The Love Boat
The Musical / My Ex-Mom / The Show Must Go On / The Pest / My Aunt, The Worrier (2)
TV Flash files “The Musical / My Ex-Mom / The Show Must Go On / The Pest / My Aunt, The Worrier (2)” as hour 129 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 5, episode 21, aired 1982-02-27, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E21: listed hour 129 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 21 of 29 in season 5. It aired 1982-02-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Musical / My Ex-Mom / The Show Must Go On / The Pest / My Aunt, The Worrier (1)” (S05E20). Next is “Klondike Carnival / The Viking's Son / Separate Vacations / The Experiment / Getting to Know You (1)” (S05E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Capt. Stubing and his crew kick up their heels in a special two-hour musical extravaganza, ''The Love Boat Follies," a campy tribute to the "let's put on a show" movie musicals of yesteryear, with guest stars Cab Calloway, Carol Channing, Van Johnson, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller and Della Reese. These headliners - and all the series regulars.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Musical / My Ex-Mom / The Show Must Go On / The Pest / My Aunt, The Worrier (2) sit in the The Love Boat guide?
S05E21 is listed hour 129 of 245 — hour 21 of 29 in season 5, season 5 episode 21.
When did The Love Boat S05E21 air?
The Musical / My Ex-Mom / The Show Must Go On / The Pest / My Aunt, The Worrier (2) aired 1982-02-27 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.
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 5
- S05E01 The Expedition / Julie's Wedding / The Mongala / Julie's Replacement / The Three R's / The Professor's Wife (1)
- S05E02 The Expedition / Julie's Wedding / The Mongala / Julie's Replacement / The Three R's / The Professor's Wife (2)
- S05E03 Two Grapes on the Vine / Aunt Sylvia / Deductible Divorce
- S05E04 The Incredible Hunk / Isaac, the Marriage Counselor / Jewels and Jim
- S05E05 Country Blues / Daddy's Little Girl / Jackpot
- S05E06 Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew