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Crime Cruise: Love Boat Exposed

Rob Springer, Charlotte Jones, Caleb Chilcuttwww.loveboatexposed.com

Crime Cruise: Love Boat Exposed - the podcast that hunts down and tears apart shenanigans on the classic 1970s TV show, The Love Boat. When laws, morals, and behavior go rogue - We Are There!


With a new episode each week, we're a TV review podcast that comments on, analyzes, and reviews the worst of these high-seas offenses with edgy commentary and modern-day criticism. 


Come aboard. We're expecting you! Join Rob Springer, Charlotte Jones, and Producer Caleb and get to know The Love Boat's all-too-cozy crew and peculiar passengers. 


When it comes to the wild ways of the 70s, you'll learn this is just the tip of the iceberg. Spoiler alert: pop culture and retro behaviors were an untamed beast ripe for a takedown.

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Episodes

Ep51 - She's a Little Runaway

Send us a text Teenage Runaway Girl? Captain's Paternity Tested! A study of Playboy magazine and body hair Producer Caleb in Stranger Things inspired drag? We celebrate one year of podcasting Love Boat Exposed!! Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, and connect with the show; send us a message or record a voicemail for air. Make sure to subscribe - we're on all your favorite podcast platforms! rsmedia.group creations Fair Use Act Disclaimers Information contained on this podcast and all rela...

Jul 11, 202427 min

Ep50 - Don Knotts Impregnates Catwoman?!

Send us a text Julie Newmar + Don Knotts !! The mis-match of the century!! Now The Love Boat has had pretty much every cast member from another of our old favorite TV shows, Three's Company! That's right, Catwoman from the original Batman TV show and Classic TV's own Barney Fife / Mr. Furley . Seduction. Impersonation. Pregnancy? Another plot touches on The Holocaust. Heavy. Are we even on the right show for this? ...plus a whole lot more... Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, and connect ...

Jul 04, 202431 minEp. 50

Ep49- "R" Words: Three is Company Two

Send us a text 🛳️ New Lows are Hitting the Deck on this Episode: 🤪 The sad use of the word "Re*ard" (multiple times) to describe a young mentally handicapped boy - by his mom, Three's Company's Joyce DeWitt (!) 😞 The act of constant sexual harassment and possibly the other "R-word" - as a creep over-powers a woman for the entirety of the cruise - and her man, Three's Company's neighbor-guy, Larry stands by watching 🚓 In a bit of levity (?!) the captain faces possible jail time from IRS lady ...

Jun 27, 202437 minEp. 49

Ep48 - Taxi Driver: Love Boat Style

Send us a text 🚕 Pretty lady propositions shlub taxi driver & pulls him onto cruise! 🍑 Doc's bare butt stars in a sick office-bedroom adventure!! 👰‍♂️ Doc Marriage proposal? Lady Doc humbles Doc Briker! 🤒 Lovesick crew member redemption arc?! Caleb's Rule? "If best friends kiss 50 times, it's not considered just best friends anymore." — Producer Caleb Charlotte's Web! "Oh, I'm so sick of these boys saying I love you on the first date - I don't like that. It's just trash - RUN ladies!" — ...

Jun 20, 202424 min

Ep47 - Cruising Alaska! Where Men are Men, and ...

Send us a text 🎉💍 Season 3 Begins - Fall 1979 with a Big Fat Wedding in Alaska!! 🏔️ Goodbye Mexico as Love Boat heads north to North America's Final Frontier 👮 NCIS' Mark Harmon in his 20's! 🏃 Man leaves bride at alter for ex-girlfriend? 🪮 Mrs. Roper is back again as Three's Company continues to stock the cruise guest list 🐎 Doc high-horse as he disapproves of someone's actions. 👱🏼‍♀️ Julie sports a Farah look! 🧥 PETA-watch as the entire ship sports fur coats Visit LoveBoatExposed.com ...

Jun 13, 202423 min

Ep46 - POW! Season 2 Ends! Pregnant at 87? Sony Bono joins KISS? (Almost) End of the 70s Decade

Send us a text Season Two Double Header!! Too much packed into just one show!! 👨‍🎤 Sonny Bono is a Goth Death KISS Rocker ☠️ Overheard Murder Plans! 👵 Grandma gives birth in a sick Doc Experiment?! 👩‍🦰 Redheads femme fatales seduction! 🧏‍♀️ Say it isn't so: Fun with a deaf character? 😴 Goodnight Season Two ... and nearing the end of the 70s decade🪩🕺☮️ The Innocence of Gopher "I've always thought of Gopher as the nice dude on the ship. Even though he can get a little bit nutty sometimes,...

Jun 06, 202434 minEp. 46

Ep45 - Julie's Daddy Complex Get's Weird

Send us a text 🏩 Julie sets her sites on a senior dude - we're not sure why ❤️‍🔥 A prepubescent boy falls in love with ... Julie. Thank you, Stubing. ⛽ Gaslighting behavior on full display ✊ Evil capitalists vs. union organizers? 👖 Stolen clothes that magically fit the thieves 🤓 and a side-dish of manipulation of slow adults " The Portrayal of Female Characters on Love Boat ": "I feel like the writers are trying to make this innocent girl next door thing - while at the same time they love to...

May 30, 202433 minEp. 45

Ep44 - Corey Feldman! Stiller & Meara!! Charo!!!

Send us a text 🌶️ Papa Stiller caught with Charo in his hot little hands?! Ben Stiller 's Parents are aboard! (Anna Meara and Jerry Stiller ) 🕺 Multi-talented Corey Feldman makes his Love Boat Debut! 😳 Julie unknowingly trains Charo in the art of seduction!! 💔 Stolen Love? A buried story from WW2 creates tensions and mystery. 🌩️ " The Sins of Our Fathers" ' ... that's what we do here. We pull the clips from each show, things that are questionable, morally ambiguous, shenanigans and yes, sca...

May 22, 202428 minEp. 44

Ep43 - Palms & Grease. Let Your Imagination Go Wild!

Send us a text 🔮 Appropriation and the Gypsy fortune-teller 💐 Didi Conn ("Frenchy" from Greece) visits - and Gopher practices the art of deception 🐷 The Captain is a Sexist Pig 🔍 GRANDY WATCH Begins: Gopher: Congressman and Politico? Body Positivity : "If you guys saw me at the beach, you would all think that I was some kind of a monster. I have a umbrella. I've got a hat. I have a whole cover on me. There is no skin exposed because I'm a redhead." — Charlotte Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to di...

May 16, 202425 minEp. 43

Ep.42 - Dog Smuggling & Isaacs's Misbehavin'

Send us a text This week's episode? Wild. Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, and connect with the show; send us a message or record a voicemail for air. Make sure to subscribe - we're on all your favorite podcast platforms! rsmedia.group creations Fair Use Act Disclaimers Information contained on this podcast and all related materials is for criticism and commentary, as well as for research and educational purposes. Under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fa...

May 09, 202422 minEp. 42

Sex Slave Castaway! Titanic Disaster?

Send us a text 🔄 EPISODE REWIND Top-Rated Episode of Season 2 (Originally aired Nov. 30 2023) 👙 A bikini-clad Barbi Benton is back, and so is Mrs. Roper! Plus, Isaac loses his mind while vacationing on his cruise ship, and Julie wants to give herself up as the ultimate sacrifice to a lonely madman...and more! 🎉 SEASON 2 BEGINS!!! 🏝️ Gilligan Style!! Our crew is stranded on a deserted tropical island with a Tom Hanks look-alike from Castaway, and the crew must give up one of their own to beco...

May 02, 202434 min

Ep41 - OJ Simpson and Pollyanna?

Send us a text This Episode rocks at a fast-pace with characters and plots that include: 🗡️ An appearance by the murderous OJ Simpson?! 🦰 Hayley Mills (grown-up Pollyanna) ⛵ Yachting with scandalous P Diddy??! 👎 A boatload of stereotypes ⚾ Reggie Jackson knocks it out of the ballpark ⌛ Crispin Glover from Back to the Future time-zaps to 1979?! Crazy Stuff. Pretty Funny, actually. Check it out! Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, and connect with the show; send us a message or record a v...

Apr 25, 202434 minEp. 41

Ep40 - Bitter Amputee, Pill-Popping Overdose

Send us a text - Julie and Doc Have more foreplay (!) - Oscar Goldman from "6 Million Dollar Man" wallows in big self pity - His wife is driven to constant tranquilizer usage - The woman doctor-shops and overdoses on pills - Two Girls, One Guy. This ain't pretty. - and a heavy dollop of fat shaming by your very own captain Enjoy this wild episode!! Love Boat Season 2, Episode 20 Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, and connect with the show; send us a message or record a voicemail for air. ...

Apr 18, 202435 minEp. 40

Ep39 - Gilligan Gets Laid, Julie Can't Stop Man-Stealing

Send us a text 🍸 Captain's Alcoholism comes in handy 👨‍🦽 Handicapped Vietnam Vet resolution 😚 Gilligan (Gilligan's island) picks up a lady friend 💣 Julie, a homewrecker - again! 🥪 We also talk Madonna, grilled cheese, & tomato soup, 😐 #️MeToo: "I like how the captain draws a line not drinking at work, but he will have sex with women at work. He will grope women at work. He will threaten to kill people at work with keyholing." — Charlotte 🥣 "Campbell's New Grilled Cheese and Tomato So...

Apr 11, 202422 minEp. 39

Ep38 - Julie's Dimpled Desires and Vietnam Controversy

Send us a text 🌶️ Julie's Reunion Cruise Reveals illicit encounters and super creeps. 🪖 Love Boat goes political with a Vietnam War theme. 🐔 Vietnam War Draft Dodger on The Love Boat 😖 Assorted Scandals, Romance, and Betrayals 🛏️ Woman designated as "Man-Hop Steamroller" 🎭 Bob Denver (Gilligan) and Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, Ironside) Trust and Betrayal in Relationships: "If my boyfriend ever just said, 'Oh, sorry, that kiss just happened,' and I happen to have witnessed said kiss ,,, and ...

Apr 04, 202424 minEp. 38

Ep37 - Blatant Racism & Sins of The Father

Send us a text ⭐ " Ted Lange, if you're listening out there , I would like to go beyond Cameo. I'd like to patch you in as a guest because we've got questions, and you're one of our favorite characters." — Rob 🚫 Unjust Profiling : "Well, first of all, are we profiling her by saying that since she was a convict, she stole them? Is that what we're supposed to automatically assume? — Charlotte 🤬 Awkward Family Moments Quote : "In the future, remind me not to bring my women around you." — Son yell...

Mar 28, 202427 minEp. 37

Ep36 - Dark Magic and Gopher Quits

Send us a text 🚢😈🪄 The Love Boat sails into the Realm of Dark Magic 🦱 Welcome Back Kotter revisits the Love Boat 🐹 "The Gopher" slams down the gauntlet. The captain gets it between the eyes and Goph walks out the door ⚠️ PLUS, we expose: 🔮 Creepy magicians 💬 Speech impediments 🐇 Animal protection laws 💦 The state of Sweathogs in general 💪 Overconfident male bravado 👨‍🦲 John Travolta and baldness This covers The Love Boat season 2, episode 16 Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, ...

Mar 21, 202428 minEp. 36

Ep35 - Open Marriage Swinger Cruise 70s Style

Send us a text Lock your cabin doors! Spouses are swapping and no one is safe! From open marriages and love triangles to questionable moral decisions, no scandal goes unturned in this episode. Ginger from Gilligan's Island is the Doc's Ex Ex Ex Ex Wife Down to Clown Gaslighting, Cheating, and Revenge on the High Seas - Jokes about sending a glitter bomb to someone - Commentary on producer Caleb's acting career and missed opportunities on a popular show "Living His Best Life": "Of course, he beli...

Mar 14, 202433 minEp. 35

Ep34 - Sex Doll Passengers and Julie's Arranged Marriage?

Send us a text Ventriloquists bring new forms of deviant behavior onboard when their dummies seem to get a mind of their own - and look out for when these creepy "sex dolls" are on the prowl. Spotlight on Julie as she is actively recruited to become a wife to a feret-like man and a pack of orpans in the wilds of ALASKA of all places! Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, and connect with the show; send us a message or record a voicemail for air. Make sure to subscribe - we're on all your fav...

Mar 07, 202429 minEp. 34

Ep33 - Buy a Child in Mexico? All Aboard!

Send us a text Captain and Doc on the make, again. Women's attraction to Doc remains inexplicable. Using the set from Zoro's on Love Boat. Dabney Coleman and Rue McClanahan win points for their acting Chico and the Man connection. "That's kids been found stealing a watch, how could he be redeemed? Love Boat, you just made a stereotype come to life in front of our eyes!" — Rob "There's nothing redeemable about Doc. There's nothing good about Doc. And every every episode, I'm confused as to why a ...

Feb 29, 202430 minEp. 33

Ep32 - Gopher Sleaze Meter & Doc Cuts a Woman

Send us a text 🩺 Doc happily tells a passenger he would like to probe her ... then later, he has another woman on his operating table. 🐹 Gopher gets ranked highly when we introduce the sleaze and horny meters . He actually "pins the needle" 😐 Julie goes full Stepford as she doesn't react to the twisted behavior around her. 🩸 More evidence of the captain and the doc's blood brotherhood . 👖 Forever in Blue Jumpsuits - and why they equal trouble on The Love Boat "I could remember, for some rea...

Feb 22, 202440 minEp. 32

Ep31 - Little People & Sex Bet for Julie

Send us a text 🍕 Julie is the ultimate people pleaser (wink, wink); at least, that's what two boys figure as they bet an anchovy pizza to the first one that beds her. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 "Little People" invade the Love Boat, and they cause some passengers to face their own micro-prejudices 👱‍♀️ Doc and Mrs. Brady are a thing, and SHE pretty much makes that happen. 🤪 "Girls Secrets Revealed" : "Men make us crazy. Look at that scene just now. She was literally in between both of them. Both of them are yel...

Feb 15, 202427 minEp. 31

Ep30 - Doc's Underage Dilemma with Bonus Fat-Shaming!

Send us a text 🚨 The Doctor is continuously sexually propositioned by ... Gopher's sister. Also, she is a minor. And she wants the doc to teach her how to "love" correctly. 🔪 Jamie Lee Curtis had just starred in the original Halloween movie and now visits The Love Boat for this episode. Unfortunately, there is no Michael Myers, neither from SNL nor the classic horror film. 👻 Jimmy "JJ" Walker is back!! But he's dead and a ghost. His wife literally burned him to death, which does get a pretty ...

Feb 08, 202436 minEp. 30

Ep29 - Russian Dominatrix + Doc! The Captain Has a Daughter?

Send us a text ⚔️ Communist Infiltration! A blonde Russian amazon brings the Doc to his knees - literally. Will America win in this love struggle? Will the Cold War melt under her touch? O k, I got all that out of my system 😮 The Captain Learns he has a Daughter - he never knew it! The story is revealed in a series of daydream flashbacks; they also show the captain as a young man. Disturbing. 📺 Maury Povich Baby Daddy Drama: "This whole captain thing is like a TV show reveal - 'Are you not the...

Feb 01, 202432 minEp. 29

Ep28 - Hero Child Stops Suicide Attempt - Redemptive Cruise

Send us a text Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 to connect with a trained counselor or visit the 988 Lifeline website . 🛳️ T he Love Boat redeems itself a bit in it's Season 2, Episode 7 episode - a suicide is thwarted and an interesting monologue - from a child no less - saves the day. 🧛‍♂️ Also, Vincent Price is onboard, and he's a lady's man. It's his haun...

Jan 25, 202429 minEp. 28

Ep27 - Kissing Bandit Girl Hunt, Guess the Bait

Send us a text 💃 All Hail The Kissing Bandit - Billy Crystal Zorro-Style - and the ladies that love him! He would be arrested these days... 😘 The dude attacks woman with kisses, female passengers seem to love it - and their men hate it - so the hunter becomes the hunted...and Julie in a low cut dress gets drafted to be the bait. 💥 We also talk About: Julie MCoy's Only Fans Page (?!), the new Netflix Beverly Hills Cop film, Botox, is Kenny Rogers dead?, Plastic surgery, the first gay recurring...

Jan 18, 202426 minEp. 27

EP 26: War and Lust: All Aboard!

Send us a text 🐹👗Gopher-in-drag saves a damsel in distress, only to be sexually assaulted himself 💪 All-out BRAWL - a violent cruise ship fight, with one positive: the captain gets his ass handed to him 😈 More of the Super Creep Perv Captain's Uncle 🎷 Eric Estrada only wants sax with Mackenzie Phillips 👴🏻 The Unfortunate Incident : "What's so fun about a 78-year-old man jumping on top of you when you're in your 20s? Nothing's fun about that." — Charlotte 🍧 BONUS: Caleb teases the audienc...

Jan 11, 202429 minEp. 26

Ep 25 - Julie Assaulted, Crew Shrugs: Pervasive Sickness at Sea

Send us a text While we do find humor in some parts of this episode, exposing Love Boat Season 2, Ep5 proves to be a sickening journey. We work through some devious and outright illegal behavior ... 😔 Somehow, humor gets combined with inappropriate behavior - and basically, sexual assault is played for comedy. 🆘 The captain makes Julie spend time, over and over again, with his perv uncle. The old creeper gropes, force-kisses, and basically attacks Julie - yet it seems it's all a joke to everyo...

Jan 04, 202426 minEp. 25

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Send us a text We hope you all are having a great holiday season!! We got the laughs in this Best of Episode!! This week, while we are all celebrating with friends and family, we decided to rerun our best of season one episode. Please do take another listen as you prepare yourselves for our triumphant return next week - 2024!! Visit LoveBoatExposed.com to dive deeper, and connect with the show; send us a message or record a voicemail for air. Make sure to subscribe - we're on all your favorite p...

Dec 28, 202343 min

Ep 24 - Charlies Angels Sex Prowl + Sony Bono!

Send us a text Sonny Bono, Charlie's Angels, scam artists, Drake, The West Coast rap community, Aaron Spelling, Fantasy Island, Donna Martin, 90210, National Lampoon, Chevy Chase, Ryan Reynolds, Little Caesar's, and Caleb's OnlyFans page ... What do all these things have in common? They're all part of this week's show!! PLUS: 🪽 Charlie's Angels' Bosley is having a "banging" good time with 3 girls. They are friends. They all want him. Why?! ☮️ Sono (of Sonny and Cher) flies solo - actually, he's...

Dec 21, 202331 minEp. 24
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