Was Mr. Roarke satan, or some other sort of demon?

[CanuckAmok]

I mean, his island was all about fulfilling fantasies, and often these fantasies were to prove harmful tho the fantasiser due to some sort of supernatural intervention.

And, why aren't I in bed?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. No since one night he took on Pan - I think.

[lenidog]

4. If I recall correctly he actually took on Satan in one of the last

episodes. All I can remember is that Satan was after someones soul and that Roarke had to fight him. If he lost not only did Satan get the persons soul but Roarke's as well.

[CanuckAmok]

7. Maybe he was a renegade angel...

...maybe one who was kicked out of heaven for pulling elaborate pranks all the time.

[lenidog]

10. They never did explain how Roarke could pull the stuff off

and he would have to have some powerful mojo to go toe to toe with Satan.

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. He was KHAN!

He just didn't have the power mullet and the fake muscle chest on the island.

[madeline_con]

15. Gotta love the muscle chest!

:headbang:

[lenidog]

16. LOL!!!

I remember the first time I saw that movie and was thinking "how old is he and how the hell did he get that chest at his age?"

[Robeson]

Oh wait, Mickey Rourke is spelled different. Wrong satan. Sorry.

[JVS]

3. Maybe he was a reject from the movie Bedazzled

Kind of a low-budget version of Peter Cook

[CanuckAmok]

5. "low-budget version of Peter Cook"?

Is there another version of Peter Cook?

[lenidog]

6. LOL not that I know of

[JVS]

13. According to IMDB

"Cook was one of five comedians pictured on a set of UK postage stamps issued 23 April 1998. His caricatured likeness was on the 63p stamp. The other comedians honored were Tommy Cooper (20p), Eric Morecambe (26p), Nora Langhorne (37p), and Les Dawson (43p)."

See, he was the 63p bigshot!

[hfojvt]

8. are we watching the same show?

Mr. Roarke was God, of course. When was a fantasy ever harmful? Usually the guy ended up getting hooked up with Barbi Benton, and that is not a bad thing, is it? As I recall, the fantasies were about finding love, learning something about history, or solving some deep personal problem, of course, with the help of Roarke's super-powers.

[lenidog]

11. I don't think Roarke was as grandiose as all that

I could believe an Angel.

[hfojvt]

18. how about with a small g?

I think you are confusing him with Michael Landon.
Either that or just being a heretic.

[lenidog]

19. COOL I like being a heretic

:P

[CanuckAmok]

20. How about a "hilaritic"?

Because you're one of those, too!

[lenidog]

21. I can deal with that also

;)

[hfojvt]

23. it is better to be a hair-a-tick, avoiding that swift destruction

"They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Roarke who saved them - bringing swift destruction on themselves." 2 Peter 2:1 (Fantasy Island Version)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

9. And Tatoo.

[CanuckAmok]

12. You know how Herve Villichese killed himself, right?

Sawed-off shotgun.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

14. I know. He was in chronic pain.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. Satan. Definitely Satan.

[jobycom]

22. Remember the early episodes, where he would always describe the guests

as "so mortal?"

So he was immortal, or he was John Ashcroft, one of the two.

[AngryAmish]

24. Mr . Roarke was not satan, he was a d'jinn