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My introduction to futures markets came in a 1960s TV show called Dobie Gillis , most notable for the 'beatnik' character of Maynard G. Krebs, played by Bob Denver, later the eponymous Gilligan of Gilligan's Island*. In one episode, Dobie's high school class was assigned to do a fantasy investment exercise, and Dobie along with a cute & smart ...

You may recall Bob Denver as Gilligan from Gilligan's Island -- older folks and TV sitcom students will also remember him from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , on which Denver played a beatnik character named Maynard G. Krebs, the fifth wheel in a storyline that featured Dwayne Hickman as Dobie and Tuesday Weld as the unattainable Thalia.

"Gilligan's Island" made its television debut in the 1960s, decades before New York City actor Ryan Bates was born.

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