Sitcom Legend Bob Denver Passes Away

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Today we will pay respect to sitcom legend Bob Denver. He passed away Friday and it was first announced this afternoon by Entertainment Tonight. Bob Denver's official website has a nice tribute to him. Please view that here. If you would like to send your thoughts or send flowers to the Denver family, you can do so by clicking here.
Bob of course was famous for his role as Willy Gilligan in Gilligan's Island. Prior to his role as Gilligan, Bob played Dobie's friend on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. But it was Gilligan that many fans recognize him as. Some never knew his real name, and just called him Gilligan. He also voiced Gilligan on two animated series The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet. There were even three reunion movies of Gilligan's Island from 1978 to 1981: Rescue from Gilligan's Island, Castaways on Gilligan's Island, and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island. He even played Gilligan on other series as a special guest star, such as ALF, The New Gidget, Baywatch, Meego, and Roseanne. He also played himself on Evening Shade, Herman's Head, The Simpsons, & Space Ghost Coast to Coast. To read the full article on his passing and to post your own memories of this legend, please click here.

Gilligan's Island airs Saturday mornings on The Hallmark Channel. Hallmark has not announced any immediate plans to air a marathon of the show. TV Land could plan a tribute marathon as well. Both Dobie and Gilligan airings would be nice. I will let everyone know when and if TV Land or any other network will air a marathon or a tribute for Mr. Denver. You can buy all three seasons of Gilligan's Island on DVD today by going to our Gilligan's Island section. We will all miss Bob Denver, but he forever will be on television until the end of time. Mr. Denver was 70 years old.

UPDATE: GSN will be airing a tribute to Bob Denver. GSN will air two game shows that featured Denver on Friday, September 9 with BEAT THE CLOCK from 1972 at 3 AM ET/PT and PASSWORD from 1966 at 3:30 AM ET/PT.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, December 9

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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 8)

Tuesday, December 9

Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Catch Regina on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Lily Collins (Emily in Paris) - Lily appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Laura Dern (F Is for Family/Enlightened) - Laura is a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. She also talks about Is This Thing On? on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Amy Sedaris (No Activity/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/Strangers with Candy) - Amy appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Tony Rock (Living Biblically/Mann & Wife/All of Us) - Tony is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Matt Rogers (No Good Deed/I Love That for You) - Andy Cohen interviews Matt on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo. He also talks about Christmas in December on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Emily in Paris) - Philippine and Emily in Paris creator and executive producer Darren Star are guests on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Mila Kunis (Family Guy/That '70s Show) - Mila stops by for a chat about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Taran Killam (Stumble/Single Parents) - Taran talks about ABC's High Potential on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Mark Hamill (The Texas Wheelers) and Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Mark and Tom talk about The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Kery talks about Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Toni Collette (United States of Tara) - Toni talks about Goodbye June on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect/Telenovela) - Zachary tells Sherri about his new film Not Without Hope on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Minnie Driver (Emily in Paris/Speechless/About a Boy) - Minnie plays behind-the-scenes and shares moments from her biggest projects like Good Will Hunting. Plus, she tells Drew about joining the cast of Emily in Paris on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - Valerie, Amirah Kassem, Mikel Welch are facing off against Drew in the annual quirky Christmas tree competition on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Marlo Thomas (That Girl) - Marlo tells Drew about her amazing work with St. Jude's Children's Hospital on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.