I couldn’t agree more

And Tattoo has a place in our hearts as well. He was a part of what made Fantasy Island so cool. It really wasn't the same without him. It's too bad his mental health was slipping and no one knew what to do. Apparently he was becoming a pest on set chasing after women, dressing like a hippy and refusing to bathe regularly. So there were signs before he got fired. I heard that Ricardo was trying to help him, to keep him calm and not freaking out but Herve because jealous of him and demanded he have the same trailer because Ricardo needed a bigger shower bc he was a big man. Herve wanted the same thing when it just wasn't necessary. It's a shame they didn't know what was wrong or how to fix it. He just gradually got worse. I hope he's at peace and I hope he could feel all the love that people had for him. He really was a special part of Fantasy Island and he was funny. I pray he has a better life next time.

@@lorimiller4301 c tee😊

In our horrible far left woke culture which promotes abortion and denies the humanity of the unborn child this episode would never be aired. In fact, any effort to do so would immediately cancel the entire show and anyone associated with it.

@@jeffdittrich6778Sadly, yes. It’s hard to think that the people of the 1970s had a more solid moral foundation than we do today…

Yes when actual acting skills were needed and set designers used nothing but lighting and shadows for effects

The Twilight Zone had a lot of that.

Some FX there but it seems a bit out of place with the series' tone which was often playful.

my dad told me the same thing in the 70's when i was a little kid when he and i were hanging out because my mother and brother could care less. just think back to being a kid seeing tv shows w logic, content, and morals. 2021, maury still ain't sure who the father is, and nobuddy will erer' find out until csi tv show do hiz case

@@frickpoo6644 😂You write like Bobby Bushay. Mama say “KZfaq is da Debull”

And he was equally capable of doing comedy. He was a hoot in “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” with a few expressions

He was ripped off by an amatueristic Academy Awards. It changes little to me all these years later.

Roddy from child actor on to so many parts

Well, there was that one time when he was an ape.

@@RumbleFish69 He was excellent in that film.

Reunited after Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

Step off the color train. It leads directly to hell.

And each has the other's tie, showing neither side is completely pure...sort of Yin/Yang ish in principle.

Except the notion that Mr. Roarke was somehow the "force of good" because he gave material reward to a$$holes who came to his Island is way off the charts.

@@dashx1103 I would politely disagree. Though early installments set the cost at $50,000 (almost $200,000 in today's money), after the show's first few episodes, the cost was described as tailored to the person. The cost was significant to them, but not necessarily terribly expensive; a little girl gave the entire contents of her piggy bank, which amounted to less than ten dollars, but it bought her her fantasy with her father. And still others paid nothing, having won their ticket to the island in (like rigged) contests.

This is true.

OK, that's a bit of a stretch.

@@GplusGains Is it, though...? I mean, think about it.

Chilled ham!

I wanted to criticize your comment ... then I thought about it and realized that these two guys literally reading from the phone book WOULD be better than the tripe they pushed in the episode. By far!

Don't forget "Fright Night..."

Yes!!

Yes! Then Benny Hill at 11:15

The Holy Trinity...

Love American style, now that was cheese!

Legend of hell house was scary.

Can't have roles like this these days too many politically correct types running the entertainment business to have excellent scenes of this type. It might hurt their feelings!

@@raymondstpaul4913 Yeah, poor babies.

I originally met Roddy McDowell in Fright Night.

@@donspafford414 McDowall. In person you mean, or is that just the first thing you saw him in?

yes but Roarke can't be God because of the soul thing.

They also did two Planet of the Apes films together in 1970's

An angel not a God

Supposedly he was an angel who ended up in purgatory because of his pride

You need to search for the actual interview from Ricardo himself. He claims that Mr. Roark is not God, but rather an angel who suffers from an excess of pride, and that fantasy Island is a sort of purgatory. Fascinating interview and insights on the character.

Because there was only one of each.

2 great men

Worked together in "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes."

@@johnmolina3284 planet of the apes is a very good group of movies even the newer ones. But hard to beat Charlton Heston, "get your filthy hands off me" and "damn you, damn you all to hell" after finds the statue of liberty.

@@bb22602 LOL

I shall leave you as you left me, marooned for all eternity at the center of a dead planet,......buried alive......buried alive

Rooooooaaaaaarrrrrrke!!!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This wins paradise

@@jdjacobo3594 "DAMN YOU ROARKE!" was a pretty close approximation to "KHAAAAAN!"

What a great actor.

Except when he tried to kill Captain Kirk…

@@richardludwig3673 😅

@@richardludwig3673 He was playing a part Genius, I bet you think Roddy McDowall Is Really Satan.😆🤣😂

@@AtmxDawg24He was being sarcastic.

Some people would attack it as hippy-dippy nonsense. Maybe money or cynicism has more truth to them, or something.

That would make a great pickup line. Perfect chick crack!

Well, Rorke DID warn him! After all, "love" created a new life! I guess he didn't truly understand what Mr. Rorke was saying. lol

@@sharkdentures3247 Roarke.

@@solitaryman777 Not hippy-dippy at all. Jews and Christians both acknowledge that God is Love, and also the creator of the Universe.

Nope, actually gave Johnny the fiddle despite playing a vastly superior piece.

And Daniel Webster. Daniel Webster did a number on him too.

"What an excellent day for an exorcism."

I heard he cried like a little bitch after being shit kicked by a space marine.

@Avery Chance then he went to Jamaica and lost some good weed

If the stars had aligned better he might have been an excellent Joker. Either live action or in animation.

But he's been found!

@@dansherwood1043 What?

I agree. Miss this iconic actor.

"I've done far worse then kill you, I've hurt you, and I wish to go on... hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her, marooned for all eternity, at the center of a dead planet. Buried alive, buried alive..."

Not on network TV, not really. But there is a lot of great acting and writing that has been going on for decades.

The same can be said for the writing of the new Star Trek series. Since they abandoned Roddenberry's view of the universe, there is less writing about people/characters. Too much plot is centered on catering to various groups and agendas.

@@katherinkeegan8601 Like what specifically? Roddenberry was very left. Russians and Americans working together. First interacial kiss. Interacial, international, and interspecies workingbas equals commanding a space ship. Basically, the original Star Trek, by today's standards, is what many woukd consider very woke and inclusive. If that's what you are saying is missing, that's too bad. Gotta make money on those explosions!

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@goober8798Those views of Roddenberry don’t make him a leftist. Equality does not belong to the right or the left. It stands on its own. The left is no more virtuous than the right on matters of equality. The definition and examples of woke and inclusivity in the past are not the same as the ones that are being perpetrated in the present. The people who claim being woke and inclusive now are not people that actually support equality or any other noble cause. They stand for the exact opposite of equality and inclusivity.

@@goober8798 You're missing the point. Roddenberry had a utopian vision of the future. The new shows, especially _Picard,_ are very dystopian, and not what he had in mind at all. I'd also point out that the only reason he created Chekov was that he'd heard about Russians complaining that there were none of them aboard the Enterprise. "After all," they said, "we were the first out there!" I honestly think that Chekov's running gag about everything originating in Russia was Roddenberry's dig at those same complaining Russians. 🙂

I was 11 and Fantasy Island was the first series I was allowed to stay up for, at 10:00 pm after Love Boat. All these years later and I still think it was some of the best Television ever produced.

I was just old enough to understand how ludicrous it was. I recall sitting on the edge of my seat, then laughing hysterically until I almost vomited. It couldn't have been more ridiculous if they tried to make it more ridiculous.

@@dashx1103 *smh* Troll in da house.

@@MaskedMan66 Yes. You do seem to be a troll. Big of you to admit it.

Both were masters of their craft and amazing in this scene.

Armando and Caesar

Tee hee, both are having good times in the Afterlife...... 😁

Richardo Montanan landed a role in the short-lived series “The Colbys” where he played Zach Powers.

Peter Vincent Vs Captain Esteban ⚔😉

Lmboooo

You know that's exactly what he wanted to say

That’s almost as awesome as kirk’s khan

Mr. Roarke - short an 'e' - devil's in the details

@@luisderivas6005 is it an anagram? Sorry brain is foggy today?

I mean, the guy resides on an island that literally brings fantasy to life! I don't think it's that much of a stretch.

@@UltraGalaxyify You can visit that "Island" in Arcadia, CA the house is still there and the "Inlet" to which the planes lands however might disappoint you, some movie magic there. I live about 20 minutes away.

He isnt because he is just as Human as anyone else. He is however the steward of the Island itself which is the source of the magick and the power to change peoples lives for the better. Those who are deserving are rewarded with their Fantasy, those who need "help" are also rewarded but in a far better way by providing them a chance to Grow.

@@revparravager3184 Riccardo said in an interview that his character was a fallen angel, that was sent down because of his pride.

@@TechGently I was basing it on the fact that in the new series he has a whole family legacy of Roarkes who have guarded the Island both before and now after him

Rich Corinthian leather.....

Or when he "marooned" then-Admiral James T. Kirk on a "dead" body, for all of eternity....for all of eternity.... "KHHHHAAAAAANNNNN!!!!"

# GrossMeUp so do I.

@@jsl151850b The Chrysler Cordoba...

Montalban would have made a great Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest - oh wait...

The perfect reply would have been, "Maybe, but not today."

He was better in The Night Gallery.

@@OriginalMergatroid Roddy McDowall was a national treasure in every role he played.

@@TheRockinDonkey I like the way you think.

'From Hell's heart I stab at thee.'

True, the actors of today fail compared to the actors of days gone by. The modern actors are insipids.

Agreed

T.V. shows are allowed to have good acting too. 🙂

As I recall, the show did seem to imply something of that sort.

Apparently Montalbán himself thought that Mr. Roarke was an angel.

In the very first episode, the seed was planted, implying that Roark himself was at least allied with said lord of evil. Apparently, it didn't play too well....

I always figured he was a universal force that had been made man, somehow... I liked the reboot. That was my first exposure to the franchise. In that it was implied that the rourke character had somehow been granted power my the goddess minerva. Whom he hid on his island at her own request. I need to go back and re watch both shows.

I always thought Roarke was a third player in a three way battle. The good, the bad, and the free.

Not the first time, either ("Escape from the Planet of the Apes").

They Probably Hunched After Shooting!

@@AlanCanon2222 And "Conquest..." however brief

Two HEAVYWEIGHTS in the acting department.

Oh please

My favorite chimp.

@@michaelsims1160 he was very talented.

@@michaelsims1160 You can deny all you want, but he's right.

Len Hazel: I agree wholeheartedly, but others must have their dithers..... 😁🍻😁

"You better get down here Jim"

Where is that quote from?

@@jimaiello750 Its from Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is cursing the whale

@@roymonaghan5765 “Better...hurry.”

This is what I say every damned time I try to fold a fitted sheet.

It's stylized which makes it entertaining. Naturalistic acting has gone so far to the wrong side that it's boring because it stomps out style

Imagine Dwayne Johnson reading those lines? 😂

Think it's called "TALENT.."

It's like quite gentlemanly, really.

Exactly. This show wasn't exactly known for its high quality content. But any time things called for some really good, charismatic action - just turn to Mr. Montalban and there you have it. The man has to be in a hall of fame somewhere.

Good catch. I hadn't noticed that.

And under all this white suit he had a body mostly man would desire to have

Just like the Mad magazine spy vs spy.

@@Anthyrion Leonard Nimoy wrote, in his second autobiography "I Am Spock," about the rumor Ricardo wore a rubber chest as Khan in "Star Trek II." Nimoy affirmed that was not true and that was Ricardo's real chest on screen. I own the book.

The Ying yang principle

Yea, and a rare kid actor who stayed successful for his entire adult life

Fright Night too

Bookworm! on 60s Batman!

I loved him in Overboard

He was an adorable boy with Elizabeth Taylor and Lassie in Lassie Come Home!!

Kudos on your good taste. This scene deserves that kind of recognition for your craft.

How to do more with less and give the other actor plenty of room. I've never seen either of them in a performance with a false note.

This is basically all that acting is about. Characters and how to portrait them in a compelling way without too much extra stuff that taints the impact & momentum, like music or effects do. Sure you can use them but only as an extra layer to support the actual actors.

They do a lot with very little, since the script is logically inconsistent, the premise is basically flawed, the dialog is stilted and the lighting, makeup and blocking are hokey. Their talent pulls the scene out of what would have been an immersion-breaking garbage fire in the hands of lesser actors.

Most modern-day actors (even some who have won major acting awards) just don't know how to use their skills like a Stradivarius violin. They don't know how to modulate and alter their vocal tone or cadence to maximum effect, they aren't aware enough of their facial expressions, they rely too heavily on physical movement to shore up what their other skills lack.. They lack refinement, style, timing, etc.

He had several different powers including psionics, push, telepathy, time bending, and several others.

@@Louis-iy1fj "Push?"

@@MaskedMan66 It's a form of psionics, akin to a suggestion. Only movie I saw it in was in the 1980 movie SCANNERS. Also in a STAR TREK episode Spock did it to a woman. I think the episode was called THE OMEGA GLORY.

@@Louis-iy1fj That doesn't sound like something Roarke would do.

@@Louis-iy1fj More in Satan's line, really.

Back when TV wasn't all police procedurals, reality competitions and talent shows. God I miss TV.

@@priruss357 I miss stuff like Night Gallery and Twilight Zone the most

@@roxyabrooks864 Preach it, brother.

Only a few of us will get the Chrysler reference. :)

I once had a 1976 Chrysler Cordoba.

@@Myrdden71 INDEED

You do know that he made that up . There is no such thing as Corinthian Leather. it just sounded so suave that they used it in the ad

@@Samlol23_drrich If Ricardo says it's Corinthian Leather, then it's Corinthian Leather... 😂

Must be paraphrasing since Montalban "stab(s) at thee" from Hells Heart... and even then its actually from Moby Dick... so...

@@DeathbySkullfxxx Lighten up Francis.

Too funny 🤣

@@rinck17 yep... cuz Im REALLY riled up... smh... Frankly, the need to retort in such defense seems a bit more like yer a bit butthurt.... "maybe" heed yer own advice. The mean rando in the comments section corrected you... ooooohh... LMAO easy fix... get it right next time. Nothing to evem talk about. lol

@@DeathbySkullfxxx Lighten up Francis.

Superb!!!

@Big Boss Man Then turn your TV on, you sour old goat. There is plenty of great acting on TV these days.

@@generalyellor2187 yes all in old re-runs..

@@Realitygetreal You really need to take those nostalgia glasses off.

@Oona Craig Beautiful. 😃

Loooove Legend of Hell House. Fisher is the coolest horror movie hero ever.

He was in the very first lassie movie.

@@mythsislittlefarie7635 Yes he was. Also How Green Was My Valley. A child star, like Elizabeth Taylor.

Holy moley Fright Night is one of my all time favorites and I never even realized that was him!

Let’s not forget him in The Planet Of The Apes movies

ROARKE!!!!!!!!!

Unfortunately there are just not that many actors around anymore with their level of gravitas and screen presence. And writers are even fewer.

He did a good job as a guest star on Quantum Leap episode "A Leap for Lisa" where he takes Al's spot as Sams handler after Sam fails to save Al's life

@@johnholliday5874 Now, now, as a writer myself, I resent that last remark. My tribe is still here and as good as ever. But we are frequently overlooked, shoved aside and overshadowed by others taking our credit. Meritocracy for my kind is a myth, albeit a potent one.

I have nothing but spitting contempt for "virtual reality TV", as I call it. Give me work that actually has the decency to call itself "fiction". And yeah, nothing but love for Ricardo and Roddy...RIP to both.

"Reality" shows are intended to lower the bar for all of us. We see people far more screwed up than ourselves, come to a false realization we need not improve ourselves as we are much better off than many others, and then we even find ourselves tempted to relax our standards a bit. We then become ripe for any social agenda the powers that be want to push. "Reality" shows aren't the problem by themselves. They are just one set of many symptoms of the problem.

Yes, it did!!!

Yes indeed it was awild episode

Same here. the nightmarish scenes gave me nightmares, i still remember a scene of a woman being attacked by life sized wooden soldiers. I think it followed Loveboat and the Fantasy Island started with the same happy feel-good, but that often decayed into horror that rivaled the Nightstalker. Fantasy Island and Nightstalker turned a young boy into a horror fan. Neither have seen a successful reboot, but i consider Supernatural to be at least a spiritual successor and perhaps Netflix's Evil series. A simmering foreboding that lurks despite any victory. Maybe not the best thing for developing young minds, but i'll leave that to debate.

Scared the sh@t out of me as well as a kid. I didn't expect them to show the horns at the end lol.

Me, too

Did you like both versions of Ricardo's Kahn: the original Trek version and the "Wrath of Khan?"

But it's not every day you get two legends like this who already have history with each other from the "Apes" movies ...

Acting has been around since man started creating stories. Broadway and live theaters show you don't need special effects. Most of the Hollywood Greats were stage actors first and it shows. I understand both were friends. That may be why he got to play the Devil. If you go back and look at the guest stars it is a virtual whose, whose of Hollywood.

These two great actors could take the most shallow writing in the world and turn it into gold.

You have no idea. This wasn't a 2021 episode where Hollywood knows no boundaries. This was mid to late 70s and this episode almost got banned because it got a bit too real with the viewers. When you think about what TV was showing back then, this episode was very realistic and disturbing.

@@patrickdezenzio4988 Well, hang on... we didn't ban things in the 1970's. That was a very permissive decade, far more permissive than today. You couldn't even get the cutting-edge shows from the 70's produced today, like All In The Family, or the original SNL. They'd be too worried about offending some Karen in Oklahoma, or whatever.

@@Tessmage_Tessera The second part of your remarks are true, but it's a very different context. You can't be crass or offensive today - except to Christians and Jews. Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles would have to earn a living, or learn to be politically correct. But these days you can show nudity and have obscene language. The standards are completely flipped.

@@stryker1999 Are you saying there was no such thing as nudity in the 1970's..?

His character of Mr. Roarke was, I think back on the show and what he was capable of, that he was more of an ambivert where he could help either side in a way that Roarke would have done with precise decorum.

It's all quite fkg sick especially when elegidly we're not supposed to see God...are we now...thus elegidly the devil aka Satan

I always wondered if he was actually supposed to be God, testing the apes. I thought the series would end, revealing him as God, shocking the bejeezus out of Tattoo. But I was a kid, still kind of believing the whole Christian mythology I was being fed. I love that they always kept it vague.

​@@mindyenglish5305I saw a later interview where he said he created his own background. He saw himself as a fallen angel guilty of the sin of pride. The island was his punishment. Since he saw himself as all powerful, God made him live it out every day.

Non è mitologia.non offendere chi crede.​@@mindyenglish5305

Nothing at all wrong with being theatrical.

Very well put.

@@vectorm4 McDowell was a ham in the best sense and you can tell he's enjoying every minute

They both chew the scene,

@@bayareaartist999 Surely the writer(s) knew who would be performing the scene! If I knew I was gonna get to write dialogue for those two, I'd "lay it on with a trowel" (Nicholas Meyer's phrase).

it's really cheezy but well done as far as cheezes go

Helps he was so deep in the closet he found Narnia.

He was British born

@@conniekreese7165 Between Tea and Dinner.... 😮

CUNARD YANK!!!😂g

One of television’s best moments…and they’re just standing there talking! Try getting away with that in today’s programs.

Amen..a great actor, director, and photographer. God rest his soul..

Completely agree.

Lmao

With my soul on the line, I'm going out of my mind, Mr. Roarke had to make a deal.🎶

He was in a bind, he was way behind, he was willing to make a deal

He could have easily temped Tattoo.

@@lincbond442 he did in real life temp the actor who played tattoo to commit suicide and his soul he did steal for real , poor guy .

Oh, yeah ... the genius of RIcardo Montalban ... the guy who sold America on the Chrysler Cordoba ... matched against Roddy McDowall, fresh off his brilliant portrayal as "Chuck the Robot" on Mork and Mindy. I mean ... it was a showdown for the ages!

@@dashx1103 Is that all you know? In the first place, Montalban was already iconic as Roarke, and had been one of _Star Trek's_ most iconic villains, Khan. Add to that a career encompassing stage, film, radio, and television which began in the 1930's and didn't end until he died in 2008. McDowall, besides playing two iconic Batman villains in live-action and animation, played two major roles in the original _Planet of the Apes_ movies (two of which featured Montalban), and was the human star of the original 1943 version of _Lassie Come Home._ His career also spanned all genres and lasted from his childhood to his death in 1998. So yeah, both gentlemen were iconic.

@@MaskedMan66 Oh, yeah... I forgot about "Lassie Come Home," the "Citizen Kane" of Lassie movies. Thanks for reminding me of that work of genius. LOL. Dear god, why do we have to elevate celebrities? I don't get it. Ricardo and Roddy made good livings acting. Nothing either of them ever did could be called great, let alone "genius." It is what it is. Two working actors who never really accomplished anything great. Not a slight to them. Most people don't accomplish anything great in their lives. The difference is that celebrity sycophants need to pretend that the Ricardos and Roddys of the world were something grander than they were. It is stupid.

And really hinted that Rourke was more than he seemed.

Love Boat and then Fantasy Island were broadcasted on ABC TV.

@@Chokah The very first episode hinted that he was more than just a resort manager/owner. Guest: Who is he? Tattoo: Some call him (actor looks up), some call him (actor looks down) me I just call him boss. There was one other episode where he battles the devil for his niece's soul. We have no more clue about who/what he is by the end of that episode either. No mention of his niece's parents or any other members of his family that I remember.

@@Chokah Ricardo Montalban in an interview said that when he got the part of Mr. Roarke that He tried to explain to himself in his head. How Roarke can have the power to grant all these Fantasies. and he came up with the Idea that Mr. Roarke was actually an angel, Although it is never stated in the series. Hey it makes sense to me and ties in with why the devil hates him so much.

I remember sneaking up to watch them without fail, I had to sit with my face 2" in front of my 12" TV with the volume on 1 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I LOVE LOVE LOVED those shows !!

YES!

Loved those movies

When Armando was murdered and Cesar was left alone it made me very sad.

@@DIGGER1969 Yup!

I had forgotten about that.

On ABC!

for me it was a bit different, Love Boat was on Sunday morning..

Yep me too! Back then tv was good . Now it’s pathetic just like all mainstream media - Infiltrated by the CCP and globalists

Same here the English Professor

So funny! Same here... it was a great combination

Satan is the embodiment of temptation, after all he was the right hand of "God" and THE Angel of Angels before shit went bad. I would suspect that Satan himself would be rather fetching/approachable as a result.

@@BigDaddyJinx and wasn't he called as beautiful as the morning star?

satan is an American church leader

The best. Ever!!

Ba-dum-ching.

True

@@DIGGER1969 Satan, Mehistopheles, Beelzebub, Lucifer, Old Nick, same dude.

@@MaskedMan66 Also, Old Scratch

Still a bit scary but McDowell is so campy LOL

Kelven Dyson i dont know why this scared you it wasnt even scary

It came on Saturday night did you go to church Sunday morning after watching that episode

@@coachm86 Yes!!

Me too!! (Why the hell did our parents let us watch this?!)

LOL

"DAMN YOU ROARKE!" "Is that not what you were trying to do?" My dad was working at the kitchen table, overheard that exchange, and just cracked up.

Oh, good, I'm not the only one who thought it.

@@sce2aux464 It doesn't incline me to laugh, but it is a very witty thing to say.

So do I

Well the show WAS surrealist in nature!

His outfit is the opposite of the devil's

that's Archangel to you. lol

@@pumasgoya LOL!

No, it shows an uncharacteristic lack of judgement.

When your own special effects are your worst enemy. :D

In the Zucker/Abrahams universe, thst is exactly what would happen