The Movie Star ... And the Rest

1. i don't know what i was expecting but his pic just threw me off .. my first reaction was 'oh!' not a good oh just a stunned shocked oh .. for some reason, i thought he would be buttery soft and smooth looking

Posted at 1:59PM on Nov 20th 2008 by lian

2. Nice to see him!

Posted at 2:00PM on Nov 20th 2008 by championsrus

3. I think his son died of AIDS. Also, I must be getting really old, cause I thik the professor looks hot in the cast picture. I used to think he was so old when I was little...all relative I guess. Is Lovey still alive? I know the Skipper, Thurston and Gilligan have been "rescued."

Posted at 2:01PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Ginger

4. First...........Those were good times. He looks great

Posted at 2:05PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Gilly

5. For those who don't know, Russell was in two EXCELLENT time travel-centric episodes of the "Twilight Zone" over 45 years ago. The first episode involved him going back to the night of President Lincoln's murder. At first, he doesn't know where he is, but he soon realizes that he was transported back to the day of Lincoln's assassination, and it's about to happen later that night. The other episode had him working on a time machine in a lab, when all of a sudden, a murderer from the late 1800s, who was in the middle of being hanged, appears inside his time machine. The rest of the episode is centered on the murderer and how he reacts to being loose in a noisy, NYC crowd.

Posted at 2:09PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Adam

6. It must be all that weed smokin that keeps them kickin

Posted at 2:15PM on Nov 20th 2008 by babymomma

7. Oh I always wanted to share a hut with the Professor..he was hot! Ya know, he doesnt look bad for his age. Hes 84..and still has a hair and teeth. What more can ya ask for?
I remember one of those Twilight Zones. What a great show that was.

Posted at 2:17PM on Nov 20th 2008 by LookatmyCOCONUTS

8. I always had a crush on him! Looks good for 84!

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 20th 2008 by BB

9. #3 I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing. When I was watching this as a kid he was just some 'old dude'. But, when I saw that picture I thought, hmmm, professor hunky. So, you're not the only one getting old(er)..........

Posted at 2:28PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Robin

10. I too had a crush on the Professor! Think he looks wonderful for 84...great memories as a kid of watching Gillian's Island, thanks for the memories Professor!

Posted at 2:35PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Love the Professor

11. used to switch between gilligan or proffessor as my crush... watching the show...see seniors all the time...believe me...he look's damm good for 84 !!!

Posted at 2:43PM on Nov 20th 2008 by northern gypsy

12. The professor was the first and the best when it came to making ingenious inventions out of the ordinary (in his case, coconuts and palm fronds) and was one of television's first cool nerds. He put other tv nerds to shame.

Posted at 2:52PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Ed

13. I loved Gilligan's Island....does anyone remember the cartoon? It didn't last long! Squeezed that show for every thing it was worth....remember the epi when they did musical Hamlet? Now I can't get that song out of my head..."I ask to be or not to be...."

Posted at 3:07PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Set the way back machine Mr. Peabody!

14. Before they filmed the pilot, the producers of "Gilligan's Island" had originally wanted Russell Johnson to go shirtless, wanting him to be the beefcake of the show. Russell turned them down, saying that it wouldn't have been appropriate for the character. He may have been right, but what a loss to the viewers...

Posted at 3:08PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Lovey

15. To answer "GINGER" question,LOVEY passed away,so that makes the Professer,Ginger and Maryann the surviving castaway cast-players still alive.
It's was Maryann for me back in the '60's for me with those short shorts!

Posted at 3:22PM on Nov 20th 2008 by NiceGuy