A 1960s forerunner for the 1970s Love Boat
If you liked the Love Boat you will find lots to like about Promises, Promises. This is a Rom-Com skit set on a cruise ship where two couples, neighbors at home, go on a cruise together. This was made in 1963, when Playboy magazine was sold from under the counter, so a lot of the activities that were titillating at the time might have lost some of that edge for today's viewers, but the humor(for a Love Boat skit) is still there. Noonan and Mansfield are a young couple trying to get pregnant, but Noonan fears he is impotent and has a doctor's medication to help him in the romance dept. Hargitay and McDonald are a yuppie couple, but while Hargitay is more consumed w his business than he is with his wife, his wife is being neglected and is bored w hubby. Mix in ship board shenanigans, too much drinking, the doctor's potency med getting into the wrong drink, and the couples wind up as singles in the wrong cabins w the wrong partners, the friends spend the rest of the cruise trying to sort out the first night's events. Some moments are fun, some are a little tedious, some are warm, some are loving and there is a surprise or two along the way. By the end of the cruise, everybody is happy and together again. Not a spoiler, this is a Love Boat skit after all. The viewer is left w a warm and happy feeling having spent time w some warm and flawed but happy people on an ocean cruise. Enjoy!
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