Three on a Date

Starring
June Allyson (Marge Emery) Loni Anderson (Angela Ross) Ray Bolger (Andrew) John Byner (Donald Lumis) Didi Conn (Eve Harris) Gary Crosby (Leonard) Geoff Edwards (himself) Carol Lawrence (Joan) Meredith MacRae (Valerie Ownes) Ricky Nelson (Bob Oakes) Patrick Wayne (Roger Powell) Robert Cummings (cab driver/as Bob Cummings)
Director
Bill Bixby
Release Date
ABC Primetime: February 17, 1978
Packager
ABC Circle Films

Three on a Date is a made-for-TV comedy movie where the adventures and mishaps of four couples, winners on a TV game show along with their young chaperone on a Hawaiian holiday. At the time, this was considered as a "movie-of-the-week".

Plot[]

Four couples who won on The New Dating Game, along with their young chaperone, are taken to Hawaii for 10 days. Love, mishaps, revelations, and a kidnapping ensue.

Trivia[]

Director Bill Bixby is best known for playing David Banner on The Incredible Hulk, which ran on CBS from 1977-82.
The film uses the set and theme from The New Dating Game, which had ended in 1974.
The Dating Game segment has Geoff Edwards hosting, walking out with no announcer introduction before having each Bachelor introduce themselves. Given the timeframe, this may suggest that the 1978-80 series was piloted as The New Dating Game with Geoff hosting (since Jim Lange was hosting The Hollywood Connection during Fall 1977).