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FANTASY ISLAND Romantic Drama (1978-1984)

Mr. Roarke - Ricardo Montalban Tattoo (1978-1983) - Herve Villechaize Julie (1981-1982) - Wendy Schaal Lawrence (1983-1984) - Christopher Hewett

Fresh off the success of "Love Boat," ABC comprised a similar "frame" series theme for "Fantasy Island," in which episodes dealt with several different stories played against a common background. The network ran "Fantasy Island" right after "Love Boat" on Saturday nights, and it soon became a big success in the ratings. Overseeing the two or three dramas each week was the island's owner, Mr. Roarke, a suave, sophisticated, and slightly mysterious proprietor -- along with his midget helper Tattoo (later replaced in 1983 by Lawrence). During the later years of the show's run, Roarke became increasingly mysterious, casting magic spells, dispensing potions, calling up events from the past, and even doing battle with the devil. Guest stars who played the visitors on the island were from a wide range of celebrities, including Henry Gibson, Sonny Bono, Dennis James, Roddy McDowall, Georgia Engel, Barbi Benton, Foster Brooks, Luci Arnaz, Bert Convy and plenty more. The series was originally filmed at a real tropical paradise, a public park called the Arboretum, 25 miles from Los Angeles, California.

Episodes Known To Be In Existence
(listed in alphabetical order -- no further episode info is currently available):

AMUSEMENT PARK/ROCK STARS
Air Date: 5-13-79 (special day)
Guests: Scott Baio, Jimmy Balo, Jill Whelan, Keith Mitchell, Ted Lange, Vernee Watson, Jarrod Johnson, Rip Taylor
NOTE: This is a special episode where the island welcomes teenagers & kids.

BABY/MARATHON
Air Date: 10-5-79
Guests: Peter Isacksen, Barbi Benton, Arlene Golonka, Dick Martin, Paul Peterson, Bob Seagren

BASIN STREET/DEVIL’S TRIANGLE
Air Date: 5-2-81
Guests: Cleavon Little, Joe Namath, Christopher Connelly, Trish Stewart, Mabel King, Raymond St. Jacques, Berlinda Tolbert, Howard George, John Shull

BEACHCOMBER/THE LAST WHODUNIT
Air Date: 9-30-78
Guests: John Astin, Celeste Holm, Janis Paige, Maurice Evans, Judith Chapman, Howard Morton, Lynn Borden

BEAUTIFUL SKEPTIC/LOST PLATOON
Air Date: 11-27-82
Writer: Don Ingalls, Anne Collins
Director: Ricardo Montalban
Guests: Connie Stevens, Gary Frank, Jimmie Walker, Don Stroud

BEST SELLER/THE TOMB
Air Date: 10-14-78
Guests: Desi Arnaz, Jr., Barry Sullivan, David Opatoshu, Mark Savage, Gloria De Haven, Maureen McCormick, Shelley Fabares, Janice Heiden, Jeannie Wilson

BET A MILLION/MR. IRRESISTABLE
Air Date: 2-4-78
Guests: John Schuck, Henry Gibson, Jane Powell, Gilbert Green, Mabel King, Alana Collins

BIG DIPPER/THE PIRATE
Air Date: 9-23-78
Guests: Sonny Bono, Diana Canova, Vivian Blaine, Cameron Mitchell, Rory Calhoun, Richard Roat, Jill Whalen, Dan Rowen

BIG SWITCH/HOOKERS HOLIDAY
Air Date: 10-15-83
Director: Bob Sweeney
Guests: Melinda Culea, Vic Tayback, Art Metrano, Richard Hatch, Katherine Helmond

BIRTHDAY PARTY/GHOST BREAKER
Air Date: 3-3-79
Guests: Ken Berry, Janet Leigh, Christopher Stone, Skye Aubrey, Ray Malavasi, Annette Funicello, Larry Storch

CALL ME LUCKY - TORCH SINGER
Air Date: 5-20-78
Guests: Richard Dawson, Kathryn Holcomb, Edd Byrnes, Joey Forman, Louis Quinn, Brad Savage, Milton Selzer

CASE AGAINST MR. ROARKE/SAVE SHERLOCK HOLMES
Air Date: 2-6-82

CHAIN GANG/THE BOSS
Air Date: 10-20-79
Guests: Donna Mills, Dennis Cole, Cameron Mithcell, Roddy McDowall, Brett Halsey, Pat Klous, Mr. Blackwell, John Myhers

THE CHALLENGE/A GENIE NAMED JOE
Air Date: 3-13-82
Guests: Vic Morrow, Kim Darby, Larry Linville, Dick Sargent, Jane Powell

CHARLIE’S CHERUBS/STALAG 3
Air Date: 12-9-78
Writers: Skip Webster, Steve Fisher
Director: Cliff Bole
Guests: Brenda Benet, Bond Gideon, Cornel Wilde, Mindy Maud, Ivor Barry, Bobby Troup, Joe Mantell, Nehemiah Persoff
Synopsis: "Charlie's Cherubs" Three secretaries want to be like their heroines-Charlie's Angels. "Stalag 3" Four World War II veterans relive their days in a German prison camp.

THE CHATEAU/WHITE LIGHTNING
Air Date: 2-7-81
Guests: Pamela Franklin, David Hedison, Carolyn Jones, George Lindsey, Ed Begley, Jr., Randolph Powell, Wendy Schall

CHEERLEADERS/MAROONED
Air Date: 12-8-79
Guests: Vic Tayback, Georgia Engel, Patricia McCormack, Norman Alden, Jayne Meadows Allen, Dan Pastorini

THE COMIC/THE GOLDEN HOUR
Air Date: 5-5-79
Guests: Jack Carter, Fred Grandy, Toni Tennille, Freddy Weller, Pat Klous, Michael Parks, Morgan Woodward, Joan Roberts

CRESCENDO/THREE FEATHERS
Air Date: 12-20-80
Guests: Monte Markham, Toni Tennille, James Hong, Hugh O'Brian, Diane Baker, Peter Lawford, James Wainwright, Skip Homeier

CURSE OF THE MOREAUS/MY MAN FRIDAY
Air Date: 10-16-82
Director: Don Weis
Guests: Stuart Whitman, Raymond St. Jacques, Gloria DeHaven, Barbara Rush, Avery Schreiber

CYRANO/THE MAGICIAN
Air Date: 10-24-81
Guests: Carol Lynley, Bart Braverman, John Saxon, Lloyd Bochner, Simon MacCorkindale, Arnie Moore, Judy Landers, Carmine Caridi

DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL/THE WHISTLE
Air Date: 1-30-82
Writers: Leigh Vance, Don Ingalls
Director: Don Chaffey
Guests: Gene Francis, Carolyn Jones, William Windom, Alan Hale, Jr. Gene Nelson, John Ericson, James Naughton, Peter Vaughn, Peg Shirley, Ed Winter, Ann Turkel, John Carradine, Alvy Moore, Kathyrn Fuller, Hal Smith

A DATE WITH BURT/ETERNAL FLAME
Air Date: 3-5-83
Guests: Sandra Dee, Ron Ely, Linwood Boomer, Randi Oakes

DELPHINE/THE UNLINKABLE
Air Date: 4-11-81
Guests: Ann Jillian, Don Galloway, Carl Ballantine, Doris Roberts, Vic Tayback, Elinor Donahue, Randolph Mantooth, Annette Funicello, Alex Cord

DON JUAN’S LAST AFFAIR/LAST ADIEU
Air Date: 4-14-84
Director: Philip Leacock
Guests: Geena Davis, Phyllis Davis, David Hedison, Alejandro Rey, Marion Ross, Michael Spound

ESCAPE/CINDERELLA GIRLS
Air Date: 1-28-78
Guests: Bert Convy, Diana Canova, Georgia Engel, Robert Clary, John Saxon

EVERYBODY GOES TO GILLEY’S/FACE THE FIRE
Air Date: 11-20-82
Writers: Don Ingalls, Katherine Powers
Director: Jerome Courtland
Guests: Mickey Gilley, Lynn Redgrave, Johnny Lee, Linda Thompson Jenner, Phyllis Davis, Dennis Cole

FACE OF LOVE/IMAGE OF CELESTE
Air Date: 3-20-82
Guests: Joanna Pettet, Monte Markham, Erin Gray, Robert Goulet, Christopher Stone, Dane Clark, Nicholas Savalas, Larry Manetti

FAMILY REUNION/VOODOO
Air Date: 2-18-78
Guests: Lauren Tewes, John Gavin, Juliet Mills, Howard Duff, David Hedison, Marjorie Lord, Gary Collins, Katy Kurtzman

FLIGHT OF THE GREAT YELLOW BIRD/ISLAND OF LOST WOMEN
Air Date: 11-25-78
Guests: Peter Graves, Barbara Rush, Robert Morse, Cyd Charisse

FOOL FOR A CLIENT/DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE
Air Date: 5-15-78
Guests: Ken Berry, Rich Little, Caren Kaye, Mary Ann Mobley, Donald May, Stephen McNally

FORGET ME NOT/QUIZ MASTERS
Air Date: 4-10-82
Guests: Jill St. John, Gene Rayburn, Jan Murray, Vikki Carr, Dick Gautier, Brett Halsey, Jim McKrell, Professor Toru Tanaka, David Byrd, Catherine Campbell, Michael G. Kelley

THE FUNNY GIRL/BUTCH & SUNDANCE
Air Date: 3-18-78
Guests: Marcia Strassman, James MacArthur, Christopher connelly, Dennis Cole, William Smith, Edward Andrews

FUNNY MAN/TATTOO, THE MATCHMAKER
Air Date: 3-27-82
Writer: Deborah Davis
Guests: Skip Stephenson, Vicki Lawrence, Misty Rowe, Laurie Walters, Linda Thompson Jenner, Russ Francis, Jeanette Nolan

THE GHOST STORY/THE SPOILERS
Air Date: 5-8-82
Writers: Arthur Rowe, Don Ingalls
Director: Don Chaffey
Guests: Bo Hopkins, Robert Fuller, Jo Ann Pflug, Tanya Roberts, Dack Rambo, John McCook, Bernard Behrens, Matthew Faison

GOOSE FOR THE GANDER/THE STUNTMAN
Air Date: 9-14-79
Guests: Dale Robertson, Doris Roberts, Hans Conried, Grant Goodeve, Abe Vigoda, Dana Wynter, Vito Scotti

HARD KNOCKS/LADY GODIVA
Air Date: 5-9-81
Guests: Philip Levien, Robert Sacchi, Michelle Phillips, Patrick Wayne, Martha Smith, Ken Berry, Gunilla Hutton, Nina Axelrod, Michael Alldredge, John Chandler, Morgan Woodword

HIT MAN/SWIMMER
Air Date: 9-7-79
Guests: David Doyle, Eve Plumb, Peter Graves, Kaye Ballard, Gail Fisher, Eddie Mekka

HOMECOMING/THE SHERIFF

HOUSE OF DOLLS/WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Air Date: 1-9-82
Guests: Britt Ekland, Hugh O'Brian, Bob Denver, Barbi Benton, Richard Anderson, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Larry Storch, Joey Foreman, Deborah Shelton, Cathryn Hart, Karlene Crockett, Rockne Ackerman, Nina Weintraub, Martin Eric, Frank Birney, Robert Beecher

I WANT TO GET MARRIED/THE JEWEL THIEF
Air Date: 10-21-78
Guests: Ken Berry, Leigh Taylor-Young, Peter Palmer, Peter Mark Richman, Steve Forrest, Meredith MacRae, Yale Summers

KING ARTHUR IN MR. ROARKE’S COURT/SHADOW GAMES
Air Date: 1-23-82
Guests: Tommy Smothers, Robert Mandan, Carol Lynley, Linda Blair, Peter Mark Richman, Donny Most

KING FOR A DAY/INSTANT FAMILY
Air Date: 5-6-78
Guests: David Doyle, Mindy Maud, Diane Baker, Theodore Bikel, Jane Wyatt, William Glover

THE KLEPTOMANIAC/THANK GOD I’M A COUNTRY GIRL
Air Date: 12-11-82
Writers: Herman Groves , Don Ingalls
Director: Don Weis
Guests: Nita Talbot, Sherman Hemsley, Anne Jeffreys, Heather Locklear, Loretta Lynn, Ted McGinley, Russell Nype, Roxie Roker, Luke Askew
Synopsis: "The Kleptomaniac" A kleptomaniac seeks a cure. "Thank God, I'm A Country Girl" A waitress wants to appear to be a wealthy heiress for a daughter she gave up for adoption as a baby.

LADY & THE MONSTER/LAST COWBOY
Air Date: 11-28-81
Guests: Lynda Day George, Stuart Whitman, Williams Smith, Diane Baker, Alex Kubik, Jimmy Baio

LILLIAN RUSSELL/THE LAGOON
Air Date: 11-28-81
Guests: Phyllis Davis, Claude Akins, Gene Barry, Craig Stevens, Pamela Susan Shoop, Broderick Crawford, Steve Sandor

LOST AND FOUND/DICK TURPIN’S LAST RIDE
Air Date: 4-7-84
Director: Philip Leacock
Guests: Tom Jones, Tim Rossovich, Sid Haig, Carol Lynley

LOVE ISLAND/THE SISTERS
Air Date: 5-14-83
Writers: Jim Tinsdale, Herman Groves
Director: Philip Leacock
Guests: Peter Mark Richman, Britt Ekland, Bob Denver, Joan Van Ark

MAN-BEAST/OLE ISLAND OPRY
Air Date: 5-16-81
Guests: Carol Lynley, David Hedison, Wendy Schall, Jimmy Dean, Anne Francis, Kevin Hagen

MARY ANN & MISS SOPHISTICATE/JUNGLE MAN
Air Date: 3-8-80
Guests: Dennis Cole, Annette Funicello, France nuyen, Maren Jensen, Barbara Luna, Don Galloway, Dick Butkus, Manu Tupou

A NIGHT IN THE HAREM/DRUIDS
Air Date: 11-14-81
Writers: Ron Friedman, Don Ingalls
Director: Dan Weis
Guests: Paul Williams, Joan Prather, Jayne Meadows, Dennis Cole, Elke Sommer, Camille Villechaize, Tony Longo

NIGHT OF THE TORMENTED SOUL/ROMANCE TIMES THREE
Air Date: 12-5-81
Guests: Dianne Kay, Stephen Shortridge, Georgia Engle, David Groh, Richard Anderson, Frank Converse, Elinor Donahue, Frank Bonner, Stephanie Faulkner

NOBODY’S THERE/THE DANCER
Air Date: 11-17-79
Guests: Max Baer, Toni Tennille, Carol Lynley, Michael Callan, Dick Sargent, Lilyan Chauvin, Leslie Deutsch, Frank Aletter

NONA/ONE BILLION B.C.
Air Date: 3-1-80
Guests: Phyllis Davis, Jo Ann Pflug, Peter Graves, Edd Byrnes, Neville Brand, Peter Lupus, Joanna Pettet

THE OVER THE HILL CAPER/POOF! YOU’RE A MOVIE STAR!
Air Date: 4-15-78
Guests: Ray Bolger, Barbi Benton, Foster Brooks, Tom Ewell, Harriet Nelson, Jordan Clarke, Herb Edelman

PAQUITO’S BIRTHDAY/TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Air Date: 5-23-81
Guests: Randi Oakes, Jill St. John, Linda Cristal, A. Martinez, Victoria Racimo, Anthony Trujillo, Jim Stafford

PERFECT HUSBAND/VOLCANO
Air Date: 11-21-81
Guests: Susan Sullivan, George Maharis, Lyle Waggoner, Misty Rowe, Rossano Brazzi, Richard Romanus, Constance Towers

PHOTOGRAPHS/ROYAL FLUSH
Air Date: 1-27-79
Guests: John Rubinstein, John McIntire, Diana Muldaur, Hank Brandt, Michele Lee, Paul Picerni, Ronne Troup, Mabel King

RETURN/THE TOUGHEST MAN ALIVE
Air Date: 11-11-78
Guests: Samantha Eggar, Red Buttons, France Nuyen, Angela Clarke, Paul John Balson, Chao-Li Chi

REUNION/ANNIVERSARY
Air Date: 4-29-78
Guests: Lucie Arnaz, Ronny Cox, Sue Lyon, Pamela Franklin, Hilary Thompson, Michele Lee, Jim Backus. Anne Jeffreys, Robert Alda, Tony Young

ROLLER DERBY DOLLS/THANKS A MILLION
Air Date: 12-4-82
Writer: Anne Collins
Director: Don Weis

SITTING DUCK/SWEET SUZI SWANN
Air Date: 3-6-82
Guests: Chuck Connors, Helen Reddy, James Darren, George Maharis, Camilla Sparv, Carol Lineback

SPENDING SPREE/THE HUNTED
Air Date: 2-24-79
Guests: James Shigeta, Khigh Dheigh, Mel Berger, Doodles Weaver, Byron Morrow

STRIPPER/BOXER
Air Date: 2-10-79
Guests: Mamie Van Doren, Ben Murphy, Michael Callan, Forrest Tucker, Laraine Stevens, Stacy Keach, Sr., Chuck McCann

SUPERSTAR/SALEM
Air Date: 3-25-78
Guests: Gary Burghoff, Tom Lasorda, Steve Garvery, Fred Lynn, George Brett, Ken Brett, Ellis Valentine, Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman, Leslie Nielsen, Darleen Carr, Henry Beckman, Brendan Dillon

SWINGER/TERRORS OF THE MIND
Air Date: 2-9-80
Guests: Howard Morris, Lisa Hartman, Anne Francis, Jack Carter, Frankie Avalon, Stephen McNally, Judy Landers, Suzanne Copeland, Eric Mason, Tony Giorgio

TATTOO: THE LOVE GOD/MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMS
Air Date: 9-21-79
Guests: Dack Rambo, Gene Evans, Christopher Connelly, Marianne Marks, Esmond Chung, Luke Askew

TATTO’S ROMANCE/THE HANDYMAN
Air Date: 11-10-79
Guests: Audrey Landers, Sonny Bono, Carolyn Jones, Shelley Fabares, Joey Forman, Beverly Powers, Richard Paul

TREASURE HUNT/BEAUTY CONTEST
Air Date: 3-11-78
Guests: Maureen McCormick, Jo Ann Harris, Michael Callan, Peter Haskell, Gene Barry

TROUBLE MY LOVELY/THE COMMON MAN
Air Date: 4-1-78
Guests: Bernie Kopell, Don Knotts, Nancy Walker, Rick Jason, Lynda Day George, Julie Cobb

UNHOLY WEDLOCK/ELIZABETH
Air Date: 1-12-80
Guests: David Cassidy, Tina Louise, Misty Rowe, Eddie Mekka, Michael Ansara, Nancy De Carl, Anthony Penya

A VERY STRANGE AFFAIR/THE SAILOR
Air Date: 1-2-82
Guests: Florence Henderson, Peter Graves, Shelley Smith, Dick Smothers, Arlene Golonka, Hans Conreid, Peter Brocco, Brett Halsey

THE VICTIM/THE MERMAID
Air Date: 12-1-79
Guests: John Saxon, Mary Ann Mobley, James Darren, Joan Prather, Michelle Phillips

WAR GAMES/QUEEN OF THE BOSTON BRUISERS
Air Date: 10-28-78
Guests: Anne Francis, Christopher George

THE WEDDING
Air Date: 11-3-79
Guests: Samantha Eggar, Paul John Balson, Joseph Cotten, Laraine Day, Don Ho

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