"Love boat"
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The Love Boat was a TV series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986.
The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling, who produced several successful series for ABC in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. The sitcom 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 twin sister Island Princess, the Stella Solaris (for a Mediterranean cruise), Pearl of Scandinavia (for a Chinese cruise), the Royal Viking Sky (for European cruises) and the Royal Princess (for a Caribbean cruise). 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. The series was also distinctive as being one of the few hour-long series ever made for American television that used a laugh track. Another unique aspect of the Love Boat was its writing format. Each segment was written by a different set of writers. Each set of writers worked on one group of guest stars and their story of the week. So episodes ended up with ungainly titles like "Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy: Part 1". 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.
See if you remember this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7iX9X5-RQ0
Also watch this version of the "Love Boat theme" which is a little different...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8az_IWOPUiY
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The Love Boat was a TV series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986.
The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling, who produced several successful series for ABC in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. The sitcom 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 twin sister Island Princess, the Stella Solaris (for a Mediterranean cruise), Pearl of Scandinavia (for a Chinese cruise), the Royal Viking Sky (for European cruises) and the Royal Princess (for a Caribbean cruise). 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. The series was also distinctive as being one of the few hour-long series ever made for American television that used a laugh track. Another unique aspect of the Love Boat was its writing format. Each segment was written by a different set of writers. Each set of writers worked on one group of guest stars and their story of the week. So episodes ended up with ungainly titles like "Disco Baby/Alas, Poor Dwyer/After the War/Ticket to Ride/Itsy Bitsy: Part 1". 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.
See if you remember this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7iX9X5-RQ0
Also watch this version of the "Love Boat theme" which is a little different...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8az_IWOPUiY
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posted by Patrick at Tuesday, December 05, 2006
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