It's a phenomenon that we don't really understand.

Family
His son David ran the AIDS program for Los Angeles California until David's own death from complications of AIDS in 1994. Russell provided the narration for the animated short episodes of "The Adventures of Stevie and Zoya" that appeared on MTV during the mid-1980s. He currently lives on Bainbridge Island in Kitsap County in western Washington.

Russell David Johnson (born November 10 1924) is an American television and film actor best known as "The Professor" on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan's Island. For other people with this or similar names see Russell Johnson (disambiguation).