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Abigail Hing Wen (Chinese: 邢立美; pinyin: Xíng Lìměi; born 1977) is an American writer, film producer, director and speaker.Her debut young adult novel, Loveboat, Taipei, was purchased in a multi-house auction by HarperCollins [1] in a two-book deal, along with Loveboat Reunion. [2]
The Love Boat is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, to May 24, 1986. In addition, three TV movies aired before the regular series premiered and four specials and a TV movie aired after the series ended.
Loveboat, Taipei is a 2020 young adult romance novel by American author Abigail Hing Wen first published by HarperCollins [1] and released on January 7, 2020. Wen captures the journey of self-discovery in her debut novel which was inspired by her time in Love Boat to learn Mandarin and more about her heritage.
A full one-hour episode was dedicated to the cast reunion. The Talk co-hosts dressed in costumes to commemorate their special guests' arrivals. Spanish-American actress Charo also appeared on the reunion show. Charo guest-starred in eight episodes of The Love Boat. Jack Jones performed the Love Boat theme song, which he introduced in 1977. [34]
Fredrick Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the TV series The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recently the host of The Grandy Group, a morning drive time radio talk show on 630 WMAL in Washington, D.C.
A reunion-themed episode reunited some cast members of the original The Love Boat [2] – Gavin MacLeod (Captain Stubing), Bernie Kopell (Dr. Adam "Doc" Bricker), Ted Lange (Isaac Washington), Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing) and Lauren Tewes (Julie McCoy). This episode revealed that Julie and "Doc" had been in love all along. [3]
In 1984, after seven seasons on The Love Boat, Tewes was replaced after a highly public battle with cocaine addiction, which she eventually overcame. [14] She did reprise her role as a guest in a 1985 episode, [15] and in the television films in the 1986–87 season. Tewes was cast in a 1985 CBS sitcom pilot Anything for Love. The pilot aired ...
Greer appeared in 53 episodes between 1977 and 1982, he also reprised his role in the reunion special CHiPs '99. Greer was a feature player in The Love Boat episode "Abby's Maiden Voyage", which aired February 26, 1983. [4] In 2010 Greer went into semi-retirement. [1]