The Love Boat (TV Series) The Horse Lover/Secretary to the Stars/Julie's Decision/Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse/Village People Ride Again (1980) User Reviews

The Barf Boat

[Wes54 · 2/10 · 16 July 2019]

No way are they sneaking horses aboard. Loni wears a brunette wig over her blonde wig. Gopher and Isaac stand outside the Captain's cabin shouting his name, and think he won't hear.

A rich womanizer, who can get any woman he wants by snapping his fingers, supposedly falls for Julie. I can picture Julie leaving for him (she arranges parties), but he's damn near royalty.

The Village People show up to keep this crapfest from sinking.

Plodding and sillier than usual

[lennybrown · 1/10 · 24 April 2023]

Stilted acting, yelled lines, schmaltz in boxcar loads makes this double episode tedious.

I had forgotten how bad 1980s TV was.

Unbelievable that Lonnie Andersen would not be recognized in blonde and brunette hair. Robert Stack is a good actor. Here, he's miscast as a debonair womanizer. Julie being swept off her feet in hours?? Isaac and Gopher somehow acquire a horse having no money, no experience, and no trainer?? I wanted to see Betty White in something older; her story line is hackneyed as well. Even the Doc couldn't cite his limitations examining the horse. Equine medicine is highly specialized. Now that I remember better, we audiences were treated like idiots during the '80s. Pity.

Stacking with White

[WalterKafka · 2 March 2024]

'I just heard a lot of clop clop clopping!' The Love Boat - where disco never died. I'll say it now. I prefer Judy Landers and Charo to Loni Anderson. This is yet another 90 minute episode. It's an 'Acapulco Steeplechase Cruise.' Well, okay. Allen Ludden is here with Betty White. He's excited to enter his horse. Betty is jealous of the horse. A horse on a cruise ship? Wacky! Loni is a famous actress, due to appear at the race. She's in disguise as her own secretary. Robert Stack is the 'World's Most Eligible Bachelor.' He's immediately smitten with Julie. Is Julie available? I think she's 'Untouchable.' He's alright, but he's no Michael Murphy. Will they work together? It's an 'Unsolved Mystery.' Oh yes. The Village People are here. They're here to kill the heterosexual 1970s for good. Captain Stubing is apparently a fan. Do you think they'll sing 'In the Navy'? David Doyle is back. He wants to buy Ludden's horse. The guys are taking care of a horse. They've named it Captain Stubing! In the big race, the Indian is racing for the Village People. I would have picked the Policeman. On Kafka's Love Boat Scale, this episode gets 3 * out of a possible 4 *.