Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island: Summary

Airs Next:ABC at Saturday 10:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:January 28, 1978
Last Aired:May 19, 1984
Show Categories:Drama, Science-Fiction

Smiles everyone, Smiles! So began this long-running (7 season) series which was one of the ABC Network's anthology/guest-cast series (along with The Love Boat) that proved wildly popular.

Each week two guests came to Fantasy Island to get their wish/fantasy fulfilled. Their mysterious host, the debonair and suave white-suited Mr. Roarke, would do the sometimes impossible and grant them their wishes ... but there was always some twist to the fantasy, letting the guest learn something about themselves or get something they weren't expecting. Best remembered for the presence of Herve Villechaize as the diminuitive "Tattoo" and his cry of De plane! De plane!, the show proved popular enough to go the distance and then spawn a brief revival/remake in the 1990s.

A remake of Fantasy Island (1998) in the late 1990's was not as successful as its predecessor. Smiles everyone, Smiles! So began this long-running (7 season) series which was one of the ABC Network's anthology/guest-cast series (along with The Love Boat) that proved wildly popular.

Each week two guests came to Fantasy Island to get their wish/fantasy fulfilled. Their mysterious host, the debonair and suave white-suited Mr. Roarke, would do the...

Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman

Aired: Saturday May 19, 1984

In "Surrogate Mother" a mother wishes to find out how she will feel when she gives up the baby. And in "The Ideal Woman" a man's fantasy is to be reunited with the love of his life.

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Kimberly BeckCindy (Season 2)
Wendy SchaalJulie (Season 4)
Ricardo MontalbanMr. Roarke
Christopher HewettLawrence (Season 7)
Herve VillechaizeTattoo (Season 1-6)

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luvinthe70s
member since: May 4, 2008
The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
~Take a Trip on the wild side to a land where all your Fantasy's come to life~. Look up in the sky for ~Da Plane~Da plane~. ...Continue »
05/05/08 07:33am | report abuse
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seaqueastdsv
member since: Jul 16, 2007
The Bottom Line: "Nobody knows I watch this"
mr roarke grants peoples wishes so that they can come true. ...Continue »
10/10/07 07:09am | report abuse
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SoylentYellow
member since: Oct 5, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Mildly interesting"
DA PLANE! DA PLANE! ...Continue »
12/27/06 11:31am | report abuse
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D-LinkUK
member since: Sep 6, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Underappreciated"
Though it had it's small dose of 70's cheese I loved and love Fantasy Island. ...Continue »
11/21/06 05:57am | report abuse
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U4ric
member since: May 27, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Guilty pleasure"
Classic opening sequence � never to be forgotten (at least by me). ...Continue »
07/23/06 12:26am | report abuse