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Take a voyage to romance aboard this ocean liner that whisks
it's passengers, and surprising guest stars, on panoramic
journeys that lead to love. Playing tour guide and matchmaker are
the Pacific Princess' trusty crew, including cruise director
Julie (Lauren Tewes), yeoman Gopher (Fred Grandy), ship's doctor
Adam Bricker (Bernie Kopell), drink slinger Isaac (Ted Lange),
and, of course, Captain Merrill Stubing (Gavin MacLeod). Amid
luxurious surroundings, and the tempestuous heat of the tropics,
anything can happen in this show that is by turns heartwarming,
sentimental, and slapstick funny. With several storylines per
episode, this escapist gem offers a garden of delights for the
romantic at heart. This collection presents the first batch of
episodes from the series' second season. Starring Gavin MacLeod,
Ted Lange, Lauren Tewes, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy Special
Features: Sensormatic Package Note: Multi-Disc Set Full Frame -
1.33 Audio: (unspecified) English.
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Sealed with a kitsch, The Love Boat cruised into its second
season as one of television's top 20 shows and guiltiest of
pleasures. Leaving uncharted waters to edgier shows of the day,
The Love Boat was pure escapist entertainment. Each of these 13
episodes steers a tried and true course through three stories;
one involving the crew members, another played for laughs, and
the other more dramatic, but with a reassuring finish that
allowed everyone to disembark with hope of a happy-ever-after.
Each episode, too, is a minor miracle of casting with a
star-studded roster ranging from seasoned Hollywood veterans to
fresh faces just finding their sea legs. Vincent Price is
featured in a Halloween episode as the Amazing Alonzo, who almost
makes his fiancée (Joan Blondell) disappear for real when he
keeps their engagement a secret from admiring female passengers.
June Allyson stars as a woman losing her eye, with Van
Johnson as her over-protective husband. Robert Reed is a man who
witnessed a shooting but is afraid to testify, with Toni Tennille
as a woman with a personal stake in the case. And Jill Whelan is
introduced as Vicki, the young daughter of Capt. Stubing's lost
love. On the lighter side, we have Billy Crystal as a shy young
man by day, ed kissing bandit by night, Soupy Sales and Jo
Anne Worley, as a buttoned-up boss and his adoring secretary who
awaken after a drunken party in the honeymoon suite, and John
Astin as a hermit who maroons Captain Stubing (Gavin McLeod) and
company on his deserted island. The Love Boat isn't Shakespeare,
but the writers must have brushed up on classic films to pay
homage to the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera stateroom scene
(ship's engineer Larry Storch's large Italian family is smuggled
aboard so he can celebrate Thanksgiving with him) and Ninotchka
(Loretta Switt stars as a humorless Russian who gets an extreme
makeover). In these tumultuous times, The Love Boat remains the
quintessential "Stop the World" series that allows viewers too
forget their troubles. So when goofball Gopher (Fred Grandy) dons
women's clothing to protect cruise director Julie (Lauren Tewes)
from an overeager passenger (Red Buttons), your blissful smile is
The Love Boat's "sweetest reward." --Donald Liebenson