This the TV movie that launched a highly popular TV series of the same time, that ran from 1977 through 1987. And, that was credited with reviving overall public interest in cruising for vacation and leisure. What was a very small industry of cruise lines at the time soon mushroomed into a huge industry that still thrives well into the 21st century.
The movie itself was quite good and well received in its day - much better than IMDb's showing in April 2023 of an overall rating of just 5.6 form 261 viewers who rated it. But, just as it shows the higher rating for the TV series on IMDb, the audience response for the TV series was much better and higher than for this movie. This is a good example of how the general mood or character of humor and how funny some things are changes over time. Some of this humor will seem lame to younger audiences of modern times.
But, the characters here are played by a superb cast of actors of the day - especially in comedy. While the plot for this "pilot" film was almost solely comedy and romance, the TV series in time working in some nice, short segments of drama to make its shows more substantive and original.
Don Adams, Tom Bosley, Gabe Kaplan, Harvey Korman, Hal Linden, Cloris Leachman and others are fun to watch in this film. It's a nice look at the origin of the TV series, although the cast was a complete turnover from the film to the series.
The movie itself was quite good and well received in its day - much better than IMDb's showing in April 2023 of an overall rating of just 5.6 form 261 viewers who rated it. But, just as it shows the higher rating for the TV series on IMDb, the audience response for the TV series was much better and higher than for this movie. This is a good example of how the general mood or character of humor and how funny some things are changes over time. Some of this humor will seem lame to younger audiences of modern times.
But, the characters here are played by a superb cast of actors of the day - especially in comedy. While the plot for this "pilot" film was almost solely comedy and romance, the TV series in time working in some nice, short segments of drama to make its shows more substantive and original.
Don Adams, Tom Bosley, Gabe Kaplan, Harvey Korman, Hal Linden, Cloris Leachman and others are fun to watch in this film. It's a nice look at the origin of the TV series, although the cast was a complete turnover from the film to the series.