About this episode
🎄It’s 1982, and I’m trapped at sea while Mickey Rooney butts into everyone’s conversation. Join us as we embark on a Christmas cruise aboard the Pacific Princess for a very merry episode of “The Love Boat” featuring Maureen McCormick, Donny Osmond, and Mickey Rooney as an angel in disguise as your nosy neighbor. **** 🎙 Guests: Guy Hutchinson ( Pointless Nostalgia , GuyHutchinson.com ) William Bruce West ( West Week Ever , Remember That Show? ) **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. “The Christmas Presence” on Paramount+ , Pluto TV , and Facebook . 2. Sesame Street’s Love Boat parody and “ Song of Ten .” 3. Guy on the history of the Lacoste Crocodile . 4. “Brady Bunch” references: Maureen McCormick can’t stop getting hit in the face , and Mrs. Brady gets her voice back . 5. What’s in Santa Stubing’s bag: Stadium Checkers , a Jeep Honcho model truck , and more. **** 📼 Commercial Break: Toys “R” Us featuring the E.T. Atari 2600 Game (1982) Remember That Show? **** “The Love Boat” and “The Christmas Presence” © 1982 The Love Boat Company. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .