Product Description

Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 27-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9422 in DVD
• Brand: LOVE BOAT
• Released on: 2009-01-27
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 4
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 660 minutes

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Sealed with a kitsch, The Love Boat cruised into its second season as one of television's top 20 shows and guiltiest of pleasures. Leaving uncharted waters to edgier shows of the day, The Love Boat was pure escapist entertainment. Each of these 13 episodes steers a tried and true course through three stories; one involving the crew members, another played for laughs, and the other more dramatic, but with a reassuring finish that allowed everyone to disembark with hope of a happy-ever-after. Each episode, too, is a minor miracle of casting with a star-studded roster ranging from seasoned Hollywood veterans to fresh faces just finding their sea legs. Vincent Price is featured in a Halloween episode as the Amazing Alonzo, who almost makes his fiancée (Joan Blondell) disappear for real when he keeps their engagement a secret from admiring female passengers. June Allyson stars as a woman losing her eyesight, with Van Johnson as her over-protective husband. Robert Reed is a man who witnessed a shooting but is afraid to testify, with Toni Tennille as a woman with a personal stake in the case. And Jill Whelan is introduced as Vicki, the young daughter of Capt. Stubing's lost love. On the lighter side, we have Billy Crystal as a shy young man by day, masked kissing bandit by night, Soupy Sales and Jo Anne Worley, as a buttoned-up boss and his adoring secretary who awaken after a drunken party in the honeymoon suite, and John Astin as a hermit who maroons Captain Stubing (Gavin McLeod) and company on his deserted island. The Love Boat isn't Shakespeare, but the writers must have brushed up on classic films to pay homage to the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera stateroom scene (ship's engineer Larry Storch's large Italian family is smuggled aboard so he can celebrate Thanksgiving with him) and Ninotchka (Loretta Switt stars as a humorless Russian who gets an extreme makeover). In these tumultuous times, The Love Boat remains the quintessential "Stop the World" series that allows viewers too forget their troubles. So when goofball Gopher (Fred Grandy) dons women's clothing to protect cruise director Julie (Lauren Tewes) from an overeager passenger (Red Buttons), your blissful smile is The Love Boat's "sweetest reward." --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews

The Love Boat's Second Season Begins!
Come aboard the Pacific Princess and sail away on a tidal wave of nostalgia with Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod), Doc (Bernie Kopell), Gopher (Fred Grandy), Isaac (Ted Lange), Julie (Lauren Tewes) and a boatload of guest stars on The Love Boat - Season Two, Volume One! Promising something for everyone, The Love Boat - Season Two, Volume One is a 4-disc set featuring the show's first 13 hour-long Season Two episodes which include the first appearance of Captain Stubing's illegitimate daughter, Vicki (Jill Whelan) in "A Time For Everything"; Full Frame (1.33:1) video; English, Spanish mono audio; Closed Captioning; English, Spanish subtitles, Episodic Promos; plus the following guest stars:

Edward Albert, Melissa Sue Anderson, Adam Arkin, Bess Armstrong, John Astin, Conrad Bain, Jimmy Baio, Billy Barty, Orson Bean, Barbi Benton, David Birney, Sonny Bono, Todd Bridges, Melendy Britt, Red Buttons, Pat Carroll, James Coco, Dabney Coleman, Bert Convy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Billy Crystal, Cathryn Damon, Richard Dawson, David Doyle, Erik Estrada, Lola Falana, Norman Fell, Betty Garrett, Melissa Gilbert, Grant Goodeve, Dody Goodman, Robert Goulet, Peter Graves, Pat Harrington Jr., Florence Henderson, Marty Ingels, Van Johnson, Nancy Kulp, Judy Landers, Janet Leigh, Audra Lindley, Dave Madden, Dick Martin, Rue McClanahan, Donna Mills, Mary Ann Mobley, Greg Morris, Richard Mulligan, Mackenzie Phillips, Vincent Price, Robert Reed, Soupy Sales, Avery Schreiber, Connie Stevens, Larry Storch, Loretta Swit, Toni Tennille, Ellen Travolta, Robert Urich, Jimmie Walker, Laurie Walters, Vernee Watson and more.

Here are the episodes contained in this volume, plus original airdates:

1. Marooned / Isaac's Holiday / The Search (9/16/1978)*
2. Julie's Dilemma / Who's Who / Rocky (9/23/1978)
3. The Man Who Loved Women / A Different Girl / Oh, My Aching Brother (9/30/1978)
4. Where is it Written? / Julie's Aunt / The Big Deal (10/14/1978)
5. The Kissing Bandit / Mike and Ike / The Witness (10/21/1978)
6. Ship of Ghouls (10/28/1978)
7. Accidental Cruise / The Song is Ended / A Time for Everything / Anoushka (11/4/1978)
8. Till Death Do Us Part / Maybe / Chubs / Locked Away (11/11/1978)
9. Tony's Family / The Minister and the Stripper / Her Own Two Feet (11/18/1978)
10. Heads or Tails / The Little People / Mona of the Movie (11/25/1978)
11. Folks from Home / The Captain's Cup / Legal Eagle (12/2/1978)
12. Isosceles Triangle / El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks (12/9/1978)
13. Double Wedding / The Ventriloquists / Julie Falls Hard (12/16/1978)

*Episode 1 is presented in the show's original two-hour season premiere format, before it was split in two for syndication.

Fun Show, Good Memories
Yes, the price may be more than some shows, the same as others, and lower than some. The point is the studio found a structure that would allow this to be released. We've waited many years for Love Boat to come to DVD and if you decide not to spend a few extra dollars then you are telling the studio you don't want the Love Boat on DVD, and they will stop releasing them. Of course I wish they were less expensive, and full seasons, but I like the show and am happy to own the episodes. Ranting about half seasons and high costs will NOT change how these are being released. It will only guarantee them to no longer be released.

Only Half the Season but Excellant
Only half of the season for the price of a whole one, but it was worth every dollar. The first episode is double-length and is by far the best. It features John Astin, Avery Schreiber, and Audra Lindley in some of their greatest roles.

This may be expensive for only half of the season, but I reconmend to anyone.