Skipper!! , Skiipppeerr!!

Do these words sound a little familiar?Yep, you guessed it.Bob Denver,the actor that played Gilligan on Gilligan's Island.I just heard the news a few hours ago that he has passed away. I fell in love with the television show when I was in grade school and wacthed it on our very first T.V.for the first time.My parents bought a large black and white console television that had a remote control connected to it through a long cable.The remote control was cylinder shaped and had one large button sticking out of the top of it,when pressed down a loud whirrrring sound would come from the t.v. and the knob would rotate through all thirteen channels one by one.Everytime it stopped on a channel it would make loud clunk!! sound that could be heard through half the house,even when the knob was turned manually.Yes,believe or not,television sets used to only have thirteen channels.We could only receive about three of the channels though with the rabbit ears antenna.We got caught many times trying to watch when we weren't supposed to because the knob was so loud. I come from a large family and Gilligan's island was one those shows that no one complained about when someone turned it on.I even liked the cartoon series of Gilligan's island. Hmmmm... How did those words go for the theme song? Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailin' man, the skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day, for a three hour tour, a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost etc........ Bob Denver,thankyou for all the laughs that you have given me.