On Jan 16, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Bob Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com> wrote:
> Russell Johnson, a native of Ashley, PA (right outside Wilkes-Barre), passes > at his Washington state home at 89, leaving that eternal question of why he > could make a radio out of a coconut but still couldn't figure out how to fix > the hole in the Minnow's hull. He had a stock answer whenever he was asked about the contradiction: he claimed the Professor could have fixed the boat at any time, but chose not to, because on the island he had no serious competition for two attractive women; back in civilization, the odds were nowhere near as good. (I saw him live in 1996 at a “Mystery Science Theater 3000” convention; he was invited as one of the stars of “This Island Earth,” which was the subject of the riffing in “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.”) -- Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> <http://www.ellwanger.tv/> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
