FROM THE VAULT: 3 TV stars from the '60s Dawn Wells, Bob May and Monty Hall

FROM THE VAULT: 3 TV stars from the '60s Dawn Wells, Bob May and Monty Hall

Author: Bill Brioux August 25, 2025 Duration: 42:47
Send us Fan Mail I went into the vault this week to create a 3-Pack of favourite TV stars from the '60s. Two are from interviews conducted in 1997 at a Hollywood Collectors autograph show. First up is Dawn Wells (Mary Ann), who was signing autographs with her old Gilligan's Island pal Russell Johnson (the professor). Wells was one of the stars who died (at 82) during the worst of the COVID pandemic in 2020. The second interview is with Bob May. Bob Who? He was the guy who for three seas...

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