Fantasy Island
Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy television, Comedy-drama, Drama
Started: 14th January 1978
Ended: 1984
Episodes: 13
Country: United States of America
Created by: Gene Levitt
Starring: Hervé Villechaize, Ricardo Montalbán, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tanya Roberts, Susan Lucci, Eleanor Parker, Don Knotts, Don Knotts, Victoria Principal, LeVar Burton, Maureen McCormick, Maureen McCormick, Maureen McCormick, Estelle Getty, Julie Newmar, Kyle Richards, Markie Post, Markie Post, Heather O'Rourke, Connie Stevens, Connie Stevens, Connie Stevens, Kimberly Beck, Louis Lombardi, Fyvush Finkel, Wendy Schaal, Mädchen Amick, Sylvia Sidney, Christopher Hewett, Edward Hibbert, Malcolm McDowell, Stella Stevens, Stella Stevens
Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.
Before it became a long-running original television series, Fantasy Island was introduced to viewers in 1977 through two highly-rated made-for-television films. Airing from 1978 to 1984, the original series starred Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke, the enigmatic overseer of a mysterious island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, where people from all walks of life could come and live out their fantasies, albeit for a price.
Roarke was known for his white suit and cultured demeanor, and was initially accompanied by an energetic sidekick, Tattoo, played by Hervé Villechaize. Tattoo would run up the main bell tower to ring the bell and shout "The plane! The plane!" to announce the arrival of a new set of guests at the beginning of each episode. This line, shown at the beginning of the show's credits, became an unlikely catchphrase because of Villechaize's spirited delivery and French accent (he actually pronounced it, "De plane! De plane!"). In later seasons, he would arrive in his personal go-kart, sized for him, and recklessly driven to join
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