Hiding in plain sight … humble digger here, lost in the wiki labyrinth and this stood out to me - esp after Q kept mentioning "As the world turns" (another old TV/radio programme). C+p …
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island
Fantasy Island is … It starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke who grants the fantasies of visitors to the titular island for a price.
Roarke's actual age is a complete mystery. In the pilot film, he comments how the guests who come to his island are "so mortal" and there are hints throughout the series that suggest Roarke may be immortal.
On numerous occasions, a guest had not paid for the trip at all but instead won it as a result of a contest. Those who came by winning contests were usually the unknowing beneficiaries of rigged contests in order to disguise to themselves and others the real reason for their coming as part of someone else's fantasy.
Roarke often preceded particularly risky fantasies with a stern warning, word of caution, or even suggestion that the guest select another fantasy instead. He would then inform his guests that he was powerless to stop a fantasy once it had begun and must allow the fantasy to play out until its ultimate conclusion. Despite this, on rare occasions, Roarke will appear halfway through a fantasy to offer a guest a opportunity to terminate their fantasy, warning the guest that continuing the fantasy may lead to serious consequences (possibly even death.)
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Ricardo Montalban would claim in interviews that he had a definite opinion in mind regarding the mystery of Mr. Roarke, and how he accomplished his fantasies, but he would never publicly state what it was. Years after the series was off the air, in an interview with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Montalban finally revealed that his motivation was imagining Roarke as a fallen angel whose sin was pride and that Fantasy Island was purgatory.
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fallen angel whose sin was pride