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In 1966, Bob Denver gave advice on how to be funny
Bob Denver knew how to be funny, and he wanted you to know how too.
Bob Denver is known for being funny. It's just who he is. And if you need proof, watch him in the role of Gilligan on Gilligan's Island.
In a 1966 interview with Richmond Times-Dispatch, Denver said Gilligan's Island was a great place to put his comedic talent on display. He was often seen as the oddball, but comedy is subjective. What you may find funny, others may not. And Denver was ok with that reality.
However, Denver wasn't always that funny and he certainly never predicted becoming one of America's favorite funny men.
"I had to develop one (sense of humor) because I was a shy one in my teens. I went through miseries. To cover up I became a smart-aleck, a practical jokester, until I found these antics only embarrassed people. I had to learn that a good sense of humor grows when you learn not to laugh at the expense of other people, unless they want you to."
Denver had a lot of experience with people laughing at him with his roles that included: Gilligan's Island, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Good Guys and more.
For most comedians just starting, getting up on stage and sharing pieces of themselves with an audience can be the most daunting part. For Denver, he kept himself laughing, even through the uncomfortable moments.
"All you can do is laugh back," he said. "If you can, even though angry, it will make them stop laughing. But if you react with anger, you have no place to go, no way to turn off the laughs."
Denver was always on, it seemed. Whether in his personal life, on the stage or on TV. He always seemed to know what to say next and how to make someone laugh.
"There'll be times when you just can't see the fun when others do," he said. "Then you'd better go to a quiet place and rest up a bit. You may be tired and preoccupied. It's no fun for others if your grim face haunts them. And you'll build an icy wall against fun-making with yourself. One touch of humor can thaw it down."
Denver had met many aspiring comedians throughout his career and said his fans stuck with him through The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and Gilligan's Island.
"They've stuck with me, and I've picked up some new fans along the way," he said. "The kids dig Maynard and Gilligan."
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Neil J. Schwartz-BAG ZOMBROSKI on Happy Days.
I hope that Stephen Sundstrom decides to have video on Whatever Happened To:
MOOSE:Barry Greenberg
EUGENE BELVIN:Denis Mandel
MELVIN BELVIN:SCOTT BERNSTEIN
DAPHNE :Hillary Horan
Chuck Cunningham played by Randolph Roberts
Gomer Pyle USMC
Cpl Boyle:Roy Stuart
Cpl Nick Cuccinelli:Gomer Pyle USMC
Green Acres
Newt Kiley:KAY E. KUTER
Wally Plumstead on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and movie actor Eddie Cantor (Old Banjo Eyes)
Tommy Leonetti who played Cpl.
Nick Cuccinelli on Gomer Pyle USMC.
Happy Days character
BAG ZOMBROSKI PLAYED BY NEIL J SCHWARTZ IS MODELED AFTER
WALLY PLUMSTEAD PLAYED BY SKIP YOUNG ON THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET.
Happy Days and Wally Plumstead
(Skip Young )on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)(below video)were both Practical Jokers.
Wally liked to plsy Practical Jokes
On David Nelson and Rick Nelson and Bsg liked to play Practical Jokes on Richie Potsie and Ralph on Happy Days. Like the 3 actors
Who played Chuck Cunningham on
Happy Days Wally Plumstead and
Bag Zombroski could have also been clowns in the circus because they both made TV Viewers laugh.
Wally amd Bag were both similar characters. Its too bad that Bag and Wally were not both on the same sitcom together like Eddie
Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford on
Leave It To Beaver.
Moose (Barry Greenberg) on Happy.
Days Eugene Belvin(Denis Mandel)and Melvin Belvin (Scott Bernstein) on Happy Days were also class clowns on Happy Days..
Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton )was
Also like a clown and so was Uncle
Arthur Paul Lynde on Bewitched.
A friend of mine David Hodges said
That Bag reminded him of Wally
And Vice Versa.
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Was Koko feeling overshadowed by the three CC clowns appearing on the page ? Poor Koko.
Chuck Cunningham s were a 3 ring circus and were funnier than him!!
And Betty Boop and Popeye weren't they also created by Max Fleischer ?
This 👆 is so important ❤️
Kids" on The Happy Days Reunion
Special 30th Anniversary Show
Chuck Cunningham Gavan O'Herlihy and Chuck Cunningham 2 Randolph Roberts. Great to see both Chuck
Cunningham actors together on
The Happy Days Reunion Special.
A Video called Whatever happened
To BAG (Neil J Schwartz) by
Stephen Sundstrom at the TOP!
NEVER HAPPENED:
LEAVE IT TO CHUCK
LEAVE IT TO BAG
LEAVE IT TO MOOSE
LEAVE IT TO EUGENE
LEAVE IT TO MELVIN
LEAVE IT TO SPIKE
LEAVE IT TO DAPHNE
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It's a fun show, in its own quirky way. Bob Denver did a good job of portraying some of that quirkiness on Gilligan's Island.
