Ep 23: Fantasy Island

“De Plane! De Plane”, “Smiles, everyone smiles”… welcome to Fantasy Island, episode 23 of the CFX podcast. This week we take on one of the bat-shit craziest shows ever made. A show that featured everything from ESP-powered sasquatches to psychedelic ventriloquist dummies while churning through a seemingly endless supply of D and E rate Hollywood “celebrities”, putting them through the most bizarre and unbelievable (and yes, comical!) scenarios. It’s a show that got unbelievably dark and twisted at times and at other times was crushingly repetitive and mundane. We answer the question, once and for all, of whether Mr. Roarke and Tattoo stand the test of time and along the way we learn… How Roarke faced off with the devil himself Why Ricardo Montalban needed a bigger trailer in order to take a dump Of the extremely limited vocal talents of your hosts as we explore another edition of Reenactment Theater What is Corinthian leather anyway? Why amusement park rides, air balloons and even llamas were used to expand the shows audience How much cocaine was snorted in the writers’ room (actually, we don’t learn that but isn’t it obvious??)  What the “most dangerous game” is and how many times you can milk that same trope And how many times Mrs Brady can be leveraged to play in a sexually suggestive plot (answer…a lot!) Check us out on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/culturalfutures/) for links and additional content related to this and other episodes as well as clues to upcoming shows or write to us at [email protected] All audio clips are used under the "Fair Use" Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.