"Fantasy Island" The Songwriter/Queen of the Soaps (TV Episode 1983) Poster

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both stories were decent
stones7830 August 2021
While I would hesitate to call this my favorite episode of this fine show, it certainly was a solid entry, with some familiar faces, such as Anson Williams, Donna Pescow, Susan Lucci, and David Cassidy. Both stories were written very well, and while I won't go into too much detail about either of them, I'll add a few snippets if you allow me. I enjoyed Cassidy's portrayal as Jeremy Todd, who was grandfather to Williams' character, and the fantasy was to recover never published songs in the Tin Pan Alley days. I was also impressed with Pescow , although I'm not sure if she really sang or lip-synched the songs, but she was solid nonetheless. This has a sad ending in a way, as Mr. Roarke once again informs his guest that he cannot change the outcome which already happened.

The other segment has Lucci basically playing herself, but with a twist; she wishes to stop her alter ego from taking over her body in order to do evil things, like kill her husband. One creepy scene that stood out had evil Angela(Lucci)talking through the tv to Gina(Lucci again), as she woke up late at night in fear. I prefer the more sinister moments, and this story had a few of them.
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5/10
A bit of an upgrade from most Season 6 episodes
VetteRanger18 June 2023
This was a bit of an upgrade from most Season 6 episodes, which doesn't mean it was fantastic, just that it wasn't as stupid or offensive as a few of the shows which aired in the preceding weeks.

Anson Williams (of Happy Days fame) wants to reclaim lost rag-time era songs his grandfather wrote before disappearing in the battlefields of World War One. In the process he meets an aspiring lady singer (the dance partner John Travolta dumped in Saturday Night Fever), who he give her big break by telling the star singer he represents the President and she should go to Washington to sing about the USA's entry into WWI? HuH?! LOL

David Cassidy plays the grandfather, but only the limited singing talents of Donna Pescow come into display as she sings George M. Cohen song?

Susan Lucci and John Wesley Shipp step out of their soap opera and into prime time as a soap actress possessed by the spirit of her evil on-screen alter-ego. The story is okay, but nothing to remember.
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