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A guy wants to relive Happy Days in 1966.
A woman wants to live out her recurring nightmare in the hopes of making it stop.
A man wants to kill a notorious tiger.

Tattoo: As a Pisces, you are the strong, silent type, the kind of man who knows where he is going.
Roarke: Where I am going is to meet our guests on the incoming plane. Now you may stand here, or, ~if the stars approve~, you may join me.
Tattoo: Boss, you don’t have to get upset; Pisces gets along with everyone.
Roarke: Unfortunately, I am a Sagittarius; you are a Pisces.
Tattoo: Are you sure of that, boss?
Roarke: I’m positive.
Tattoo: Hm. In that case I am going to have a beautiful day, and you’re gonna have a rotten day.

Wah, this is a great exchange; I kept stopping to transcribe it, then starting it up again, and then going back again to transcribe more of it.

Also, we now have approximate dates for the episodes, assuming they are in order. Since last episode was Roarke’s birthday, and he’s a Sagittarius, it’s late November or early December. This episode aired November 4, so the episodes all take place in the future, technically.

I already had my moment where I saw the opening to this episode with “Last Train to Clarksville” playing. Anyway, I guess that weird season seven episode with “You Are So Beautiful” was not that weird. Although, nah, this song was playing on a radio; that song was outta nowhere.

Ahahahahah, Danny Bonaduce in a leather jacket driving a hot rod. It’s weird to see him as an adult.

Janine Sanford: When does my fantasy — my nightmare — begin, Mr. Roarke?
Roarke: As it always begins: at midnight.

I feel like that’s a lie, because Roarke snapped his fingers in broad daylight, and Barbi Benton suddenly became a movie star.

James Weston: What kind of a charlatan are you, sir?
Roarke: If you tell me how many kinds of charlatans there are, perhaps I can identify my own type, Mr. Weston.

Dang, nice one.

Is guests threatening Roarke a trope? I feel like that happens every once in a while.

This guy’s fantasy was to go back to twelve years ago, which, from 1978, puts us in 1966. “Clarksville” and “Cherish” were both #1 in fall 1966, so that’s pretty good. “My Guy” was released in ’64, so I dunno if they’d still be playing that on the radio two years later, but at least it’s not from 1967 or something.

Janine Sanford: Will you come inside with me for a minute?
Roarke: Oh, that would not be wise; we might disturb the psychic emanations.

Whatever you say, boss.

In a regular two-story episode, by now, I feel like we would’ve had a Tattoo/Roarke scene, and I miss that.

I know I say I want Roarke to be in disguise more often, but I really hope he’s not that dancing clown.

I guess they only got the rights to three songs, so they have to keep reusing the same songs in every scene.

Ugh, they did it again! They showed the shot of Roarke’s house, and then cut to the bungalow. They have establishing shots of the bungalow, so why don’t they use those? So I guess that one time that there was like a banquet in Roarke’s house, it wasn’t really in Roarke’s house. That’s a big damn house though; I wanna know what the rest of it looks like, what’s upstairs?

Alright, “Surfin’ USA” — 1963, so again, not very hip for 1966, but it works.

It may not rain on Fantasy Island, but it sure does thunder and lightning a lot.

I’ve been confused about Janine’s fantasy this whole time. Was she adopted? Did her parents die in the fire, and then this guy adopted her? There was an earlier line about “she may find out she killed her father,” but then this guy shows up on the island, and she calls him “dad”, so what’s that all about?

Ah, nooo, the bungalow is on fire! They can’t do that!

Yeah, I haven’t paid attention to the tiger fantasy at all. Why are there so many hunting fantasies on this show?

Who has a drag race in broad daylight like that? Okay, well, I guess they did in Grease.

Oh shiit! A guest died!

“His fantasy was to stay here forever. […] He only had two months to live.” Ah, lame.

Hm, I wonder if there’s a 3D model of plane that I can print…

• Tattoo’s shenanigans: horoscopes
• Roarke’s drink: yellow with a lemon slice
• Ominous shot of Roarke raising his glass: no, but there was at least a shot of him
• Location recreation:
  • Smooch: Oh Duke, it’s terrific. Just like home!
  • Roarke: I had it specially built for your fantasy, Mr. Manducci.
  • Roarke: Believe me, this car is identical to that one, down to the last detail.
  • Janine Sanford: It’s just like the house we lived in when I was a little girl.
• Surprise guest:
  • Janine Sanford’s father (James Weston)
  • Duke Manducci’s friends (Sheila Crane and Kenny Mathews)
• Recurring phrases:
  • Duke Manducci: I’m just a grease monkey, you see.
    Roarke: Maybe you are back home. This is Fantasy Island.
• Can’t help you:
  • Duke Manducci: Look, um, Mr. Roarke, uh, could you do me a favour and just kind of send them back?
    Roarke: Oh, I’m afraid that’s out of my hands; they are guests here at your invitation.
• Last chance:
  • Roarke: Of course, it’s not too late to change your mind.
• He’s dead, Jim: Victor Duncan
• Not leaving on the plane: Victor Duncan (because he’s dead)
• Leaving with an extra guest:
  • Janine Sanford and her husband leave with her father
  • Duke Manducci and his friend leave with Duke’s girlfriend
• Someone else had a fantasy: The policeman who hassled Manducci is actually a racecar driver or something.