A Selfless Love/The Nubile Nurse/Parents Know Best (25 Feb. 1978)

A young man's parents are determined to have him date other women on the cruise and not settle on marrying "Ginger" who is not on board. A man is having second thoughts about age ... See full summary »

Director:

Roger Duchowny

Writers:

Phil Foster, Marion Zola,

Stars:

Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Gavin MacLeod	...	Captain Merrill Stubing
Bernie Kopell	...	Doctor Adam Bricker
Fred Grandy	...	Ship's Purser 'Gopher' Smith
Ted Lange	...	Bartender Isaac Washington
Lauren Tewes	...	Cruise Director Julie McCoy
Lynda Day George	...	Laura Wakefield
Monty Hall	...	Harry Morrison
Elaine Joyce	...	Dawn Delaney
Leslie Nielsen	...	Dan Michaels
Janis Paige	...	Phyllis Morrison
Laurie Prange	...	Diana Lane
Mark Shera	...	Bruce Morrison
Craig Littler	...	Gary Foster
Marla Adams	...	Glenda Fairbanks
Joe E. Ross	...	Mr. Ross

Storyline

A young man's parents are determined to have him date other women on the cruise and not settle on marrying "Ginger" who is not on board. A man is having second thoughts about age differences in marrying a woman 21 years younger. A new nurse is on staff for the cruise who is a pretty ex-showgirl. Of course, Doc is hitting on her, and a bit frustrated when she does not return his advances.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 February 1978 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Bizarre Idea of What Was Popular Then

I've always remembered this episode for one reference made by Lynda Day George, who is a young woman marrying an older man (Leslie Neilsen).

When Neilsen is reminiscing with a woman 'closer to his age' and they are singing "I'll Be Seeing You" (the old WWII song), Lynda Day is supposed to be out of the loop and quips "Donny and Marie, right?" Okay, it was '78. Can't off the top of my head recall who was it then, but it was NOT Donny and Marie, not music-wise anyway, and certainly not for a woman Lynda's age (even if she was supposed to be perceived as younger than her thirty-plus years).

"I'll Be Seeing You" if I am not mistaken, is played in a Peanuts cartoon (during one of Snoopy's WWII adventures, of course), so kids my age knew that song without having to think Donny and Marie (I am over 20 years younger than Day George).

As well as the song is neither country nor rock'n'roll. Please! Another episode of Love Boat, with Jimmy Baio and Melissa Gilbert, likewise makes a reference to Donny Osmond being a phenomenal singer. Not in the late seventies, whatever he managed to do in the early seventies.

Still I suppose it was really one ABC show promoting another, no doubt. But I have just never forgotten it.

By the time I was Lynda Day George's age, I was completely unaware as to who the hip, up-to-date younger crowd singers were.