LOVE BOAT, THE: CALL ME A DOCTOR / WHY JUSTIN CAN'T READ / ACE MEETS THE CHAMP (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series about the lives and romances of the passengers and crew aboard a luxury cruise ship, the Pacific Princess. In "Call Me a Doctor," a young woman becomes romantically involved with a vacationing doctor, but her mother creates problems by exaggerating the family's status in order to impress her daughter's new love interest. In "Why Justin Can't Read," a concerned father hires a tutor to boost his son's grades, but when the tutor suspects that the boy is dyslexic, the father is reluctant to believe it. In "Ace Meets the Champ," the crew convince Ace to fight a heavyweight boxing champion for charity in order to impress a girl who thinks of him as an insensitive, superficial playboy. Commercials deleted. This program is closed-captioned.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: October 6, 1984 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:48:00
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T89:0306
• GENRE: Comedy; Drama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Drama
• SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1977-1986
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Promos - "The Love Boat"

CREDITS

• Aaron Spelling … Executive Producer
• Douglas S. Cramer … Executive Producer
• Ben Joelson … Producer
• Art Baer … Producer
• Dennis Hammer … Producer
• Robert Scheerer … Director
• W.L. Baumes … Developed by
• Jeraldine Saunders … Writer, Based on the book "The Love Boats" by
• David Abrams … Writer, For "Ace Meets the Champ"
• Ray Jessel … Writer, For "Why Justin Can't Read"
• Cynthia Thompson … Writer, For "Why Justin Can't Read"
• Gary Belkin … Writer, For "Call Me a Doctor"
• Charles Fox … Theme Music by, Theme song "The Love Boat" music by
• Paul Williams … Theme Music by, Theme song "The Love Boat"
• Jack Jones … Theme song "The Love Boat" sung by
• Duane Tatro … Music by
• Gavin MacLeod … Cast, Capt. Merrill Stubing
• Bernie Kopell … Cast, Dr. Adam Bricker
• Fred Grandy … Cast, Yeoman-Purser Burl "Gopher" Smith
• Ted Lange … Cast, Isaac Washington
• Jill Whelan … Cast, Vicki Stubing
• Ted McGinley … Cast, Ashley Covington "Ace" Evans
• Patricia Klous … Cast, Judy McCoy
• Dick Butkus … Cast, Ernie Jordan
• Tovah Feldshuh … Cast, Margo Bush
• Louis Giambalvo … Cast, Walter Milner
• Jennifer Holmes … Cast, Gaylan
• James Noble … Cast, Malcolm Bosworth
• Doris Roberts … Cast, Mrs. Bush
• Jeannie Wilson … Cast, Abigail 'Abby' Foster
• Dick Billingsley … Cast, Justin Bosworth