Those of us stuck in high school in the late 1970s had little going for us. The hair! The clothes! Peeking timorously in our year books feels like opening Pandora's boxes.
But the '70s also had an odd sort of entertainment that produced inimitable sexpots, several of whom set sail repeatedly on the Love Boat. Charo, ten times. Barbi Benton, six. Misty Rowe a few times only, worse luck. And Judy Landers appeared 8 times. Hoo-ray.
Judy was the sister of Audrey Landers, who also had a solid TV acting career. Both were prominent at the time and very lovely but since Judy had a large bust she was usually cast as a ditz. That's how she invariably boarded the Love Boat. Hollywood was nothing if not bigoted when it came to typecasting. If you boarded the Love Boat wearing glasses you were probably smarter than everyone else, but clueless about life. If you were a beautiful lady with a big bust (unless you were an extra) you talked little-girl talk and were oblivious to the effect you had over men (which in Landers' case was phenomenal).
Landers is the key to a story of two low-life brothers (Sonny Bono, Marty Engels) who plan to fake an injury and sue the cruise line. 'Nuff said.
David Doyle boards the LB in a rut (pun intended). After spending some time already in a show surrounded by three women he must feel obliged to do the same here. He starts the cruise by successfully hitting on three ladies (well, two ladies and Brett Somers) Charlie will never choose as angels. What he doesn't know is, the women are good friends traveling together, and since he gave each of them a different name they take a while to guess they've been approached by the same horn dog. When they find out will they hang him be the yardarm (ouch)?
"The Love Boat" usually runs with three distinct story lines that may or may not occasionally intersect, and this episode is no exception. The third yarn concerns a young married couple who never had a chance at a honeymoon, or even to get to know each other because he had a military call-up that kept them apart. Neither is the person they were when the married. People are always growing and changing but this duo had no opportunity to change together. Can they cope with conflicting dreams for the future or will the marriage founder before it had a proper send-off?
Overall, a less than spectacular, and a less-than-star-studded, episode.
It's one episode you may plan doctors' or hair appointments for. In fact, it commits the one cardinal sin of entertainment: it's dull, livened only by Judy Landers' effervescent performance. Landers' career may, because of Hollywood's narrow-mindedness, have had little chance to expand, but this was a paycheck and she invariably gave value for money. She may have been a 1970s sexpot but she was a talented and intelligent sexpot, probably the best of the bunch.
But the '70s also had an odd sort of entertainment that produced inimitable sexpots, several of whom set sail repeatedly on the Love Boat. Charo, ten times. Barbi Benton, six. Misty Rowe a few times only, worse luck. And Judy Landers appeared 8 times. Hoo-ray.
Judy was the sister of Audrey Landers, who also had a solid TV acting career. Both were prominent at the time and very lovely but since Judy had a large bust she was usually cast as a ditz. That's how she invariably boarded the Love Boat. Hollywood was nothing if not bigoted when it came to typecasting. If you boarded the Love Boat wearing glasses you were probably smarter than everyone else, but clueless about life. If you were a beautiful lady with a big bust (unless you were an extra) you talked little-girl talk and were oblivious to the effect you had over men (which in Landers' case was phenomenal).
Landers is the key to a story of two low-life brothers (Sonny Bono, Marty Engels) who plan to fake an injury and sue the cruise line. 'Nuff said.
David Doyle boards the LB in a rut (pun intended). After spending some time already in a show surrounded by three women he must feel obliged to do the same here. He starts the cruise by successfully hitting on three ladies (well, two ladies and Brett Somers) Charlie will never choose as angels. What he doesn't know is, the women are good friends traveling together, and since he gave each of them a different name they take a while to guess they've been approached by the same horn dog. When they find out will they hang him be the yardarm (ouch)?
"The Love Boat" usually runs with three distinct story lines that may or may not occasionally intersect, and this episode is no exception. The third yarn concerns a young married couple who never had a chance at a honeymoon, or even to get to know each other because he had a military call-up that kept them apart. Neither is the person they were when the married. People are always growing and changing but this duo had no opportunity to change together. Can they cope with conflicting dreams for the future or will the marriage founder before it had a proper send-off?
Overall, a less than spectacular, and a less-than-star-studded, episode.
It's one episode you may plan doctors' or hair appointments for. In fact, it commits the one cardinal sin of entertainment: it's dull, livened only by Judy Landers' effervescent performance. Landers' career may, because of Hollywood's narrow-mindedness, have had little chance to expand, but this was a paycheck and she invariably gave value for money. She may have been a 1970s sexpot but she was a talented and intelligent sexpot, probably the best of the bunch.
