The Love Boat (TV Series) A Funny Valentine/The Wallflower/Home is Not a Home (1979) User Reviews

Rooms of Roses

[WalterKafka · 20 February 2024]

Another Valentine's episode. This one aired in March (?) of 1979. Arthur Godfrey is another old-timer, still alive in the late 70s. He's paired with Minnie Pearl. Elinor Donahue plays Pearl's daughter. In 10 years, she'd be playing Chris Elliot's mom on Get A Life. She thinks her mother is a poor, fragile creature. 'Do my bones rattle that loud?' Minnie Pearl asks. Elinor has a man to help her, Godfrey's son. Naturally, in the process of chasing their parents, they fall in love. Patty Dworkin plays a shy girl. She's Gopher's neighbor. It turns out she has a secret admirer. He sends her an entire room of roses. (Where is she supposed to sleep?) She wears the most ridiculous bathing suit in history. (We've seen some bad ones on this show too.) 'Didn't you tell her she needs bait to catch fish?' Doc asks. Samantha Eggar plays a palm reader, who's immediately smitten with Captain Stubing. Stubing sees through her act. Doc and Slyvia dance to the Love Boat version of Copacabana. This one's pretty average. On Kafka's Love Boat Scale, this episode gets 2 1/2 * out of a possible 4 *.