The Love Boat - The Christmas Presence

It’s 1982, and I’m trapped at sea while Mickey Rooney butts into everyone’s conversation.  Guy Hutchinson and William Bruce West 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.  You can find “The Christmas Presence” on Paramount+, Pluto TV, and Facebook.  ****  Topics & Tangents:  Sesame Street’s Love Boat parody and “Song of Ten.”  Guy on the history of the Lacoste Crocodile.  “Brady Bunch” references: Maureen McCormick can’t stop getting hit in the face , and Mrs. Brady gets her voice back.  What’s in Santa Stubing’s bag: Stadium Checkers, a Jeep Honcho model truck, and more.  ****  Commercials:  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.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.