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Big news for fans of 1970’s prime time t.v. fare: Shout! Factory has picked up the DVD license for Fantasy Island and will be releas­ing its 2nd sea­son on disc in May.  This clas­sic Aaron Spelling pro­duc­tion chron­i­cles the adven­tures of Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) and his loyal assis­tant Tattoo (Herve Villechaize) as they help an end­less array of guest stars real­ize their most desired fan­tasies on a lav­ish island par­adise.  The set will include all 25 episodes from Season 2 on six discs for an emi­nently rea­son­able list price of $39.97.  Read on for all the tropical-television details…

Boss, Da Plane! Da Plane!

The Highly Anticipated Season Two of This Beloved Television Classic

Finally Hits Home Entertainment Shelves Everywhere


FANTASY ISLAND

THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON

Featuring All 25 Original Episodes in a 6-DVD Set

OWN IT ON MAY 8, 2012 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY

Television favorite wish-fulfilling resort direc­tor Mr. Roarke and his ener­getic side­kick Tattoo from the clas­sic hit series Fantasy Island are back to see their guests frolic in trop­i­cal par­adise and live out their wildest fan­tasies when Fantasy Island finally returns for a sec­ond sea­son on DVD, just in time for Mother’s Day. On May 8, 2012, Shout! Factory will release the long-awaited Fantasy Island: The Complete Second Season, fea­tur­ing all 25 mem­o­rable episodes. This 6-DVD set is priced to own at $39.97 SRP and is now avail­able for pre-order at Amazon.com, ShoutFactoryStore.com and other online retail­ers before hit­ting store shelves nationwide.

From leg­endary cre­ative team of Aaron Spelling (Charlie’s Angels, Beverly Hills 90210) and Leonard Goldberg (Hart to Hart, Starsky & Hutch), Fantasy Island pre­miered in January 1977, and became one of prime­time TV’s most pop­u­lar series in TV his­tory. Starring Ricardo Montalban (Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan) and Herve Villechaize (The Man with the Golden Gun) as the unique lead­ing char­ac­ters, the series entranced view­ers with trop­i­cal set­tings, engag­ing sto­ry­lines, and kept fans hooked with its weekly parade of rec­og­niz­able name actors through­out its suc­cess­ful seven-season run. It is best remem­bered for Villechaize’s per­for­mance as Tattoo, whose cry of “Da plane! Da plane!” made him a pop cul­ture icon.

Imagine a place where any dream or fan­tasy can come true. Welcome to Fantasy Island . Each week, two guests arrive on the island look­ing for­ward to get­ting their fan­tasy ful­filled. Their host is the sophis­ti­cated Mr. Roarke (Montalban), the charm­ing and fash­ion­able gen­tle­man who, along with his pint-sized assis­tant, Tattoo (Villechaize) sees to it that their guests’ island visit is all they could ever have imag­ined. Each fan­tasy comes with mys­tery and sus­pense; and guests always get what they asked for, but rarely what they expect.

Second sea­son of Fantasy Island fea­tures guest stars includ­ing Desi Arnaz, Jr., John Astin, Scott Baio, Vivian Blaine, Danny Bonaduce, Sonny Bono, Yvonne De Carlo, Troy Donahue, Samantha Eggar, Anne Francis, Jonathan Frakes, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Peter Graves, Sid Haig, Florence Henderson, Celeste Holm, Don Knotts, Michelle Lee, Janet Leigh, Maureen McCormick, Jayne Meadows, Rue McClanahan, Roddy McDowell, Leslie Nielsen, Cassandra Peterson, Eleanor Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Regis Philbin, Robert Reed, Kyle Richards, Cesar Romero, John Saxon, Connie Stevens, Abe Vigoda, among other notables.