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edplattfan · 03-12-2013, 09:36 PM

Check out this link on CNN re: famous sidekicks.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/12/showbi...html?hpt=hp_c3

Smilings · 03-13-2013, 12:41 AM

They put Gilligan 7th.

I never thought of Gilligan as a sidekick per se.

So I don't mind him under Tonto on the Lone Ranger. (Tonto is the probably only true sidekick.)

I don't mind Gilligan under Rhoda on MTM or Vivian Vance on Lucy.

But below Urkel, Boner on Growing Pains and Silvio on the Sopranos??
What planet are they watching TV on?

Smilings · 03-13-2013, 12:46 AM

As Dobie Gillis' sidekick Maynard G Krebs

8 is Barney Fife
9 is the Boy Wonder Robin
10 is George Costanza on Seinfeld.

Where-ever they are, they are all thinking the same thing.
"I was edged out by Boner on Growing Pains?!"

gilligan fanatic · 03-13-2013, 01:15 PM

I never thought of him as a side kick either. The show isn't called Skippers Island after all. He is definetly a buddy, but not a side kick.

MacLeaper · 03-13-2013, 01:25 PM

I can see Gilligan as a sidekick to Skipper. It doesn't change the fact that Gilligan is certainly still the main character of the show, but in terms of Skipper's relationship with Gilligan, Gilligan would fit as a sidekick- in my opinion anyway. And he's certainly always Skipper's "little buddy" too.

Smilings · 03-13-2013, 01:46 PM

Gilligan Fanatic had it right. The show is called Gilligan's Island.

If it were Skipper's Island, then Gilligan might be just a sidekick.

The only true sidekicks on list are Tonto and Robin.
The others are more kooky friends.

Teebs · 03-22-2013, 07:13 AM

Bob Denver got two nods, and that's good enough for me!

And if The Good Guys and Dusty's Trail had taken off the way GI did, he would have got 4 nods!

03-12-2013, 09:36 PM	#1
edplattfan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 08, 2003 Location: USA Posts: 265	Nice article...Bob Denver gets 2 Nods Check out this link on CNN re: famous sidekicks. http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/12/showbi...html?hpt=hp_c3

03-13-2013, 12:41 AM	#2
Smilings Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2012 Location: California Posts: 417	Gilligan is sidekick ranked 7th?!!! They put Gilligan 7th. I never thought of Gilligan as a sidekick per se. So I don't mind him under Tonto on the Lone Ranger. (Tonto is the probably only true sidekick.) I don't mind Gilligan under Rhoda on MTM or Vivian Vance on Lucy. But below Urkel, Boner on Growing Pains and Silvio on the Sopranos?? What planet are they watching TV on?

03-13-2013, 12:46 AM	#3
Smilings Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2012 Location: California Posts: 417	Bob Denver is also 11th on sidekick list As Dobie Gillis' sidekick Maynard G Krebs 8 is Barney Fife 9 is the Boy Wonder Robin 10 is George Costanza on Seinfeld. Where-ever they are, they are all thinking the same thing. "I was edged out by Boner on Growing Pains?!"

03-13-2013, 01:15 PM	#4
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	I never thought of him as a side kick either. The show isn't called Skippers Island after all. He is definetly a buddy, but not a side kick.
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03-13-2013, 01:25 PM	#5
MacLeaper Child of the 80s Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 20, 2001 Posts: 3,359	I can see Gilligan as a sidekick to Skipper. It doesn't change the fact that Gilligan is certainly still the main character of the show, but in terms of Skipper's relationship with Gilligan, Gilligan would fit as a sidekick- in my opinion anyway. And he's certainly always Skipper's "little buddy" too.
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03-13-2013, 01:46 PM	#6
Smilings Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 09, 2012 Location: California Posts: 417	Gilligan Fanatic is right Gilligan Fanatic had it right. The show is called Gilligan's Island. If it were Skipper's Island, then Gilligan might be just a sidekick. The only true sidekicks on list are Tonto and Robin. The others are more kooky friends.

03-22-2013, 07:13 AM	#7
Teebs Dusty nut Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 30, 2011 Location: Are we there yet? Posts: 454	Bob Denver got two nods, and that's good enough for me! And if The Good Guys and Dusty's Trail had taken off the way GI did, he would have got 4 nods!
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