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on 1/22/2006, 2:33 pm, in reply to "Maynard G. Krebs - The earliest influence"
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cool big daddy.
: Here's to Bob Denver who created the character
: that was somewhat responsible for the Bossa
: Nova Beatniks being called Beatniks.
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: Before he was Gilligan he was Maynard G.
: Krebs on "The Many Loves of Dobie
: Gillies," a funny and hip 50's TV show.
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: When Rob O'Rourke blurted out the name Bossa
: Nova Beatniks at a band practice, I
: immediately thought of Maynard G. Krebs and
: was pleased to make that connection to my
: early childhood and one of my favorite TV
: characters.
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: The B'n'Beatniks were not the only musicians
: influenced by Maynard G. Krebs. Bob Denver
: recorded an album under the name The Krebs
: and had a hit called "Like, What?"
: When Rolling Stone magazine asked Bob Dylan
: where he got the inspiration for "If
: Dogs Run Free", he said "I wanted
: to get that Krebs sound, you know, with the
: girls in the back, 'Like What?' "
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: His spirit lives on with the Bossa Nova
: Beatniks.
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