after read some of the early nasty remark and i have to put in my two cent . this show be not and despite what that goon in essex think and the bad thing that ever air on tv . i think most of today tv be much bad ( when be this stupid reality fad ever go to end . ) and there isn not a current show i can stand to watch . gim me the stuff i grow up with . i be a 1965 baby and not ashamed to admit it . this show have be my all time favorite for almost 30 year . i be in high school when it originally air and i think it help me to hang on throughout those miserable day . i be such a misfit back then and and fantasy island appeal to my imagination . a i be a budding writer in those day and it provide incredible opportunity for me to practice the craft . what a wonderful premise . i would not say it do not have it fault . sometimes the script be pretty bad and and some of the problem seem trivial while but it could be good too and and it be a blast to watch and still be . a for the cheesiness factor and well and i think it unfair to label every single 70 product a cheesy . there be a lot of great stuff back then and this be among the rank . ( btw and most of the season air in the 80 . ) my favorite episode come from season 2 and 3 and 4 mostly . to those who disparage hervé villechaize for his heavy french accent and his short stature represent grow up and learn something . it so easy to make fun when youre normal and perfect . that man make the best of what he be deal in life and and if you do not like it and that just tough . have a little compassion . he be dead 15 year and and how easy it be to cut down someone who can not defend himself . there just no shame anymore . i love this show . so it look date . hate to tell you this and but we do not have splashy special effect and blu ray disc . we be lucky to have vcr . live with it . accept it for what it be and and that just plain fun . escapist tv describe it perfectly and and that what it be for me an escape from my rotten real life . and it still a lot of fun to watch .