Memories of 'The Love Boat' (1 Viewer)

[Chemical X]

this show had such major cheese factor and "stars" always miscast.  afternoon TV is bad and today I've had a Love Boat Marathon on in the background.  Here were some "plotlines".......

-Ann B Davis wanted to be sexually assaulted on board.

-**** van Patten as a down and out businessman man who just connected with a left cross to the chin of his wife, Rue McLanahan.

-Joan Rivers as a serious divorcee, not looking for love.

-Bernadette Stanis from Good Times as a NY model who claims Isaac has been crushing on her to get her husband jealous (nowadays, Isaac would likely be arrested or shot).

-Julie wanted teh secks from dashing leading man Donny Most, who declined her rebound offer.

-Cesar Romero hitting on Carol Channing, but I only see the joker.

-Betty White looks identical, 40 years later.

 

[glvsav37]

-Cesar Romero hitting on Carol Channing, but I only see the joker.

dont they both look like the joker?

 

[Boston]

Love Boat and Fantasy Island back to back on Saturday nights...the Ruth and Gehrig of TV...didn't get any better than that...

 

[jwb]

I miss the 70's and the concept of the "guest star". 

 

[jwb]

Love Boat and Fantasy Island back to back on Saturday nights...the Ruth and Gehrig of TV...didn't get any better than that...

I'm almost shocked they never had the Love Boat visit Fantasy Island. 

 

[OhioGuy]

I won a Firestick and was browsing various apps and found old shows like Dukes of Hazzard (the originals) and all kinds of other classics! I can't believe how cheesy they were but man, was that good TV back in the day.

 

[Chemical X]

I'm almost shocked they never had the Love Boat visit Fantasy Island. 

Love Boat 2020 would be awesome.......

 

[stbugs]

Love Boat and Fantasy Island back to back on Saturday nights...the Ruth and Gehrig of TV...didn't get any better than that...

That one Fantasy Island with Roarke versus the devil really freaked me out. I was pretty young. 

 

[Keith R]

Vague recollections of this from my youth.  I remember Issac singing, ironically "I'm So Shy"

 

[Parrothead]

That one Fantasy Island with Roarke versus the devil really freaked me out. I was pretty young. 

I remember quite a few darker story lines on Fantasy Island..   loved that show

 

[Brony]

The most amazing thing about Love Boat was that Doc could pull any randoms.  Probably created a whole generation of nerds that they could score if they had a MD. 

also, Charo.  Hootchie Cootchie! 

 

[Phil Elliott]

I miss the 70's and the concept of the "guest star". 

I watch reruns of the Twilight Zone for the guest stars. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I'm almost shocked they never had the Love Boat visit Fantasy Island. 

Brilliant. I could see Tattoo crushing on Julie.

 

[jwb]

I remember quite a few darker story lines on Fantasy Island..   loved that show

If memory serves, the pilot/movie that started it, Mr. Roark was kind of evil / demented. I was only about 10-11, so maybe I'm mis-remembering.  

 

[The Noid]

I'm almost shocked they never had the Love Boat visit Fantasy Island. 

Umm, consider yourself not shocked. 

 

[Boston]

That one Fantasy Island with Roarke versus the devil really freaked me out. I was pretty young. 

Early Fantasy Island definitely had an edge to it...

 

[Keith R]

Brilliant. I could see Tattoo crushing on Julie.

Tattoo was a real player IRL

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Tattoo was a real player IRL

He was in a good position to sniff out the action.

 

[glvsav37]

Tattoo was a real player IRL

And he hated peanut M&M's....only 'de plane, de plane!"

 

[Boston]

I won a Firestick and was browsing various apps and found old shows like Dukes of Hazzard (the originals) and all kinds of other classics! I can't believe how cheesy they were but man, was that good TV back in the day.

I miss that era...no backdoor messages or agendas...good always beat bad and there was a laughtrack so you always knew when to chuckle...no deep thinking which is how I like my entertainment...God Bless Aaron Spelling...

 

[Boston]

I miss the 70's and the concept of the "guest star". 

That and...”Tonight a very special episode of (insert show name here)”...

 

[El Floppo]

Love Boat and Fantasy Island back to back on Saturday nights...the Ruth and Gehrig of TV...didn't get any better than that...

And followed up, for me, by Benny Hill and then SNL.

God bless mom and dad having a standing Sat night date night.

 

[NewlyRetired]

If memory serves, this may have been the very first time it moved....

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[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

-Bernadette Stanis from Good Times as a NY model who claims Isaac has been crushing on her to get her husband jealous (nowadays, Isaac would likely be arrested or shot).

 

[jwb]

Umm, consider yourself not shocked. 

awesome!!!

If only Battlestar Galactica could have joined them, it might have saved us from that awful Galactica 1980

 

[Osaurus]

awesome!!!

If only Battlestar Galactica could have joined them, it might have saved us from that awful Galactica 1980

I think Richard Hatch was on a couple of episodes of Lauren Tewes’ Coke Boat.

 

[-jb-]

Coochie Coochie

 

[Galileo]

And followed up, for me, by Benny Hill and then SNL.

God bless mom and dad having a standing Sat night date night.

Damn, I used to love Benny Hill.  Can episodes of that be found anywhere these days?

 

[ProstheticRGK]

I remember quite a few darker story lines on Fantasy Island..   loved that show

Yeah, i remember getting a little freaked watching that show.

 

[Christo]

Damn, I used to love Benny Hill.  Can episodes of that be found anywhere these days?

Never! #metoo

 

[mr. furley]

anybody else... Flipper and The Flying Nun? just me?

 

[Zegras11]

anybody else... Flipper and The Flying Nun? just me?

 

[Galileo]

anybody else... Flipper and The Flying Nun? just me?

The Flying Nun was on the Love Boat?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I miss that era...no backdoor messages or agendas...good always beat bad and there was a laughtrack so you always knew when to chuckle...no deep thinking which is how I like my entertainment...God Bless Aaron Spelling...

He was no Sherwood Schwartz.

 

[Boston]

He was no Sherwood Schwartz.

Sid and Marty Kroft beg to differ...

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I wanted to do things to Julie, unseemly things.

 

[SFBayDuck]

The Landers sisters’ appearances on Love Boat were very important to my formative years. 

 

[Boston]

The Landers sisters’ appearances on Love Boat were very important to my formative years. 

The Landers Sisters and Barbi Benton made me feel all types of funny...if Adrienne Barbeau was on you knew there was gonna be a lotta rack that episode...

 

[zamboni]

Surprisingly the Pacific Princess didn't capsize as soon as Ted McGinley joined the cast.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Surprisingly the Pacific Princess didn't capsize as soon as Ted McGinley joined the cast.

 

[Galileo]

Photo from about a year ago on the Today Show

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Photo from about a year ago on the Today Show

Doc is still a player, I see.

 

[Parrothead]

We used to play "chug boat" in college watching re-runs..

 

[glvsav37]

Love Boat, E1 S1

Meredith Baxter is on board with her new boyfriend and she found out nude photos that she took in college for Kitten Magazine we about to be published. So she's trying to find all the copies on board and destroy them so he docent dump her. Apparently it was cool to browse nude centerfolds while lounging on the deck of a cruise ship back then. 

Also staring Jimmy Walker. 


E2, S1

Jaclyn Smith sails solo because her overworked husband cant go, but really he's sending a private **** to spy on her because he thinks she's having an affair. Looks like he's right...maybe? Also John Ritter chases his crush on board but when he cant book a room because the only available room left is for a woman (with another woman as a roommate), he does what he needs to do to get on board.  

 

i'm so loving this while at work on a Friday. 

 

[[scooter]]

E2, S1

Jaclyn Smith sails solo because her overworked husband cant go, but really he's sending a private **** to spy on her because he thinks she's having an affair. Looks like he's right...maybe? Also John Ritter chases his crush on board but when he cant book a room because the only available room left is for a woman (with another woman as a roommate), he does what he needs to do to get on board. 

He pretends to be gay so he can be roommates with both women, then gets a job as the ship's cook?

 

[El Floppo]

I remember getting ridiculously excited that Sonny Bono played a character from home town... like I was right there with him.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Love Boat and Fantasy Island back to back on Saturday nights...the Ruth and Gehrig of TV...didn't get any better than that...

My folks used to let my brother (couple years older than me) and I stay home without a babysitter (70s, parents gotta go out and have FUN!). We would jump onto the bed in their room when Love Boat came on and watch until they came home.

I won a Firestick and was browsing various apps and found old shows like Dukes of Hazzard (the originals) and all kinds of other classics! I can't believe how cheesy they were but man, was that good TV back in the day.

Mark Watney?!? Is that you? Did you run out of Disco?

 

[Boston]

Love Boat, E1 S1

Meredith Baxter is on board with her new boyfriend and she found out nude photos that she took in college for Kitten Magazine we about to be published. So she's trying to find all the copies on board and destroy them so he docent dump her. Apparently it was cool to browse nude centerfolds while lounging on the deck of a cruise ship back then. 

Also staring Jimmy Walker. 


E2, S1

Jaclyn Smith sails solo because her overworked husband cant go, but really he's sending a private **** to spy on her because he thinks she's having an affair. Looks like he's right...maybe? Also John Ritter chases his crush on board but when he cant book a room because the only available room left is for a woman (with another woman as a roommate), he does what he needs to do to get on board.  

 

i'm so loving this while at work on a Friday. 

When Kid Dyno-mite was on you better buckle up because hijinks were sure to follow...

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I remember getting ridiculously excited that Sonny Bono played a character from home town... like I was right there with him.

Didn't  Sonny Bono appear in 40% of the Love Boat or Fantasy Island episodes?

Either him or Charo (or both).

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Didn't  Sonny Bono appear in 40% of the Love Boat or Fantasy Island episodes?

I saw an interview with a political reporter on CNN awhile back and she said that one of the few times you would ever see a large bi-partisan group gathered together was in the dining hall when Sonny Bono and Fred Grandy would stand up and start telling stories. Everyone, regardless of party, felt connected to the show.