Goodbye, Mr. Roarke

Largely unnoticed to the world in light of all this hubbub about the new member of the Godhead...sorry, I mean the new president Baracko Bama (Caleb's name for the man), we must not neglect to honor and say farewell to Mister Ricardo Montalban, better known as Mister Roarke from the ABC-tv series Fantasy Island, who died last week at the age of 88. Together with The Love Boat and Portland Wrestling, Fantasy Island pretty much was my Saturday nights during my formative years. Which explains a lot...

So many great episodes...It's hard to think of a favorite. This was escapist television in all of its goofy glory. For the younger generation, this was during the time when there was such a thing as network television. We also use to listen to these black vinyl discs called records. What a concept! Anyway, there was once a time when there were only three channels on TV, four if you counted PBS (I guess there was other stuff on that channel besides Sesame Street, but I never watched it. Made me sleepy.)

FYI, if you haven't heard about hulu.com, it's pretty much the greatest...oh, sorry a Napoleon D. moment there...here's an episode for your viewing enjoyment. There's lots more classic TV at Hulu for you to introduce to the kids. And don't blame me if they walk around the house saying "De plane! De plane!" Tatoo was and will always be the Man. Well, the little man. Mr. Roarke...he was The Man.