Did Fantasy Island have a spinoff aimed at children?
According to the TV Tropes page for Fantasy Island, the 1977–84 version of the show had a spinoff aimed at children.
Spin-Off: For a few weeks ABC tried a Children's version of "Fantasy Island" aired in the 'Family Hour' of Sunday @ 7pm Est time slot. The only differences between it and the 'Saturday @ 10pm' version were that kids had requested the fantasies, and they arrived and departed via Hot Air balloon instead of De Plane. These episodes were syndicated with the parent show.
However, I can't find anything to corroborate that this show actually existed. The Wikipedia page for the show doesn't mention a spinoff, nor do the episode descriptions seem to imply that any were aimed at children.
Is there any proof that Fantasy Island had a spinoff aimed at children? Or is this something that an imaginative TV Troper invented?
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Is there any proof that Fantasy Island had a spinoff aimed at children? Or is this something that an imaginative TV Troper invented?
The TV Troper's claims are true.
Fantasy Island normally aired on Saturday nights, just after Love Boat. Towards the end of season two though, there are two additional episodes that aired on Sunday, and were titled as, "Sunday specials".
Those two episodes are:
"Amusement Park" / "Rock Stars" - May 6, 1979
"Cornelius and Alphonse/The Choice" - May 13, 1979
When watching these two episodes, the guests do arrive and depart on hot air balloon, and the shows do involve kid fantasies.
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What was the old Fantasy Island about?
Airing from 1978 to 1984, the original series starred Ricardo Montalb\xe1n as Mr. Roarke, the enigmatic overseer of a mysterious island somewhere near Devil's Island, French Guiana in the Atlantic Ocean, where people from all walks of life could come and live out their fantasies, albeit for a price.Where was Fantasy Island filmed 1977?
The series was filmed primarily in Burbank, California, with the opening scenes of the enchanting island coastline being that of Kauai, Hawaii (both the Na Pali coast as well as Wailua Falls).Fantasy Island Season 1 Presentation
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