EP04 - Cuchi Cuchi: The Charo Legend Begins
Charo. The Legend. This one-name wonder swung through the 70s with her Flamenco guitar, chuchi-cuchi catchphrase, and jiggly approach to life. It's no surprise that The Love Boat welcomed her as a guest star 10 times,
To kick things off, we're given reason to contemplate the ethics of tasing holy men.
Milton Berle drops into this episode playing an obnoxious oaf, much like his real-life self. We dive into the madness of Milton Berle's infamous Saturday Night Live stint and explore the unforgivable act that left producer SNL Lorne Michaels fuming.
Stowaway Alert! Charo's character breaks maritime law during her first Love Boat appearance - but the real down and dirty is how the men of the Pacific Princess crew set their sites on her - in one way or another. Of course, the trusty doc is somehow tasked with keeping her sequestered in his own cabin. Boom!
The original Incredible Hulk, Bill Bixby, plays in a scene or two where he gets The Doc to break what would later become HIPPA laws.
While on the topic of The Incredible Hulk, we discuss how Hulk's pants are full of mystery and magic and the timelessness of Lou Ferrigno.
It's gonna be a wild ride, folks, with laughter, intrigue, and more than a few moral conundrums. So grab your life jackets and prepare to set sail into another gripping episode of Crime Cruise: Love Boat Exposed!
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Timestamped Overview
[00:03:15] Comedian gets cheap laugh zapper-shocking priest.
[00:05:13] Milton Berle's disastrous SNL episode summarized.
[00:09:42] Bixby's shirts shredded, pants didn't when he Hulk transformed.
[00:12:26] Charo's family joke; icon; rescue; broken English.
[00:15:10] Charlotte's potential to offend and protests in her neighborhood.
[00:19:54] Doctor gives mystery pills to the buxom performer.
[00:24:02] Doctor permits medical history release.
[00:25:50] Charo's guitar performance secures cruise line spot.
[00:28:38] Upcoming Crime Cruise episode exposes Love Bode scandal. Subscribe and visit Love Boat Exposed
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Rob:
Well,welcome to Crime Cruise Love Vote Exposed I'm your host,Rob Springer.In this is C Charlie Jones and over there in the corner producer,Caleb,
Charlotte:
or PC as he might be
Caleb:
referred to.Yeah,the corner's.The corner's.Doing well.Uh,a little cozy this time.Uh,I think next episode I'll bring a blanket,maybe take a little
Charlotte:
nap.Okay,perfect.I'll put a little teepee around there.Yeah.While I have like some little like boho curtains hanging down,that'd be awesome.
Rob:
welcome to our show.Yes.This is episode four of Season one,the Love Boat.We're still in the1978and we're about dissecting things that are.Morally ambiguous and just plain wrong,
Charlotte:
but sometimes fun,like sometimes we throw in clips that are just kind of like,It's like hearted and a little bit cute,sometimes I love boat is cute.
Rob:
Agreed.And just so everyone knows the premise,we set the task for producer Caleb to go ahead and watch the47,48minute.Love boat episode.That's minus the commercials from back in the seventies.And take five or six,sometimes seven or eight clips,that would be questionable as we view them from the position of modern times and looking backwards.What we see is racism,sexism,
Caleb:
eism,oh,the isms,
Rob:
ageism.We see a lot of problems and we call them on it.
Charlotte:
And if,oh yeah,nothing's getting by
Rob:
us.Come on now.No.And if Aaron spelling was alive,we'd probably patch him into the show and ask him.Grill him.Yeah,we'd wonder Put'em on the hot seat.
Caleb:
Yeah,the hot seat.
Charlotte:
I'd charge him a
Rob:
few bucks first.Right?Yeah.So perhaps we just get Tory's spelling.No,abso
Charlotte:
save.Donna Martin.Save.Donna Martin
Love Boat:
maybe.Okay.Alright,well
Rob:
let's just jump in.
Charlotte:
We explain.That was for my generation.Oh,thank you.That's listening.Beverly.Oh,thank you.Rob.Beverly Hills902.Who does not?No,I watched a fair amount of those episodes.
Rob:
Yeah.But now onward,let's solve the problems of the
Charlotte:
past.Yes.Because there's nothing we can do about it.No.
Rob:
But we can take a look and laugh.Yes.All right,so we're gonna roll the first clip.Yeah.And here we go.
Love Boat:
Hello,we're the Dickersons.Hello,Julie McCoy.How do you do?I'd like you to meet the wolves.How do you do You do?Good meeting you,reverend.Gotcha.Oh no.Well,I never,you gotta to try it sometime.It's all right my dear.
Charlotte:
Is that dude a real reverend?Like,did that guy literally just like shock a man of God?Well,what
Rob:
we just saw was Milton Burl,an old school comedian from those fifties,sixties,just do a real creepy,shitty move on a priest where he has like a zapper in his hand.He's like,Hey,father,shake my hand.And ah,the,the priest is,uh,almost electrocuted,really,I guess you could say.And he laughs.Everyone laughs.It's not funny.And that sort of sets up the premise of this story,I'm
Charlotte:
not even like religious,but like I would never shock her.Like that's just like bad karma all the way around,
Rob:
you don't shock.Holy men.No,and I think that's,
Charlotte:
or anyone,actually,if you wanna get right down to it,like not anyone that doesn't wanna be tased.Right.Right.Do you tase them?No.
Rob:
I mean,I would even put forth that if there's a shaman who just seems like he's kind of loose and fun,dude,
Charlotte:
if there's even a dude running towards me with a shaved head and like an orange robe on,I'm not gonna mess with him.You know what I'm saying?I do.Yeah.I mean,he could have been like a homeless dude in Venice.I'm still not gonna mess
Rob:
with him.Did you see any problem with what we just saw?Caleb?Caleb?Uh,
Caleb:
Bit of,a bit of a funny guy.Yeah,I would say so.Um,but he wasn't really making anyone laugh except himself.No.Mm-hmm.Um,but I,I agree with you guys.Like it was uncalled for to,to shock this stranger who so happens to be irreverent.Right.Um,right.I mean,it'd be probably,
Rob:
Did someone just
Love Boat:
burp?
Charlotte:
No,I got totally Look,
Love Boat:
this thing,
Charlotte:
this thing like totally hit my ear because I don't know what to do with my head or my arms like,okay,that's fine.We'll
Caleb:
learn.Okay.Like if,if the,the funny guy actually knew the priest and he zapped him and he knew like that's his personality.No issues,no issues,right?But if I just walked up to a stranger and just like,Zap them or prank them or whatever.It's like those stupid,like social experiment pranks on TikTok,Instagram,YouTube and all that,where people just like go out in Walmart and just humiliate themselves and the people,they're pranking just for views like it's,it's.It's,it's embarrassing.
Charlotte:
I have,I don't even have TikTok on my phone,but that sounds terrible,
Rob:
Well,it really does.Let me throw this little bit of seventies trivia your way.Oh no.Ooh.This was,again,Milton Burl,who was an old school comedian,he thought he was hilarious,and maybe in his day,some found him that way.I mean,he survived and had a career.There are very few episodes of Saturday Night Live that Lorne Michaels would pledge to never show again.And one of the episodes from the seventies,that made him furious was when for some reason they decided to let Milton Burro host Saturday Night Live,and he actually would tell corny jokes when he came up and did his monologue.Can,he would make the audience give him a standing ovation you can actually go and pull it,I think,on the Peacock Network and watch this.Or you could look at these episodes of Saturday Night Live on YouTube and see how Horrifyingly bad.The episode with Milton Burr was,the guy thought he was funny,but in fact people were not just really laughing at him,but cringing at him because that was an irreverent show.It still is.So could you imagine a comedian like that going on Saturday Night Live?I cannot,
Charlotte:
but I would like for Peacock Plus to send us some money yeah.Then she just gave them a
Rob:
plug.They are a great network.Do you not have Peacock Plus?
Caleb:
I don't have Peacock Plus.Oh,I gotta
Charlotte:
share Caleb.I,I gotta get him on my account.He's like my kid anyway.I literally could be his mom.I should just go ahead and share all my streaming services with him.Come on Caleb.I got
Caleb:
you hooked up.If my parents are listening.Sorry,you're no longer my parents.Well,
Charlotte:
yeah,I got him.
Rob:
Alright,well here we go.We're gonna queue up our next clip.I don't even know what we're about to see.I don't either.I think it's fun.I mean,I know there is a pleasant surprise coming up in this episode.
Charlotte:
How do you know that if you know
Rob:
what we're about to see?I took a quick,uh,zip
Charlotte:
through it.Oh see he was under early guys.There's a
Rob:
huge okay.Seventies icon that,oh,I'm ready to see.Here we go.Three.
Charlotte:
I'm ready.Love a seventies icon.
Love Boat:
Boy do I hate a sword Loser.Talk about your sore losers.How do you rate a guy who gets revenge for a busted romance by taking cheap shots with his typewriter?Oh,wait a minute.Wait a minute.So that's what you think?Mm-hmm.Marine.Look,you and I had a good thing going and we blew it,but I don't let my personal life affect my column.Well,I made a bit of a mistake.I jumped the gun.That was Bill Bixby who was.Not the seventies icon.I was thinking we were about to see,but,but Bill,we love you anyway.Uh,we love
Caleb:
Bill Bixby.No,bill send us money also
Charlotte:
because he,well,is he still alive or his estate?Someone?He's
Rob:
not.Oh,
Love Boat:
who was the state?I said,oh good.Right.
Rob:
I heard you say that.I will tell you,bill Bixby was the original.Hulk.Incredible Hulk.Mm-hmm.
Charlotte:
Well,then he is kind of like a cool dude,
Caleb:
right?Okay.He's very clear.Kevin Feige,then send us money.Yeah.
Charlotte:
Marvel.Anyone else?Disney,Eric bna.
Caleb:
Yeah.Yeah.Just
Charlotte:
everyone,everyone.This money.Stan Lee,who is now not here anymore,but like as a state
is
Rob:
around,well it was interesting because in the seventies they would take Marvel things.They wouldn't even really brand the Marvel,but they would have like Captain America TV movies,right?Mm-hmm.And they would have this incredible Hulk show where Bill Bixby,the gentleman we just heard,was Hulk.Now,when he turned into Hulk,it was Lou Ferno.A weightlifter from back in the ear who they painted green.So it was Bill Bixby.Are you sure He wasn't
Charlotte:
actually green,they painted it?No,he was not green.Okay.Wow.Well,that's a shocker.Just kidding.Bill Bixby
Rob:
dead.That's not great.No.Uh,but Lou Ferreo very much alive.
Charlotte:
Very much so.And thriving,I
Rob:
think.Is he thriving?Could you check
Charlotte:
on that?Could you check if he's thriving?Yeah,I'll,I'll see if he's,thank you.Thriving.Actually thriving.No,I like to think of him as thriving.Yeah,me too.
Rob:
I mean,I'm not surprised if he is thriving because he was the Hulk
Charlotte:
was that safe paint they painted him with back in the seventies?
Rob:
Here's,here's the thing,and everyone already talks about this,but back in the day,I'm not sure who,who is it?Mark Ruffalo?Yes.I
Caleb:
love,uh,Lou is thriving.Yeah,Lou Reno is thriving.Oh,this makes me so happy at the age of71and the height of fi a six foot five tall fella.Yeah,he is,but he's,he's looking good.He's
Charlotte:
chilling.He's chilling.Is he married and happy?Like does he have dogs?Property llamas.
Caleb:
He's got three kids.Oh yeah.Wow.He's thriving.And SS Thrivings.I'm sure he is.Got plenty of llamas.
Charlotte:
I really
Rob:
want one.Well,here's one thing by the way,before we roll onto the next clip,okay.What was very obvious in the seventies was when Bixby turned into Lou Faro,the Hulk,every bit of his clothes from socks to shoes would just rip and tear and shirt would just
Charlotte:
shredded.No,it was shredded red.It was like,um,Flintstone gear.
Rob:
Exactly.Except the pants.Yeah.The pants stayed on.Thankfully pants stayed on as if they were super stretch
Charlotte:
material,but,but they became like denim shorts.
Rob:
They shrunk.Yeah.Yes,yes.And thank God,by the way,I mean,who wants,well,you've,you know who wants to see any of that?Dude?He was called the Hulk.Yeah.So what are you saying exactly?He needed to keep his pants on.All true.Alright,but let's roll onto the next clip for us.Like,he can't tell
Charlotte:
kids,like,you know what I'm saying?Yeah,I do.Yeah,I do.Okay.The Hulk,mm-hmm.Is probably green too.
Rob:
All right,well
Love Boat:
moving on.Maybe that's next clip
Charlotte:
okay,next one.
Love Boat:
Look,look.Ban everybody.Last chance,last opportunity.Mr.Mr.I miss.You better get a shore.We're about ready to shove off already.Gee.Time fly and business is terrible and I don't know what my family going to do.Well,your family,huh?Mm-hmm.I help to support all of them,all of them.All.My brother and sister.17of them,17.What does your father do?I just told you.Why don't you buy everything and help me out?It looks like Charro
Rob:
snuck onto the boat and now she's hiding in a
Love Boat:
laundry
Caleb:
room.Laundry room.Char can
Charlotte:
do anything.She wants to
Love Boat:
really
Rob:
we'll explain who Charro is
Love Boat:
in just a moment.Just what I needed.
Caleb:
A stowaway
Love Boat:
stowaway.You need a Oh,I'm lucky.Lucky.Please,please.Um,what's your name?Oh,my name is Angelina Riz,a b r i l.Everybody in Kaul call me a.Well,welcome aboard April.Thank you.Thank you.I,I,I mean,why don't we help her out of the laundry?Yes.Oh,captain is handling jar.I'll come back later when you don't have your hands
Charlotte:
full.Oh,hands full
Love Boat:
of a woman.
Rob:
Okay.What did we just see in your eyes?Charla.
Charlotte:
Well one is that Charro came onto the boat and said that she had to support her family and like I feel like it was a little bit of a joke about like how big her family was.Like no one literally like17.Come on.And like when she made the joke about what her dad does,like,I think that was a little bit of a low blow.But I will say Charro was hot.Like look at her.Yeah.And she is an icon and.If I found her in a laundry basket,I also might pick her up the way the captain pick her up.Wow.Do you know what I'm saying?No.Look like she's Charro.Yeah.I think we all would.You know what I'm saying?Like,whatcha gonna do,you're not gonna put Charro overboard?
Rob:
No.No.You want to help her.You
Charlotte:
wanna save her,you wanna help her?You wanna save her?She needs help.She like,you know,she has this big family she has to support.You're not just gonna put her outside.No,
Rob:
no,no.Uh,Caleb,have you ever heard of Shara before tonight?
Caleb:
No.This is first time.Yeah.Okay.
Charlotte:
My fun cousin Winnie sat beside Charro on a flight once.I'm not sure how many hours it was,but it was long enough for them to have a very good time and my cousin loves her.
Rob:
Wow.Yeah.
Charlotte:
When?What year?Oh,this was like in the eighties.Okay.Like the fun times to fly on an airplane when there was like a smoking section in the back that like really didn't matter because you still look at the smoke to the front.You know what I'm the trains,the planes,they all had those cars.It was like literally I'm sitting in row35F and I can,the person in36is smoking.Mm-hmm.You got it.
Rob:
Yeah,Charro.blonde,maybe five foot two,uh,tops.That's generous,right?Uh,five foot.Yeah,she's five foot.She's busty.She's she's wonderful.Yeah,she's a pretty lady.Yeah.And,uh,she's adorable.And I think producer Caleb knows the question that may be coming his way,let's just say it.Is Charro still alive?Yes,of course
Love Boat:
she is.She is.
Caleb:
She is and she's five foot four.
Charlotte:
Oh my,that's a lie.That's LA height requirements that is like given to like I M D B by like her agent.I guarantee you I know these things.Right.They are lying by three and a half
Rob:
inches.Mm-hmm.Okay.On in high heels it probably,uh,they're lying
Charlotte:
by
Rob:
three and a half inches.Right.
Caleb:
I do wanna mention,um,yes,that,when she said her full Spanish name,it reminded me of,um,Uh,sweet Life On Deck or,um,with Zach and Cody from Disney Channel?Nope.Um,I don't know.I don't know if they stole this line.No idea.Right.Or,but there's a,uh,another Hispanic,uh,character on that show.Yeah.And his name is also like20characters long.20names long.Yeah.And it's a whole comedic,comedic bit where he just rambles on about his full name.So I dunno if they Disney stole that from this,but,Or if it's just a cheesy punch.Easy joke.Yeah,
Charlotte:
I think it's an easy punch.Low hanging.It's an easy joke.Low fruit.Yeah,exactly.Caleb's low
Rob:
hanging fruit.Is that something that is bad these days,Charlotte?That kind of humor?Am I the
Charlotte:
liberal on board here?Kind of.Um,I don't,you know,I think so.I mean,I feel like if it,I don't know it,this shit is so hard these days.Right.I don't even know because I,I don't know what's going on.It's literally like who knows what to do these days.It's wrong on every,someone's gonna be offended.It doesn't matter what you do.I mean,I probably offend people walking out beside my front door every day.
Rob:
Oh,does she?Yeah.Probably
Caleb:
I dunno where she lives.So I can't,
Charlotte:
he's never seen me come outside my front door.Well,let's just say maybe,I don't know.Okay.She,we protest up and down my neighborhood.
We'll be right back with more love boat exposed.Go to love boat exposed.com to send us a message,leave a voicemail or learn more about the show.And our team who knows,you might just be invited to the captain's table.It's a pleasure to welcome you aboard.I'm speaking for my entire crew.
Rob:
Well,back to the show.Yes.Let's,here we go.Let's three.Love.
Love Boat:
Let's go And one
Rob:
gopher's in bed.Hi.Break hotel
Caleb:
in his on these.If you're a blonde,I'm available.
Love Boat:
Oh,wow.If I'm,
Rob:
Captain's calling.Sure,
Love Boat:
captain.Hi.Come to my quarters immediately.I have a young woman I want you to take to see Dr.Bricker.Oh he'll like that on the double.Yes sir.Yes sir.I'm the double.
Charlotte:
The doctor's gonna love that you're bringing him a young lady to examine.He's already examined a playmate a few episodes ago.Yeah.Yeah.I mean,what the actual,what was that?
Rob:
What was it?Little Shop Horrors.This reminds me of Little Shop,right?Where the doc is like this insatiable.woman eating plants where everyone around it must keep bringing it food.Yeah.It's almost like Dr.Brico,as the captain would say.
Love Boat:
Caleb,what did you say?
Caleb:
I wanna apologize for anyone who's watching our,the video because,um,jump scare of a man in his underwear.It's a scary scene.You probably weren't expecting that.Neither was.I think
Charlotte:
he has some banana short songs.Is that what you call those?
Caleb:
Or like bruise?Is that call a banana Shorts?Don't think so.I just thought it was just in his whitey tidies,like,
Charlotte:
I think those are some banana shorts.I'm gonna put that on record.
Rob:
It was terrifying.What the,Audio audience of course did not see.Yeah.I say it one last time because we all had to deal with it here in the studios.Mm-hmm.Was the,I think the actor's,Fred Grande,yeoman,purser,his name is Gopher on the show,and he's,Rob knows these things,not me,hauled out on a bed in these tidy shorts and so ready for action.Then the captain calls him,gopher,come to me with young lady,Charo,and then,well,let's just see.He just,
Caleb:
he just left.His quarters with and even putting pants on.So I'm still on the assumption'cause in his whitey tidies just going or something.I hope something going for it.
Rob:
Yeah,let's hope we don't see that again and we'll roll into the next clip.
Love Boat:
Hi Doc,this is April.Whoa.Oh,I can't wait to see the rest of the year.Oh Jesus.Whoa.He is the doctor.That seems to be the problem.Yeah.My stomach is feel like a rollercoaster.He go up,he go down,he go up,he go down.He go up and down.Yeah,but you needed something for seasickness.I already got sick sickness.Why?I wanted something to make a stop.
Rob:
Well,a funny patient.That's why we brought her to a joke.
Love Boat:
Doctor,take these.What is this?
Rob:
Looks like pills to me.
Love Boat:
Take.I go back to the estate room and lie down,
Rob:
doc,
Love Boat:
this is your state room.April's a stowaway and Captain Stubing wants
Rob:
her kept here.Mm,you mean he wants her Kept here
Love Boat:
as a hostage
Charlotte:
sex lady.Kidnapping.
Rob:
Yeah,the traffic.Let's raise a crowd.
Love Boat:
Remember?They don't seem
Caleb:
disappointed.
Rob:
No.Just like Allstate.
Love Boat:
I didn't say good hands.
Rob:
Let's get together.We'll have lunch.He throws golfer out.
Love Boat:
Hi.
Charlotte:
Well,the doctor does not seem to be at Al disturbed that a hot chick was just delivered to his room on a platter.No,no.I think he even mentioned like Allstate is in your hands or good hands.Allstate sent us some money too.Right?But that guy.Is really,that was really messed up.
Rob:
Well,gophers like she's in good hands and the doc is like,I don't know how good these hands are,but yeah.Caleb,I just,
Caleb:
it just,it gets so much worse than what you think about it.'cause he's like,oh,take these,take these pills.He's probably gonna knock you out
Charlotte:
to,right.There's no label on the pills,by the way.There's literally no,he literally hands are an like,look,I've taken many pills that people have handed me like with no label,but literally,this is a doctor.All right.He's like,just take him.How,
Caleb:
how is he a doctor?That's my question.Like the,like what
Charlotte:
the dude literally said,I brought you to a joke,doctor.He like,I'm not even making it up.Those were the words that were in the dialogue.Right,
Rob:
right.And there were also some subtle script things like me,stomach goes up and down and up and down and he's,it's just
Love Boat:
making the doctor crazy.Dude.My
Charlotte:
stomach went up and down,up and down looking at that freaking cliff.You know what I'm saying?Like what?Yes.Yeah.
Caleb:
Come on.The like,just the assumption that,oh,these pills that are.Going to help you with seasickness.Take him to your room.Oh,this is your room and you're gonna fall asleep with these pills that I'm prescribing you.Hmm.Yeah.Like,yeah.And then he
Charlotte:
shuts the door and he is like,hi,
Caleb:
I'm gonna throw up.
Rob:
And he pushes Gopher out and he says,three's a crowd.Yeah,that's what he said.So that's not what
Charlotte:
John Ritter would
Rob:
say.No.Three is is not
Charlotte:
a crowd company.
Rob:
It is Company.Onto the next scene.
Love Boat:
Oh yeah,I hear we got a stal away.You ought to see her.Woo.Tell me about her.Well,you too.Quit carrying on.She's a very sweet,innocent girl.If she hangs around Doc long enough,she won't be.She's staying in Doc's Cabin,the dog.I love it.
Charlotte:
So Julie literally looked terrified at the end of that scene.So much.She was like,he is staying with Doc.Oh,well if she's staying with Doc,she won't be innocent much longer.Like what?Well,Julie
Rob:
looked terrified.She was very wide-eyed.Yeah.
Charlotte:
cause they said she was
Caleb:
with Doc.I should say though.But I don't think Julie has any room to speak because she was so googly eyes over the last episode over this.Mr.Wright,Mr.Wright random worker guy on episode three.Episode three.Yeah.Listen to it.Now she's like,what?No,this like,this is Julie.You were doing the same thing last episode.What are you,what are you talking about?I mean,I'm not saying it's right,but it's like Julie,it's not a one-way street Don't
Charlotte:
pedal black
Rob:
jewel.Well,there's two different things in play.First of all,you're correct.Charro,potentially innocent,just from another culture.Mm-hmm.Just trying to make a buck really for her family.A large family.Julie was just very much,on another track,but julie is now in episode four here looking out for the innocent,and I like that.Mm-hmm.That's true.That's true.See where that goes.I guess
Love Boat:
doc,I can't discuss this with you,John,although I know how much it means to you.What you just heard was privileged communication.I want to tell her,doc,
Rob:
you never
Love Boat:
heard that conversation.You can't go by the book on this one.You've known her for four days.I've known her for four years.I love her and I think that I should be the one to tell her No.Please dog,please.I just threw the book away.Thank you.
Rob:
Well,we all got caught up in Charro and some of the other things going on.Gopher in bed?
Caleb:
Mm-hmm.Yeah,I'll,I'll never forget that it's
Rob:
scarred in my mind unless we forget the lesser of the moral dilemmas on this episode where Bill Bixby didn't like his former,was it his girlfriend?They were
Charlotte:
together at some point.Right.And she was a tennis star.Right.I remember.
Rob:
And now she's in a wheelchair and they had this sort of,tension-filled relationship,but they really under everything,like each other.And we find out that she may be forever paralyzed.And now we're,what we just heard is we're in the doc's office and the doc decides to break what we would now call HIPAA laws.Mm-hmm.And share.No confidential medical information.Mm-hmm.And the doc's like,ah,the hell with it.Go ahead and tell her,know,I'm giving you the rights to her medical history.But like,on the
Charlotte:
flip side,I think of something,I think I'd rather hear it from somebody like I had her,I don't know.You know what I'm saying?Like,I think I might rather hear it from somebody I had a relationship with.Than like a doctor on a cruise ship.Sure.And that's a,because also a joke of a doctor,literally let's like get back to the deal.Like he's a joke of a doctor.You're
Caleb:
correct.I hate this doctor.Like,I mean,I've only seen a chemicals,very strong feelings.I just do not,he do not like this guy whatsoever.I would not trust him around it.Anyone?Yeah.
No.
Rob:
Well,the doc is played by a seventies character actor by the name of Bernie Capel,and I know he was in a lot of other things,but I remember him from Get Smart with Don Adams and.He played,I think the,the lead of the Bad Guy organization,chaos.And,Bernie Capel played like a German spy or
Charlotte:
something like that.But Cat Smart was like,turned into a movie,wasn't it?
Rob:
It was okay.After the show ended,I thought,I think10,10years or so later.Yeah.Yeah.Yeah.Yes.well let's,head towards the finish line Okay.Of this episode and see where it leads us.
Love Boat:
April,do I have to go now?Capita right?You have to go now.I'm going to jail.No,to work.To work.Are you gonna put me in the change gang?No,we're putting you on the cruel list.The cruel list.Oh,wait,wait,wait a minute.What do you mean?What do you mean that I had to roll this thing?No,you don't have to roll this thing.I've arranged for April to work for the Princess Lines as an entertainer on another ship.Now this is the contract.
Rob:
Well,one of the scenes we cut out because this show would go on forever,was that Charro plays the guitar and sings,and they let her do that during one of the dinners or nightclub scenes on the Pacific Princess,and that earned her a place to be with the cruise line.Yep.Yeah.Which is
Charlotte:
happy.I love that for Charo.
Rob:
It's for her family.Yep.It's for her ego,but really,I think it's for her family.Yeah.She's a large family.Mm-hmm.Yeah.
Charlotte:
Really.But I think it's really for her too.Mm-hmm.Like I liked that it ended this way for her.
Rob:
Me too.And what it did was set up,more appearances by Charla probably in the future,which are fun.It's a fun sort of lightness.Well,
Charlotte:
she's charro.How can you not be fun if your freaking name is Charro?I'm not questioning it.
Rob:
Charla,I mean,right.I'm Char,
Charlotte:
I'm a Charro fan.I mean,I'm almost a Charro myself.
Rob:
The names are similar.Yes.Mm-hmm.Do you do the little wiggle thing?
Charlotte:
I mean,I,I could if it would get me a job on a cruise ship,right?Like singing a dancing.Yeah.Maybe.I,I think I might too.Maybe examined by a doctor.I might do a little ching ching.Ching ching.That doctor.
Caleb:
No.Get away.He's a bad
Charlotte:
doctor.Run to the hills.He's a joke of a doctor.
Rob:
Alright,well,any last thoughts on this episode?Uh,Caleb,the.
Caleb:
Unfortunate thing nowadays,well,there's pros and cons to it,but this,this situation wouldn't slide in today's world.Like if I stowed away on a cruise and I made a stellar performance,they wouldn't be like,Hey,we're offering you a job even though you are a stow away.You broke some laws.You're not even from this country.Like,I don't know,even,we don't know anything about you,but hey,here's a,here's a job like,That wouldn't fly in today's society.So happy that she had a happy ending.But if this was in2023,her happy ending's in jail?Yes.
Rob:
Insightful.Well,I
Charlotte:
mean the cruise ship has literally zero security when people come on board.Yes.I mean,look at the first episode.Literally the dude had a shirt on that said Hired Killer Jimmy JJ Walker.Yeah,I might get a t-shirt made that says Hired Killer and see if I can get into anywhere.I'm just gonna like test
Rob:
it out.Great idea.Yeah.Hey,let's say we get some of those shirts for one of our,our future episodes.Yeah,totally.100%.
Charlotte:
That'd
Caleb:
be
Rob:
fun.Yeah,it would be fun.Alright,well that's the end of episode four.We'll be back next week thank you guys for listening.Yeah.Things get a little more,crazy.Okay.Always.It's easy to say,
Caleb:
well,like this podcast,share it with friends,you know?Yeah,of course.Get,get the whole whole shebang word out.Let people know how awesome this is.The best podcast in the world.Caleb,thank
Rob:
you.Thank you,
Love Boat:
producer.
Charlotte:
Thank you.He's now our agent
Rob:
agent,Caleb.Thank you
Love Boat:
guys.Thank you.
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