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The Love Boat

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TV Series

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    (September 24, 1977-May 24, 1986)
    Aired on ABC
    Gavin MacLeod as your captain, Merrill Stubing
    Bernie Kopell as your ship's doctor, Adam Bricker
    Fred Grandy as your yeoman purser, Burl 'Gopher' Smith
    Ted Lange as your bartender, Isaac Washington
    Lauren Tewes as your cruise director, Julie McCoy (1977-84)
    Jill Whelan as Vicki Stubing (1979-86)
    Ted McGinley as your ship's photographer, Ashley Covington 'Ace' Evans (1984-86)
    Produced by Aaron Spelling
    Premise: Romantic adventures of the passengers and crew of the Pacific Princess ocean liner

Why The Love Boat might be annoying:

    Gavin MacLeod also portrayed Captain Stubing's brother and father.
    The storylines in each episode were written by different writers, producing frequent continuity errors.
    The practice also led to unwieldy episode titles like 'Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Part 1.'
    During the last season, the 'The' was dropped from the title and the theme song singer switched from Jack Jones to Dionne Warwick.
    UPN tried to revive it with the short-lived 'The Love Boat: The Next Wave' (1998-99).

Why The Love Boat might not be annoying:

    The multiple storylines allowed each episode to incorporate comedy and drama.
    A ton of Hollywood veterans landed gigs as guest stars.
    Jack Jones has a cameo singing 'The Love Boat Theme' in 'Airplane II.'
    It inspired a drinking game: everybody choose a character (including the ship itself if needed) and drink when your character appears on screen.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 209 Votes: 44.02% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 44 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 94 Votes: 41.49% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 46 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying