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The Love Boat

Family Reunion / Cinderella Story / Too Hot to Handle

TV Flash files “Family Reunion / Cinderella Story / Too Hot to Handle” as hour 13 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 13, aired 1978-01-07, 60 min.

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This leaf is S01E13: listed hour 13 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 13 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1978-01-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Old Man and the Runaway / A Fine Romance / The Painters” (S01E12). Next is “Isaac's Double Standard / Chimpanzeeshines / One More Time” (S01E14).

The Love Boat — Family Reunion / Cinderella Story / Too Hot to Handle (S01E13)

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As Wendy and Sam Bradly (Dori Brenner and Robert Rayes) board ship, Wendy laments the loss of the father she scarcely remembers. Believing her departed dad was a noble sea captain, Wendy forms an attachment for a devilish old purser named Teddy (Bob Crane), who is very busy trying to keep his girlfriend, Ginger (Victoria Carroll), aboard ship. The script for "Family Reunion" was written by Bruce Shelly and directed by Richard Kinon. In "Too Hot to Handle," written by Ben Joelson and Art Baer, and also directed by Richard Kinon, George and Sally (John Rubinstein and Kathy Bates) are prevented by dislocated backs, sunburn and even poison ivy from enjoying the personal pleasures of their honeymoon. Checkout clerk Bill Edwards and his wife, Doreen (Bruce Solomon and Judy Luciano Adams), are overwhelmed by the fuss made over them by the Loudons (Don Defore and Rosemary De Camp) and a man named Beatty (David White) in "Cinderella Story," written by Bruce Shelly. James Sheldon directed.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Family Reunion / Cinderella Story / Too Hot to Handle sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E13 is listed hour 13 of 245 — hour 13 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 13.

When did The Love Boat S01E13 air?

Family Reunion / Cinderella Story / Too Hot to Handle aired 1978-01-07 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Do I watch in order?

No. It is a multi-story guest-star anthology with a regular crew. Sample any cruise; Stubing's ship is the constant.

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Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing hosts three guest-star storylines a week while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac keep the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as feature, theme as furniture. Bon voyage, subtlety — the cameo sport still photographs.

The first image is white: uniforms, rails, Pacific soft-focus, and Gavin MacLeod's Captain Merrill Stubing hosting three guest-star storylines before the dessert cart. ABC's The Love Boat (1977–1986) turned cruise vacation into Aaron Spelling's floating hit factory — nine seasons, 245 episodes, formula as feature. Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy, Ted Lange's Isaac, Bernie Kopell's Doc, and Fred Grandy's Gopher never age out of meddling. Jeraldine Saunders' nonfiction about cruise life inspired the premise; Wilford…

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