Russell Johnson Interview
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2019
- Did you know that "The Professor," Russell Johnson earned the Purple Heart in WWII? Or that he worked in movies with Ronald Reagan? You'll hear about those things and much more from this interview I did with him at WGLD, Indianapolis in 1999.
We spent most of the day with Mr. Johnson, which included sitting in with us for the entire morning show, and then out to a boat store, where he signed autographs and posed for pictures with hundreds of fans. I found him to be open, friendly, interesting and smart. I'm VERY glad I got to spend one day with the guy who played my favorite castaway! - Розваги
Russell Johnson was a very good, solid working actor. Saw him in many TV and movies over the years. Always enjoyed his work.
Great interview with the professor!!! By the way, Ginger's the sole surviver!!!
R.I.P. Russell. Thank you for your War service.
One of my favorite actors, saw him first as Hank in "Attack of the Crab Monsters" !
The guy is in a two engine bomber, extremely loud engines, a hundred feet high at around 250 mph, and a cannon shell explodes, kills the guy next to him, and breaks his ankles. Then he has to belt in and prepare for a water landing/crash. Crashes, gets out, helps another injured crewman into a raft, and is picked up an hour later by a flying boat. Several hours of flying later, he is delivered to a base hospital. Mind blowing to go through all that and survive and be lucky enough to go on, raise a family, do good work, and live a good life. RIP
I laughed a lot listening to this...if your having a bad day listen to this
Thanks for posting it. Other than Dawn Wells, there aren't a lot of interviews out there with the rest of the Gilligan's cast. This one told a lot about Johnson's life in a relatively short interview.
Thank you! I really enjoyed talking with him. I have a similar interview with Dawn which I haven't published, but as you say there are a lot of Dawn Wells interviews out there already.
What an interesting person Russell Johnson was.
Wasn't he? Yes, I really enjoyed talking with him. There was so much that the public didn't know about "The Professor!"
Fun trivia: Russell tested for the Ben Casey role. He 1st worked with Alan Hale on Hale's previous series Casey Jones in 1957
Courtney Gates, you're a trivia queen. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Such a wonderful listen! Great job! You put him at ease; the chat was fluid and bubbly personality just poured forth.
Thanks. I'd done my research on him, and it felt like he relaxed when he knew I was going to take him and his career seriously. Talking with him later, I got the feeling he was tired of the same old "Hey Professor, why couldn't you fix the boat? questions that he got every day.
He could have done serious roles, too. What worked against him was the series has never been forgotten.
Great interview Bruce. I've listened to this about 10 times already.
Thank you! That was one of the most exciting days of my radio career. Glad I could share it with everybody!
I love Russell, thanks for posting this great interview! BTW, when Russell worked with Reagan, Reagan was a Democrat, lol. BTW, @16:10 they are asking him why the Professor never fixed the boat. He didn't say this on the radio, but at Harvard he said why would he want to fix the boat when he was with two hot women on an island? lol
It wasn't as simple as partisan party politics. Reagan was a democrat but by the time Johnson did the western with Reagan, Reagan was an Eisenhower supporter and he was an influential force behind the Hollywood blacklist of the late 1940s-50's.
Russell is so hot,still in 2021,google this