# Gilligan goes on permanent 3-hr tour. Bob Denver dead at 70 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383 "2005-09-06T18:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/61 "2005-09-07T16:57:11Z")
> [@Vintage 1957](#): > > Do you think Bob will be included in the Memorium section at next year’s Oscars? In the Memoriam section of the Emmy Awards. Denver was a television actor; he had a negligible movie career. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/62 "2005-09-07T17:19:46Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > In fact, I doubt he is even a member of the Academy. I don’t know if that is a requirement (did they show Rodney Dangerfield?) It is not a requirement, and in fact most of the people in the Memoriam section of the Academy Awards are not current members; the Academy Awards did show Rodney Dangerfield in the Memoriam section; and he [was offered](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041031/ANSWERMAN/410310303/1023) Academy membership the year after he first applied. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/63 "2005-09-07T18:53:14Z")
He was a pothead? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/64 "2005-09-07T19:57:07Z")
^^^If memory serves, over the past decade or so he paid a few misdemeanor fines for possession. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/65 "2005-09-07T22:13:22Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > He was a pothead? Not only was he arrested for possession, but [Mary Ann](http://www.gilligansisle.com/star.html) was suspected of being his supplier. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/66 "2005-09-07T22:18:33Z")
I’m not sure what to make of that story, frankly. The web page in question does mention Dawn Wells, but the newspaper article scans make no mention of her whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/67 "2005-09-07T22:18:37Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Not only was he arrested for possession, but [Mary Ann](http://www.gilligansisle.com/star.html) was suspected of being his supplier. She wan’t just growing carrots and corn on the farm. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/68 "2005-09-08T01:05:28Z")
Goodby, Gilligan, Maynard. You made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/69 "2005-09-08T08:15:01Z")
Good night, little buddy, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/70 "2005-09-08T14:41:07Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > I’m not sure what to make of that story, frankly. The web page in question does mention Dawn Wells, but the newspaper article scans make no mention of her whatsoever. I gotta think that story was a well-crafted bit of fake news. Alas, Maynard, we have you no longer. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/71 "2005-09-08T16:12:04Z")
::: sniff ::: Thank you for obviously advocating legalizing marijuana. 😉 Although I’m saving my first partaking as a treat for my 40th birthday (which isn’t too far off these days), I just think it’s the coolest thing ever that he was that age, toking and still keeping his head high (and sense of humor) when busted. Also, for being a terrific physical and comedic timing actor after coming off the oh-so-hip, adorable beatnik gig. That almost made me want a goatee (or is that a Vandyke?) and of course, I’d have loved to share his adventures on the island with all their cool homemade inventions. But most importantly, for being my first crush. ☹ No other could ever fill your sailor’s hat. Godspeed lil’ buddy. ---
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/72 "2005-09-09T13:36:20Z")
As a teenager I spent one summer at Interlochen Music Camp, a camp in Michigan where kids came from all over the U.S. (as well as several foreign countries). On the first day, when we were assigned to our cabins, it didn’t take long for all of us in the cabin to start talking and laughing about Gilligan’s Island. It was kinda cool that with all of our diverse backgrounds and locations, we all had that TV show as part of our shared experience. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/73 "2005-09-09T17:27:19Z")
And I bet Rehnquist gets a bigger funeral than Denver. There ain’t no justice! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilligan-goes-on-permanent-3-hr-tour-bob-denver-dead-at-70/320383/74 "2005-09-09T18:45:51Z")
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