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Has any tv show (non reality) influenced an industry more than The Love Boat?
Posted on 3/12/26 at 11:27 am
Posted on 3/12/26 at 11:27 am
1970 - 500,000 passengers cruised per year
1977 - The Love Boat tv show starts its 10 year run.
1997 - 5 million passengers cruised per year
1977 - The Love Boat tv show starts its 10 year run.
1997 - 5 million passengers cruised per year
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Posted on 3/12/26 at 12:05 pm to ATCTx
Honeymooners
Nevermind, misunderstood the question
Nevermind, misunderstood the question
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 3/12/26 at 12:31 pm to ATCTx
The coonskin cap industry went from nothing to selling 5,000 per day from '54-'59.
Today the Alamo sells just 18,000 annually
Today the Alamo sells just 18,000 annually
Posted on 3/12/26 at 1:19 pm to ATCTx
Isaac made me want to be a bartender. And he was right it’s an awesome way to make a living
Posted on 3/12/26 at 3:17 pm to ATCTx
Rounders and Poker
Posted on 3/12/26 at 3:37 pm to ATCTx
quote:What an odd timline to use to support your thesis.
1970 - 500,000 passengers cruised per year
1977 - The Love Boat tv show starts its 10 year run.
1997 - 5 million passengers cruised per year
Posted on 3/12/26 at 3:41 pm to ATCTx
quote:Without question, Top Gun's influence on military recruiting has to be at the top. The pilot recruiting budget might actually have gone to zero for several years.
Has any tv show (non reality) influenced an industry more than The Love Boat?
Posted on 3/12/26 at 4:06 pm to ATCTx
Batman 1989 kicked off the comics boom of the 90's. The movie filled comic shops with new customers. The need for entry-level "collectibles" for these new collectors was met with companies pumping out first issues and variants at a ridiculous pace. The higher priced "collectibles" helped drive the drug store and newsstand distribution market to a faster grave, leaving us with comic shops as a sole provider until Amazon and digital comics arrived.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 4:14 pm to ATCTx
I have no clue what this is, was, or wasn't.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 4:22 pm to ATCTx
Id say the increase in cruises has everything to do with cruise lines going the budget route, as airlines did. When I was a kid, cruises were something only rich people and retirees with their homes paid off did. Now its cheap enough that you have people on SNAP going on cruises.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:45 am to Big Scrub TX
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1970 - 500,000 passengers cruised per year 1977 - The Love Boat tv show starts its 10 year run. 1997 - 5 million passengers cruised per year
What an odd timline to use to support your thesis.
You’d think he’d use 1977 and 1987 stats
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:47 am to ATCTx
My dad used to fuss that truck prices increased big time after Urban Cowboy. He may have been half joking
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:52 am to Big Scrub TX
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Top Gun's influence on military recruiting has to be at the top.
Wait, more than Stripes?
Posted on 3/13/26 at 9:58 am to Big Scrub TX
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Without question, Top Gun's influence on military recruiting has to be at the top. The pilot recruiting budget might actually have gone to zero for several years.
When I enlisted, I don't know that I chose Navy aviation because of Top Gun but it certainly didn't hurt. The recruiter was showing me jobs I could do and when he whipped out something about working on jets, I said "that looks cool." Luck of the draw later that I ended up in the F-14 Tomcat community.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 11:05 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:This basically turned something for kids into something for adults. My mom didn't like us reading comic books. The only time I bought them was when I was away from her. There were a couple of drug stores in my hometown, but there wasn't a comic shop.
The higher priced "collectibles" helped drive the drug store and newsstand distribution market to a faster grave, leaving us with comic shops as a sole provider
Posted on 3/13/26 at 11:09 am to ATCTx
Having never been on a cruise, I think the cruise line employees are like the people on The Love Boat. You can't convince me that they aren't. I have no desire to go on one, so I'll take that idea to my grave. 
Posted on 3/13/26 at 11:35 am to ManBearTiger
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Rounders and Poker
I think the live broadcast of the moneymaker WSOP was far more influential
Posted on 3/13/26 at 12:06 pm to 632627
Poker ruined some TV networks for a short period of time. Worst TV ever.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 12:27 pm to ATCTx
The Fast and The Furious definitely created a demand the automobile spoiler industry had never seen before.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 12:42 pm to ATCTx
Another movie, but Color of Money had a big influence on popularizing the game of pool.
As for TV shows, Frazier and Friends were likely influenced by and influenced the growth of the trendy coffee shop.
As for TV shows, Frazier and Friends were likely influenced by and influenced the growth of the trendy coffee shop.
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