The old people took Valentine's Day off, but they're back. I dig the location footage of the Port of Los Angeles (Berth 93A.) We had Jamie Farr last time. Here's Harry Morgan, another MASH cast member. (Curse you, ABC casting machine.) I never really watched MASH, but I liked him on Dragnet. Harry comes on board wearing a cool hat. He's a card shaper, running scams against the crew. Their revenge is actually kind of funny. Diana Canova and Robert Ulrich are back, this time as a honeymooning couple. Robert Mandan and Audrey Meadows are your bickering couple this time. I know him from the Three's Company spinoff, Three's a Crowd. Georgia Engel is a shy, overprotected young woman. Doc swoops in as her protector. Suddenly, Doc is against cruise ship lotharios. What? How does that make sense for Doc's character? Also, it isn't really part of his job description. Called away by Georgia's suitor, Doc finds himself in an awkward situation. Oops! 'It's the best moonlight I've ever seen,' she says. She wears a strange white swimsuit. Will she find true love? What do you think the name of the show is? On Kafka's Love Boat Scale, this gets 3 * out of a possible 4 *.
The Love Boat (TV Series)
Taking Sides/Going by the Book/A Friendly Little Game (1978)
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Love Burt
stones7816 January 2014
Regarding my summary title, I'm mildly amused when "Burt Reynolds" is mentioned during this show or Fantasy Island by one of the characters, as he was on top of the world around this time, the late 1970's. He was too cool to make a guest appearance himself, but since these shows revolve around male machismo, his name gets mentioned when it comes to attracting the other sex. On to the stories, there are too many familiar faces, such as Harry Morgan, Audrey Meadows, Diana Canova, Georgia Engel, Robert Mandan, and Robert Urich. The strongest of the 3 stories had Wendel Snead(Morgan)cheating at gin rummy and wiping out the boat's crew, even though they get back at him later on. The funniest story had the Desmond's(Canova & Urich)bumping into an older married couple, the Watkin's(Meadows & Mandan), as this couple constantly argued and there were some funny insults tossed both ways, although the former couple's arguments seemed forced. The worst story had Shelia(Engel)fall for a guy named Howard(Harvey Jason), who looks like he picks his nose and eats the contents, if you get my meaning. While this wasn't a great episode by any means, it's nice seeing older stars ham it up one more time before their put out to pasture or before they pass on to the boat in the sky.
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