Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island is a television series of the American company ABC and originally aired from 1978 to 1984.

The series revolves around Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalbán) the Superintendent of an island in the Pacific where people from all walks of the society to achieve their fantasy. Roarke was assisted by Tattoo (Herve Villechaize) that announced the arrival of new guests with the words: "The plane! The plane! (pronounced: "they pleen! They pleen! ")" From 1980 to 1982, Wendy Schaal fulfilled the role of the other Assistant named Julie. Villechaize discontinued the series in 1983 and was replaced by the butler Lawrence, played by Christopher Hewett. Each guest had $ 50,000 paid for it come true by their fantasy on Fantasy Island. For some guests, this was a considerable amount. In one of the episodes takes a little girl her piggy bank empty (with less than $ 10) to the wish of her father, a guest of Roarke, to let go. Roarke was super natural powers attributed. So he fights in one of the episodes against the Devil (played by Roddy McDowall).

Often the fantasies moral lessons for guests. So should they protect Roarke deception if they their lives. In 1998, the show by ABC revived the role of Mr. Roarke is played by Malcolm McDowell and without Tattoo but with a team of new assistants.