Fantasy Island (1977–1984) 6.4
Tales of visitors to a unique resort island that can fulfill literally any fantasy requested. Creator:Gene Levitt |
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Fantasy Island (1977–1984) 6.4
Tales of visitors to a unique resort island that can fulfill literally any fantasy requested. Creator:Gene Levitt |
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| Ricardo Montalban | ... |
Mr. Roarke
(154 episodes, 1977-1984)
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| Hervé Villechaize | ... |
Tattoo
(131 episodes, 1977-1983)
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Fantasy Island is a resort, where there is very little that the host, Mr. Roarke cannot provide. Thus we have visitors have adventures in fantasies that should be impossible, but this island can accommodate them such as visits to any time period they want, meet absolutely anyone they see to do something they request such as getting William Shakespeare to write a play for them. The only constant (until the final season) was at the sight of the incoming visitors, the Mr. Roarke's midget assistant runs up to the bell tower to ring the bell and shout "De plane!, De plane!" Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
I used to love this show as a child. What a wonderful concept, a person pays for a vacation, which acts out his or her "Fantasy". Thankfully this was not part of an adult programming. However, the show had reunions of people meeting loves from high school, and events people wanted. The show's writers had imagination too show what you want can turn into a nightmare. Ricardo mentioned this line in every third show. Ricardo, and Tatoo were well casted. As I matured, I will agree with the other posts that the storylines were thin, the sets cheap, along with rushed directing and scripts. Hard to watch again, but the what kept myself watching for a couple of minutes is some of the neat concepts, and the freshness of having new guests every week. With all television, the ideas became old, and they pushed the series 2 years too long.