Episode
Fantasy Island: The Cheerleaders / Marooned
Overview
In ""The Cheerleaders"" two young women wish to become glamorous cheerleaders for their favorite football team. And in ""Marooned"" truck driver Melvyn Mews is infatuated with a movie star and is in for a rude awakening when his wish to spend the weekend with her is fulfilled.
Details
- Series
- Fantasy Island
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1979-12-08
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Cheerleaders / Marooned is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Fantasy Island. It aired on 1979-12-08. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 13: The Inventor / On the Other Side
In ""The Inventor"" absent-minded professor Professor Clebe finds himself in big trouble when his secret invention is revealed to the world.
And in ""On the Other Side"" widow Irma Gideon wishes to travel through the doors of death to see what it is really like and contact her deceased husband.
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Episode 14: Lookalikes / The Winemaker
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In ""The Winemaker"" A nun submits her wine for her financially pressed church and townspeople, hoping that first prize will be enough to keep the people and abbey afloat.
Episode 9: The Dancer / Nobody's There
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And in ""Nobody's There"", a well-intentioned but bumbling lady private eye gets the chance to crack her first big case.
Episode 15: Unholy Wedlock / Elizabeth
In ""Unholy Wedlock"" Danny Collier finds himself in a true pickle when the woman he marries turns out to be the girl in his bachelor party cake and not his fiancee.
And in ""Elizabeth"" Lisa Corday finds herself possessed by the spirit of a woman dead 300 years, a woman from Roarke's past.
Episode 8: The Handyman / Tattoo's Romance
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In ""Tattoo's Romance"" a pushy aunt who is trying to get her niece a singing career exploits Tattoo who is enamoured of the niece.
Episode 16: Rogues and Riches / Stark Terror
In ""Rogues and Riches"" Mark Hendricks, an attorney must travel to 18th century England to try and convince his client to go back to the present.
And in ""Stark Terror"" Amy Marson a traumatized girl wishes to relive the night of her mother's murder in order to see, once and for all, if she is guilty of the death.
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Episode 17: Playgirl / Smith's Valhalla
In ""Playgirl"" beautiful former centerfold model Erica Clark wishes to turn the tables and treat men as sexual objects.
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In ""Aphrodite"" Professor Blair risks his sanity and his life when he goes after the woman of perfect beauty.
And in ""Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde"" Dr. Griffin, a drab and unfeminine lady psychiatrist makes a shocking discovery about her own nature and instincts.