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Season 5 (ABC) (1981-82)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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ABC Saturdays 10:00 pm
Features: Wendy Schaal as Julie (1981-1982)(season 4,5)

5.01 [087] Fantasy Island: 10Oct81
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Philip Leacock
*
(1) SHOW ME A HERO ...
Written by Don Ingalls
A young and romantic woman (Connie Stevens) must confront the love of her past (David Hedison) before she
can experience real love in her present (Martin Milner).
(2) SLAMDUNK
Written by Ron Friedman
A successful sports writer (Sonny Bono) wishes to become a super-star basketball player in hopes in winning over
the girl he loves (Jenilee Harrison).
*
Features Wendy Schaal and Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Sonny Bono (2) (as Matt Kane)
Jenilee Harrison (2)(as Ginger Donovan)
David Hedison (1)(as Captain John Day)
Peter Isackson (2)
Martin Milner (1)(as Ted Kingman)
Connie Stevens (1)(as Helen Ross)
Forrest Tucker (2)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Cassandra Gava ........ Mara
with:
Clare Nono ............ Native Girl
Ron Rondell ........... Sailor
*
And as the California Top Hatters:
Thomas Callaway, Roy Engelbrecht, Roy Hamilton, Brad Holland,
Chuck James, Pat Riley, Richard Roy Rodstrom, Dean Wien

5.02 [088] Fantasy Island Special (90 min or 120 min. Special - 3 stories)
17Oct81
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Chaffey
Director of Photography Emmett Bergolz  / Film editor Steven C. Brown / Art directors Ross Bellah and David Marshall
*
(1) THE DEVIL AND MR.ROARKE
written by Ruel Fischmann
The devil himself has come with a very specific purpose in mind -- to capture the immortal soul of Mr. Roarke
(2) ZIEGFELD GIRLS
written by Arthur Rowe
Two elderly ex-showgirls (Barbi Benton & ) wish to return to their youth when they were Ziegfeld Girls
(2) KID COREY RIDES AGAIN
written by Don Ingalls
A young man (Arte Johnson) who is enamored with the outlaws of the old west wishes
to go back in time to ride with one of the legendary and deadly  lawbreakers of that era.
*
Features Wendy Schall and Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order (complete)
Barbi Benton
Jack Elam
Anne Jeffreys
Arte Johnson (as Ned Plummer)
Betty Kennedy
Audrey Landers
Roddy McDowall (as Mephistoteles - the Devil)
Cameron Mitchell
Dack Rambo

5.03 [089] Fantasy Island: 24Oct81
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls / Co-Produced by Carl Pingitore
Directed by Don Chaffey
*
(1) CYRANO
Written by Leigh Vance
A young woman (Carol Lynley) travels back in time to the days of Cyrano de Bergerac in order to find the
world's most chivalrous and romantic man.
(2) THE MAGICIAN
Written by Larry Forrester
A likable amateur magician (Bart Braverman) learns his craft the hard way when he accidentally makes 
the girl he loves vanish into thin air.
*
Features Wendy Schaal (Hervé Villechaize NOT in this episode)
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Lloyd Bochner
Bart Braverman (2)(as Timothy Potter)
Carmine Caridi
Judy Landers (as Suva)
Carol Lynley (1)(as Marjorie Denton)
Simon MacCorkindale (1)
John Saxon
Shani Wallis

5.04 [090] Fantasy Island: 31Oct81
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe / Produced by Skip Webster and Carl Pingitore
Directed by Don Chaffey
*
(1) THE LAST COWBOY
Written by Larry Forrester
A middle-aged urban cowboy (Stuart Whitman) finds that the old  west was not quite the romantic adventure he perceived it to be.
(2) THE LADY AND THE MONSTER
Written by Thomas Rowe and Chester Krumholz
A young woman scientist (Lynda Day George) discovers that the fictional Dr. Frankenstein really existed and
comes face to face with his monster in the process.
*
Features Wendy Schaal (Hervé Villechaize NOT in this episode)
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Jimmy Baio (as Jimmy Blair)
Diane Baker (as Margaret "Maggie" Blair)
Lynda Day George (2) (as Dr. Carla Von Frankenstein)
William Smith (2) (as Frankenstein)
Stuart Whitman (1)(as Joel Campbell)

5.05 [091] Fantasy Island: no. 91: 7Nov81 ABC
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Skip Webster
Directed by Cliff Bole
*
MR. NOBODY a.k.a. "The World's Strongest Man"
Written by Skip Webster
A man who wishes for inner strength and confidence is accidentally made
into another Hercules when Julie gives him the wrong type of strength
LA LIBERATORA
Written by Larry Forrester
A young woman of Spanish descent wishes to go back to the hard times
of old California in order to help liberate the poor and oppressed.
*
Features Wendy Schaal (Hervé Villechaize NOT in this episode)
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Charo
Alex Cord
Bill Dana
Cesare Danova
Herb Edelman
Sherman Helmsley (as Charlie Atkins)
Alberto Morin
Vernée Watson
Keenan Wynn

5.06 [092] Fantasy Island: 14Nov81
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Weis
*
DRUIDS
Written by Don Ingalls
A young woman who just wanted to be the center of attention finds her
life on the line after becoming an ancient Queen. 
A NIGHT IN A HAREM
Written by Ron Friedman
A very shy young man finds himself in a lot of unexpected trouble when all he wanted was
a night of getting experience in a harem.
*
Features Wendy Schaal and  Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Jayne Meadows Allen
Dennis Cole
Patricia Klous (as Lisa)
Joan Prather (as Lauren Fandell)
Jack Riley
Elke Sommer
Paul Williams

5.07 [093] Fantasy Island: 21Nov81
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Philip Leacock
*
THE PERFECT HUSBAND
written by Leigh Vance
A wealthy young woman learns that looking for perfection can mean looking for a lot of unpredictable trouble.
VOLCANO
written by Chester Krumholz
A successful young seismologist, more concerned with science than with
humanity, finds his life and the lives of others threatened by a volcano.
*
Features Hervé Villechaize and Wendy Schaal
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Norman Alden
Rossano Brazzi
George Maharis
Richard Romanus
Misty Rowe
Susan Sullivan (as Dorothy Nicholson)
Constance Towers
Lyle Waggoner

5.08 [094] Fantasy Island: 28Nov81
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Weis
*
LILLIAN RUSSELL
Written by Arthur Rowe
A young woman goes back in time and becomes a famous singer in order to accurately write a biography of the performer.
THE LAGOON
Written by Larry Forrester
A man seeking a peaceful, nostalgic weekend is forced to come face to face with some events of his secret, tormented past.
*
Features Wendy Schaal and Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order (complete)
Claude Akins
Gene Barry
Glen Corbett
Broderick Crawford
Phyllis Davis (as Lillian Martin / Lillian Russell)
Pamela Susan Shoop (as Mira)
Craig Stevens

5.09 [095] Fantasy Island: 5Dec81
Supervising producer Arthur Rowe
Produced by Skip Webster and Carl Pingitore
Directed by Don Weis
*
ROMANCE TIMES THREE
Written by Bonnie Ann Krumholz and L. T. Bentwood
A young woman wants to meet the three men of her dreams, although she knows all three by telephone only.
NIGHT OF THE TORMENTED SOUL
Written by Madeline DiMaggio Wagner
A brother and sister find their lives alter irrevocably after discovering  what really happened on the night their father was killed.
*
Features Wendy Schaal and Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order (complete)
Richard Anderson
Frank Bonner
Frank Converse
Elinor Donahue
Georgia Engel
David Groh
Dianne Kay
Stephen Shortridge
 
5.10 [096] Fantasy Island:
2Jan82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Cliff Bole
*
A VERY STRANGE AFFAIR
Written by Don Ingalls
THE SAILOR
Written by Arthur Rowe
*
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Hans Conried
Arlene Golonka
Peter Graves
Brett Halsey
Florence Henderson
Shelley Smith
Dick Smothers
A young man gets some very unusual help in obtaining the needed funds for an orphanage and Mr. Roarke successfully
arranges a love match but in order for the couple to have a future happiness together, the woman must forfeit her life.

5.11 [097] Fantasy Island: 9Jan82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe / Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Philip Leacock.
*
HOUSE OF DOLLS
Written by Herman Groves
A young man who's become infatuated with a mannequin has her brought to life with some surprising results
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Written by Charlene Keel
A young librarian, in love with the character from the classic novel, risks her life to actually meet her literary lover in person.
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order (complete)
Richard Anderson
Barbi Benton
Bob Denver
Britt Ekland
Joey Forman
Hugh O'Brian
Larry Storch
Wilfrid Hyde White

5.12 [098] Fantasy Island Special : 16Jan82  (90 min (or 2hr) special featuring 3 stories)
Supervising producer Arthur Rowe / Produced by Skip Webster and Carl Pingitore
director of photography Emmett Bergholz /  film editor Ronald LaVine / art directors Russ Bellah and David Marshall
*
THE MAGIC CAMERA
Written by Chester Krumholz
Directed by Don Weis
A man who wishes to take pictures no other photographer ever has is shocked when his pictures begin telling the future.
MATA HARI
Written by Larry Forrester
Directed by Don Weis
A young woman who wants to know what Mata Hari's life was really like finds her life in grave danger
 when she actually becomes the famous spy.
VALERIE
Written by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Chaffey
*
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize and Wendy Schaal
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order (complete)
Ralph Bellamy
George Chakiris
Phyllis Davis
Christopher George
Bob Denver
Charles Dierkop
Christopher George
Monte Markham
John Myhers
Michelle Phillips
Susan Richardson

5.13 [099] Fantasy Island: 23Jan82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Phillip Leacock (both stories)
*
KING ARTHUR IN MR. ROARKE'S COURT
Written by A. Bass
When an English history buff meets up with his hero, the legendary King Arthur, he is in for a major disappointment.
SHADOW GAMES
Written by Herman Groves
A young singing star wishes to bring her lover back from the dead.
*
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize and Wendy Schaal
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Linda Blair
Carol Lynley
Robert Mandan
Donny Most
Peter Mark Richman
Tom Smothers

5.14 [100] Fantasy Island: 30Jan82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Chaffey and Don Weis
*
DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL
written by Leigh Vance
A young woman wishes to find her real father, a man she has never laid eyes on, so that he may give her away at her wedding.
THE WHISTLE
written by Don Ingalls
A young scientist, who wishes to make a famous discovery at any  cost, comes face to face with a terror he has never known before.
*
Featuring Wendy Schaal (NOT HV)
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
John Carradine
John Ericson
Genie Francis
Alan Hale
Carolyn Jones
Gene Nelson
Ann Turkel
William Windom
Edward Winter

5.15 [101] Fantasy Island: 6Feb82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Weis
*
THE CASE AGAINST MR. ROARKE
Written by Lawrence Levy and Robert Spears
A young woman brings her little girl to the Island along with the announcement that Mr. Roarke is the child's father.
SAVE SHERLOCK HOLMES
Written by Arthur C. Pierce
A man who wishes to become a private eye is given the toughest
assignment any novice ever had -- to find the kidnapped Sherlock Holmes
*
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize and Wendy Schaal
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Stuart Damon
Nicole Eggert
Ron Ely
Mel Ferrer
Rita Jenrette
Peter Lawford
Donald O'Connor
J. Pat O'Malley
Laraine Stephens

5.16 [102] Fantasy Island: 13Feb82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Cliff Bole
*
THE CHALLENGE
Written by Herman Groves
The richest man in the world comes to the Island with specific intentions of claiming it for his own.
A GENIE NAMED JOE
Teleplay by Herman Groves / Story by Herman Groves and Deborah Davis
A young woman wishes to meet and marry the man of her dreams and ends up encountering a
two-thousand-year-old genie instead.
*
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (verified)
Royal Dano
Kim Darby
Larry Linville
Vic Morrow
Jane Powell
Dick Sargent

5.17 [103] Fantasy Island: 20Feb82
Supervising producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by George W.Brooks
*
FUNNY MAN
written by Deborah Davis
When a stand-up comic's imaginary family is brought to life, his ownlife is endangered.
TATTOO, THE MATCHMAKER
written by Herman Groves
Tattoo's computer dating service is off to a terrible start when his first two lady clients are matched up with the
same prospective husband -- Mr. Roarke.
*
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (verified)
Jimmy Dean
Russ Francis
Linda Thompson Jenner
Vicki Lawrence
Jeanette Nolan
Misty Rowe
Skip Stephenson
Laurie Walters
Morgan Woodward

5.18 [104] Fantasy Island: 6Mar82
Supervising producer Arthur Rowe/ Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Weis
*
SITTING DUCK
Written by Lawrence Levy and Robert Spears
A world famous big game hunter has come to track and kill his most challenging prey ever -- Mr. Roarke himself. 
SWEET SUZI SWANN
Written by Bonnie Ann Krumholz
A pretty young lady has a rather unusual fantasy -- she wishes to fall out of love with a man.
*
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Chuck Connors
James Darren
George Maharis
Helen Reddy
Camilla Sparv

5.19 [105] Fantasy Island: 20Mar82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe / Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Chaffey
*
FACE OF LOVE
Written by Skip Webster
A young woman, long a hardened criminal, has the chance to straighten out her life
IMAGE OF CELESTE
Written by Herman Gorves
When a young woman discovers she looks exactly like the face in a famous painting, she is determined to learn
 the identity of her historic double.
*
Featuring Wendy Schaal
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order (Complete)
Dane Clark
Robert Goulet
Erin Gray
Larry Manetti
Monte Markham
Joanna Pettet
Christopher Stone

5.20 [106] Fantasy Island: 10Apr82 or 24Apr82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe / Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Cliff Bole
*
FORGET-ME-NOT
Written by Herman Groves
A woman who has completely lost her memory in an accident wishes to find out who she really is.
THE QUIZ MASTERS
Written by Don Ingalls
The two most  famous game show hosts in the world become contestants and challenge each other to an ultimate game to the death.
*
Featuring Wendy Schaal
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Vicki Carr
Dick Gautier
Brett Halsey
Jan Murray
Gene Rayburn
Jill St. John

5.21 [107] Fantasy Island: 1May82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe / Produced by Skip Webster and Carl Pingitore
Directed by Cliff Bole.
*
THE BIG SET
Written by Skip Webster
A young ladies' man makes a bet with his buddies that he can score with
a sexy model but winning turns out to be his biggest loss ever.
NANCY AND THE THUNDERBIRDS
Written by Larry Webster
A young American orphan, raised by an Indian tribe, risks her life to
fulfill an ancient tribal prophecy for the sake of her tribal guardian.
*
Featuring Wendy Schaal
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order (complete)
Edd Byrnes
Iron Eyes Cody
Lydia Cordell
John James
Howard Keel
Mary Ann Mobley
Patrick Wayne
 
5.22 [108] Fantasy Island: 8May82
Supervising Producer Arthur Rowe / Produced by Don Ingalls
Directed by Don Chaffey
*
THE GHOST'S STORY
Written by Arthur Rowe
A young woman must face being alone in a terrifying haunted mansion in order to gain notoriety as an expert of the occult.
THE SPOILERS
Written by Don Ingalls
A famous and fair-minded bounty hunter goes after the only man who has ever eluded him.
*
Featuring:  Hervé Villechaize
Guest Stars in Alphabetical Order: (complete)
Robert Fuller
Bo Hopkins
John McCook
John Myers
Jo Ann Pflug
Dack Rambeau (as spelled on-screen)
Tanya Roberts

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