Guest Stars: Ray Bolger as Horace McDonald, Harriet Nelson as Henrietta McDonald, Diana Canova as Ellen Edwards / Helen Edwards, and David Hedison as Buddy Stanfield. A young girl (Melissa Gilbert) loses her tomboy image after receiving her first kiss. During separate introductions, they individually refer to him as 'Cornelious,' 'McNair,' and 'Vinny,' respectively. Unfortunately, the two can't stand each other because of personal idiosyncrasies, but make the most of the situation on the high seas. The police detective who tracked him down is also on the cruise. Strongly associated with campy, glitzy 1970s television, The Love Boat aired in various formats for a very long time and well past the disco era. A man and a woman (Vic Tayback and Jo Ann Pflug) who were on the same deadlocked jury meet again. . @envious.kennels. Each episode has multiple titles, referencing the simultaneous storylines contained within. Gopher's friend offers him a job at a plush hotel in Lake Havasu City, Arizona; Gopher considers it after an argument with the Captain. A charming widower and his son (Robert Mandan, Randolph Mantooth) fall in love with the same woman (Cathy Lee Crosby). 7. Their arguing was so loud you could hear it from the neighboring set; apparently soundstage walls were not built to contain The Merm. The ship's regular ports of call were Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mazatln. Jill Whelan joined the cast at age 11, playing Captain Stubings young daughter Vicky. 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. Jimmy mistreats Gregory Steven Leonard (Gregg Henry), one of the ship's waiters. / Seoul Mates (aka Foreign Exchange)", "Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement", Henry Colman (Another Time, Another Place), "Hey, Jealous Lover / Tres Amigos / Dumb Luck", "Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure", "Vicki's First Love / High Cost of Loving / Accident Prone", "The Invisible Maniac / September Song / Peekaboo", Harvey Bullock (The Invisible Maniac; Peekaboo), "No Girls for Doc / Marriage of Convenience / The Caller / Witness for the Prosecution", "Sergeant Bull / Friends and Lovers / Miss Mother", "The Family Plan / The Promoter / May the Best Man Win / Forever Engaged / The Judges", Ben Joelson & Art Baer (The Promoter; May the Best Man Win), "The Major's Wife / The Oilman Cometh / Target Gopher / Strange Honeymoon", "The Mallory Quest / Julie, the Vamp / The Offer", Stephen Kandel & Harvey Bullock (The Mallory Quest), "The Horse Lover / Secretary to the Stars / Julie's Decision / Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse / The Village People Ride Again", "The Baby Alarm / Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two", Isaac gets the crew to bolster his stagestruck aunt's (, "She Stole His Heart / Return of the Captain's Brother / Swag and Mag", "Boomerang / Captain's Triangle / Out of This World", "That's My Dad / The Captain's Bird / Captive Audience", Ben Joelson & Art Baer (The Captain's Bird), "Doc's Dismissal / The Frugal Pair / The Girl Next Door", "Isaac's Secret / Seal of Approval / The Curse of the Dumbrowskis", "From Here to Maternity / Jealousy / The Trigamist", Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs (From Here to Maternity), "First Voyage, Last Voyage / April the Ninny / The Loan Arranger", "Gopher's Bride / Love with a Married Man / Not Tonight, Jack! Wayne and Eloise get close. Guest Stars: Marion Ross as Emily Heywood, Geoffrey Scott as John Jackson / John 'Hatchet Man' Hatcher, Trish Van Devere as Amanda Dailey (new owner of the San Jose Friars), Vanessa Williams as Pearl, and Michael Winslow as Spencer Wilson (also introduced as Assistant Cruise Director by Gopher in beginning dialogue). Final pilot movie. 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. Julie is wooed by a man (Frankie Avalon) who runs a computer-dating service and offers his computer matchmaking for the Valentine's Day cruise. In one episode, actors Robert Reed and Florence Henderson, formerly of The Brady Bunch, guest-starred in separate segments. 1982. Ace is forced to fire two employees. A man (Patrick Wayne) is displaced after his furious girlfriend (Trish Stewart) discovers they were to share quarters. An old war buddy of the captain's is reunited with a long-lost love from that period; a couple on their second honeymoon have their four children with them; April (Charo), now a successful singer with the cruise line, tries her hand at cruise directing, without much success. A Hollywood couple argue about a film he wants to produce, unaware that thieves are planning to rob them of a precious diamond in their possession. Ted McGinley is now the ship's yeoman purser, Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans, and Lauren Tewes rejoins the cast as cruise director Julie McCoy. However, the show fell out of the Top 30 during the 198485 season, and after falling out of the Top 50 during the 198586 season, The Love Boat was canceled after nine years on ABC, although four three-hour specials aired during the 198687 season. Other Guests: Marla Adams as Arlene Simpson. Gavin MacLeod, the actor who famously played Captain Merrill Stubing on the classic TV show The Love Boat, has died at 90. Pretty serious stuff for your yeoman purser, but he wasnt all grim: he happily joined the rest of the cast for their Love Boat reunion on the show The Talk in November of 2013. Cliff and Monica renew their romance. A woman in charge of the presentation of the Captain's Cup convinces an engineer to pose as the executive in charge so as not to disappoint Captain Stubing; Doc begins spending all of his time with an older couple from his hometown; a recently divorced man is paired up with his ex's divorce attorney. They introduce his son Jeffrey (Brian Stokes Mitchell) to her daughter Velma (Telma Hopkins), both of whom object to their parents' domestic arrangement. Sights include Curaao and the Panama Canal. Gopher loses his job because the promoter becomes jealous when the cheerleader that he is interested in likes Gopher and not him. 82 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list. A visiting college professor (Vernee Watson-Johnson) researching Black history disapproves of an older passenger's hambone moves even though most of the others like it and convinces Isaac to feel the same way, until they find out to their embarrassment that the man (Scatman Crothers) is one of the greatest pitchers in Negro leagues history. A rich man promises to make wishes come true; Vicki and Judy become roommates; A pro golfer learns the truth about the woman he loves. One passenger has a narrow escape from a car crash. A vacationing doctor cares for an ailing Doc, and he falls for her; A former dancer asks her reluctant ex-partner to teach with her at her school in Germanymuch to the annoyance of his new and younger partner; After being stood up, a woman brings her cab driver along on the cruise. Gopher finds himself in hot water in Curaao when he runs a pharmaceutical errand for Doc, who sent him so he could be alone with the attractive female judges. The captain commemorates his tenth year with the cruise line and proposes to an old flame; business associates double-cross each other in various ways; the appeal of a rebuked suitor soars when scintillating rumors circulate. Chosen out of a pool of 100 other actresses, she won the role after producer Spelling screened an episode of Starsky & Hutch shed appeared on, and she was told to report to the set bright and early the next morning. While his acting resume was somewhat limited, his academic history was anything but: he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, and had good connections too: at Phillips Exeter Academy he was roommates with David Eisenhower (grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower) and then was best man at Davids wedding to Julie Nixon in 1968. Amy (Teri Hatcher), one of the Mermaid dancers, believes she was involved in a crime and is afraid that a Las Vegas cop who is being friendly to her might recognize her. Jim Hopkins tries to reunite his divorced parents Andy and Evelyn. Harry Potter might be as British as a nice cup of tea, or profusely saying "sorry" for pretty much anything.. Vicki gives her dog (Tundra the Wonder Dog) to a lonely comic (Howard Morris). Guest Stars: Jayne Meadows as Janice (credited as Jayne Meadows Allen), Morgan Brittany as Katherine Wilde, Bill Macy as Myles, Donna Pescow as Joyce Anderson, Joe Regalbuto as Herb Hanson / Crazy Joe Flash, and Michael Young as Henry Gordon. MacLeod died early Saturday, his nephew, Mark See, told Variety. James Cameron Keeps Smashing His Own Records, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Actor Gavin MacLeod was known for his roles as Captain Merrill Stubing in 'The Love Boat' and Murray Slaughter in 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.' . Merrill's friend's niece, Kim Carlisle (Michelle Johnson), is an energetic intern rotating through the different jobs on the ship. A man cons his wife into insisting he have an affair; a man orders an end to the romance between his daughter and his best friend. Capt. In the years since he's appeared in various popular TV shows including Diagnosis: Murder, Charmed, Arrested Development, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Silicon Valley, and B Positive. MacLe Julie prepares to marry her fianc during a stopover in Sydney, with Vicki as bridesmaid, Capt. After growing up Catholic, MacLeod became an evangelical Christian in 1984. Two American women (Barbi Benton, Susan Silo) pretend they are French, in order to get men and gifts. Gopher thinks he might be related to Farnsworth and could be entitled to his fortune. Isabel Sanford and Mel Stewart previously played in-laws on All in the Family. 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. Isaac is afraid to tell his former teacher (Lillian Gish) that he is just a bartender, so Gopher gets him to pose as the ship's first officer. Guest stars: Ursula Andress as Carole, Susan Anton as Leslie, Michael Constantine as Charlie, Linda Evans as Barbara, John Forsythe as Burt, Lee Horsley as Greg, Pat Klous as Laurie, Lee Majors as Robert, Erin Moran as Joanne The "Boat" pulled into port for the last time after nine seasons, but MacLeod continued to embrace his character, making many public appearances in costume. [25] The American version of the show briefly aired on Wednesday nights at 9/8C on CBS starting on October 5, 2022. His first romantic screen kiss was with guest star Diahann Carroll, and it took a while before she and the crew caught on to the fact that he was asking for retakes just so he could kiss her again. A smart man with a happy heart, Kopell knew a good thing when he saw it. "The Love Boat," which aired from 1977 until 1986, was based on the romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship Pacific Princess. The football quarterback is reunited with former teammates. The Captain welcomes back a widow (Marion Ross), who has romantic plans for her new cruise. In 198081, The Love Boat aired in reruns on ABC daytime, and beat The Price Is Right in the ratings for a few months. A couple is looking for a rare stamp hidden somewhere on the boat. Judy, Gopher, and Isaac each hire a Santa, who don't get along and try to out-do each other. And the ship's comic (Dan Rowan) runs into the wife (Marion Ross) and daughter (Eve Plumb) he left years ago. Ace photographs a spy and his daughter; A girl challenges a daredevil (Peter Scolari); Doc helps a senator (Alan Thicke) and his wife. Guest stars: Meredith Baxter as Sandy Rytell (credited as Meredith Baxter Birney), Bonnie Franklin as Stacy Skaugstad, Captain Stubing's Ex-Wife, Shelly Novack as Congressman Brad Brockway, Suzanne Somers as Lorraine Hoffman, Brenda Sykes as Ginny O'Brien, and Jimmie Walker as Ronald Baker. Note: This is the first appearance of Vicki. Branch. Guest Stars: Harold Gould as Vernon Crowler / Captain Merrill Stubing, Fernando Lamas as Bill Teague, Michele Lee as Miss Roz Rogers, Juliet Mills as Barbara Danver, Dan Rowan as Alan Danver, Adrienne Barbeau as Cathy Randall, John Schuck as Ox, Larry Storch as Elwood Riggs, Karen Valentine as Taffy Martino, Desi Arnaz Jr. as Steve Hollis, and Stephanie Zimbalist as Jenny Lang. The crew are in Greece working a cruise a college is having its graduation ceremony aboard: Guest stars: Leigh McCloskey, William R. Moses. Mark James (Mark Envy James) See Photos. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders come aboard. The song has since been recorded and released commercially, by Charo in 1978 and Amanda Lear in 2001. Every episode contained several storylines, each written by a different set of writers working on one group of guest stars. Love Boat changed her life. The Village People (as themselves) also have a horse in the race. The crew is working a special Alaskan cruise: Also Guest Starring: Lydia Cornell as Bonnie, Rebecca Holden as Diane, Selma Archerd as Mrs. Carter, Anulka Dziubinska as Ginger, and Linda Stayer as Angie. / The Big Deal", "Mike and Ike / The Witness / The Kissing Bandit", Roger Duchowny (Mike and Ike; The Witness), Fred Grandy and Bernie Kopell (Mike and Ike; The Kissing Bandit), "A Time for Everything / The Song Is Ended / Accidental Cruise / Anoushka", "Till Death Do Us PartMaybe / Locked Away / Chubs", Ben Joelson and Art Baer (Till Death Do Us PartMaybe), "Man of the Cloth / Her Own Two Feet / Tony's Family", Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs (Man of the Cloth), "Heads or Tails / Mona of the Movies / The Little People", Ann Gibbs and Joel Kimmel (Heads or Tails), "The Captain's Cup / The Folks from Home / Legal Eagle", Ben Joelson & Art Baer (The Captain's Cup), "El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks / Isosceles Triangle", "Julie Falls Hard / Double Wedding / The Dummies", "My Sister, Irene / The 'Now' Marriage / Second Time Around", Tony Webster (My Sister, Irene; Second Time Around), "Gopher's Opportunity / The Switch / Home Sweet Home", Roger Duchowny (Gopher's Opportunity; The Switch), Sue Masters and John Walsh (Gopher's Opportunity), "Second Chance / Don't Push Me / Like Father, Like Son", "Disco Baby / Alas, Poor Dwyer / After the War / Ticket to Ride / Itsy Bitsy: Parts 1 & 2", "Best of Friends / Aftermath / Dream Boat", Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs (Best of Friends), "A Good and Faithful Servant / The Secret Life of Burl Smith / Tug of War / Designated Lover", "Love Me, Love My Dog / Poor Little Rich Girl / The Decision", "Funny Valentine / The Wallflower / A Home is Not a Home", Fred Grandy and Bernie Kopell (Funny Valentine), "Murder on the High Seas / Sounds of Silence / Cyrano de Bricker", "April's Return / Super Mom / I'll See You Again", Lee Aronsohn (April's Return; I'll See You Again), "Third Wheel / Grandmother's Day / Second String Mom", Lee Aronsohn (Third Wheel; Second String Mom), "Carol and Doug's Story / Peter and Alicia's Story / Julie's Story / Buddy and Portia's Story: Parts 1 & 2", "The Grass Is Always Greener / Three Stages of Love / Oldies But Goodies", "Doc, Be Patient / Dance with Me / Going My Way", "The Audit Couple / The Scoop / My Boyfriend's Back", Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein (The Scoop), "Gopher's Greatest Hits / One Rose a Day / The Vacation", Gopher agrees to take over for a sick performer but he finds out that his vocal cords are not the most entertaining factor in his act. To keep Julie from finding out about her surprise birthday party, Gopher, Isaac and Doc invent a phony fraternity in order to keep her busy and devise frat-like procedures in order for her to join in. To placate her mother, a woman asks Ace to pose as her fianc. Guest Stars: Clive Revill as Slade Collins, Marion Ross as Emily Heywood / Emily Stubing, Rene Taylor as Monica Douglas and Michael Winslow as Spencer Wilson.