Scandinavia Cruise: Girl of the Midnight Sun/There'll Be Some Changes Made/Too Many Isaacs/Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm: Part 1 

Part 1 of 2. A Scandinavian cruise on the Royal Viking Sky begins in London and travels through Oslo and Stockholm. Grant Cooper (John Davidson) is the VP of Promotions for the Midnight Sun... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Writers:

Ray Jessel, Cynthia Thompson

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
Jill Whelan	...	Vicki Stubing
Ted McGinley	...	Ship's Photographer Ashley 'Ace' Covington Evans
Pat Klous	...	Cruise Director Judy McCoy (as Patricia Klous)
Priscilla Barnes	...	Helga Bjorsson
John Davidson	...	Grant Cooper
Janet Jackson	...	Delia Parks
Jack Klugman	...	Mel Davis
Christopher Norris	...	Greta Lund
Telly Savalas	...	Dr. Fabian Cain
Susannah York	...	Kay Webber
Kenneth O'Brien	...	Zachary (as Ken O'Brien)

Storyline

Part 1 of 2. A Scandinavian cruise on the Royal Viking Sky begins in London and travels through Oslo and Stockholm. Grant Cooper (John Davidson) is the VP of Promotions for the Midnight Sun suntan lotion and is seeking a native Scandinavian female to be the company spokesperson from dozens of applicants. Greta Lund (Christopher Norris) impersonates a native Scandinavian in hopes of winning. Lonely Mel Davis (Jack Klugman) thinks women don't like him because of his large nose, so he plans to get cosmetic surgery in Stockholm. But he meets Kay Webber (Susannah York) along the way and she falls in love with him but thinks he's planning a different kind of surgery. Scientist Dr. Fabian Cain (Telly Savalas) creates a robot duplicate of Isaac (Ted Lange) and plans to use him for nefarious purposes, with help from aspiring actress Delia Parks (Janet Jackson), who may or may not be in love with Isaac. Wealthy Swedish actress Helga Bjorsson (Priscilla Barnes) captivates Gopher (Fred Grandy).

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Aside from the atrocious pronunciation and accent, actress Priscilla Barnes is actually speaking Norwegian in the scene with the traffic cop. However, the backwards sentence order used to try to make her English sound foreign is not typical in Scandinavian speakers of English.

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Goofs

The map that Stubing uses to show their route has London located somewhere in Yorkshire, about 200 miles further north than it actually is.

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Soundtracks

The Love Boat
Written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox
Performed by Jack Jones

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 1985 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Norway

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