The Love Boat: Opening and Closing Themes (1980)

Fourth season opening and closing theme from "The Love Boat." This particular episode guest starred Loni Anderson, David Doyle, Charles Frank, Allen Ludden, Robert Stack, Village People and Betty White. Enjoy and sing along!

[@philaman1972]

Any show with an episode including *both* Betty White and Village People is instantly a recipe for success in my book!

[@ManuelGuzman067]

Im Almost 57 years old now. Remember all these vintage Tv shows of 70s . Love ❤️ 🚢 🌞

[@redeye007]

Betty white and village people. Now I wanna see this episode

[@dannycarrington1601]

Me too!

[@ChavoMysterio]

Add Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty to the mix, and we'll have the most best record breaking LOVE BOAT episode of all times.

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

Redeye007 Collecting Movies Me too! I used to watch this every week and I don't recall them being on it! :D

[@junescott3052]

Yes me as well

[@joshuabrunken3848]

Robert Stack was in the ep. as well this episode is anything but a unsolved mystery of why it was great

[@ericnelson9100]

To think at this point, at 58 yo, Betty White was considered a has-been; yet, her biggest career accomplishments (Golden Girls, Hot in Cleveland, to name just a few) were long into the future.

[@stanbrown32]

I'll give you Golden Girls, but Hot in Cleveland is hardly one of her greatest career accomplishments.

[@meddyven]

Yet Betty was so stunning in the opening and the episode.

[@janaschmolinski7750]

All Golden Girls were stunning .... rip

[@donnasteele6399]

Betty White and The Village People! Would that be a cruise or what?!

[@joshuabrunken3848]

and Robert Stack from Unsolved Mysteries as well talk about a great cruise

[@dr_tandros4586]

This must be one of the best ones ever

[@Repomidnight]

Joshua Brunken Robert Stack would’ve brought Ghosts and UFO’s with him. What a party.

[@pepelemoko01]

@@Repomidnight Loni minus Bert, no COVID .Set a course for adventure.

[@andrewjerome6573]

Wow that is EXACTLY what I was going to write! 😄

[@nw2094]

RIP Betty White…you and your late husband were on this episode. So glad you two are reunited!

[@michellepost5232]

This theme song was as good as the show. I loved it, and watched it when it premiered, and all through the years until it was canceled. I was 17, and a senior when it first premiered. Most of the guests on the show were popular stars at that time. Some celebs said it was an honor to be on that show. Those wonderful, simplistic 1970s and 1980s!! (Sigh)

[@scarlettrhea309]

I’m currently 17 and a senior and this made me want to be alive during this time ❤ sure seemed nice

[@meddyven]

Whenever I take a Princes cruise, on sail away, they ALWAYS play the Love Boat theme,leaving the harbour,out to sea. The BEST!!

[@meddyven]

I think this was, by far, the best opening theme to any show, in history. The background music and Jack Jones singing, was the best.

[@meddyven]

I love sail aways on Princess. They play the Love Boat Theme over and over. Never gets old!

[@jaykay2242]

Now THIS was TV...god damnit.

[@jayrogers8255]

There is nothing that can be said about how great a comment that is!!!

[@GMO--ge4ir]

I need a Time-Machine,DESPERATELY‼️ Can't stay here anymore. 😩 Can't be stuck here anymore!😭

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

Amen to that! I too cannot take it any more of being here; reality shows, PC, fake news.

[@bernieudo4399]

Doc Brown just left with Marty & Einstein. 💥

[@MrShortWhiteGuy]

You would have to get up and walk to the TV to change the station and turn a dial if you go back to when this first aired.

[@hawaiianpunch6534]

Pretty sure I was in 2nd or 3rd grade when this came out. I'd like to go back. The 70's, 80's and 90's were killer. After that I don't know what the hell happened?

[@ericnelson9100]

@@MrShortWhiteGuy In 1980 almost all TVs had remote controls; only portable B& W didn't.

[@lynnboyer6643]

One of the greatest TV themes of all time!

[@nala3038]

This show takes me back to a time when the world was good, people were happy and smiling!

[@melvin4553]

And serial killers were on the rise

[@cosmegualberto269]

Verdade, bons tempos

[@wesleymcjunkin687]

RIP Betty White. You were an American Icon who will be remembered for generations for your charm,with,talent and ability to make people laugh. 1-1-2022

[@MarzanWorldwide]

Big props to Jack Jones who sang this gem and Paul Williams who wrote it.. PS Betty White was around 58 here and still stunning

[@harveyweinstein6346]

Yes, that's what I was thinking, too. 57 or 58 and still attractive.

[@mlchc9004]

Betty is the happiest & kindest in Hollywood. I love her dimples & smile.

[@millenniumman75]

What was neat about this episode was that she appeared with her husband, host of Password, Allen Ludden. He was hosting Password Plus at the time, but would succumb to cancer in 1981.

[@gsentinel4821]

She really was.

[@ravenel2]

I guess that explains why as a kid I only knew Paul Williams because he was on Love Boat a few times. As weird as this sounds I can totally see how this came from the same brain as the Carpenters song “We’ve only just begun...to live...” “Love...exciting and new” “White lace and promises” “Come aboard...” It’s kind of the same?

[@lowbridge7070]

I remember watching the Love Boat (and Fantasy Island following it) on a regular basis every Saturday night back in the early-mid 1980s when they were still originally on the air. There was something so COMFORTING and SOOTHING about the opening theme as well as each and every episode. Entertaining too. Escapist fantasy was just the right kind of formula that I needed and just perfect for a saturday night after a whole week of stressful nonsense. But the fact that i watched and loved the love boat was my MOST closely guarded and BIGGEST well kept secret at the time. Because a teenaged boy simply did NOT admit to his fellow teens about watching love boat as well as being a fan of that show. Not unless he wanted to be the target of ridicule. There were many tv shows around that time a teen could openly admit to being a fan of. But The Love Boat wasnt one of them.

[@peterfischer5459]

Pretty much sums up my childhood too in respect of this show.

[@jaycee330]

@@peterfischer5459 Love Boat and Fantasy Island...my go to Saturday Night shows.

[@scottyclayton5604]

When the guest stars are way more important than the actual cast!

[@EddieDexterStewart]

FINALLY! The closing theme without a voice over about what's coming up on the evening news! LOL!

[@brianwertman5848]

Wow Betty White and Allen Ludden in the same episode. They're real life husband and wife.

[@db_cooks]

I spent many Saturday nights watching this show as a kid…damn it really takes me back emotionally to hear that theme song and see those images.

[@1punch_man]

Robert Stack. What a Legend. Unsolved Mysteries one of the best shows ever.

[@dirtyoldman7356]

Memorable role in "Airplane!" that year.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

@@dirtyoldman7356 And as Agent Flemming from Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.

[@MrMatteNWk]

@@dirtyoldman7356 "Styker, ever propelled a multi-engine boat before?" "No, never." "Shitttttttttttttt, this is a goddamn waste of time! There's no way he can dock that boat! Route him through Lake Michigan and avoid killing innocent people."

[@TheExtrovertedHermit]

I just randomly felt like watching the opening theme to this show a few hours ago today while never really having much interest in it. And now I just learned Gavin Mcleod passed away today. Kinda weird today of all days I suddenly wanted to watch this. May he rest in peace.

[@zaaraha5092]

Yes that happened to me as well same experience and it was Very sad to hear Gavin mcleod's passing

[@gregoryagogo]

Theme sets the whole carefree mood of the show... Love it!

[@marcmadonna725]

That theme song is iconic!!! It's my Saturday night childhood!!

[@meddyven]

Jack Jones made the theme Iconic!

[@jessebuchanan1474]

Robert Stack: "Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries, how did I get stuck on a boat with Rose Nylund, Bosley, and the Village People".

[@lvtrans498]

I had a crush on Julie, the cruise director as a child. I loved that feeling as a youngster. And that theme, the feeling of happiness that it evokes is second to none... 😍😍😍

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

@JimmyJames Do you think the need to ruin the innocence of adult peoples childhoods will eventually lead to the need to simply do it with actual children? Or are they something that simply co-exists?

[@bernieudo4399]

Too much info. 🤕

[@humbertoflores2545]

@voicesfrombeyond ..i dont believe that BS you just wrote..

[@roberttrevino2861]

Julie on The Love Boat and Bailey on WKRP were my celebrity crushes around that time!!

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

@@roberttrevino2861 Loni Anderson on WKRP is another crush I had.

[@shihlin1]

Don't forget--- Gavin McLeod playing the Captain and Betty White go back a long ways to the Mary Tyler Moore show. Luv Betty as Sue Ann Nivens on MTM, she was a hoot !

[@bernieudo4399]

Perhaps the best ensemble for a situation comedy...ever.

[@cityhawk]

@@bernieudo4399 At least top five.

[@colty7764]

also, Allen Ludden and Betty White were a married couple in real life (they met? thru their Password Game connection from the 1960s and 70s), until his death not long after this episode.

[@jessebuchanan1474]

That explains why Betty White kept calling captain Stubing, Murray lol

[@lincolnparc8897]

Aaron spelling had such a romantic vision for his shows... What a great opening theme song too!!!

[@Owlzindabarn]

Betty White, Loni Anderson and the Village People...must have been quite a cruise!

[@ellierfromthebronx4531]

We just lost Gavin McLeod today, May 29th, 2021...besides this show and Mary Tyler Moore, he was on McHale's Navy... We will never have TV like these shows again.

[@flowergirl5045]

Still gives me goosebumps!

[@jeffreybaier5312]

I miss this time people today are cruel and selfish.

[@flowergirl5045]

@@jeffreybaier5312 So do I, I agree wholeheartedly.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

​@@flowergirl5045that's true.

[@MrMatteNWk]

@@flowergirl5045 Ironic avatar

[@josebro352]

Betty White is STILL on TV in 2021. Let that sink in.

[@vg2binkey884]

Seeing betty in this made me wish i could go back and watch this episode of this and with her and them all in it just now. So sad that i cant do that right here

[@Paulbuslon]

Capt. Stubbing is gone but not forgotten

[@CJ_7519]

R.I.P to "America's Grandmother", Betty White 🕊️🙏🏿!!

[@keithpainter6610]

So nice to remember life when it was good 😊

[@janeycast]

I find myself repeating this clip over and over because 1: THE SONG (ohmygod the LSS is too strong), 2: Gavin MacLeod

[@groundpenguinproductions5912]

Rip Betty

[@jenniferlynn329]

@@groundpenguinproductions5912 she's not dead

[@nala3038]

@@jenniferlynn329 yeah she is

[@jenniferlynn329]

@@nala3038 ha. Well, she is *now*.

[@spence47]

I absolutely loved this show as a kid

[@watchman09]

One of my favorite childhood shows growing up.

[@jasonsterling4129]

Jack Jones went hard with singing the theme. The theme alone gets you excited to watch. That's a lost art these days for film and television and music. Back then, the music went hand and hand with the vision, so you loved the whole thing, and everyone benefited because the project was successful all the way around. Now, they try to compete for the biggest audience on the same project and it causes the entire project to fall out of step.

[@jatlarge6354]

A show with Bob Stack, Betty White AND Village People - never saw that coming!!!

[@MikeRadioNY]

This is when we had TV and movie stars... not just actors.

[@louie115]

AMEN TO THAT

[@dr_tandros4586]

This was like snl... every episode a star. Just better... a whole bunch of them!

[@angelgirl7473]

This was when tv was ACTUAL TV

[@edwardweiss7145]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@robertfishman3742]

Well stated!

[@Hobbes1999]

Robert stack, betty white and village people omg this would be fab

[@MaleOrderBride]

Fabulous! What other show on earth can you have Loni Anderson...Betty White AND the village people!!

[@johnnytuffguyful]

And don't forget Bosley (Charlie's Angels' David Doyle)!

[@tubesocksbrigade3031]

MaleOrderBride They brought their A game that episode!!!

[@S7EVE_P]

Imagine the world was as positive as this....

[@tyeishawilliams1812]

i love the music and the shows. what a classic.

[@rositawest4279]

This theme song always puts a smile on my face! 😊

[@ravenel2]

Julie got more gorgeous on the theme song every year. I love when she’s standing in front of the bridge in Australia.

[@meddyven]

Lauren Tewes really did look more fabulous eavh seson. Once they got volume to her hair, it brought out how gorgeous she was. Ir's a shame her cocaine habit ruined it for her

[@frankieclayton9303]

A wonderful TV show

[@axelrioszubiate1329]

It make me cry.

[@robfinlay8058]

Unsurprisingly Robert Stack and Jill Whelan preferred travelling by boat having had a previous bad experience with air travel.

[@judethaddaeus9742]

For those who are interested, this episode is Season 4 Episode 7, which aired 11/22/1980. Because the storylines all had different titles, this episode’s title was, “The Horse Lover / Secretary to the Stars / Julie's Decision / Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse / The Village People Ride Again"

[@LinkRocks]

Seemed like everyone from the 70s and early 80s guest starred on The Love Boat.

[@pxn748]

there was a lot of stars from way back to the forties on this show!

[@tommyharms6999]

I just love this show, THIS was one my favorites

[@furryfriend43]

Wow! Jill Whelan was just a kid in 1980! Time flies, huh?

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

She's in her 50s now.

[@phspalace1021]

The best show ever The love boat, special guest stars Village people.

[@wns808]

R.I.P. Gavin MacLeod

[@jaycee330]

I always break out in a big smile when Ted Lange does his finger point. :D

[@tjl5419]

God I miss the 80s

[@heidifedor]

Half these people are dead, but Betty White is still going.

[@RJLNetwork]

RIP Captain Steubing, aka Gavin Mcleod. Fair winds and following seas! 😔

[@luismiguelagustinveramaldo6330]

David Doyle ❤️❤️❤️

[@cgeorge6786]

Takes me back to happy childhood

[@josebro352]

Same. Fantasy Island was on right afterwards. No school the next day it was Sunday. Just meet friends and ride your bike and be a kid in the 70s! A simpler time. So sad that's lost forever.

[@boring247boring5]

Rest in peace Captain Gavin du Amour ⛵

[@tombovitale2597]

Betty white has been is so many good things . I love her to this day

[@pattibrooks1907]

Loved Love Boat ! Wish I had the DVD set of this show !

[@LovesDavidCassidy]

I watch this sometimes on paramount plus I didn’t watch this when it was on the air

[@tstarmedia6463]

Gavin MacLeod was good as Big Chicken in a couple of Hawaii Five-0 episodes, his best performance was in a Peter Sellers film "The Party" when Sellers walks into the bathroom and MacLeod is trying to adjust his rug, priceless!

[@mikejsretroarcade4612]

T Star Media love that movie, birdy num nums lol

[@Inglewolf]

Big Chicken! "Big Chicken's waiting for you" Chin Ho tried to warn McGarrett. But twice McGarrett gave him a beating "Now you've had it, Chick!" He beat him into being Murray Slaughter, then Captain Stubing and finally Doug's uncle on King of Queens. No disrespect, Gavin MacLeod's an all-time legend, even if he never did drive Sue Ann Nivens into that wedding cake!

[@todolopuedotodolopuedo7648]

La máquina del tiempo perfecta estimados amigos......es esa canción maravillosa que nos traslada a esos recuerdos inolvidables........Dios nos bendiga........!!!

[@rexiiforsure9558]

Doesn't get any bigger than this -- the village people

[@rexiiforsure9558]

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[@leslieawest5062]

Me TV had a Betty White TV memories. One love Boat was on Betty White, Carol Channing. I would have liked to have see Betty White and Allen Ludden Love Boat episodes. They were so cute together and so in love with each other. Sigh!!I also wonder when SNL Is going to show the 2009 show with Betty White as host. I've seen clips. I want to see the whole show. She was so wonderful, my favorite on the Golden Girls. She was so funny in Hot In Cleveland show. That show was so funny. Of course Betty was priceless as Happy Homemaker Sue Anne Nivens. Me TV last showed MTM show 2 hrs. With Betty White as Sue Ann N. So darn good, and funny. I laughed so hard. Betty you are missed. I'm glad they are showing lots of Betty White on UTUBE ❤

[@dailynhutchinson340]

Life's sweetest reward.

[@randrianabel]

Village people and.... bosley( charlie's angel)....wow!!!

[@theriddlers4630]

I remember this back in the 80s uk 🇬🇧 England here iam 46 now

[@vdoll7713]

My Sister Debra Loved....The Love Boat❤🚢❤🚢❤ I remember times I would be talking to her on the phone & I would ask her? What are you doing? She would say she is watching The Love Boat❤ 🚢❤....R.I.P Sis🙏🏽 I Love❤ You💕

[@MsJanetLouise]

Love this show!

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

It's Robert Stack as Agent Flenn, time to do full cavity searches of the entire crew.

[@jwavada]

Agent Hurley, I want full cavity searches on this ship, crew and passengers alike. Deep and hard!!!

[@robertrodriguez787]

Wouldn't mind doing a Full Cavity Search on Julie

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

@@robertrodriguez787 Or on Loni Anderson from WKRP.

[@MacDragard]

That ship went on to become the Starship Majestic for Premier Cruise Lines in the 90s.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

It was then junked in 2014 at a Turkish bone yard.

[@mikealp9345]

@@ScorpioBornIn69 is that true???

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

@@mikealp9345 Yes it is :(

[@GP9railfan]

Mike Alp Sadly yes.

[@gsy971]

i was about 9-11at the height of its popularity. I knew it was Saturday or Friday when this was on i could sleep late! All was good with the world it seemed when the Love Boat was on.

[@matteowatteo1296]

I'm willing to bet the captain was happy the Village People showed up.

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

It’s More than PASSWORD, It’s PASSWORD PLUS! Our Guest Stars.... From THE LOVE BOAT, Gavin MacLeod, and From UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, Robert Stack! And Here’s the Star of PASSWORD PLUS, Allen Ludden!

[@jodypearce2510]

Who out there, as a child of the 1980's, watched The Love Boat? What fan of great music out there really appreciated the theme song?

[@jasonpinson8755]

One of my grandmothers favorites.thanks!

[@qolspony]

Love boat was one of the best theme song shows of it time. And Hawaii 5 0.

[@83jbbentley]

Robert Stack, Betty White, and the Village People? Where is this episode?

[@jasonpinson8755]

One of my grandmothers favorites.thank you!!

[@AllenMQuinn]

Robert Stack. Was he on the ship solving mysteries?!

[@jwavada]

Join me! Perhaps YOU can help solve a mystery........even if we are at sea.

[@bernieudo4399]

He was yelling, "Rico...Youngblood...get over here!"

[@harveyweinstein6346]

No, he was Most Wanted.

[@rocknroller77]

Love Bernie so much. To this day he could light my fires. He was gorgeous ♡

[@Thebraids]

The Village People on the love boat! I need to watch this episode.

[@victorrentor9436]

Robert Stack. UNSOLVED MYSTERIES

[@JENDALL714]

Someone said, hey let's bring back Love American Style, but on a boat! Yeah, that's a great idea! And it was a great idea and no one seemed to notice or care, it was Love American Style retooled!

[@jbro8934]

Episode ended with Betty hanging a Do Not Disturb sign on her suite after welcoming the Village People in.

[@Zoloft77]

With Robert Stack!!!! Now, this will either be a golfing or mystery cruise.

[@jehobden]

I didn't think there were many LB episodes I haven't seen, but while I recall both Allen Ludden & Betty White on the show, I don't remember them on it together, and I also don't remember The Village People either. Maybe I can catch this one when it comes around on MeTV soon.

[@elainew2230]

Season 4, Episode 7 Secretary to the Stars; Julie's Decision; The Horse Lover; Gopher and Isaac Buy a Horse First Aired: November 22, 1980 Destination: the Acapulco Steeplechase. Passengers: the Village People, an international playboy, and real-life marrieds Allen Ludden and Betty White. Kim: Loni Anderson. Julie: Lauren Tewes.

[@Eric-wg8zu]

Damn I miss this era. Someone build a darn time machine already 🥹

[@jackmoore838]

Betty White and her husband just before he passed away. So sad. R.I.P Allen..

[@marcoalburqueque1095]

mi niñes gracias

[@jessenavarrete2083]

I saw this episode in August & I remember a quote from the captain: when u have a horse & name it after me, that horse had better win!

[@pip12111]

Vicki was so cute❤

[@yell0wberry]

RIP Gavin McLeod

[@robertschoonmaker750]

It WAS a great episode!