Isaac’s Back! Ted Lange Tells All About Life, Love, and Laughs on The Love Boat and Old Hollywood!

Isaac’s Back! Ted Lange Tells All About Life, Love, and Laughs on The Love Boat and Old Hollywood stories! Beloved Love Boat star Ted Lange delivers a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes stories and Hollywood memories in this unforgettable interview. He recalls working with legendary guest stars like Mickey Rooney, Forrest Tucker, Jack Gilford, Gene Kelly, and Dana Andrews—each with their own wild tales. Ted shares hilarious pranks he did on Fred Grandy and also the whole Love Boat cast, heartfelt reflections on his friendship with Gavin MacLeod, and how a frustrating, terrible director on The Love Boat led to Ted get a bigger role on the show. He discusses directing episodes of The Love Boat and directing Ricardo Montalban on Fantasy Island. He tells a hilarious story of drinking with Lee Majors and directing him in The Fall Guy, and how Burt Reynolds personally cast him in Evening Shade. Pure gold for classic TV fans!

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:09 Ted talks about the Hollywood guest stars on The Love Boat and their amazing old Hollywood stories
00:02:50 Ted talks about Forrest Tucker drinking and working on The Love Boat
00:04:33 Ted Lange talks about Jack Gilford and his story about Lena Horne
00:07:40 Ted tells a story about Mickey Rooney when he was on The Love Boat
00:09:37 Ted tells a crazy story about Wallace Berry
00:14:08 Ted tells a story about the film "Laura" told to him by the actor, Dana Andrews
00:19:17 Ted talks about directing Ralph Bellamy
00:21:27 Ted tells a story about Gene Kelly and the famous dancers, The Nicholas Brothers
00:30:50 Fred Grandy and Ted just finished a play together
00:32:00 Ted talks about the play he will be doing in September in New York with Fred Grandy and Jill Whelan
00:37:19 Ted on his close relationship with Gavin Macleod
00:40:37 Ted tells a story of how a bad director on The Love Boat actually ended up helpng him getting a bigger role on The Love Boat
00:48:27 Ted tells a story about Walter Koenig, Chekov
00:52:56 Ted talks about his directing and writing
00:56:48 Ted talks about directing Robert Urich on the remake of The Love boat
00:59:13 Ted talks about Pernell Roberts
01:01:30 Ted talks about when they would take a real cruise to shoot The Love Boat
01:06:10 Ted talks about the gifts the cast received from the network and the prank he played on Fred Grandy
01:07:48 Ted tells the best prank he played on The Love Boat cast
01:13:04 Ted tells a hysterical story of drinking with Lee Majors and then directing Fall Guy
01:21:51 Ted talks about directing Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize on Fantasy Island
01:30:01 Ted talks about directing the Wayan Brothers
01:31:55 Ted tells an amazing story of how he met Burt Reynolds and was then cast on Evening Shade