It was like Burns and Allen, and any twosome really. They fed off each other with physical stuff and vocal.

I grew up watching Burns and Allen on TV. They did some amazing things on the TV show, they did surreal things. Gracie would be conspiring with her neighbor Blanche to put something over on George.

If you study both 'Gilligan' and 'Brady,' you will see they are based on a similar philosophy: that it's possible for different kinds of people to learn to live together, either in a family or stuck on an island with no escape.

[Denver, however, never escaped being typecast as Gilligan.] That's the damaging thing about being terrific in what you do as an actor, ... Everybody wants you to be the same person.

I own all the characters I created, thanks to the Writers Guild, so nobody can do anything without me. The way it works is: If the copyright owners instigate a project, like the movie, then I get a fee as creator. If I instigate a project, like the musical, I pay a percentage to the copyright owners.

And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.