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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:06 PM
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Bob Denver is dead.
A radio fell into his bathtub.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:07 PM
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1. What!!??
Gilligan is dead. Is this for real.
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:07 PM
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2. Gilligan?!?!
Really?
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:08 PM
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3. I heard that too.
Someone said that a radio fell in the tub and he got electrocuted.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:09 PM
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4. yeah
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NamVetsWeeLass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:09 PM
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5. anyone got a link????? eom
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:10 PM
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6. Sorry, I was watching TV
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:11 PM
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7. That damn Professor and his radio-powered rafts
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 02:11 PM by DS1
:grr: :grr: :grr:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:12 PM
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12. Yeah, but they were all made out of coconut so how could they kill?
Did one bop on Gilligan's head? :crazy:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:23 PM
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24. The skipper was see-sawing with the girls on the other end
to generate a current ;-)
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:11 PM
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8. Wow, right out of the Mythbusters episode.
Dang, that's too bad. RIP, Gilligan.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:12 PM
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11. Evidentally no circuit interuptor.
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:14 PM
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13. That's what came to me too
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 02:15 PM by Oreo
Episode 19: Quicksand
Has Hollywood gotten it right all this time? Can you really murder someone by dropping an electrical appliance into a bathtub? In a truly electrifying experiment, the guys find out what actually happens when hair dryer and water collide. Then follow the MythBuilders as they pursue the case of the exploding tattoo in the MRI. How, if at all, will the traces of metal found in the ink of Scottie's tattoos react with the MRI's rays? And Tarzan used it successfully against his enemies, but will killer quicksand take down the MythBusters?
premiere: Oct. 20, 2004


Do you think he was a Mythbusters fan?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:11 PM
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9. Nothing is on the internet yet.
1:20PM my time, so I don't expect any 'special reports'. :-(
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:22 PM
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21. If it is true, it would be on the Drudge Report before anywhere else.
And I checked and there's no news.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:12 PM
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10. Suicide?
Honest, how many people die from accidental radios in bathtubs.

And seriously. That's totally a Gilligan way to go.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:15 PM
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15. Except Gilligan wouldn't have died.
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 02:16 PM by LoZoccolo
He would have emerged from the hut with his face covered with soot and his hair sticking straight up. Shaken, but otherwise OK.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:17 PM
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16.  (snort) dude, totally uncalled for...
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 02:17 PM by BullGooseLoony
I'm trying not to laugh, here.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:20 PM
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20. I should probably add that I'm a big fan.
Respects for his family.

That said, I think Bob would have appreciated a joke or two.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:19 PM
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18. I knew someone who died by accident that way
An elderly neighbor lady when I was a little kid. But now they make radios that are safe for the shower, and remote speakers too. Why would anyone keep a plugged-in radio next to their tub? :shrug:
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Claire Beth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:19 PM
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19. how many people commit suicide....
by intentional electrocution? I'd guess zero.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:25 PM
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26. Samara's dad did it in "The Ring"
"She never sleeps!" :scared:
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:25 PM
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27. No, actually people do.
It's not the most common method of suicide but it definitely happens.
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deadmessengers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:30 PM
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33. I actually know someone who tried to do that
Fortunately for him, he wasn't aware of the concept of GFCIs.
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:28 PM
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31. Was it running on those coconut batteries the Professor made?
Sorry, couldn't resist. :(
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:15 PM
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14. Oh...shit...Gilligan...I thought you were talking about JOHN Denver
for a second there. I was like, "uhhh, Duh..."

But, Bob? Are you sure?
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:26 PM
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29. John Denver died in 1997.
Crashed a small plane into Monterey Bay.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:38 PM
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41. Was he a democrat? n/t
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:18 PM
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17. Until I see a link, or Entertainment Tonight, this is still a rumor
Hate to be skeptical, but they just renamed I-69, you know.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:23 PM
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22. calling it a rumor is too kind
I believe it will turn out to be pure grade a BS.
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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:23 PM
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23. Noooooo! Little Buddy!
Where did you hear this? I can't find it on any news sites. (Not that I'm doubting you, just looking for news.)

The MythBusters ep. was the first thing I thought of, too.

:cry:
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:24 PM
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25. Man, it feels like 1965 all over again.....
What will Dobie Gillis do without Maynard?

"Work?":evilgrin:
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:26 PM
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28. No GFI?
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 02:31 PM by miss_kitty
It's not up in Google news yet. and it hasn't hit the Rotten dead pool either...
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:27 PM
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30. I don't know, maybe he's been hanging out with Abe Vigoda.
:eyes:
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:30 PM
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32. I got a girl in the castle and one in the pagoda...
...you know I got rhymes like Abe Vigoda!
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:31 PM
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34. HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, this thread is a joke, right?
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:31 PM
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35. I hope this is not true!
:(
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:32 PM
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36. Seriously, JVS, if you're messing with us you should tell us now. nt
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:32 PM
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37. Bogus Bob Denver/radio-in-tub report has made the rounds for years...
http://www.tvacres.com/death_misc_bogus.htm
And finally, Bob Denver who played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS/CBS/1959-63 and first mate Gilligan on GILLIGAN'S ISLAND/CBS/1964-67 allegedly had died from an electrical shock after a radio had fallen into his bathtub in the early 1960s. Bob Denver never experienced such a situation and the only "charge" he is guilty of is being charged for possession of marijuana in June of 1998. At last report, Denver was seen living in Princeton, West Virginia with a great big grin on his face. (TV Guide 7/25/1998 p. 10-16).
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:34 PM
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39. JVS, you're a sick bastard. nt
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:35 PM
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40. hehehe
I just wanted to see how well a classic rumor would float in this day and age.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:40 PM
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43. You sir...
are going to hell! :evilgrin:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:33 PM
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38. Would have to be a joke...
...it's not on any news site at all...not even the entertainment-based ones.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:39 PM
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42. He's alive and living in W. Virginla
Did a quick search and this is what I found:

Did some other television shows and worked on Broadway. He lives in West Virginia with his current wife and son. He has been married 3 times previously and has 5 children all told, including visual effects and set builder Patrick Denve
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:41 PM
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44. Nothing on his website
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 02:43 PM by Oreo

http://www.bobdenver.com/


A hoax!!! Damn... I'm going to have to take down the shrine I just built out of palm leaves, coconuts, and boat wreckage.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 02:41 PM
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45. Locking
Since this appears to be a rumor, I'm locking this thread. However, should he pass away some time later today, we can reopen it.

Thanks!
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