a40 Subj : Re: See ya little bubdy... To : alt.startrek,alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise,alt.tv.star-trek.tos From : dwåcôn Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 14:11:40 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos "Brad Filippone" wrote in message news:dg6vv7$t0u$1@News.Dal.Ca... > dwocrn (six.million@dollar.man) wrote: > > : "Brad Filippone" wrote in message > : news:dg1tjo$l4$1@News.Dal.Ca... > : > Karl Johanson (karljohanson@shaw.ca) wrote: > : > : "Keeper of the Purple Twilight" wrote in message > : > : news:no-15799C.10500609092005@news.central.cox.net... > : > : > In article , > : > : > "Kweeg" wrote: > : > : > > : > : >> > OMG, I've watched that show for most of my life, and I > : > : >> > *never* knew the character's first name was "Willie"! :-O > : > : >> > Where did *that* come from???? > : > : >> > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057751/ > : > : >> > : > : >> Indeed. Just like most people know the Skipper name, Jonas > Grumby, > : > : >> the > : > : >> Professor's name Roy Hinkley Jr. and Mary Ann's last name, > Summers. > : > : >> I > : > : >> believe these names were only mentioned once in the pilot. Then > : > : >> there's the > : > : >> unaired pilot were the 2 girls were secretaries Bunny (Nancy > : > : >> McCarthy) and > : > : >> Ginger (Kit Smythe), and the Professor was just a high school > teacher > : > : >> played > : > : >> by John Gabriel. A lot of scenes were recycled later in the "new > : > : >> pilot". > : > : > > : > : > Nobody ever called Gilligan anything but 'Gilligan' in the entire > : > : > series. His first name, if he had one, was nowhere in the series. > : > : > Sherwood Schwartz had it in mind to call him Willy Gilligan at > some > : > : > point but that's as far as it got. > : > > : > : The Professor was only called "Professor" or "the Professor" > throughout > : > : the series, with one exception. The radio broadcast announcing that > : > : their ship was lost mentioned his name. I don't remember if they > also > : > : mentioned 'Willy' at that point as well. > : > > : > No, they didn't mention WIlly. By the way, as I stated in an earlier > : > post, the Professor's real name was ALSO mentioned in the second > season > : > episode that guest starred Zsa Zsa Gabor. > > > : Did she slap him? > > Wow, slap one policeman and you're marked for life! If she were black, she'd be dead for life... -- Jennifer Lopez Lingerie *plus* Gourmet Goodies www.cafepress.com/dwacon . 0