Kopell already had a very successful career going long before the show premiered in 1977. One of the cheerleaders gets her friends to spend time with a persistent suitor in order to get him out of her hair. Note: Pat Klous (credited as Patricia Klous), who later played cruise director Judy McCoy in seasons 8 and 9, played an unrelated role in this episode. Gopher and Isaac get a dog (Tundra the Wonder Dog), enter him in the contest, seem to have trouble training him and sell him to Vicki. Note: Fred Grandy left the show to successfully run for a seat in the United States House of Representatives. Outside of. A representative from the cruise ship Lorelei evaluates the Captain as a possible commanding officer for that ship. [36], This article is about the television series. Each season has been released in two-volume sets. A friend of Gopher's who is dating two women is on board to decide which one he truly loves, unaware that both women are also on the cruise. Note: Second of two episodes to air back-to-back. A widow (Marion Ross) has her eyes on the Captain. Her car had a flat, and she was broke, so she borrowed the money, fixed the tire, and started the next day as requested. Additional surprises from Mr. Lange: he was in the original cast of Hair on Broadway in 1968, and hes written 23 plays himself. Then Jimmie Walker's character refers to his widow's dance partner, Greg Morris, as "he ain't no Saturday Night Fever, but he ain't bad.". [3] The TV movie was followed by two more (titled The Love Boat II and The New Love Boat), all of which aired before the series began in September 1977.[4]. Ace's parents send the family valet, Ernest Finley (Jeremy Brett), to be his valet on the ship, but Ace is afraid that Finley will embarrass him in front of the other crew members. Julie stands in for a model friend who has fallen in love. Vicki and a young passenger try to help out a stowaway and a very jealous man accuses crew members of making passes at his wife. Julie prepares to marry her fianc during a stopover in Sydney, with Vicki as bridesmaid, Capt. The Love Boat was not the first comedy series to use the guest-star cast anthology formatLove, American Style had used the formula seven years earlierbut it had such success with the formula that future series in similar style (such as Supertrain and Masquerade) drew comparisons to The Love Boat. A beautiful movie star is on board be chairperson for the ship's charity cruise. Allen (Rent a Romeo; Y' Gotta Have Heart), Doc's attempts to spend time alone with his lady (, "The Remake / The Perfect Match / The Captain's Ne'er do Well Brother", The Captain is not very thrilled to have his black-sheep brother Marshall (, "Not So Fast, Gopher / Haven't We Met Before? An accident victim (Alan Feinstein) and the woman (Britt Ekland) who caused it keep their distance; Vicki tries to look shapely to catch a singer's (Rex Smith) eye; a palimony victim (Steve Kanaly) wants to avoid new relationships. In March 2022, both CBS and Australia's Network 10 (both Paramount-owned networks) commissioned The Real Love Boat, a reality dating competition series to be produced by Eureka Productions. Kay expresses concern to Doc about Mel's operation. Julie McCoy Chenault (Lauren Tewes) comes back; Ace must prove himself by firing two employees; A police detective woos mermaid Amy. Other Guests: Justin Gocke as Mark, Cherilyn Milton as Mark's mother (credited as Mother), and Hector Hernandez as Steward. The Pacific Princess competes with another ship while cruising to Alaska; Captain Stubing enters a dog-sled race against the other ship's captain, who is angry that his son is working for Stubing; a man and woman spend the entire cruise in their cabin to get acquainted; a newly separated couple find they cannot handle being apart; a scientist obsesses over his love potion and neglects his girlfriend. An older woman (Gale Storm) who wants to "get with it" seeks advice from Julie, but the coaching backfires when Rose falls for Doc leaving one suitor behind (Louis Nye). On a Hong Kong cruise: a Senator romances a woman, until he learns the nature of her visit; two brothers date Julie and Vicki; a woman passenger is a shopaholic; a retired spy is on vacation and romances a woman passenger. A matador clashes with his grandson; A released convict seeks her daughter; Isaac finds a stowaway; A man woos two women. A disguised rock star faces rejection; A novelist sees Ace as the hero of her next book; Two lovers celebrate their 10th anniversary. Cruising the Nile the Captain and his friend's widow (Jean Stapleton) share memories; A producer (John Astin) wants a starlet (Deborah Adair) to play Cleopatra; A woman (Catherine Oxenberg) eyes the gold ankh which Doc was given at a bazaar; A busy man (James Sloyan) may lose his schoolteacher wife (Valerie Harper) to a former student. Minister Father Mike (Dick Sargent) chaperones six orphans. A man and a woman search for a supposedly hidden treasure on board. Guest Stars: Billy Crystal as Newton Weems, Laurie Walters as Roberta Potter, Sharon Acker as Evelyn, Todd Bridges as Michael Jr., Marilyn McCoo as Lenore, Billy Davis Jr. as Michael Sr., Pat Carroll as Muriel, Nancy Kulp as Gert, Toni Tennille as Suzanne Henderson, and Robert Reed as Frank McLean. After 20 years of marriage, a couple bickers over renewing wedding vows; a reluctant old maid is tricked into romance by her sister; Isaac's dental work has strange side effects. . Where else could you see Marcia Brady romantically paired with Welcome Back Kotters Juan Epstein, or notorious rivals .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Carol Channing and Ethel Merman sitting at the same piano bench? Julie's hair turns green; two people are brought together by visions of reincarnation; a single mother's devotion to her special-needs son threatens a budding romance. Ace and the crew campaign for a salary raise. Part 1 of 2. This is a 90-minute episode. Marion Ross and Tom Bosley played husband and wife on the hit ABC show Happy Days. Rank. After growing up Catholic, MacLeod became an evangelical Christian in 1984. A man suspecting his girlfriend of cheating convinces the woman in the cabin next door that he is a CIA agent tracking down KGB operatives. Every episode contained several storylines, each written by a different set of writers working on one group of guest stars. Miss America (Vanessa Williams) dazzles Isaac; A woman (Audrey Landers) seeks a date for her mother; A butler complicates Ace's job. Other Guests: Patti MacLeod as Society Matron (credit only), Richard Wren as Carl Mueller, William Jackson as Alexander Dietrich (credited as William B. Jackson), Peter Kelly as Marcel Villemin, Barbara Ward as Gina, Charles Howard as Man at Bar, Sisse Hasbo as Sophia, Ulrich Matschoss as Anton, and Gil Mandelik as Croupier (credit only). An illusionist is in such demand that he nearly misses what is in front of him; two recently reunited parents have trouble trying to stop their son from telling tall tales; Julie's model friend, scarred physically and psychologically by a car accident, is romanced by Gopher and Doc but is suspicious of their motives. A charming widower and his son (Robert Mandan, Randolph Mantooth) fall in love with the same woman (Cathy Lee Crosby). Also: The new cruise director sets her eyes on a passenger who is a TV star, but another ship employee is interested in her. 1955-1957. Find your friends on Facebook. A Saudi oil sheik mistakes his gift from the promoter's assistant to be one of the cheerleaders. When a fraternity has the turnover of one of their relics from one chapter to another, the chapter receiving the relic feels the chapter currently in possession of it is not worthy to be part of the fraternity, so the recipient chapter leader (Tim Ryan) tries to make it appear that they violated several of the fraternity's laws so that they would be thrown out. Stubing meets an old flame's daughter, Melanie (Margaret Laurence) and when he has to go, she decides to join him and he keeps his distance because he cannot seem to separate her from her late mother. Guest Stars: Ellen Bry as Gretchen Sommers, Hulk Hogan as himself, Jennifer Holmes as Linda Sharkey, Caitlyn Jenner as Lover Boy Bob (credited as Bruce Jenner), Ben Murphy as Nathan Paul, and Tim Rossovich as Thomas "The Mangler" Sharkey. (segments Rent a Romeo, Y' Gotta Have Heart), See production, box office & company info, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA. Note: The crew is on vacation in Genoa, Italy, before returning to work and sailing on the Vistafjord around Spain and Portugal. Isaac and Doc compete for the affections of a girl (Marie Laurin) to whom they have been writing joke love letters under Gopher's name. The crew tries to impress a social worker (Lois Nettleton) aboard to determine if Stubing is a good parent; a mobster leader's (Frank Campanella) daughter and her husband (Eve Plumb, Sal Viscuso) honeymoon in the shadow of two bodyguards (Norman Alden, Richard Bakalyan); Isaac suspects a free-spending bank guard (Noah Beery Jr.) who is traveling with his wife (Alice Faye). Oddly, he started out his acting career playing mostly Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. The Love Boat paid him a great salary, allowed him to see the world, work among friends and meet his Hollywood idols. Other Guests: Mary Grace Canfield as Housekeeper, Britt Leach as Reverend Dickerson (credited as Rev. "Love, exciting and new. A group of aging crooks meet to plan one last heist (Jack Gilford played a similar character in the 1967 film Who's Minding the Mint?, for which R.S. Gavin MacLeod (born Allan George See; February 28, 1931 - May 29, 2021) was an American actor best known for portraying Merrill Stubing, the ship's captain, on ABC's The Love Boat. Thus, episodes have multiple titles referencing its simultaneous storylines, e.g., the first episode of season one is "Captain & the Lady / Centerfold / One If by Land". Isaac tries to save the ship from the storm, while trying to regain Mara's (Lola Falana) trust. A man who writes a newspaper column under a fictitious woman's name meets a woman who blames the column for her recent divorce. [3] MacLeod died early Saturday, his nephew, Mark See, told Variety. Doc falls for a radio psychologist; A gambler (Thomas Bray) risks love; A woman wants to retire her spouse's (Donald O'Connor) orangutan. Among them is his niece, Marcia (Jessica Walter), who is not exactly fond of him, because she believes that because of him her father became penniless. Other Guests: Shelley Long as Heather McKenzie (credited as Heather), Lawrence P. Casey as Daryl Matson (credited as Lawrence Casey; credited as Daryl), Susan Silo as Yvonne Boulanger (credited as Yvonne), Danny Dayton as Walt, and Georganne LaPiere as Betsy Carruthers (credited as Georganne La Piere; credited as Betsy). There were typically three storylines. Gopher's attempts to prohibit a woman from sunbathing nude are blocked by a lawyer who feels her rights are being denied. A beauty contest on board ship divides a couple (Maureen McCormick, Bobby Sherman). An abandoned infant needs an emergency blood transfusion. Guest Stars: Susan Blakely as Nicole Phillips, Jack Coleman as Scott Barrett, Mel Ferrer as Jack Powers, Audrey Landers as Brenda Adams-Rosenberg, Judy Landers as Edie Adams-Rosenberg, Harry Morgan as Charly Fields, Ken Olandt as Don Phillips, Alexis Smith as Justina Downey, Craig Stevens as Viktor Lukas, and Lisa Whelchel as Kelly Barrett. Doc becomes attached to an elderly couple (John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan) from his hometown, only to have to perform a life-threatening operation on the woman. A reporter (Ralph Bellamy) pursues a woman (Dorothy McGuire) to get the story that she is aviator Amelia Earhart. Vampire Diary. Come aboard. To placate her mother, a woman asks Ace to pose as her fianc. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Cast members from Happy Days, M*A*S*H, WKRP in Cincinnati, Eight is Enough, Leave It To Beaver, and The Dick Van Dyke Show turned up in various groupings. And Vanessa has an admirer of her own, Tyrone (Glynn Turman). What else? ", "Trial Romance / Never Say Goodbye / A New Woman", "Critical Success / The Love Lamp Is Lit / Take My Boyfriend, Please / Rent a Family / The Man in Her Life: Parts 1 & 2", Ben Joelson & Art Baer (Critical Success; The Love Lamp is Lit; Take My Boyfriend, Please; Rent a Family), "The Brotherhood of the Sea / Letter to Babycakes / Daddy's Pride", "Not Now, I'm Dying / Too Young to Love / Eleanor's Return", Alan Rafkin (Not Now, I'm Dying; Eleanor's Return), "The Stimulation of Stephanie / Life Begins at 40 / The Next Step", Ben Joelson and Art Baer (The Stimulation of Stephanie), "The Harder They Fall / The Spider Serenade / Next Door Wife", Gopher falls for a married, but separated, lady (, "Making the Grade / The Gift / Doc's 'Ex' Change", Ben Joelson and Art Baer (Making the Grade), Tony Webster (April's Love; Happy Ending), The crew are quite suspicious of April's (, "Kinfolk / Sis and the Slicker / Moonlight and Moonshine / Too Close for Comfort / The Affair: Parts 1 & 2", Lee Aronsohn (Kinfolk; Sis and the Slicker; Moonlight and Moonshine; Too Close for Comfort), "Rent a Romeo / Matchmaker, Matchmaker / Y' Gotta Have Heart", R.S. The project stars Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne along with Normal People star Fionn O'Shea. Over four decades later, the smooth-talking . A widow must make a serious decision about her friend, a woman being bothered by a mystery caller. A group of singles are ready to literally set sail to find their soulmates on CBS's reimagining of the popular drama "The Love Boat," which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986. During that time, it usually ranked among the top 20, and sometimes even the top 10. Other Guests: David Landsberg as Morton, Vincent Baggetta as Frank Vallone the plumber (credited as Vince Baggetta), Joanna Kerns as Beth Luckner, and Susan Heldfond as Toby Chapman. A man (David Doyle) makes a move on and falls in love with three passengers (Cathryn Damon, Brett Somers, Jo Ann Pflug), whom he doesn't know are traveling together. Born in Dallas, Noble studied acting under Lee Strasberg at the NYC Actors Studio. @envious.kennels. From 1995-2000, he served as the President and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. In one scene, the two bump into each other in the hallway, exchange a questioning look, do a double-take and shrug and continue on their separate ways. Inexperienced young Abby Foster (Mary Beth McDonough) wants to have her first time with a man and meets handsome fellow passenger Neil Holmes (Brodie Greer).