@cdnhistoryehx “The Professor” nickname originated for a different reason, as stated in Peart’s Bubba Blog:“An even earlier nickname given to me, ‘The Professor,’ had an an equally ironic root. … No, the Guys at Work were simply equating my demeanor with the character on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ played by Russell Johnson.”https://neilpeart.net/bubba-and-the-professor-part-1/