The Love Boat - Season One, Vol. 1
by Jack Arnold, Richard A. Wells, Gordon Farr, Stuart Margolin, Bob Sweeney
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Actor: Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Gavin MacLeod, Lauren Tewes, Ted LangeDirector: Bob Sweeney, Gordon Farr, Jack Arnold, Richard A. Wells, Stuart Margolin
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 600 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
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- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Box set; Color; DVD; Full Screen; Subtitled; NTSC
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DVD Review: +1/2 -- First-class TV show given a steerage-class reissue
Summary: 3 Stars
Despite the Love Boat's lightweight fun-and-romance plots, it was a heavyweight television series that ran 10 years and defined the blazing success of Aaron Spelling Productions. The Love Boat was one of the first 60-minute programs with a laugh track, and its weekly trio of intertwined storylines created a more compelling hour-long viewing experience than unconnected linear anthologies like "Love, American Style."
What really put the Love Boat into its own class, however, was its expansive list of guest stars. The weekly cavalcade mixed entertainment legends (Milton Berle, Ruth Gordon, Patty Duke, Ray Bolger, Harriet Nelson), with an oversized helping `70s TV stars (Jimmie Walker, Bonnie Franklin, Suzanne Somers, John Ritter, Jaclyn Smith, Sherman Helmsley, LaWanda Page, Kristy McNichol, Scott Baio), and everything in between. The guest lists always held surprises, and in retrospect now provide terrific nostalgia.
The program's regular cast, which took three pilots to coalesce, is the anchor upon which the program grew. Gavin McLeod brought the comedic edge of The Mary Tyler Moore's Murray Slaughter, but in a fatherly character (figuratively in the early seasons, literally once daughter Vicki was added) who heads the crew. Second in seniority, both as an actor and a character, was Bernie Kopell's Dr. Adam Bricker. Kopell was a character actor throughout the `60s, creating memorable characters on both "Get Smart" and "That Girl" at decade's end. As the ship's multiply-divorced lothario, Dr. Bricker bridged the maturity of McLeod's Captain Stubing to the crew's younger members.
Fred Grandy, Ted Lange and Lauren Tewes had shorter resumes than their senior officers, but quickly showed themselves to be loaded with comic talent. Grandy and Lange came on board for the film's second pilot (not included here), and proved essential elements in selling the show to ABC and sustaining the program season after season. By the show's third pilot, the crew was settled with the additions of McLeod, Kopell and Tewes, and though the characters weren't yet fully formed (particularly the tone of their interpersonal relationships), the chemistry between the actors was evident from the start.
With so much going for it, and a broad fan base waiting for the show to appear on DVD, it's surprising to find Paramount's first offering so lackluster. First, this three-disc set includes only half the first season - 12 of 25 episodes. Second, the only bonuses are the brief promo spots that ran the week preceding an episode. Third, and worst, is the absence of all three pilot movies. The first pilot, featuring an entirely different crew was previously issued on VHS, but is now out of print. Pilots #2 and #3, the latter being the lead-in to the series, are unavailable through commercial sources.
After such a long wait it's disappointing to get only half of the first season, to have it priced at $50+ per season, to get no extras (no making-of, no contemporary interviews, no photo gallery, no production ephemera), and to have the pilot movies omitted. It's great to have the first dozen episodes in hand, but Paramount's presentation isn't the first-class cruise it should be. 5-stars for the original episodes, 2-stars for the low-budget package. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]
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