Love, Exciting and New, Come Aboard, We're Expecting You!
The Love Boat comedy/drama tv series was first a tv movie airing in 1976. This movie was followed by 2 more before the series began in September 1977. It was executive produced by Aaron Spelling and starred Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange and Lauren Tewes. It's set on the luxury cruise ship S.S. Pacific Princess and consisted of mainly stand-alone episodes featuring guest stars.The original movie was itself based on the nonfiction book 'Love Boats' by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director on a passenger cruise ship line.
Though the show was focused toward adult viewers there are several kid-friendly collectibles. Most of the pics below come from my personal collection!
Action figures (notice Bernie Kopell's is autographed to me!):
Here's what the back of the action figure packaging looks like.
Pop Century trading card with authentic Bernie Kopell autograph:
Barber Shop play set...no clue as to the logic of making this a Love Boat toy!
Not sure if this toiletry set is an officially licensed collectible, but pretty cool anyway:
Toy ship:
Play set...the holy grail of Love Boat collectibles...wish I had one:
150 piece puzzle:
Original script:
Board game:
Dynamite magazine:
Cracked magazine lampooning the show:
TV Guides from Feb 1978, July 1978, July 1980, June 1982 and Dec 1983:
Take-A-Trip Set:
Travel Bag:
Sunglasses:
The book that started it all:
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