"The Love Boat" The Duel/Two for Julie/Aunt Hilly (TV Episode 1981) Poster

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Don Ameche Wasted
aramis-112-80488011 January 2022
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Due to a woman's scheming to win her husband's affections for herself alone, Doc finds himself involved in a real, live Errol Flynn-type swordfight; and Gopher and Isaac don't help.

Hollywood Golden Age star Don Ameche wants to promote one of two bickering young executives. The old pro's charm keeps this storyline afloat, but Ameche isn't given near enough to do.

Another Golden Age of Hollywood star (a term loosely flung around these days but accurate in this case) and frequent co-star to the real Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, comes in with a plan to adopt Vickie and treat her like a princess. Yes, take her! Olivia should horn in on Doc's segment and clue him in on how to duel like Errol used to.

As with Ameche, it's good to see veteran actor Joseph Cotten back in harness. It's too bad he and Ameche don't interact.

Together or separately they could act Dack Rambo off the screen.

Very weepy episode if you're into that. The two young executives not only vie for promotion, but for Julie. Everyone loves Julie. I don't. She seems to always have too many teeth for her mouth.

Fairly typical cruise worth watching for old-Hollywood star power.
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Cristal Clear
WalterKafka14 March 2024
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'There's some question about your remote control spaceship.' Linda Cristal wants Alejandro Rey to finally marry her. He's the jealous type, eager to duel with any of her potential suitors. Captain Stubing's Aunt Hilly is here, along with her beau Joseph Cotten. She was in Gone with the Wind. Aunt Hilly has plans for Vicki. He was in Citizen Kane. Wow! Julie has to fight off Ken Kercheval and Dack Rambo. Don Ameche is trying these guys back to work. Phew. It's hard to believe Cristal was 50 here. She's ageless. We get a look at the actual Coral Dining Room here, which looks quite different from the usual set. On Kafka's Love Boat Scale, this episode gets 3 * out of a possible 4 *.
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