What was the name of the “Love Boat” on the TV series (ABC, 1977-86)?
The name of the “Love Boat” on the TV series was the Pacific Princess, with Captain Merrill Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) at the helm.
The name of the “Love Boat” on the TV series was the Pacific Princess, with Captain Merrill Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) at the helm.
Tracy Keenan Wynn wrote the screenplay, based on Ernest J. Gaines’s novel, and John Korty directed the TV movie “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” (CBS, 1974). The film, starring Cicely Tyson as a 110-year-old former slave, won nine Emmys, including Emmys for Tyson, Korty, and Wynn.
Gertrude and Murgatroyd were the names of the pigeons played by Red Skelton on “The Red Skelton Show” (CBS, NBC, 1951-71).
Ann B. Davis was Charmaine “Shultzy” Schultz, secretary to Bob Cummings’s fashion photo reporter Bob Collings on “Love That Bob” (ABC, 1955-59). She was also Miss Wilson on “The John Forsythe Show” (NBC, 1965-66), besides housekeeper Alice Nelson on “The Brady Bunch” (ABC, 1969-74).
Yes, Mike Wallace hosted five game shows: “Majority Rules” (194950); “Guess Again” (1951); “Who’s the Boss?” (1954); “The Big Surprise” (1956-57); and “Who Pays?” (1959). Mike Wallace also became a correspondent on “60 Minutes” (CBS, 1968) in 1968.
The “Moonlighting” episode in which Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) and David (Bruce Willis) finally had sex was first broadcast on March 30, 1987, after two years of verbal foreplay.
George Wyle and “Gilligan’s Island” producer Sherwood Schwartz wrote “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island” for the TV series.