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Bob
\n Denver, whose television roles as Gilligan, the wacky first mate in "Gilligan’s
\n Island," and Maynard G. Krebs, the beatnik with a bongo in "The
\n Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," were first hits, then cult classics,
\n died on Friday in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was 70.<\/p>\n
from the New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n Before Gilligan set sail on the S.S. Minnow, he As the first attempt to mainstream the beatnik image, Maynard G. Krebs was a role model for a generation of adolescent anarchists and nihilists who recognized in his oblique attitude towards reality a viable defense against the absurdities of our times. We emulated his facial and verbal expressions, his attitude, his slang, his slouch and his wacked-out stoner sense of humor, years before we understood where they were coming from.<\/p>\n He was the first freak, the first geek, and the first He was truly a giant of American popular culture.<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bob Denver, whose television roles as Gilligan, the wacky first mate in "Gilligan’s Island," and Maynard G. Krebs, the beatnik with a bongo in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," were first hits, then cult classics, died on Friday in … Continue reading
\n was known as Maynard G. Krebs. Long before he faced the epochal question
\n of his times – the 60’s equivalent of "To
\n be or
\n not
\n to be" –
\n Ginger or
\n Mary
\n Ann – Bob Denver was the poster boy for the "What? Me worry?" movement.<\/p>\n
\n hippie we had ever seen, and he was very, very cool.<\/p>\n