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Not many people go from being one popular stereotyped character to another, but Bob Denver<\/a> did, doing the segue from Maynard G. Krebs on Dobie Gillis<\/em> to the ever-bumbling naif <\/em>Gilligan. Now that he and the Skipper<\/a> both have found their way “off the island<\/a>,” they can take their updated Laurel and Hardy act on the road.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Snopes revisits the Mystery of Gilligan’s First Name<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not many people go from being one popular stereotyped character to another, but Bob Denver did, doing the segue from Maynard G. 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