Not many people go from being one popular stereotyped character to another, but Bob Denver did, doing the segue from Maynard G. Krebs on Dobie Gillis to the ever-bumbling naif Gilligan. Now that he and the Skipper both have found their way “off the island,” they can take their updated Laurel and Hardy act on the road.
UPDATE: Snopes revisits the Mystery of Gilligan’s First Name.
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