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Post by kevinharrell on Jul 17, 2017 5:48:25 GMT -5
Which is more macho? HMS Dreadnought  The Love Boat  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 17, 2017 6:31:23 GMT -5
While the Dreadnought was military etc etc, I never missed an ep of Love Boat, which was usually was filled with some pretty macho-looking stars.
Gotta go with nostalgia on this one.
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Post by crawford on Jul 17, 2017 14:02:25 GMT -5
The love boat could out maneuver the old ark rust bucket in a heart beat. The radar could see it first and get out of dodge. My point if you can't be seen can't be fired on.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 17, 2017 18:26:12 GMT -5
This is pretty macho:
"In March 1915 Dreadnought became the only battleship confirmed to have sunk a submarine, when she rammed the German U-boat SM U-29."
Isn't that more macho than hauling a bunch of drunk vacationers to Puerto Vallarta and back?
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 18, 2017 6:45:52 GMT -5
1) most of the stars weren't drunk. Although there seems in my memory to always be a cabana scene with umbrella-drink in every ep, like it was a mandatory scene
2) some of the guest stars--
Erik Estrada (who's so macho he dominates Mexican soaps. And I believe he really rode his CHiPs cycle, too)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr (swashbuckling, anyone?)
Gene Kelly (don't you know how hard it is to dance as incredibly well as he did?)
Tony Danza (from boxing to acting)
Vincent Price (ok, maybe not macho, but I betcha he scared you behind the coach when you were little)
Adam West (THE Batman!)
Shelley Winters (doesn't matter it was just a character--can YOU hold your breath that long? I never made it through that sunken hall with her)
Ethel Merman/Carol Channing/Della Reese/Ann Miller all together (ok, the latter 3 aren't macho, they're just big-time. But anything you can do, Ethel could do better)
(yes, I did Google some of these. But some I actually remembered on my own)
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Post by flyangler on Jul 18, 2017 13:00:45 GMT -5
You just reminded me why I didn't like The Love Boat, but most of those people you mentioned I liked, just not in that venue. Ok then I'll take the rusty old English battleship.
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 18, 2017 17:11:18 GMT -5
You know, fly', I bet a whole generation first encountered some of these older stars from watching Love Boat. I grew up watching old movies with my folks so I already knew of them. But I remember how fun it was when I recognized them in the opening credits of LB. "Oh, Momma, she was in that movie we watched last month, the one with the loud singing!"
Sigh. Those were good innocent times. Today's kids sure have missed out.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 19, 2017 11:21:30 GMT -5
I too watched, and enjoyed "The Love Boat" a lot... pretty good show for those truly dismal bell-bottoms and white-guy afros days when TV was just learning to sugar-coat politically correct sleazy sex for family entertainment... LOL! (If they promote it on TV, it MUST be OK, right?). Anyway, all the soft-core bedroom gymnastics were mighty tame by today's standards... Heck back THEN, there were only TWO sexes to consider...
And yes, Eric Estrada is mighty macho! I'm a big "CHIPS" fan... Along with other guest stars, BUT... boat-for-boat, I've gotta ignore the crews and passengers and go with the battlewagon. Guns trump umbrella-drinks... I think? Maybe?
Oh well, just me...
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Post by kevinharrell on Jul 19, 2017 18:52:52 GMT -5
Isaac's mustache alone is pretty macho, and a big plus for the Love Boat.  |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 19, 2017 19:35:11 GMT -5
Good point. A macho ship should have a bartender.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 20, 2017 11:14:35 GMT -5
Good point. A macho ship should have a bartender. I suppose Back in the WWI days, or ever... (Just WHO served up the grog on windjammers?... LOL!) the Brits did NOT have a ship's bartender on naval vessels... However, at least in 1970, a British sailor told me English men-of-war DID still have a WIZARD aboard as a "traditional member of the crew!"Holy "Sorcerer's Apprentice" Batman! How Mickey Mouse Macho is THAT?That may be true, as it seems I do recall a side-note feature on TV news reporting the centuries-old Brit naval Wizard position finally being eliminated sometime back in the 1980's or 1990's...
They might have done better with a BARTENDER!Just an observation... LOL! |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 20, 2017 20:34:39 GMT -5
... That may be true, as it seems I do recall a side-note feature on TV news reporting the centuries-old Brit naval Wizard position finally being eliminated sometime back in the 1980's or 1990's...
They might have done better with a BARTENDER!Just an observation... LOL! I'm thinking you're right there, Unca Leo. Think about it--not only could he serve up drinks, but he could serve up fireballs too. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 21, 2017 2:52:15 GMT -5
And Kat, How cool would it have been to run around a mighty warship in a pointy hat with stars and moons and such? Naah, I suppose the poor devil had to wear "approved" naval attire while conjuring up whatever he/she conjured up... LOL! You know, for a Christian nation, depending on a wizard in battle seems like a pretty sorry lack of faith...  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 23, 2017 7:53:05 GMT -5
Yeah Leo, but for a nation steeped in King Arthur & Merlin etc, depending on a wizard seems pretty in-line with tradition.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 23, 2017 10:06:06 GMT -5
The P-51 escort plane was not successful until the Rolls Royce "Merlin" engine was installed.
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