Maid for Each Other/Lost and Found/Then There Were Two 

Gopher's (Fred Grandy) aunt (Jane Powell), who Gopher doesn't know is a maid, comes aboard with her employer (Mary Wickes) and falls in love with a fellow passenger (Howard Keel); a playboy... See full summary »

Director:

Howard Morris

Writers:

Tony Webster, Henry Colman

Stars:

Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy

Cast

Episode complete credited 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
Gary Burghoff	...	Eddie Martin
Karen Grassle	...	Paula
Howard Keel	...	Duncan Harlow
Belinda Montgomery	...	Karen (as Belinda J. Montgomery)
Joe Namath	...	Ted Harper
Jane Powell	...	Aunt Loretta
Mary Wickes	...	Mrs. Randolph
Fred Willard	...	Richard Henderson

Storyline

Gopher's (Fred Grandy) aunt (Jane Powell), who Gopher doesn't know is a maid, comes aboard with her employer (Mary Wickes) and falls in love with a fellow passenger (Howard Keel); a playboy (Joe Namath) uses an old girlfriend (Karen Grassle) in a scheme on his best friend (Fred Willard); a baby boy is reluctantly abandoned by his father (Gary Burghoff), who is a ship's mechanic, and finds a sympathetic listener in a passenger (Belinda Montgomery), who is an old high school friend.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Jane Powell and Howard Keel co-starred as husband and wife on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).

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Goofs

When Doc asks people to donate blood he only asks for donors with s blood type AB, without mentioning the necessary Rh factor, a critical point he shouldn't have ignored. (If the child's blood type is AB- he could easily die if the donor is AB+.) Alternatively, Doc could have asked for blood type O+, which is universally acceptable by everyone, regardless of their blood type.

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Broadway Joe all aboard!

This was a better segment than I expected, and 2 of the 3 stories were both done and acted very well, especially by a bearded Gary Burghoff and a non-bearded Jane Powell. The other faces include Howard Keel, Mary Wickes, Fred Willard, and Belinda Montgomery. I don't want to sound too harsh about the Namath/Willard story, but the whole premise seemed a tad silly, especially how a woman(Karen Grassle)would allow herself to be a pawn between both men; that being said, both men were funny together. About 1.5 years before this episode, Willard starred in one of my favorite films, titled Salem's Lot, so I was slightly anxious to see him here, and he did rather well. Without going into much detail, the other 2 stories were more interesting, and had a tinge of sadness to them, save for the awful laugh track. As I said above, the performances of Burghoff and Powell made this a very solid episode.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1981 (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