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All episodes Season 6 S06E25 1983-03-26 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Putting on the Dog / Going to the Dogs / Woman's Best Friend / Whose Dog Is It Anyway

TV Flash files “Putting on the Dog / Going to the Dogs / Woman's Best Friend / Whose Dog Is It Anyway” as hour 162 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 6, episode 25, aired 1983-03-26, 60 min.

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This leaf is S06E25: listed hour 162 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 25 of 29 in season 6. It aired 1983-03-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “So Help Me, Hannah / The Maid Cleans Up / C.P.R.,I.O.U.” (S06E24). Next is “The Professor Has Class / When The Magic Disappears / We, The Jury” (S06E26).

The Love Boat — Putting on the Dog / Going to the Dogs / Woman's Best Friend / Whose Dog Is It Anyway (S06E25)

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A dog food company holds a contest on the ship to find the dog that will appear on its containers; a mail clerk is mistaken for the company's president, who is missing; a woman thinks another passenger's dog is the one she lost long ago.

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Where does Putting on the Dog / Going to the Dogs / Woman's Best Friend / Whose Dog Is It Anyway sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S06E25 is listed hour 162 of 245 — hour 25 of 29 in season 6, season 6 episode 25.

When did The Love Boat S06E25 air?

Putting on the Dog / Going to the Dogs / Woman's Best Friend / Whose Dog Is It Anyway aired 1983-03-26 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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