RIP Gavin Macleod

[Songbird]

I didn't know until a few years ago, he played a recurring heavy on the original "Hawaii Five-O"

This Gavin MacLeod character reminds me of this character played by Xander Berkeley in Wiseguy ... the voicey-sing-songy-thingy.

 

[User 150927]

RIP to one of the mainstays of my childhood

 

[playthrough]

I've watched a lot of "Love Boat" lately because there's a 24 hour "Love Boat" channel on Pluto TV and it's kitschy and ridiculous and it's fun to see the pseudo-celebrities of the 70s I'd forgotten about. Avery Schreiber! Donny Most! Kristy McNichol!

But mostly the show is dreadful. It's much worse than I remember it being and I remembered it as being terrible. And not long ago it struck me -- what was that like for Gavin McLeod? He went from playing a brilliant, funny man in one of the best-written shows in TV history to playing a cartoonish Cap'n Crunch character on one of the worst. They never did him any favors in that role -- Captain Stubing was dull and inconsistently written. I suppose he enjoyed the paychecks but lord, was that a massive step down from Murray Slaughter.

Anyway, RIP. I'll remember him ripping a script out of a typewriter and mocking Ted... and not waddling around in ill-fitting shorts asking "Where's Gopher?"

Pluto TV is kinda awesome. I watch more "Love Boat" than I should admit to. Joe Namath was a guest in my most recent episode.

The other guilty pleasure is "The Price is Right -- the Bob Barker era," where it's frozen around 1983 when Janice, Holly and Dian still liked Bob and all the cars were absolute ****boxes, but with predictable prices so I feel like a sharp.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Pluto TV is kinda awesome. I watch more "Love Boat" than I should admit to. Joe Namath was a guest in my most recent episode.

The other guilty pleasure is "The Price is Right -- the Bob Barker era," where it's frozen around 1983 when Janice, Holly and Dian still liked Bob and all the cars were absolute ****boxes, but with predictable prices so I feel like a sharp.

TPIR - the Barker Era is what got me to download Pluto TV in the first place. Good stuff.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Head over to Pluto On Demand and check out a few episodes of Becker, a terribly underrated sitcom.

 

[WriteThinking]

You can watch it 24/7 on a Princess cruise.

And Princess now broadcasts a pre-cruise safety spiel featuring Love Boat cast members as they are now, complete with a topically appropriate re-written version of the show's theme song. It plays on every TV on the ship, and opens the mandatory passenger safety gathering that occurs before every trip. (Lauren Tewes, who played cruise director Julie McCoy on the show, would be unrecognizable were it not for it being a Love Boat-themed message).

 

[DanOregon]

Kind of tells me all I need to know about the demographic of Princess Cruises passengers.

 

[WriteThinking]

Kind of tells me all I need to know about the demographic of Princess Cruises passengers.

How do you mean? The passengers are fine, with most being pretty typical cruisers. With its cutesy safety broadcast, it is Princess and its marketing department that is taking advantage of its connection to The Love Boat, which, without a doubt, provided a boost to the entire cruise industry when it was originally on.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I think he just meant most cruise passengers are older, which is certainly true.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Kind of tells me all I need to know about the demographic of Princess Cruises passengers.

It might say something about the demographics. But, more importantly, if the passengers are more prone to listen as a result – nice marketing tool is great, but that's not my point – wouldn't you use that? If it helped someone remember what to do in case anything went wrong, was it a worthwhile endeavor?

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I think he just meant most cruise passengers are older, which is certainly true.

Princess has more families than many lines
If you want the oldies, book Holland America

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

As my wife says, "Holland America: the Walmart of the seas."

Princess has more families than many lines
If you want the oldies, book Holland America

 

[DanOregon]

I went on a Disney cruise - you'd think they'd jazz it up for the kids.


Here's the Princess one.

 

[User 150927]

I've mostly done Carnival cruises, with a few Royal Caribbean and one Princess and one Disney.
They're all fine. Lots and lots of families. But Disney cruises suck.

 

[Driftwood]

I bought a good chunk of Carnival stock when it bottomed out last year. I encourage everyone to book a Carnival cruise today!

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

No love for Norwegian?

 

[swingline]

I went on a Disney cruise - you'd think they'd jazz it up for the kids.


Here's the Princess one.

They made you wear Crocs? Bastards.

 

[DanOregon]

So what's Fred Grandy's deal?

 

[User 150927]

No love for Norwegian?

Did the Epic right after it set sail, and we loved it.