Fantasy Island

[cstephens]

I heard this morning that the first season of Fantasy Island will be out on DVD. DVD Planet (http://www.dvdplanet.com/product_lis...205&format=DVD) lists the release date as November 15 - that's definitely on my buy list. I *loved* that show. It was fun to see the revolving guest cast, and the stories were cool too. They got a bit weird at the end with the whole "fight the devil" thing, but part of what I always loved about the show is that you never knew how exactly he got the info he did, but it wasn't beyond the realm of being able to find out the stuff if you had enough resources, which he certainly did. In talking about the show recently, we wondered what the rest of the people thought about the place, whether it was just a regular resort for them. Fantasies come true must cost a fortune, but with only 2 or 3 guests at a time, that can't be enough to sustain the costs, and there were always the other people in the background.

I can't remember where locally they shot the lagoon with the plane coming in and Tattoo ringing the bell (Huntington Gardens?), but I remember going there on a field trip at some point in school, and it was cool to see.

First Fantasy Island, next, Love Boat (the early seasons)!