Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover

Name: Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover
Released: 1980-03-15

TV Flash files “Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover” as hour 76 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 24, aired 1980-03-15, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E24: listed hour 76 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 24 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1980-03-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement” (S03E23). Next is “Celebration / Captain Papa / Honeymoon Pressure” (S03E25).

The Love Boat — Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover (S03E24)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

Julie worries that her brilliant nuclear physicist friend will never find a man because her intelligence intimidates suitors. She encourages her to act dumb to attract a man's attention. Vicki befriends a wealthy young passenger. While exploring the ship, they discover a stowaway, a young boy who wants to visit his mother in Mexico. A jealous husband terrifies the crew as he constantly threatens the guys, who he suspects are coming on to his wife.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E24 is listed hour 76 of 245 — hour 24 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 24.

When did The Love Boat S03E24 air?

Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover aired 1980-03-15 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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Gavin MacLeod as Capt. Merrill Stubing
Gavin MacLeod's Capt. Merrill Stubing hosted three guest-star storylines a week on The Love Boat while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac kept the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as…
Bernie Kopell as Dr. Adam Bricker
Bernie Kopell’s Dr. Adam Bricker kept The Love Boat meddling — Gavin MacLeod’s Captain Stubing, three guest-star storylines a week, Julie, Gopher, Isaac, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme…
Fred Grandy as Burl 'Gopher' Smith
Fred Grandy kept the Pacific Princess meddling as Burl 'Gopher' Smith on The Love Boat — three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise, formula as feature. Bon voyage, subtlety. TV Flash…
Ted Lange as Isaac Washington
Ted Lange poured The Love Boat as Isaac Washington — bartender as Greek chorus, three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme as furniture. TV Flash files him as…
Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy
Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy kept The Love Boat meddling on schedule — Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing, three guest-star storylines a week, Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise. Formula as feature, theme as furniture.…

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