Watch The Love Boat Season 8 Episode 26: Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma; A Gentleman of Discrimination; The Perfect Divorce; Letting Go

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Love, `exciting and new,' kept this campy anthology series afloat for nine seasons. As passengers cruised on the Pacific Princess, tales of romance inevitably played out and intertwined, even involving the ship's crew. Producer Aaron Spelling called it `a show for people who couldn't afford a cruise.' Guest roles were sometimes filled by genuine legends (more…)

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Season 8, Episode 26 Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma; A Gentleman of Discrimination; The Perfect Divorce; Letting Go

First Aired: May 4, 1985

Part 1 of 2. The "proper" English chaperone of pop group Menudo is put off by a woman's lies; a woman (Anne Baxter) overprotects her mentally disabled son; an employer is baited for a sex-discrimination suit by a woman (Linda Purl) posing as a man. Gavin MacLeod, Fred Grandy. Elizabeth Raleigh: Lana Turner.

Guest Cast

Jared Martin Jim Tipton

Stewart Granger Gen. Thomas Preston

Brian Matthews Officer

Elizabeth Ashley Nancy Bricker

Anne Baxter Helen Williams

Timothy Patrick Murphy Curtis Williams

Menudo Themselves

Michelle Johnson Kim Carlisle

Andrew Stevens Larry Alexander

Lana Turner Elizabeth Raleigh

Linda Purl Anne Lester

Patricia Klous Judy McCoy

Hayley Mills Dianne Tipton

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Premiered: September 24, 1977
Rating: TV-PG
Premise: Love, `exciting and new,' kept this campy anthology series afloat for nine seasons. As passengers cruised on the Pacific Princess, tales of romance inevitably played out and intertwined, even involving the ship's crew. Producer Aaron Spelling called it `a… (more)