The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.
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Wilford Lloyd Baumes
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Stowaway Scott tells the crew that playboy Jeff is his father. Gopher and Isaac have mishaps with a parrot that Merrill buys Vicki. Father and son singers Rich and Bob Braddock, who haven't spoken ...
The male crew members challenge Doc to a bet after he swears off women. A widow must make a decision about her friend's mystery caller. A man falls for the young woman in his protective custody.
Photographer Ace Evans joins the crew and makes the guys unhappy when girls throw themselves at him. Retired kiddie show host Joe helps traumatized Scott, whose father died. Larry's mother Jessica's ...
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| Gavin MacLeod | ... | Captain Merrill Stubing / ... 250 episodes, 1977-1987 | |
| Bernie Kopell | ... | Doctor Adam Bricker / ... 250 episodes, 1977-1987 | |
| Ted Lange | ... | Bartender Isaac Washington 250 episodes, 1977-1987 | |
| Fred Grandy | ... | Ship's Purser 'Gopher' Smith / ... 246 episodes, 1977-1986 | |
| Lauren Tewes | ... | Cruise Director Julie McCoy / ... 199 episodes, 1977-1987 | |
| Jill Whelan | ... | Vicki Stubing 190 episodes, 1978-1987 | |
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Love is in the air. Well, not only in the air, but also on the sea. Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher (Fred Grandy), Dr. Bricker (Bernie Kopell), Isaac Ted Lange), Julie (Lauren Tewes), and Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins and everybody leaves the dreamboat satisfied. Written by Xenophon Tsakanikas <ftpadmin@antigoni.med.auth.gr>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 May 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Love Boat See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Aaron Spelling Productions, Douglas S. Cramer Company, The Love Boat Company See more »
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Other ships used, especially for the two-hour episodes, were Stella Solaris, Pearl of Scandinavia, Royal Viking Sky, and Royal Princess. See more »Goofs
While it made for interesting stories during the run of the show, romantic and sexual liaisons between passengers and crew members were (and still are) forbidden aboard cruise ships for a host of reasons. See more »Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, the episode's guest stars are listed first in alphabetical order; then the show's regulars, who are referred to as "your Love Boat crew" (e.g. "Gavin MacLeod as your Captain", etc.). See more »Connections
Referenced in Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Pick any episode of "THE LOVE BOAT", and have IMDB.com launched on your computer. Be prepared to spend several hours looking up each actor who appears in that episode. You'll be amazed at the actors who became big in the late part of the 1970's and early 1980's who turn up. I was surprised to see actors who worked together in ONE show, turn up together on "THE LOVE BOAT" There's a classic episode where Florence Henderson, and Robert Reed, of "Brady Bunch" fame, appear together, but NOT in the same story line. They pass each other in a buffet line, and do "the classic double-take". Clever writing, on someone's part.
Plus, many stars from the past got a shot at some screen time, courtesy of "THE LOVE BOAT".
Were the stories predictable? Yes.
++POSSIBLE SPOLIERS!++ The format for each show was painfully similar. In the first few moments we meet the passengers. Usually, there were three stories that we followed thru the cruise. By the second commercial break, some sort of problem or trouble appears in each tale, and we see the folks involved work thru their issues, and after the last commercial, everybody disembarks with a smile, and the happy Pacific Princess crew have a clever line to close the show. Some episodes were a bit different, but not by much.
This, and "Fantasy Island" were classic escapist fare, and did the ABC television network well in getting folks to stay home on Saturday nights, when these shows aired, back-to-back.