Based on the photos, it looked like Lucky and a friend must have gone to see a scary movie (based on the way that friend threw popcorn into the air! Lol).
I feel that when Felicia expresses her love for Frisco... it's really Kristina and not just the character if Felicia, even back in 1985. I just feel it in my gut. By 1991, he'd already put her through a lot of philandering feel as if she waited him out and clung to him, blindly in love. I believe he loved her deeply too but had a lot of "wild oats to sew".
At times, this show had been known to have as many as 11 cameras in one sitting. Those directors thought they were at an awards ceremony or play or something.
It used to be so enjoyable to see the closing credits and hear this theme music at the end of the show each day. I wish they still used this theme and showed the credits like the old days.
The first several versions are sung by Jack Jones and the last version is sung by Dionne Warwick. Original airdates were from 1977 through 1987, with made-for-television movies through 1990. The boat used, the Pacific Princess, was from 1972 and small by modern cruise ship standards.
I remember watching the Love Boat (and Fantasy Island following it) on a regular basis every Saturday night back in the early-mid 1980s when it was still originally on the air. There was something so COMFORTING and SOOTHING about the opening theme as well as each and every episode. Entertaining too. Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home, escapist fantasy was exactly the right kind of formula that I really needed and just PERFECT for a saturday night after a whole weeks worth of depressing, stressful nonsense. But the fact that i watched and loved the love boat was my MOST closely guarded and BIGGEST well kept secret at the time. Because a teenaged boy simply did NOT admit to his fellow teens about watching love boat as well as being a fan of that show. Not unless he wanted to be the target of ridicule. There were many tv shows around that time a teen could openly admit to being a fan of. But The Love Boat wasnt one of them. Saturday nights are just not the same without The Love Boat (and Fantasy Island) airing new episodes at its regular time (Love Boat, 9pm. Fantasy Island, 10pm). It's a crying shame, really.
