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RANDOM THOUGHTS: THE PROFESSOR Featured

Russell Johnson, “The Professor”N.J. Governor Chris Christie's least favorite song right now? "Bridge Over Trouble Waters." ... Observers have pointed out that New Jerseyans will put up with about anything, except something that makes traffic worse. Speaking of which, with the SuperBowl being played at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands on February 2, traffic experts are expecting horrific delays, angry frustrated drivers and traffic in and out of New York City proceeding at a crawl. In other words, a normal week. ... Russell Johnson, who played "The Professor" in the loved TV show "Gilligan's Island', died this week.

A three-hour viewing is scheduled. To honor Johnson, there will be a special airing of a recently discovered episode in which five of the castaways take over the hut of millionaire Thurston Howell III and his wife, Lovey, as part of an "Occupy Gilligan's Island" movement to protest the inequitable distribution of coconuts. ... My wife asked me what I was watching on TV. I said, "Almost human." "Oh, the new cop show about the robot policeman?" "No, it's a biography of Dick Cheney." ... I've only seen the show, "The Walking Dead", once. With the zombies crowding at the fence protecting humans, it reminded me of the crowd outside WalMart on Black Friday. ... The producers of "Sleepy Hollow", the strange recast tale of Washington Irving's story, are missing a sure tie in to have the horseman as a spokesperson for one a college of a technical school. Ads would feature the horseman observing that "It can be tough to get ahead" ... President Obama is calling for reforms in the processes of the National Security administration. Officials directing drone will be required to have leaflets dropped at the end of each flight announcing "Your government at work." ... Congressional Democrats and Republicans were able to approve a budget with surprising ease. They decided that the previous effort had already qualified for "Least Accomplished by a Congress" and the record would be secure for years.

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