The Love Boat

The Love Boat was a TV series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986.

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TV series - Cruise ship - ABC Television Network - 1977 - 1986

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Action was usually set about a cruise liner called The Pacific Princess, whose passengers and crew had romantic and funny adventures every week. Other ships used were the Pearl of Scandinavia (for a Chinese cruise), the Royal Viking Sky (for European cruises) and the Royal Princess (for a Caribbean cruise).

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The series' attraction was in the casting of well-known actors in guest-starring roles, with many famous film stars of yesteryear making rare television appearances. Although it wasn't the first series to use the all-star cast anthology format, Love Boat perfected the genre and future shows in similar style (Supertrain and Masquerade to name two) were inevitably compared to Love Boat.

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Supertrain - Masquerade

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The series was also distinctive as being one of the only hour-long series ever made for American television that used a laugh track (Eight is Enough, on the same network and produced at the same time, being another example).

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Laugh track - Eight is Enough

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The show was based on the same premise as the 1956-60 television hit, The Gale Storm Show (aka Oh! Susanna).

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The Love Boat theme song was sung by Jack Jones (except for the last season, where a cover version by Dionne Warwick was used). The lyrics were written by composer Paul Williams.

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Jack Jones - Cover version - Dionne Warwick - Paul Williams

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