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All episodes Season 2 S02E23 1979-03-03 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Funny Valentine / The Wallflower / A Home Is Not a Home

TV Flash files “Funny Valentine / The Wallflower / A Home Is Not a Home” as hour 48 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 2, episode 23, aired 1979-03-03, 60 min.

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This leaf is S02E23: listed hour 48 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 23 of 27 in season 2. It aired 1979-03-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Decision / Poor Little Rich Girl / Love Me, Love My Dog” (S02E22). Next is “Ages of Man / Families / Bo 'N Sam” (S02E24).

The Love Boat — Funny Valentine / The Wallflower / A Home Is Not a Home (S02E23)

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In "Funny Valentine," written by Fred Grandy and Bernie Kopell, Julie's friend, Murphy (Ms. Eogar), entertaining on the cruise as a palm reader, not only assures dubious Capt. Stubing that he has a romantic future, but also proceeds to make it come true by falling for him. Gopher's plain neighbor, Sylvia (Ms. Dworkin), is sadly lacking in confidence until Gopher sends her roses anonymously. Meanwhile, an equally shy young man, Monroe (Zane Lasky), is watching jealously, in "The Wallflower," written by Ben Joelson and Art Baer. In "A Home Is Not a Home," written by John V. Hanrahan and Tom Dosenais, Molly and Ned (Ms. Pearl and Godfrey), a lively older couple running off to Mexico to get married, are thwarted by his son, Francis (Berlinger), and her daughter, Rowena (Ms. Donahue, until the younger couple realizes that their parents have much in common.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Funny Valentine / The Wallflower / A Home Is Not a Home sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S02E23 is listed hour 48 of 245 — hour 23 of 27 in season 2, season 2 episode 23.

When did The Love Boat S02E23 air?

Funny Valentine / The Wallflower / A Home Is Not a Home aired 1979-03-03 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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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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