>Star Trek: The Next Generation  meets  The Love Boat.  Are all these
>similarities just coincidences?  You make the call....
>
>Love Boat                                               Enterprise
>-------------------------------------   ----------------------------------
>Bald Captain                            Bald Captain
>
>Black Bartender                         Black Bartender
>
>Young Vicki is related to a             Young Wesley is related to a
>crewmember and works on the ship        crewmember and works on the ship
>
>Ship's doctor is a main character       Ship's doctor is a main character
>
>Julie the cruise director is sexy       Troi the ship's councelor is sexy
>but annoying                            but annoying
>
>Actors stand in front of screen,        Actors stand in front of screen,
>upon which is projected background      upon which is projected
>of open sea                             background of open space
>
>A dumping ground for second-rate        A dumping ground for second-rate
>washed-up guest stars                   washed-up guest stars
>
>Going to strange new ports-of-call      Going to strange new worlds
>
>Cheesy opening song                     Cheesy opening song
>
>Too many scenes of self-indulgent       Too many scenes of self-indulgent
>crap in the lounge                      crap in the holodeck
>
>Socially retarded character with        Socially retarded character with
>job description for name (Gopher)       job description for name (Data)
>
>In late-night syndication               In late-night syndication
>
>Bad 2-hour pilot                        Bad 2-hour pilot
>
>Love Boat has lifeboats and             Enterprise has shuttlecrafts and
>flotation devices                       detaching saucer section
>
>Scenes linked by ship shots             Scenes linked by ship shots
>
>One character inexplicably replaced,    One character inexplicably replaced,
>then returned  (Julie)                  then returned (Crusher)
>
>After-the-fact bed scenes with          After-the-fact bed scenes with
>pointless discussion                    pointless discussion
>
>Captain straightens uniform when        Captain straightens uniform when
>disgusted/angry/nervous                 disgusted/angry/nervous
>
>Final scene takes place on loading      Final scene takes place on
>dock; crew waves goodbye                transporter; crew waves goodbye
>
>Aaron Spelling rules with iron fist,    Gene Roddenberry ruled with iron
>annoying die-hard fans                  fist, annoying die-hard fans
>
>At conventions, everyone is dressed     At conventions, everyone is dressed
>like Dr. Adam Bricker                   like Mr. Spock
>
>Intercrew friction always resolved      Intercrew friction always resolved
>within allotted 1 hour time slot        within allotted 1 hour time slot