It is on again, I saw it in the middle of the night, and it was a Valentine's Day episode. I loved how the boat was all decorated and that everyone was all dressed really nice. Even though it wa snot my favorite show, and every actor on there was a big nerd, it still is better than anything on tv now. I like watching it just to see who was going to guest star on it.
Posted by sam hain2 (Member # 1964) on :
The Love Boat was created with the sole purpose of giving all your level 2 and 3 actors a chance to work an extra 2 or 3 times a year in addition to their lame game show appearances.
You could also say the same thing about Battle of the Network Stars which was always a good example of a whos who of who
Posted by eightiesdude (Member # 752) on :
I loved the Love Boat and the Battle of the Network Stars. I hope eventually both get released on dvd.
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Part of Sam hain2's comment:
quote:The Love Boat was created with the sole purpose of giving all your level 2 and 3 actors a chance to work an extra 2 or 3 times a year in addition to their lame game show appearances...
Shortly after Sonny Bono died in 1997, I remember watching a VH-1 "Behind The Music" documentary on Sonny.
He talked about his career after he divorced from Cher, and he mentioned his guest appearances on "The Love Boat" TV show.
Sonny said that the "The Love Boat" was "the kind of show in which whenever you make a guest appearance, your career is either on its way up or on its way down. And I didn't think my career was going to up anytime soon after I appeared on that show." Sonny later said that his apperance on the show was an early indication that his own show-biz career was fading fast, and he had better think of another line of work.
And he did just that, by getting into the restaurant business, and later became involved with civic affairs to get elected to become Mayor of Palm Springs, CA and later to U.S. Congress.
But Sam Hain2 is right, "The Love Boat" was little more than an excuse to get B-list (or lower) people in a show. It's probably not the kind of show you would want to appear on your resume if you were just starting out in show biz and have a serious career!
Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
I liked all those B-list people, some of them were some of my favorite actors. If you think about it, who actually are the big names on tv right now?? They are all reality people. The one person I hate on tv, and my friend loves him-is Simon from American Idol. He is a total pain in the butt, you don't ever have to be mean and cruel to people, if they have no talent. Why crush them and make them feel embarrassed...I hate that show. We don't have tv series any more like we did. So, if they had a Love Boat now, who'd be a guest? So the B-listers of the 70's, 80's, still rank better in my book than anyone on tv today.
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Isis asked:
quote:So, if they had a Love Boat now, who'd be a guest?
If "The Love Boat" were still around today, any washed-up has-been star from the 60's, 70's, and 80's (and even the early 90's) would appear as a guest.
With that in mind, I could see the following people as guests:
Vanilla Ice Adam Rich Leif Garrett Coreys Feldman and Haim Gary Coleman John Davidson Rip Taylor Charles Nelson Reilly M.C. Hammer Erik Estrada Sally Kellerman Karen Black Nina Van Pallandt Sally Struthers Stella Stevens Charo Linda Blair Zsa Zsa Gabor Anna Nicole Smith Any actor from "The Partridge Family" Any actor from "The Brady Bunch" Anyone from the 2003 movie Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Anyone who appeared in a John Waters movie Anyone from Andy Warhol's crowd (Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Viva, Joy Bang, etc.)
...and many others that I can't think of right now. Posted by sam hain2 (Member # 1964) on :
good list
also could add anybody from Little House on the Prarie, Dukes of Hazzard and Hee Haw
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