EP 22 - THE LOVE BOAT

The LOOOOOOVE BOOOOOOAAAAT.... Robbie-Ann's Saturday night ritual: cereal or Munchos and The Love Boat. Amy's Love Boat rerun summertime syndication saturation. The cast: some seriously accomplished, talented people. Isaac, your ship's bartender. Ted Lange: playwright and distinguished theater actor! Robbie-Ann recounts meeting Ted Lange, (hot) Parker Stevenson and Larry Wilcox of CHiPs, and calling Ted Lange "Isaac." But Ted totally rolled with it, and Parker and Larry were total dolls too. Fred Grandy: Gopher Smith was Ivy League. Yep -Harvard! What is a yeoman purser? Bernie Kopell, renowned character actor from pretty much every sitcom in the 60s and early 70s as the ship's lothario doctor. Breaking the cast down into thematic archetypes. Gavin MacLeod: from Murray Slaughter to sexy Captain Stubing. Lauren Tewes: Julie McCoy, Cruise Director, replaced in common "relative replacement" 70s tv switcheroo device with similarly-named "sister" Judy McCoy. Lauren Tewes, cheese expert! The later seasons -- were cigar-chomping executives trying to spice things up with 70s-TV ubiquitous add-on character actor Ted McGinley as Ace, your ship's photographer? And with The Love Boat Mermaids? Real Live Cruises - just not the Love Boat. Amy discusses her crazy cruise experience, derailed by a tornado. Robbie-Ann's experience on The Rock Boat music cruise that would not have lived up to Captain Stubing's standards. Can you guess who was the most frequent guest star of the 552 guest stars during the show's run? Crossovers with Charlie's Angels and Fantasy Island. Sidebar: "eating crow" storylines on Fantasy Island. Pluto TV's The Love Boat channel. Questionable morals and falling in love on a three-day cruise. Lovebombing on The Love Boat: ruining real love for a generation of girls. Amy's problem with Melissa Sue Anderson and other Walnut Grove characters turning up in non-prairie clothes on The Love Boat. Sidebar: Amy's uncooked strawberry UN-frosted poptart, and Robbie-Ann's problem with it. Impromptu Pointer Sisters jam. Shaun Cassidy's absence from the guest star list, and Robbie-Ann's need to know why. Robbie-Ann's most memorable episode: when Julie ate major crow in Alaska. The girls consult the Magic 8 Ball about possible outcomes if they were on The Love Boat.