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Love, ‘exciting and new,’ kept Aaron Spelling’s campy anthology series, The Love Boat, afloat for nine seasons. Featuring a myriad of guest stars – from legends like Helen Hayes (who was Vincent’s first-ever co-star on stage) to popular favourites like Charo – boarding the Pacific Princess, tales of romance played out and intertwined, even involving the ship’s crew. Spelling called it ‘a show for people who couldn’t afford a cruise.’
Sporting some fab winged collars and a nifty cravatte, Vincent Price was one of the guest stars for the show’s second season Halloween episode (which went out on 28 October 1978).
He plays renowned illusionist Wendell Mordan, who performs under the name of the Amazing Alonzo and who has been hired as the main entertainment on the ship. Joan Blondell is his fiancée Ramona (Joan Blondell), who turns to Captain Stubing for comfort when Alonzo continues to snub her in order to dazzle his female admirers.
Meanwhile, Doc and Gopher pursue a model (Barbara Anderson) who is afraid to face people after an accident left her disfigured, and a boy with a habit of lying can’t get anyone to help during a real time of need. Mary Ann Mobley and Gary Collins play his parents.
You can watch the episode online… depending on which country you live in. As we are based in the UK, here are some links for our UK fans. If you have links for other countries, do leave them in the comment section.
PLEX
https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/the-love-boat/season/2/episode/7
Dear Curator;Why isn’t there a video of this episode of The Love Boat available on YouTube or the Dailymotion app or on your website? I can’t find the episode posted anywhere online, since I am such a big fan of Vincent Price, and I have been one since the 1970s. Please respond to my comments. Yours truly, Margaret Garnto
Somebody finally posted the “Ship of Ghouls ” episode of The Love Boat on YouTube so that I can watch it on my playlist, and I hope that YouTube doesn’t delete it from my playlist or the app.
Dear Curator; Every time someone posts the English language version of the Love Boat episode, “Ship of Ghouls”, YouTube deletes it in favor of the Spanish-dubbed version of that episode that they prefer to keep. I asked whoever posted that version of the the episode why our English language version was deleted three times in favor of El Crucero del Amor (The Love Cruise), but I never got a response back. I would rather buy a DVD of Season 2 of Love Boat so I can watch the episode anytime I want, for as long as I like. Yours truly, Margaret Garnto.
Hi Margaret. It would be best to buy the DVD as there are copyright issues connected with uploading content to YouTube. However, you can watch the episode via DailyMotion, which I have added to this page. Thanks!
Dear Curator; Thank you very much for your response to my comment. I keep forgetting about YouTube’s strict copyright laws and issues concerning the uploading of content of certain videos, including the “Ship of Ghouls ” episode of The Love Boat. I thought YouTube was keeping the Spanish dubbed version of the episode because a woman on the English language version said a slang word for donkeys that began with a “J”, that YouTube probably considered a bad word when she said how two other women were acting, so that was why YouTube preferred the Spanish version, El Crucero del Amor, instead of the English language version. I appreciate your posting of the Dailymotion video of “Ship of Ghouls “, and I will also buy the DVD of that episode because someday Dailymotion will remove that episode too, like it removed episodes of other shows that featured Vincent Price as a guest star, like the “Tiki Caves ” episode of The Brady Bunch, the “V is for Vampire” episode of F-Troop, and the “Black Magic” episode of The Bionic Woman. Thanks again for your response, and may God richly bless you and keep you safe. Yours truly, Margaret Garnto.
Dear Curator; My favorite episode of The Love Boat, “Ship of Ghouls”, which featured Vincent Price as a guest star, has now been removed from both Dailymotion and YouTube because of copyright infringement claims by some company named Vobile. What is Voble? Now I will never see my favorite Love Boat episode ever again unless I buy a DVD of Season 2,Volumes 1-2 of The Love Boat. What do you suggest? Please respond to my questions here. Yours truly, Margaret Garnto.
Dear Curator(Dear Peter); Why have you not replied to the comment I posted to you about the Love Boat Halloween episode, “Ship of Ghouls”, being removed from the YouTube app and Dailymotion app because of copyright complaints from Vobile? Is there any way of putting that episode of the show on Vimeo so I can watch it? I am sick and tired of YouTube deleting that episode over and over again in favor of keeping El Crucero del Amor, the Spanish-language version of The Love Boat. If you can’t put my favorite episode of Love Boat, “Ship of Ghouls”,on Vimeo, I’ll have to buy a DVD of Season 2,Volume 1-2 of the show. Yours, Margaret Garnto.
I found this website by accident. I am now watching the above episode on MeTV, on Sunday, October 8th, 2023. The Love Boat usually airs every Sunday from 5-6PM.
Dear Curator (Dear Peter); Are you still enjoying your wonderful holiday in Australia with family and friends? I haven’t gotten another email from you since back in July when I commented about Dailymotion removing its copy of The Love Boat episode “Ship of Ghouls” from their app and your webpage. The webpage still shows the “video has been removed” message instead of another copy of “Ship of Ghouls”, so I don’t know if you got back to the U.K. or are still enjoying your vacation in Australia. I would still like to see a video of the Love Boat episode “Ship of Ghouls” on your webpage instead of the “removed video” message on it. Please let me know when you’ll be be back in the U.K. so you can upload another copy of The Love Boat “Ship of Ghouls” episode to your webpage. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you. Yours truly, Margaret Garnto.
Hi Margaret. I have updated the streaming information for this title. Thank you for alerting me to the change. All the best.