Love Connection (June 8, 1988)

[@mikaylamayhew8435]

Trish is my mom! She met my dad shortly after filming this, and did not go on that second date with Andrew

[@VampyAnji]

Very cool 😎

[@sugarandspice2136]

You look like her 😊

[@sugarandspice2136]

Good thing it didn’t work out between those two 😂

[@christinegavatorta4434]

Very pretty

[@janemason9451]

Good for her! This guy is unbelievable.

[@skipper523]

Oh bring the 80’s back please! They were the best!!!

[@MirandaDanda1983]

Yesssss❤

[@1FaithHopeandLove]

@@skipper523 Got to AGREE just turned 63

[@1FaithHopeandLove]

@@MirandaDanda1983👍

[@rascal211]

1960s were the best.

[@cristinarodriguez3157]

No wonder Randy is divorced. 😂 He complained about his date being real negative and he had nothing but negative thoughts the entire date. 😂 I love this show!

[@remowilliams7569]

LOL, this guy is a real prince.

[@gregcarlson8438]

Nowadays you see stuff like that in women. This is like science fiction.

[@Littlemouse884]

He is insufferable 😬...enough to send anyone over the edge 😖

[@marylivermore-be2ir]

That’s true

[@tammyvolpe6250]

Hmmmm I wonder why he is single. 🤷‍♀️

[@remowilliams7569]

Watching this show from 1988 is like watching a science fiction show. This is just 35 years ago and there is no connection to the nightmare we are living now.

[@apacur]

I want to time travel back 😭

[@notabot2928]

Absolutely

[@gregsimmons694]

End times. Savior JESUS will return soon!

[@dinahstrange5252]

🤣@@gregsimmons694

[@bono894]

You can sense their obliviousness. People had for the most part a very optimistic and positive outlook toward the future. I remember thinking it was going to be like Star Trek. It’s becoming more like Soylent green.

[@louporreca3795]

I was 16 in 1988 ...nothing like growing up in 80s ..great shows great music society was great

[@shayshebad]

Born in the 1980s 🤙🏾

[@csf7773]

17

[@HeatherPaar-z4t]

I was 12 in 1988

[@1223jamez]

I was 27 going on 28! Had a lot of fun in the 1980’s.

[@hmmmidunno]

​@@HeatherPaar-z4t me too!

[@Lavo68]

In college around 87, I had a gap between classes one semester. I’d go back to my dorm, put love connection on and take a nap. Watching it now I get panic flashbacks that I’m sleeping through my psych class.😂

[@VoiceAndPianoByChristaFord]

Lol😂

[@seancarson7929]

get up!

[@jypsyjewels2854]

haha! I used to watch Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman in my girlfriend's dorm room. Only channel that came in on the antenna

[@Lavo68]

@@jypsyjewels2854 nice!😂

[@MsShellectable]

😂

[@karendesruisseau7912]

Rumor has it, Randy is still single 🤔

[@dennybyrd8122]

Good

[@drooshmaroosh8261]

He is no longer with us.

[@mis5949]

Lol that would be a shock NOT. And he says women complain. Someones a little bit narcissistic ha.

[@123123snickers]

That doesn’t surprise me! 😝

[@sugarandspice2136]

Right!

[@UnderTheMysticMoon]

I never missed an episode, it was one of my fav shows as a teenager. I use to love when Chuck would say, Be back in 2 & 2. 😂

[@anniefenter8697]

Hey Randy: you are a real jerk. Blessings to your Ex-wife!!! 😂😂 She's a lucky lady now that you are out of her life.

[@justcurious3119]

I'm watching this in 2024 and remembering enjoying watching all the way back in the 1980s. Also it happens to be Valentine's season! Yay for ❤!

[@22lilacsky]

Growing up this show was the best thing on late at night.

[@steve9473]

"She's a little ditzy." Lmao!!!. No wonder you are divorced. "As much fun as watching paint dry."-At least she got a witty comeback.

[@uhdudewhy7980]

I'd kill to have that guy's looks but what a jerk. Can you spell d-o-u-c-h-e-b-a-g?

[@christinacampbell5952]

Were contestants told to be rude to each other for entertainment value? I guess the show would be kind of boring if everyone was always on their best behavior.

[@uhdudewhy7980]

@@christinacampbell5952Good point. It's possible some guests were paid-off to be rude.

[@cranford69]

Todays dating shows would have men dating men and men becoming women trying to date men…..😂

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

😂😂

[@SA-sk4ci]

I was 18 when this aired. I’ll soon be 54 and I have 5 grandkids! This show had America in a chokehold! I used to watch it with my friends. My how the time flies.

[@isabellindlind]

💓😊💓

[@CL-hc8gk]

I was 18 as well

[@oaklandsoldier8520]

I was 3 when this aired, I'm 39 now never married and no kids. Lol

[@LCx829]

Sharon seems like a sweet lady. She’s probably cuddling her grandkids now.

[@melaniexoxo]

Her daughter posted a couple of months after your comment.

[@scottburton9701]

Miss "Love Connection"-Wish this show would make a comeback.

[@marylivermore9238]

They won't because of dating sites

[@mweber5459]

Somehow I think people wouldn’t be as polite… 😂

[@growingupdetroit]

Agree but it just wouldn't be the same without the perms, big bangs and mustaches.

[@karenslovelymess2538]

They did bring it back 2017-2018 with Andy cohen as the host. It was cringe

[@blacklilith7480]

Yea.. you really can’t trust folks nowadays..This show was aired at the right time, when we were more trusting.

[@BaddogSports]

The 80s were just different. Such a glorious time. Hilarious watching this show again

[@MrSommerrae]

It’s really nice to watch something and know no one on the screen has their face pumped with filler.

[@momfromnj911]

i’m 55 and watched this show religiously back in the day .. thought Chuck was so cute so glad to see these on here, i’ll be binge watching ❤

[@lisaheltonhudson]

Same here! Loved it❤ and Chuck! 🔥🔥🔥

[@momfromnj911]

❤❤❤​@@lisaheltonhudson

[@melaniexoxo]

I’m 62 and same!

[@isabellindlind]

@@melaniexoxo Chuck Woolery is now 83 yrs old. He's had 4 love connections/marriages.😊💓

[@modickens1272]

​@@isabellindlinddo you think he can still get rock hard? Probably not

[@dannyjacobs2280]

The first week of June, 1988, when this was aired, was the first week my now wife and I started dating. After 33 years of marriage, I can say that I did have a Love Connection that same week!

[@TheRenard10]

June 8, the day before my 10th birthday.

[@dondada2959]

The 1st lady is hilarious 😂

[@TheGobblersGetback]

@@TheRenard10I’d be 10yrs. old, 22 days later mate!……CHEERS, and happy belated 46th B-Day!..👌🏾🥳🎉🎊🎁🎈♊️

[@TheRenard10]

@@TheGobblersGetback thank you

[@TheGobblersGetback]

@@TheRenard10 No prob!…..Prepping for mine!!!….👌🏾👍🏾😉

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

Wow the memories, this was like a time machine, man I miss these times damn.

[@julieboolie1946]

I used to LOVE this show!!!!!

[@blacklilith7480]

Yea..ain’t no going into someone’s house on a 1st blind date in these times..we were so trusting then!

[@PamelaBellOfficial]

I've done it before. Ended up with the guy being obsessed with me years later. I first met him 2019

[@paullee7467]

What? People do that all the time now.

[@Paul-wu7xd]

Hitchhiking was routinely practiced in the 80s...until people started getting murdered and raped

[@rascal211]

He let the woman plan the date and then he complained about it.

[@RevLeigh55]

He actually asked her to plan it.

[@supportvawa2213]

Intentionally set her up

[@customsongmaker]

It's always shocking when a man does something ridiculous that most women do every day.

[@the406seadonkey6]

Sounds like something a woman would do too. Oh wait, there's hours of footage of women doing just that.

[@DB2A7]

Brings back such good memories of a much easier, simpler time.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Exactly

[@vincent-br5cn]

I miss these types of dating shows.

[@eddiediesel9035]

If Randy carries on like that he's going to end up a lonely man.Sharon was a beauty.

[@user-is6de8pp7k]

One word for Randy. LOSER.

[@raisedbiwolves3546]

He's gonnA end up on "wives with knives"

[@isabellancali5388]

@@raisedbiwolves3546😂😂😂

[@chastinreppert7685]

Randy is an arrogant and negative turd. He also has a fixation with his mother-in-law. 😮

[@johnnygavin3654]

Who wants this show to return???

[@carlos_marcello]

Would love to but I feel it would be way to trashy and nothing but drama. Those times are gone, unfortunately.

[@NISSANZ33]

@@carlos_marcellotrashy? This show is full of sexual innuendos and rude sexist remarks. Its entertaining and a product of the time but dont act like people were angels

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

It wouldn't have the same charm. We are in a different world.

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

@@NISSANZ33yoy know what they man by it. It would be a thousand times worse than it was.

[@TheRenard10]

I do! I want to go on that show, and have my future ex girlfriend become super jealous!

[@curtiseverett1671]

man, this show brings back memories!!!

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

Sure does, man I miss it.

[@rlg222]

My mother was on this show. Maybe one day I will see it again...

[@Ritzy87]

Was your dad the love connection date?

[@isabellindlind]

@@Ritzy87 I'll post this under you name as it won't appear directly under the OP, thank you. rig222: You might be able get information about the shows episodes by googling "IMDb" data site "The Love Connection - Episode List." It would be very cool to be able to see your mom, whether she went on a date or was one of the four in the episode. Good luck.

[@albertwise6426]

I remember watching Love Connecton growing up in Southern California. Loved the show ❤️.

[@rosalindearp8806]

I use to love watching this show.😃

[@sinnizster5038]

Watching this show in the 80s was great watching it in 2023 is epic! My man said we're going to shelve that career 😂

[@Wizardof]

My living room now smells like AQUANET. What great times those were.

[@sugarandspice2136]

😂😂😂😂

[@isabellindlind]

@@sugarandspice2136 The Decade of Big Hair!💓😊

[@michelebazinet9003]

😊😅😅😅

[@StrawberryJam806]

Wow Randy was a jerk. Who tells a woman that they look hefty? And how was she supposed to know that her perfume was the same perfume as his ex mother in law wore??

[@omittable]

Exactly!!

[@AndreDonDodda-kr9lb]

You wouldn't have survived the 80s and 90s lol

[@jamaalbates6625]

Use to stay up late watching Love Connection with my Aunt. Good Old days.

[@RevLeigh55]

Randy is pretty thoughtless. I can see why he’s divorced. The guy would be almost 70 years old now!

[@bombay3201]

Another comment we said he passed away

[@robinbrown-vm8qj]

Dead

[@michelebazinet9003]

​@robinbrown-vm8qj is this true ?

[@Paul-wu7xd]

He was found murderer in 1998 and his body was discovered in a garbage bin in downtown NY, behind a sushi restaurant

[@reginariley6620]

Randy is a toxic narcissist. And he picks, picks picks. What a loser.

[@jeffwilliams1356]

That first guy's favorite band must be Tool.

[@Lavo68]

😂

[@oceanequestrian11]

I was thinking more like Nickleback

[@fbodyguy46]

Don't insult tool like that

[@Chiefs_fan69]

Don’t insult tool ever like that! Lmao 😂

[@GalaxyGyrl8888]

👍This used to be “THE SHOW”!! 🙌😊 I miss tv shows like this!!😊🎯💯👍💕

[@thetattooedguy1413]

Man I remember the 80’s and it was the most incredible time to grow up. I remember being a kid and when I wanted to stay home from school I had to go to my grandads house ( he was from England ) and didn’t care what I did lol ( he thought I was perfect 😂 ) I think the tv had maybe 6 channels and I would watch this shit all the time

[@isabellindlind]

Hahaha!😊👍👍

[@aubrey1633]

I was 2 and a half years old when this aired lol. The music and all the 80sness makes me feel young again lol.

[@fonzieskatesurf]

Nice

[@ariplatt8192]

Chuck is a total legend. This ain’t easy

[@Lobo-gh9nb]

It is the huge Rolex watch!

[@martron1962]

Two and two ✌️✌️

[@catmccabe400]

Watched this with my husband! We loved this show ❤️

[@brendatrump5163]

What a jerk!! She dodged a bullet on that one.

[@luzaguirre2830]

Wish this recording included some late 80s commercials

[@BuddhaBeanie]

You can search for those in the search bar on KZbin. Promise.

[@shawnfryrear1974]

God take me back when everything was so innocent,,could you imagine the nastiness they would be saying if this show was in these times

[@sarahjaye4117]

Right? 😔

[@Ireallywantedthatuniquehandle]

Um this was around the time men like Dahmer, Bundy, the night stalker and Gacey were either lurking/ committing their crimes or finally being caught 😮

[@JACOBSJohn818]

Thought that redhair chick was Tiffany the pop singer in the thumbnail..

[@chihiro2012as]

Same 😂

[@Netti103]

OMG!! Tiffany was the first concert I ever went to and I was showing my 11 yr old daughter her videos-we were CRACKING up at how corny she was but now i wonder if that’s why this came up on my feed!!

[@Strika_713]

I thought it was Melissa Gilbert lol

[@SpenceCurry]

Very insulting to his mother in law who he should be dating. Negative creep

[@shinrips]

I don't know which video you were watching?

[@M1N1Girl007]

@@shinrips theyre talking about the 1st video we all watched

[@SpenceCurry]

@@shinrips which video were you watching?

[@sugarandspice2136]

@@shinrips is that you, Randy?

[@HeatherPaar-z4t]

I wish that show was still on

[@nawfelalquraini5536]

People knew how to dress appropriately back then.

[@bigtimetorifan]

Excellent picture quality!!

[@Just-Me240]

Oh I miss watching this show!

[@karenzermeno9299]

I went to this show with my friend Yvonne from SanDiego.. we had so much fun. We sat on Chuck Woolery's red car... they told us not to turn around and wave at the camera, but we did anyway it was a riot!!

[@kiotobravo1507]

Thank you very much for what you are doing!

[@FarewellAphrodite]

I remember watching this show on television as a child ❤

[@jamesklapetzky8633]

Andrew and Trish were basically the same height? Such a good looking couple and to have other guys drooling over Trish too!

[@Agent.Wadsworth]

Andrew has some game

[@truth_hunter]

That Randy was so arrogant.

[@sugarandspice2136]

Very!

[@PuertoRicoPat]

Randy says he went to a club afterward and met a nice woman. Heehee. That's a car salesman story for sure 😊😊 And oh snap , Randy sells cars. What a coinkedink 😂😂

[@rutharsenault548]

I was born in 62" and grew up during those years was very memorable ..

[@HopefulInterventions]

26? He looks 46! People looked much older back then.

[@jimmyboi4507]

As of today Randy has been divorced 12 times and currently is lonely and single.

[@sanitary103]

He’s dead apparently according to some comments.

[@sonshinesunflower]

These were the days! Now we have shows like 90 Day Fiancé, Love is Blind, Married at First Sight & The Ultimatum…no dating at all! Lol 😂 Wonder what kind of shows there will be in another 20-30 years?!

[@stephendacey8761]

My 64 year old sister loves all the shows on today and HATES shows in the 80's and 90's.

[@janetaylorparris]

I just hope it’s not an AI government agency mandating your life partner at age 21 based on an analysis of all your online activity-no courtship at all… something scary like that. 😮

[@CaritaXoXo]

Awww I miss this show!

[@stephanie3848]

That cartoon in the beginning is hilarious! 😂 I remember watching this show when I was little (about 6 years old) but for some reason I don't remember the cartoon

[@xIIIQueenOfSwordsIIIx]

One of the few shows i enjoyed watching after school as a child, at my horrible grandmothers.

[@nicholasyoder]

Happy 69th Birthday, Randy!

[@BuddhaBeanie]

Someone commented that he died.

[@lovebig222]

Lol the 80s was a fever dream

[@kristinwalz8878]

Noticed Randy picked on someone he "thought" he could pick on since she mentioned she was gullible.

[@terribellettini450]

This aired 20 days before my first daughter was born, 36 years ago. I am sure I watched this.

[@retrodog2837]

My grandfathers favorite show!!’

[@terrijarvis2910]

Wonder if he ever found a woman that would put up with his negitive attitude. Never new a car salesman so honest!!!😮

[@PamelaBellOfficial]

There are still men out there just as bad. Or worse

[@roejogan215]

Be Back in 2 and 2 CHUCK=LEGEND!!

[@suzilindblad5207]

I miss this show! I miss the big fluffy hair styles, i miss the 80's.

[@MichealGunnels]

Me too it was the best decade ever.

[@Shay-nu7id]

Im Gen X here i was 18 yrs old 1988 watching this now is shocking how abusive some of these men are just wow

[@merricat3025]

I think they were paid to be rude ( men and women) to make it entertaining.

[@ReVoltaire]

All scripted/fake. Like "bad guys" or heels in Big Time Wrestling back in the day. Many hoped to get cast on bit parts in day time soaps based on their appearance here

[@Netti103]

I think people are still abusive but hide it differently. I would rather have people be who they truly are immediately

[@isabellindlind]

Thank you SchfiftyThreeRetroTV3.💓📺💓

[@Netti103]

WHY is this show sooo good?!?!?

[@cranford69]

Todays Love Connection would feature men dating men and men becoming women trying to date men…….lol

[@rpc717]

It did...

[@edieleonemstambo670]

WHY DO WOMEN ALLOW STRANGE MEN TO COME BACK TO THEIR PLACE???

[@popcorn526]

I agree. Maybe they felt safe because the game show hooked them up. But as we see from the Dating Game (I believe that was the show with the serial killer as a contestant) that isn’t the case and they should be careful. Especially since it’s not like there are tv staff following them on their date. Different times I guess.

[@meredithg227]

It was just as dangerous in 1988.

[@sugarandspice2136]

Ikr and when meet the ones that don’t allow it, we get the crap because men expect it.

[@jebronlames7789]

Because we didn't lock our homes ir cars either. You could leave your bike out on the lawn and no one would touch it except your damn little brother. Remember that was filmed in america, america is not america anymore. Its just a shit pile of every other countrys criminals!!!

[@modickens1272]

Because not all are scared of their own shadows. Some actually enjoy living life instead of watching dateline while peeping through the curtains

[@immafaint673]

We would hurry home from high school to watch this😂

[@TC2020-w8u]

They would all look so much different now due to the hairstyles. Peiple looked older back then.

[@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l]

Dating was fun in 1988, I was 22. Men took you to dinner and dancing and movies, they were more polite. Now men just want to meet for a drink and your paying for your own drink. The date feels like an interview.

[@LeannMyway]

Totally…it’s gross now…women don’t even bother with getting married anymore just get pregnant and boyfriend & girlfriend

[@the406seadonkey6]

You seem like a blatant hypocrite.

[@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l]

@user-nj9rf6zm2x Nowadays, I hear that a lot. It's true. Different world. Also, I hear if you have the money. They do artificial insemination so they don't have to deal with the stress of a partner.

[@Hugo-py2ce]

Woman and social media has ruined it. And sorry when I say woman is because woman listen to social media more than anything today. Just sad.

[@chriswalls5831]

Remember watching this late 80s early 90s

[@HillFarden]

People seemed happier back then

[@whip57]

I miss this show

[@Cheirosa81]

He wants Elizabeth Montgomery 😂😮😅!

[@rerunplaya532]

As much as fun as watching paint dry...wow...a blast from the past....

[@-mishakalinin-]

So beautiful ladies👌 ❤

[@RaptureReadyforJesus-qv2ql]

That second guy reminds me of my x who said he wished he never had his children. The grown children told him they never wanted to see him.

[@IloveAutumn-b5p]

No women for Andrew- run for the hills ladies!

[@michelletannerkimball]

I was 14 when this aired. This show looks so old, just like me 😂

[@SomewhereInTheMaidenverse]

I hope the 2nd couple ended up together

[@steviev958]

Cheryl was 26 there? Man, how things have changed lol

[@missoctober8859]

Most of them look a lot older than their age!

[@GraceLove33]

@@missoctober8859my mom’s senior highschool picture she looks 45 lmao. It was the style and the makeup and people were classier then

[@mariamoncadajamaicamelovet3995]

Where do they find these guys?😂

[@joeemick1891]

Modern day technology 😂

[@JohnJano]

She hit that nail on the head!

[@johnhowell2080]

For some of these people, the next game show they were on was Lowered Expectations

[@stephanie3848]

😂

[@marvinjohnson7523]

Johnny Gilbert is still on Jeopardy

[@jameshutton9656]

It would be interesting if this show was brought back with gen z

[@erickanew]

Lol, no shame in their game. They let u know how screwed up they were back in the day. Nowadays they fake

[@martinmoore2468]

This syndication game show was Rich Jeffries' final job appearance as the game show announcer. Love Connection was probably the first (and the only) syndication game show that he ever did announce. He was filling in for Game Wood the third time since Password Plus and Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour.

[@Teddy-5733]

Randy is probably miserable and on his 4th wife.

[@tw7231]

2nd couple so cute!