Product Details

• Actors: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange, Lauren Tewes
• Directors: Alan Rafkin, Allen Baron, Bob Claver, George Tyne, Gordon Farr
• Format: Full Screen, Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Language: English (Mono), Spanish (Mono)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Dubbed: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2009
• Run Time: 660 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001HUHBC2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,022 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "The Love Boat - Season Two - Vol. 1" on IMDb

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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

Product Description

Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Gavin MacLeod. Cruising into its second season (with its unmistakable theme song, as performed by Jack Jones), this Aaron Spelling-produced series mixed comedy and romance aboard a number of smooth-sailing cruise ships. Come along for 12 episodes on 4 DVDs. 1978-79/color/11 hrs., 52 min/NR/fullscreen.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The Love Boat's Second Season Begins! January 25, 2009

By Servo VINE™ VOICE

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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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars come aboard for more fantasy fun on "The Love Boat" October 23, 2010

By Byron Kolln HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER

The first thirteen episodes from the second season of THE LOVE BOAT. Welcome back aboard the Pacific Princess, where lovely cruise director Julie McCoy (Lauren Tewes), Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod), Dr. Adam Bricker (Bernie Kopell), Purser "Gopher" Smith (Fred Grandy), and lively barman Isaac Washington (Ted Lange) will ensure that all your entertainment needs are met.

The second season gets off to a strong start in a movie-length opener, "Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday", where several passengers are taken hostage by an eccentric old hermit (played by John Astin) during a day-stop. Isaac attempts to impress guest star Lola Falana by passing himself off as a millionaire; and a young woman is reunited with her estranged birth mother. Guests for this special story include Edie Adams, David Birney, Audra Lindley, Laraine Day and Donna Mills.

Co-producer Douglas Cramer always maintained that the secret to THE LOVE BOAT's success was it's careful, constant mix of the three storylines - namely, a farce, a romantic comedy, and a "warmedy" (Cramer's term, not mine). Surely, a lot of the audience appeal was the roster of guest stars - a fun combination of Hollywood greats, has-beens and five-minute-wonders. One of the more offbeat episodes included in this collection is "Ship of Ghouls", a special Halloween show, which has Iris Adrian, Joan Blondell, Vincent Price and Jane Kean, mixing it with Gary Collins and Mary Ann Mobley.

Throw on your finest Nolan Miller fashions and join the gang on the Fiesta Deck! The Pacific Princess will be departing soon!

Episodes:

* "Marooned / The Search / Isaac's Holiday"
guest stars Edie Adams, John Astin, Barbi Benton, David Birney, Norm Crosby, Laraine Day, Lola Falana, Audra Lindley, Dick Martin, Donna Mills and Avery Schreiber.

* "Rocky / Julie's Dilemma / Who's Who?"
guest stars Jimmy Baio, James Coco, Norman Fell, Betty Garrett, Melissa Gilbert, Dody Goodman, Ellen Travolta and Edward Winter.

* "The Man Who Loved Women / A Different Girl / Oh, My Aching Brother"
guest stars Bess Armstrong, Sonny Bono, Cathryn Damon, David Doyle, Grant Goodeve, Marty Ingels, Judy Landers, Jo Ann Pflug and Brett Somers.

* "Julie's Aunt / Where Is It Written? / The Big Deal"
guest stars Gene Barry, Red Buttons, Erik Estrada, Sam Groom, Hope Lange, Allen Ludden, Richard Mulligan and Mackenzie Phillips.

* "Mike and Ike / The Witness / The Kissing Bandit"
guest stars Sharon Acker, Todd Bridges, Pat Carroll, Billy Crystal, Nancy Kulp, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Robert Reed, Toni Tennille and Laurie Walters.

* "Ship of Ghouls"
guest stars Iris Adrian, Charlie Aiken, Barbara Anderson, Joan Blondell, Gary Collins, Jane Kean, Mary Ann Mobley, Bibi Osterwald and Vincent Price.

* "A Time for Everything / The Song is Ended / Accidental Cruise / Anoushka"
guest stars Richard Dawson, Robert Goulet, Juliet Mills, Soupy Sales, Loretta Swit, Jill Whelan and Jo Anne Worley.

* "Till Death Do Us Part - Maybe / Locked Away / Chubs"
guest stars Melissa Sue Anderson, Conrad Bain, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Greg Morris, Jimmie Walker and Vernee Watson.

* "Man of the Cloth / Her Own Two Feet / Tony's Family"
guest stars June Allyson, Vivian Blaine, Peter Graves, Van Johnson, Roz Kelly, Larry Storch and Alan Young.

* "Heads or Tails / Mona of the Movies / The Little People"
guest stars Edward Albert, Adam Arkin, Billy Barty, Orson Bean, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Gilliland, Patty Maloney and Patricia McCormack.

* "The Captain's Cup / The Folks from Home / Legal Eagle"
guest stars Bert Convy, Pat Harrington, Florence Henderson, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan and Leigh Taylor Young.

* "El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks / Isosceles Triangle"
guest stars Dabney Coleman, Dena Dietrich, Rue McClanahan, Dave Madden, Gabriel Melgar, Heather Menzies-Urich, Victor Millan, Connie Stevens and Robert Urich.

* "Julie Falls Hard / Double Wedding / The Dummies"
guest stars Cyb Barnstable, Trish Barnstable, Ruth Buzzi, Sid Caesar, David Nelson, Tony Roberts and Fred Travalena.

21 of 29 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Show, Good Memories December 10, 2008

By B. Hassel

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.