"The Love Boat" The Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boy Friend, Please/Rent a Family/The Man in Her Life: Part 2 (1979)

Director:

Roger Duchowny

Writers:

Art Baer (written by) (segments)
Ben Joelson (written by) (segments)
(more)

TV Series:

"The Love Boat" (1977)

Original Air Date:

10 November 1979 (Season 3, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Cruise Ship | Sea | Captain | Ocean

Cast

Gavin MacLeod	...	Captain Merrill Stubing
Bernie Kopell	...	Doctor Adam Bricker
Fred Grandy	...	Ship's Purser 'Gopher' Smith
Ted Lange	...	Bartender Isaac Washington
Jill Whelan	...	Vicki Stubing
Lauren Tewes	...	Cruise Director Julie McCoy
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders	...	Themselves
Bill Daily	...	Paul Turner
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	...	Elliot Norman
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Paul Turner's 'son'
John Hillerman	...	Ed Hartnett
Gunilla Hutton	...	Nora Hayman
Patsy Kelly	...	Mabel Higgins
Roz Kelly	...	Lola LaShane
Larry Linville	...	Lou Hayman
Dina Merrill	...	Helen Ames
Ginger Rogers	...	Stella Logan
Natalie Schafer	...	Mrs. Hartnett
Stephen Shortridge	...	Mark Scott
William Windom	...	Bill Kelly
Tami Barber	...	Stacy / Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Gaye Carter	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Kim Kilway	...	Lisa / Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Suzette Scholz	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Shannon Baker	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Debi Brooks	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Susan Jones	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Kim McKenney	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Pam Richey	...	Paula / Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader29
Tammy Roberts	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Michele Vaughan	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Jill Waggoner	...	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
Suzanne Mitchell	...	Herself - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Director
Texie Waterman	...	Herself - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Choreographer
Ron Steinberg	...	Himself - Miss Roger's Dancer
Michael Cody	...	Himself - Miss Roger's Dancer
Jeff Parker	...	Himself - Miss Roger's Dancer
Jim Taylor	...	Himself - Miss Roger's Dancer
Eduardo Ricard	...	Priest
Tony Ramirez	...	Ramon

Directed by
Roger Duchowny

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Art Baer		written by (segments "The Critical Success", "The Love Lamp Is Lit", "Take My Boy Friend, Please" and "Rent a Family")
Ben Joelson		written by (segments "The Critical Success", "The Love Lamp Is Lit", "Take My Boy Friend, Please" and "Rent a Family")
Margie Peters		written by (segment "The Man in Her Life")
Jeraldine Saunders		suggested by

Produced by
David Auerbach	....	associate producer
Art Baer	....	producer
Henry Colman	....	producer
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive producer
Ben Joelson	....	producer
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Artie Kane

Film Editing by
Norman Wallerstein

Casting by
Susan Newell

Art Direction by
Eugene Harris		(as Gene Harris)
Paul Sylos

Set Decoration by
Jeff Haley
Richard Reams		(as Rich Reams)

Costume Design by
Nolan Miller

Makeup Department
Naomi Cavin	....	hair stylist (as Naoma Cavin)
Larry Darr	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Norman Henry	....	executive production manager
Al Kraus	....	supervising production manager
William A. Porter	....	unit production manager
Dick Reilly	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christopher Goss	....	second assistant director
Ernest Johnson	....	second assistant director (as Ernest J. Johnson)
Ann Kindberg	....	first assistant director
Richard A. Wells	....	first assistant director (as Richard Wells)

Art Department
Gordon Kirschbaum	....	supervising construction co-ordinator
Roger Montesano	....	property master

Sound Department
Andy Kopetzky	....	sound editor
Curtis Mick	....	sound editor
Bruce Smith	....	sound engineer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lee Peters	....	costumer: women
Nat Tolmach	....	costumer: men

Editorial Department
Michael S. McLean	....	supervising film editor
Arnold Baker	....	assistant post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department
Charles Fox	....	composer: theme music
Jack Jones	....	singer: theme music
Dino A. Moriana	....	music editor (as Dino Moriana)
Rocky Moriana	....	music supervisor
Paul Williams	....	lyricist: theme music
Laurie Higgins Tobias	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Lee Aronsohn	....	story editor
Wilfred Lloyd Baumes	....	developed by (as W. L. Baumes)
Gordon Farr	....	creative consultant
Lynne Farr	....	executive consultant
Phill Norman	....	title design
Helen Parker	....	script supervisor
Tony Webster	....	story editor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Billy Crystal
David Garber		multiple episodes
Simon Muntner
Joseph Neustein		1981

Produced by
Allen Brown	....	producer (1978)
Alan Rafkin	....	producer (1978)
Paul Stanley	....	producer (1978)

Film Editing by
Kenneth Miller
Terry M. Pickford

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernard F. Basley	....	second second assistant director (1985)

Sound Department
Kevin Kearney	....	sound recordist (1981)
Greg P. Russell	....	sound recordist

Stunts
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts
Leslie Hoffman	....	stunts: 78' high fall off love boat
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
James F. Cornick	....	best boy (1989-1993)
Scott Hamilton	....	still photographer
Serge Poupis	....	assistant camera
Serge Poupis	....	first assistant camera
Joe Valdez	....	second assistant camera

Other crew
Art Scholl	....	pilot (1984)

Production Companies

• Aaron Spelling Productions
• Douglas S. Cramer Company
• The Love Boat Company

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Trivia:

The segment title is based upon Henny Youngman's signature joke, "Now take my wife. Please!"