The Love Boat

The Love Boat was a TV series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986.

Action was always, with one exception, set about a cruise liner called The Pacific Princess, whose passengers and crew had romantic and funny adventures every week. One double episode was made in China on board the Pearl of Scandinavia.

The show was based on the same premise as the 1956-60 television hit, The Gale Storm Show (aka Oh! Susanna).

The Love Boat theme song was sung by Jack Jones. The lyrics were written by composer Paul Williams.

Cast

Bernie Kopell - Dr. Adam Bricker
Fred Grandy - Burl "Gopher" Smith
Gavin MacLeod - Captain Merrill Stubing
Jill Whelan - Vicki Stubing, the captain's daughter
Lauren Tewes - Cruise Director Julie McCoy
Pat Klous - Judy McCoy
Ted Lange - Bartender Isaac Washington
Ted McGinley - Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans
Andrea Blanken - Andrea Fluffer

Sequels

There was a TV movie after the show was cancelled, The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage (1990).
A second TV series, The Love Boat: The Next Wave aired on the UPN Network from 1998 to 1999. It starred Robert Urich as Captain Jim Kennedy. Several members of the cast of the original series guest-starred on one episode.

External links

tvtome.com (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/CastGuide/showid-517/)
IMDb entry (http://imdb.com/title/tt0075529/)

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