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The Love Boat

Isaac's Double Standard / Chimpanzeeshines / One More Time

TV Flash files “Isaac's Double Standard / Chimpanzeeshines / One More Time” as hour 14 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 14, aired 1978-01-14, 60 min.

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This leaf is S01E14: listed hour 14 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 14 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1978-01-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Family Reunion / Cinderella Story / Too Hot to Handle” (S01E13). Next is “The Caper / The Eyes of Love / Hollywood Royalty / Masquerade Part 1” (S01E15).

The Love Boat — Isaac's Double Standard / Chimpanzeeshines / One More Time (S01E14)

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In "Isaac's Double Standard," Millie Washington (Pearl Bailey) takes a cruise to be near her son, Isaac. When Isaac's lady friend, Charlene (Tracey Reed), comes aboard, Millie becomes a very possessive mama. Sue Masters and John Walsh wrote the script. In "One More Time," Mitzy and Lenny (Nanette Fabray and Don Adams) are a once-married (to each other) couple, pro fessionally reunited to entertain the passengers. Hard-boiled and caustic, they are too busy making with the jokes to admit they miss each other. Ann Gibbs and Joel Kimmel wrote the script. Gopher is on the brink of a fine romance with a girl named Anne (Kim Lankford) in "Chimpanzeeshines," when a jewel stealing monkey named Louise rips off Anne's mother, played by Allyn Ann McLerie. Bernie Kahn wrote the script.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Isaac's Double Standard / Chimpanzeeshines / One More Time sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S01E14 is listed hour 14 of 245 — hour 14 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 14.

When did The Love Boat S01E14 air?

Isaac's Double Standard / Chimpanzeeshines / One More Time aired 1978-01-14 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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