What's This “…And the Rest” Crap!?!

Posted by tuxchick on Jun 29, 2011 4:09 PM EDT
Bradley M. Kuhn ; By Bradley M. Kuhn 		Mail this story
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Famously, the Gilligan's Island theme song, in its first season, left out mentioning the Professor and Mary Ann characters by name, simply including the "…And the Rest" in that lyric where their names later were heard. Mystery Science Theater 3000 even spoofed this issue during screening of This Island Earth, in which the actor Russell Johnson (The Professor) appeared. When Johnson first appears on screen while viewing This Island Earth, MST3K's Mike says over the film: "Hey, what's this "…And the Rest" Crap!?!". Indeed, what's that all about?

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