'Gilligan' Plays Santa in W.Va.

[Champ]

PRINCETON, W.Va. - Gilligan turned into Santa's helper when former television star Bob Denver (news) and his wife joined a car dealership's toy campaign.

"I think it's all been fantastic. It has only been 45 minutes and we've already done really well," Denver said during Saturday's event, which transformed Ramey Chrysler's lot into an island of toys.

"We normally do this in a smaller way, but we wanted to go all out this year. When I was growing up, I was underprivileged myself and didn't get a lot of toys at Christmas, so this is really important to me," said Jim Ramey Sr., owner of Ramey Automotive Group.

Denver, star of the 1960s TV show "Gilligan's Island," and his wife, Dreama, donated a pickup truck full of toys and a $1,000 check to the Princeton Quota Club. The couple live in the area.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=492&e=13&u=/ap/people_denver

[fob]

1. Huh? Wasn't there a story here last week that Bob Denver died?

Something about a radio falling into his bathtub. I guess skimming the headlines here ain't gonna do it, now I gotta read the WHOLE story?

Anyway, I'm relieved he's NOT dead. Long live everyone's "Little Buddy"!

[Ian David]

2. Bob Denver is Alive. John Denver is Dead.

CNN - John Denver killed in plane crash - Oct. 13, 1997
http://www.cnn.com/US/9710/13/denver.nc/

[fob]

3. Oh, I know that. But there WAS a "Gilligan's dead" story here

sometime last week, I'm just glad it was wrong.