i remember him stealing the show from Dobey Gillis and playing the bongo drum
being the first beatnick on the scene... a hip cat and all that stuff.
i used to play a bongo drum because we had one my older brother found.
he was a major influence in my life....i think..

launch into the next world
manard... heh heh .... he said as many people remembered him as manard and not just gilligan... i sure as hell do... he was the first rebel kinda...