Memories of 'The Love Boat' (1 Viewer)

[Psychopav]

I'm trying to remember... Was Love, American Style part of that Saturday night lineup as well? I think they were all abc, weren't they?

 

[IC FBGCav]

I'm trying to remember... Was Love, American Style part of that Saturday night lineup as well? I think they were all abc, weren't they?

Silver Spoons and Different Strokes were the 8-9.

 

[Psychopav]

Silver Spoons and Different Strokes were the 8-9.

I think Silver Spoons at least came later...

 

[Psychopav]

I think Silver Spoons at least came later...

Just looked it up.  Love American Style came earlier and was on Friday nights.  And was before my time since I was 3 when it canceled.

 

[[scooter]]

Silver Spoons and Different Strokes were the 8-9.

I think Silver Spoons at least came later...

And they were on a different network...

 

[Psychopav]

And they were on a different network...

Good point.  Those were nbc.

 

[NewlyRetired]

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

Either him or Charo (or both).

For The Love Boat, I believe Marion Ross holds the record for most appearances at 14.  Charo is second with 10.  Bono had 5 appearances.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075529/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

 

[Mr. Mojo]

For The Love Boat, I believe Marion Ross holds the record for most appearances at 14.  Charo is second with 10.  Bono had 5 appearances.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075529/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Good old Sonny had 5 Love Boat and 4 Fantasy Island episodes.

Looks like Bert Convy beat him with 7 Love Boat / 4 Fantasy Island and Barbi Benton with 6/8.

If only Sonny hadn't skied into that tree!

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'm trying to remember... Was Love, American Style part of that Saturday night lineup as well? I think they were all abc, weren't they?

That was earlier. For some reason, I'm thinking Happy Days spun out of a LAS episode.

 

[Nipsey]

Has @Nipsey done a karaoke cover of the theme song yet?

I have not but sang Baretta's theme in the style of Sammy Davis Jr. last time. Please request it in the thread next concert.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

That was earlier. For some reason, I'm thinking Happy Days spun out of a LAS episode.

That is correct. It was called "Love and The TV", I think.

Richie gets a girl he likes to hang out with him because his family had a TV.

 

[Chemical X]

i saw florence henderson with 9, robert reed and maureen mccormick with 5 each.  most interesting is that henderson and reed appeared on an episode in character, as mike and carol!

 

[zamboni]

For The Love Boat, I believe Marion Ross holds the record for most appearances at 14.  Charo is second with 10.  Bono had 5 appearances.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075529/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Charo gets her own thread “Mammaries of The Love Boat”.

 

[zamboni]

Good old Sonny had 5 Love Boat and 4 Fantasy Island episodes.

Looks like Bert Convy beat him with 7 Love Boat / 4 Fantasy Island and Barbi Benton with 6/8.

If only Sonny hadn't skied into that tree!

Sonny rocking his Gene Simmons impersonation:

https://youtu.be/UimX_j0O7dQ

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Maybe it's just me, but I always liked Jack Jones version of the theme song over the psychic hotline lady's version.

 

[zamboni]

Maybe it's just me, but I always liked Jack Jones version of the theme song over the psychic hotline lady's version.

https://youtu.be/tXr2i9c5t3I

 

[[scooter]]

That was earlier. For some reason, I'm thinking Happy Days spun out of a LAS episode.

Happy Days pilot

Different Howard (total Ward Beaver clone), different Joanie, and a different Chuck (the 1st of 3 actors to portray him).

 

[Jules Winnfield]

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

Wasn’t it Roddy McDowall who played Mephistopheles on those episodes? I think he was in about four or five of them

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Judy Landers also starred on BJ and the Bear 

 

[Christo]

Judy Landers also starred on BJ and the Bear 

I'm B.J. McKay and this is my best friend Bear! 

 

[Jules Winnfield]

I'm B.J. McKay and this is my best friend Bear! 

Rollin' down to Dallas, 
My wheels provide my palace 
I'm off to New Orleans or who knows where. 
Places new and ladies too,

I’m BJ McKay and this is my best friend Bear

 

[Sheriff Bart]

I wanted to do things to Julie, unseemly things.

Nice thing about being on a boat, it implies you can or.... 

 

[Boston]

Rollin' down to Dallas, 
My wheels provide my palace 
I'm off to New Orleans or who knows where. 
Places new and ladies too,

I’m BJ McKay and this is my best friend Bear

Don’t look now but Sheriff Lobo is gaining on you...

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

My family held a big reunion on the Pacific Princess back in 1978 when the show was big.

After that it was fun to watch the show and point out the differences between the Love boat sets and the real deal.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

The best episode is where Tony Danza played a Japanese guy

Part 1 of 2. The passengers and crew cruise through Japan. Photographer Lila Pearsell (Heather Thomas) is prejudiced toward the Japanese, because her father was crippled in World War 2. She meets businessman Bud O'Hara (Tony Danza) and falls for him, without knowing that his father (James Shigeta) is Japanese.

 

[The Ref]

Photo from about a year ago on the Today Show

My dad who worked in the ft Lauderdale port met them all.  They christened the Regal Princess and the horns on the ship play the love boat theme.  I’ve been on the ship twice and the horns get me every time 

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Sonny rocking his Gene Simmons impersonation:

https://youtu.be/UimX_j0O7dQ

With maybe a  little Cheech mixed in.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

The best episode is where Tony Danza played a Japanese guy

Hold my camera closer, Tony Danza.

 

[stbugs]

Photo from about a year ago on the Today Show

Vicki looks good for being 52 now. Julie, not so much. 

 

[NewlyRetired]

Vicki looks good for being 52 now. Julie, not so much. 

Lauren lost her looks relatively earlier in life.  I am sure the swimming in cocaine did not help.

She was kicked off the show for her addiction issues.

 

[Galileo]

Vicki looks good for being 52 now. Julie, not so much. 

Someone should make a thread to discuss that sort of thing...

 

[E-Z Glider]

Judy Landers also starred on BJ and the Bear 

Interesting tidbit.... The band name "Minus the Bear" was derived from this TV show...

The name "Minus the Bear" comes from an in-joke among the band members, referring to the 1970s television series B. J. and the Bear. "A friend of the band had gone on a date," explained singer-guitarist Jake Snider, "and one of us asked him afterwards how the date went. Our friend said, 'You know that TV show from the '70s, B. J. and the Bear? It was like that ... minus the Bear.' That’s the straight truth.