Carl Kleinschmitt Movies

This second of two pilot films for the Love Boat TV series was originally telecast on January 21, 1977. After the shakedown cruise, several of the actors playing the crew of the Pacific Princess were replaced. In Love Boat 2, Ted Lange, Bernie Kopell and Fred Grandy portray the roles they would be playing for several seasons thereafter, namely Isaac, Doc and Gopher, respectively. But instead of Gavin McLeod as the Captain and Lauren Tewes as the cruise director, Love Boat II offers us Quinn Redecker in the former part, and Diane Stilwell in the latter. {As with the first Love Boat, this second pilot fills its time with four separate sets of passengers, each in their own self-contained plotline. Hope Lange plays a wife who, fed up with philandering husband Robert Reed, takes up with tennis pro Lyle Waggoner. Divorcee Celeste Holm is reunited with old flame Craig Stevens. CPA Bert Convy (practically a "regular" of the subsequent series) pursues cruise director Diane Stillwell. And last but not least, shy psychiatrist Ken Berry falls for brash cruise entertainer Candice Azzara. The Love Boat series proper would commence in September of 1977, and sail on until late 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hawkeye (Alan Alda) takes up the cause of young Cpl. Walker (Jerry Zaks), who wants to marry his Korean sweetheart and ship the girl and their baby back to America. Unfortunately, Hawkeye runs up against the intractable Lt. Willis (Burt Young), who refuses to bend the rules under any circumstances and is ultimately foiled by his own human weaknesses. While on another romantic front, Hawkeye discovers anew that beauty is only skin deep. "L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)" was first broadcast on October 27, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

According to this cookie-cutter TV movie, every man needs a woman to put down his rampant chauvinism. Ken Berry is a swinging architect (yes, he has long sideburns) who doesn't believe that women should work. Enter Connie Stevens, a highly intelligent young lady whom Berry reluctantly hires as an assistant. There's lots of talk about women's liberation, but note how most of the liberated ladies wear miniskirts and go-go boots. Every Man Needs One is inexorably a product of the early 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the conclusion of a two-part story, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) has thrown his hat in the ring for the local city-councilman election. As part of his campaign, Rob is slated for a TV debate with his opponent, the deceptively nerdy Lincoln Goodheart (Wally Cox). As the telecast progresses, Goodheart proves that he is by far the better candidate -- so much so that Rob is all but prepared to vote for Goodheart himself! The ending of this episode indicates that the producers of The Dick Van Dyke Show were contemplating story possibilities for the series' next season -- even though star Van Dyke had already decided that there would be no next season! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) go out of their way to be friendly to their new neighbors, Fred and Mary Jane Staggs (Joby Baker, Sue Taylor). Before long, the Petries and Staggs are spending a lot of time together -- way too much time, so far as Rob and Laura's jealous best friends Jerry and Millie Helper (Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert) are concerned. Listen for the voice of Carl Reiner in the climactic gag involving the clandestine recording of a wretched off-Broadway musical. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Going through some old family documents, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) comes across an unusual paper -- a certificate of divorce, issued to Rob and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore). In flashback, Rob recalls when he and Laura had been married a brief three months, whereupon they decided to take a trip to Mexico for a belated honeymoon. The vacation is a disaster from the start, culminating with hectic session before an "English-challenged" local magistrate -- and that divorce, of course! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Working at the office late at night ("like the last living cell in a dead body"), an overtired Rob (Dick Van Dyke) hears and sees what he thinks is a flying saucer. Alerting his writing partner Buddy (Morey Amsterdam), the two men follow the strange-looking (and stranger-sounding) object to a room in the office building that they never knew existed. Sure enough, our heroes have stumbled into the experimental lab of a scientist who, if not technically "mad,"is certainly a bit off-center. And don't think for a moment that we're going to explain the significance of the episode's title! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide