Unhealthy first impressions final a lifetime — simply ask The Love Boat star Ted Lange, who has by no means forgotten a well-known visitor star on the present who refused to shake his hand.

In a reposted clip from the Nonetheless Right here Hollywood podcast, Lange, 78, informed host Steve Kmetko in regards to the snub. “Gavin [MacLeod, costar] informed us: ‘Go as much as the visitor star, shake their arms, and welcome them to the present,'” Lange recalled. “I went as much as a visitor star, I mentioned, ‘Hey, my identify is Ted Lange, welcome to the present.’”

“And he went like this and walked away,” Lange mentioned as he reenacted the visitor star pulling a face and yanking his hand away.

Lange performed bartender Isaac Washington on the cruise ship-set romantic comedy collection from 1977 to 1986. On the podcast, he puzzled if his costume had something to do with the chilly reception he obtained from the visitor star.

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“Nicely, who does that to anyone? Who does that to anyone?” Lange requested. “However I had on my little pink jacket. There have been a few different guys with pink jackets. I assume he thought I used to be an additional. And even when he did, why would you try this to an additional, proper?”

He continued, “So, a couple of half hour later, he [the guest star] comes up with the director, and he says, ‘Ted, I wish to introduce you to your scene associate.' And the man seems to be [at me, and goes], ‘Good to fulfill you.' I'm like, 'Yeah, yeah.'”

Lange went on to say that this visitor star was "a reasonably large man" and somebody who "used to have a golf and tennis event" that he obtained invited to, however by no means attended.

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"Yearly he would invite me [to the tournament], however I already know who you’re, why would I am going?" Lange mentioned. When requested if he'd fill the viewers in on this individual's identification, he demurred, "No, I don't wish to try this."

The Love Boat famously employed many visitor stars over time — everybody from Hollywood legends (assume Ginger Rogers, Olivia de Havilland, and Joan Fontaine) to up-and-coming expertise (together with Tom Hanks, Kathy Bates, Jamie Lee Curtis, Heather Locklear, and Billy Crystal).

The present initially aired on ABC from Sept. 24, 1977, to Could 24, 1986. It additionally spawned quite a few specials and a TV film, which additionally starred Lange.

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