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All episodes Season 4 S04E08 1980-11-29 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two / The Baby Alarm

TV Flash files “Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two / The Baby Alarm” as hour 88 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 4, episode 8, aired 1980-11-29, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E08: listed hour 88 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 8 of 28 in season 4. It aired 1980-11-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Secretary to the Stars / Julie's Decision / The Horse Lover / Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse / Village People Ride Again” (S04E07). Next is “She Stole His Heart / Return of the Captain's Brother / Swag and Mag” (S04E09).

The Love Boat — Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two / The Baby Alarm (S04E08)

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Isaac forces his friends to lie to his aunt about the quality of her performance in a local play, but his plan soon backfires. Two young people grow tired of their parents' constant attempts to push them together. A single mother hopes to find romance aboard the ship. She uses her son as a judge of character--she doesn't trust anyone who causes the baby to cry.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two / The Baby Alarm sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S04E08 is listed hour 88 of 245 — hour 8 of 28 in season 4, season 4 episode 8.

When did The Love Boat S04E08 air?

Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two / The Baby Alarm aired 1980-11-29 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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