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The Love Boat

Tony's Family / Man Of The Cloth / Her Own Two Feet

TV Flash files “Tony's Family / Man Of The Cloth / Her Own Two Feet” as hour 35 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 10, aired 1978-11-18, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S02E10: listed hour 35 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 10 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1978-11-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Chubs / Locked Away / Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe” (S02E09). Next is “Heads or Tails / The Little People / Mona of the Movies” (S02E11).

The Love Boat — Tony's Family / Man Of The Cloth / Her Own Two Feet (S02E10)

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In "Tony's Family," written by Henry Colman, crew members make a valiant effort to keep the stowaways Tony's wife (Mitzi Hoag) children (Tony La Torre,Kelly Greenwood, Jennifer Surprenant), Grandma (Renata Vanni) and uncle (Mario Bellini) a secret from Capt. Stubing. In "The Minister & the Stripper," written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs, the influential church member's husband, a charitable non-member, have little luck convincing her to be kind until it's almost too late. In "Her Own Two Feet," written by Ann Gibbs and Joel Kimmel, although nearly blind, Audrey (Miss Allyson) refuses to use her white cane or admit her problem and leans heavily on her solicitous husband Bert (Van Johnson) until Doc intercedes.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Tony's Family / Man Of The Cloth / Her Own Two Feet sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S02E10 is listed hour 35 of 245 — hour 10 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 10.

When did The Love Boat S02E10 air?

Tony's Family / Man Of The Cloth / Her Own Two Feet aired 1978-11-18 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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Why this series still plays

Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

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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