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Drag It Up [The Love Boat]

The Love Boat, S01 E02: A Tasteful Affair/Oh, Dale!/The Main Event. Welcome to another voyage on The Love Boat! Our guest stars this week are Dennis Cole, Tovah Feldshuh, Sherman Hemsley, Lawanda Page, John Ritter, and Jaclyn Smith. IMDb tells me that Dennis Cole was the Robert Redford of television, and Tovah Feldshuh started out as [...]

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The Love Boat: Exciting and New!

I adored The Love Boat as a child, and I enjoyed watching re-runs with my grandmother in 2002, but I don’t remember much about it. The music made me happy, Julie made me smile, and I had a distinct sense of unease about sexual content and my parents watching over my shoulder. For those new to [...]

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