piece could be published, the magazine went out of business and was purchased by the new (and current) owners. Vintage Vision was no longer part of the format, so here, for the first time, is a look at my

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), and his trusted one-eyed terrier, Jack, face danger on the South Pacific island of Boragora from Nazi spies, the Japanese Empire, slave traders and even primitive natives. Jake's love interest is the plucky Sarah Stickney White (Caitlin O'Heany), a secret agent for the United States masquerading as a singer. Another ally is Bon Chance Louie (Roddy McDowall), the enigmatic proprietor of Boragora's most popular watering hole, the Monkey Bar. While piloting his beloved seaplane, The Grumman Goose, all across the Marivellas, Jake also butts heads with Kohi (Marta DuBois), a seductive Japanese princess, and her warrior protector, Todo (John Fujioka).

didn't survive its freshman season, it is today considered a cult classic by a dedicated and vocal bunch of enthusiastic fans. For those who don't remember the series, a brief recap of the series premise is in order. The year was 1938 and heroic pilot Jake Cutter (Stephen Collins of

, an expensive, high-profile, action-adventure program set in the South Pacific of the 1930s. at the time of the show's debut on ABC, critics complained that the series was a rip off of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster,

? Don Bellisario is a name familiar to TV viewers the world over for his efforts on such popular series as