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He also said the series had the quality of many series that endure through time: "The key is, are these people you would like to be friends with? The characters on this show were written and acted like they really liked each other."
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"For parents, they could see these big stars from movies mixed in with young people and along with TV stars who were part of the zeitgeist," Sabin said. The digital network, specializing in vintage TV shows, will air episodes of the series next year ("The Love Boat" is currently streaming on Paramount+). 'I believe people remember it affectionately because they were younger when they watched it, and it's reflective of the pop culture personality of the time," said Neal Sabin, vice chairman of Weigel Broadcasting, which oversees the MeTV Network. Both were produced by TV mogul Aaron Spelling. A year following its 1977 premiere, the series was paired with "Fantasy Island," another anthology with new guest stars every week. "The Love Boat" was a Saturday-night staple during its entire run, and the formula never deviated: three different stories all meshed together during the hourlong installments. But now I say to myself, 'You're a lucky sonofabitch.'" At the time, I thought it was supposed to happen.

I was just trying to build my career, and then I hit this home run on this show. "As I look back, I now realize how lucky I was. Lange said the experience of being on "The Love Boat" was life-changing. Whelan has kept writing, acting and producing various projects, while Lange has stayed active in the theater world as a director and playwright, with a special passion for Shakespeare. Seated next to her was Lange, who kept praising his former co-star. The crew members also engaged in plenty of their own high jinks. Interacting with the colorful passengers and steering them through their romantic highs and lows in every episode was the attentive crew, headed by Capt. Also boarding were unlikely guest stars (Halston, Bob Mackie and Andy Warhol among them) and up-and-comers (like Martin Short and Tom Hanks).

Through nine seasons and several reunion specials, more than 500 celebrities from classic Hollywood (Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Lillian Gish, Joan Fontaine, Eva Marie Saint), Broadway (Ethel Merman, Robert Goulet, Tammy Grimes), television (Don Adams, Lorne Greene, Florence Henderson, Eve Arden), music (The Pointer Sisters, Janet Jackson, Engelbert Humperdinck) and sports (Dick Butkus, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Joe Namath) appeared on the ABC series.

But time has not dulled the nostalgic glow around the series and its irresistible gimmick - an ever-changing rotation of major and minor celebrities involved in various rom-com adventures about the ship. More than 35 years have passed since the final voyage of the TV classic "The Love Boat," set aboard a luxurious cruise ship, aired in 1986. Whelan and Lange reunite on "The Real Love Boat," CBS' dating reality series inspired by the beloved vintage series. Original "Love Boat" cast members Jill Whelan and Ted Lange aboard a Princess Cruise Ship docked in San Pedro.
