up2Late]

39. R.I.P. little buddy...

Thanks for all the good times.

[demgrrrll]

42. I hope he is watching them knock over the old Endicott building right

now. RIP Maynard G.

[MGKrebs]

46. Needed a bongo player in heaven.

r.i.p. Bob.
Say hi to Dizzy for me.

Thanks for everything.

[DawgHouse]

48. His Gilligan gave me a lot of joy and laughter.

Sorry to hear that he passed away.