THE LOAVE BOAT SEASON 1 VOLUME 1 TV DVD REVIEW

One of my favorite sitcoms from the 1970’s was “The Love Boat”! The show had a fairly now typical way of showing 3 different stories arcing into the same episode as a theme with some other show of that time. It was another in a long line of very popular TV series created by Aaron Spelling that ran for an amazing 10 seasons and 249 episodes. There were 2 90-minute pilots for the series that are not on this set and probably wont be on any future sets. This set consists of the first 12 episodes of the 1977 season. What I really enjoyed about this series was that it let a lot of stars of the Golden and bygone eras of film to have a chance of still acting and some their final performances! The only special feature on this set is the original episode promos that started each episode.

VIDEO

I don’t think the episodes are Digitally Remastered but the film prints are quite crisp and in pretty good shape considering the age. The episodes are approx 51 mins each and are shown in Airdate order.

Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. Audio quality is also in Mono. Very strong sound.


Disc 1-
1. “Captain and the Lady/One if By Land/Centerfold”-with Bonnie Franklin and Suzanne Summers
2. “Oh Dale/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair”-with John Ritter and Jaclyn Smith
3. “Ex Plus Y/Graham & Kelly/Golden Agers”-with Edward Andrews, Scott Baio, Robert Reed and Loretta Swit
4. “Message for Maureen”/Acapulco Connection/Gotcha!”-with Milton Berle, Bill Bixby and Charo

Disc 2-
5. “Help! Murder! /Isaac the Groupie/ Mr. Popularity”-with Dianne Carroll, Michelle Lee and Jim Nabors
6. “The Joker is Mild/First Time Out/Take My Granddaughter, Please!”-with Patty Duke Astin, Tab Hunter and Maureen McCormick
7. “The Identical Problem/Julie’s Old Flame/The Jinx”-with Ray Bolger, David Hedison
8. “The Understudy/Married Singles/ Lost & Found”-with Steve Allen and Loni Anderson

Disc 3-
9. “Romance Roulette/The Captain’s Captain/Hounded (A Dog’s Life)”-with Gary Burgoff and Phil Silvers and Jane Curtin
10. “Dear Beverly/The Strike/ Special Delivery”-with Pamela Franklin, Eva Gabor and Leslie Nielsen
11. “Lonely At The Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night”-with John Gavin Donna Mills and Dick Sargent
12. “The Old Man and The Runaway/A Fine Romance/ The Painters”-with Will Geer, Arte Johnson, Pat Morita, Tom Poston and Anson Williams


Extras


Disc 1- Original Episode Promos

Disc 2- Original Episode Promos

Disc 3- Original Episode Promos


Verdict

I really looking forward to the next volume to come out!