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Jude The Obscure · 05-25-2009, 11:59 PM

I'm finally going through my DVD of Love Boat, season 1, volume 1 and ran across an episode with Harriet guest starring alongside Ray Bolger as a married couple who happen to be jinxes to the crew. Harriet here was wearing a fairly obvious wig (why? who knows?). I'm sure if Ozzie had still been living, he would have been the one to guest as Harriet's husband on the show as the two had did years earlier on "Love, American Style".

I may one day get the other volumes so I can see the other Nelsons make their guest spots. But this isn't a priority series for me, so it won't be anytime soon.

ILUVO&H · 05-26-2009, 12:51 PM

I have Season 1 Volume 2 with Rickys appearance. He's paired with Patty Duke in the show. Ricky's an amnesic who's high school sweetheart recognizes him on the boat. He's a 'singer' too, he writers commercial jingles.

I've seen David's appearance once in reruns on TVLAND some years ago.
Harriet's appearance I saw not long ago somewhere online. But I want to get all their appearances on dvd. Like you Jude, Love isn't a priority series for me though so it may be a long while. Ricky's appearance was the top priority for me buying the one I did. Davd and Harriet's appearances will be my top priority for buy buying those two volumes.

Dan Tullis · 05-26-2009, 04:18 PM

A friend taped Rick's appearance for me, but I haven't seen Harriet on Love Boat. I'd also like a copy Rick and Harriet in High School USA. There were 2 tv movies by that name. The first one had David in a small cameo as the school custodian, and that one used to turn up on TBS all the time because Michael J. Fox was in it. The second one with Rick is never on. I saw it when it aired in 1984, and never again.

Jude The Obscure · 05-26-2009, 06:32 PM

Never knew there was another High School USA movie--I have the one with Michael and David on DVD.

matt77b · 05-26-2009, 08:32 PM

The one-hour version that starred Rick as the high school principal and Harriet as his secretary was a pilot for a series. NBC aired the pilot in May 1984, but declined to pick the show up as a series. This was at a point when Rick was (as he supposedly quipped) doing "more pilots than a stewardess" in an effort to get a TV series so that he could make a good income without having to tour constantly. One can only wonder if he would still be alive had he succeeded.

ILUVO&H · 05-26-2009, 10:14 PM

That's interesting. I didn't know Rick was making a lot of pilots and hoping for a series. Though I did see a long time ago on TVLAND a pilot Rick was in with Merlin Olsen called Fathers and Sons.

Jude The Obscure · 05-27-2009, 12:32 AM

oh so it was a pilot! That explains it

Dan Tullis · 05-27-2009, 09:10 PM

I saw Fathers and Sons. Of course, all this was long before I got a VCR. He wasn't in the show much, though - he played an absentee father - kind of close to real life, huh? He was also on a summer replacement show called Our Time, singing "Travelin' Man" with the Jordanaires and cameo'd in a few skits. Paul Revere & the Raiders were also on that show. A few years earlier, he was in a Love Boat-style tv movie called "3 On a Date". Ray Bolger was also in that one, along with June Alyson, John Byner, and Loni Anderson.

jehobden · 07-31-2009, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

I'm finally going through my DVD of Love Boat, season 1, volume 1 and ran across an episode with Harriet guest starring alongside Ray Bolger as a married couple who happen to be jinxes to the crew. Harriet here was wearing a fairly obvious wig (why? who knows?). I'm sure if Ozzie had still been living, he would have been the one to guest as Harriet's husband on the show as the two had did years earlier on "Love, American Style".

I remember seeing this ep more than 30 yrs ago on ABC. I don't think I saw it on TV Land. Harriet & Ray Bolger played a "jinxed" couple who had sailed on The Titanic. It was pretty funny to have had them play a couple that old, as that boat sank when Ray was only 7 and Harriet hadn't been born yet!

OH Nuts! · 08-01-2009, 12:03 PM

I saw this ep of Love Boat & really liked it a lot!

05-25-2009, 11:59 PM	#1
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	Harriet on "The Love Boat" I'm finally going through my DVD of Love Boat, season 1, volume 1 and ran across an episode with Harriet guest starring alongside Ray Bolger as a married couple who happen to be jinxes to the crew. Harriet here was wearing a fairly obvious wig (why? who knows?). I'm sure if Ozzie had still been living, he would have been the one to guest as Harriet's husband on the show as the two had did years earlier on "Love, American Style". I may one day get the other volumes so I can see the other Nelsons make their guest spots. But this isn't a priority series for me, so it won't be anytime soon.

05-26-2009, 12:51 PM	#2
ILUVO&H Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 08, 2008 Location: New York Posts: 505	I have Season 1 Volume 2 with Rickys appearance. He's paired with Patty Duke in the show. Ricky's an amnesic who's high school sweetheart recognizes him on the boat. He's a 'singer' too, he writers commercial jingles. I've seen David's appearance once in reruns on TVLAND some years ago. Harriet's appearance I saw not long ago somewhere online. But I want to get all their appearances on dvd. Like you Jude, Love isn't a priority series for me though so it may be a long while. Ricky's appearance was the top priority for me buying the one I did. Davd and Harriet's appearances will be my top priority for buy buying those two volumes.

05-26-2009, 04:18 PM	#3
Dan Tullis Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 15, 2009 Location: Seahurst, WA Posts: 180	A friend taped Rick's appearance for me, but I haven't seen Harriet on Love Boat. I'd also like a copy Rick and Harriet in High School USA. There were 2 tv movies by that name. The first one had David in a small cameo as the school custodian, and that one used to turn up on TBS all the time because Michael J. Fox was in it. The second one with Rick is never on. I saw it when it aired in 1984, and never again.

05-26-2009, 06:32 PM	#4
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	Never knew there was another High School USA movie--I have the one with Michael and David on DVD.

05-26-2009, 08:32 PM	#5
matt77b Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 17, 2009 Location: All over the USA... Posts: 173	The one-hour version that starred Rick as the high school principal and Harriet as his secretary was a pilot for a series. NBC aired the pilot in May 1984, but declined to pick the show up as a series. This was at a point when Rick was (as he supposedly quipped) doing "more pilots than a stewardess" in an effort to get a TV series so that he could make a good income without having to tour constantly. One can only wonder if he would still be alive had he succeeded.

05-26-2009, 10:14 PM	#6
ILUVO&H Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 08, 2008 Location: New York Posts: 505	That's interesting. I didn't know Rick was making a lot of pilots and hoping for a series. Though I did see a long time ago on TVLAND a pilot Rick was in with Merlin Olsen called Fathers and Sons.

05-27-2009, 12:32 AM	#7
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	oh so it was a pilot! That explains it

05-27-2009, 09:10 PM	#8
Dan Tullis Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 15, 2009 Location: Seahurst, WA Posts: 180	I saw Fathers and Sons. Of course, all this was long before I got a VCR. He wasn't in the show much, though - he played an absentee father - kind of close to real life, huh? He was also on a summer replacement show called Our Time, singing "Travelin' Man" with the Jordanaires and cameo'd in a few skits. Paul Revere & the Raiders were also on that show. A few years earlier, he was in a Love Boat-style tv movie called "3 On a Date". Ray Bolger was also in that one, along with June Alyson, John Byner, and Loni Anderson.

08-01-2009, 12:03 PM	#10
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	I saw this ep of Love Boat & really liked it a lot!