The Love Boat
Target Gopher / The Major's Wife / Strange Honeymoon / The Oilman Cometh
TV Flash files “Target Gopher / The Major's Wife / Strange Honeymoon / The Oilman Cometh” as hour 84 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 4, episode 4, aired 1980-11-08, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E04: listed hour 84 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 4 of 28 in season 4. It aired 1980-11-08 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2)” (S04E03). Next is “The Mallory Quest / The Offer / Julie, the Vamp (1)” (S04E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Gopher loses his job when a cheerleader, an object of another man's affection, only has eyes for Gopher; Julie teaches a Japanese wife some western lessons about keeping her man; A man who jilted his bride-to-be shares the honeymoon with his best man; A wealthy Arab thinks that a young man's girlfriend is one of his presents.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Target Gopher / The Major's Wife / Strange Honeymoon / The Oilman Cometh sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S04E04 is listed hour 84 of 245 — hour 4 of 28 in season 4, season 4 episode 4.
When did The Love Boat S04E04 air?
Target Gopher / The Major's Wife / Strange Honeymoon / The Oilman Cometh aired 1980-11-08 and is listed at 90 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.
In the series
Why this series still plays
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…
Filed against
- 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.…
Also in season 4
- S04E01 Friends and Lovers / Sergeant Bull / Miss Mother
- S04E02 The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (1)
- S04E03 The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May the Best Man Win (2)
- S04E05 The Mallory Quest / The Offer / Julie, the Vamp (1)
- S04E06 The Mallory Quest / The Offer / Julie, the Vamp (2)
- S04E07 Secretary to the Stars / Julie's Decision / The Horse Lover / Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse / Village People Ride Again