The Love Boat: The Christmas Presence
Itās 1982, and Iām trapped at sea while Mickey Rooney butts into everyoneās conversation.
Join us as we embark on a Christmas cruise aboard the Pacific Princess for a very merry episode of āThe Love Boatā featuring Maureen McCormick, Donny Osmond, and Mickey Rooney as an angel in disguise as your nosy neighbor.
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Guests:
Guy Hutchinson (Pointless Nostalgia, GuyHutchinson.com)
William Bruce West (West Week Ever, Remember That Show?)
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Topics & Tangents:
1. āThe Christmas Presenceā on Paramount+, Pluto TV, and Facebook.
2. Sesame Streetās Love Boat parody and āSong of Ten.ā
3. Guy on the history of the Lacoste Crocodile.
4. āBrady Bunchā references: Maureen McCormick canāt stop getting hit in the face , and Mrs. Brady gets her voice back.
5. Whatās in Santa Stubingās bag: Stadium Checkers, a Jeep Honcho model truck, and more.
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Commercial Break:
Toys āRā Us featuring the E.T. Atari 2600 Game (1982)
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āThe Love Boatā and āThe Christmas Presenceā Ā© 1982 The Love Boat Company.
Theme song by Bronwenās Ghost.
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