Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
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BY JAY BOBBIN
Roselyn Sanchez
OF ‘FANTASY ISLAND’ ON FOX
You’re getting to work a lot in your native
Puerto Rico this year, between starring in
“Fantasy Island” and directing your first
movie, “Diario: Mujer y Cafe.” How are you
finding that?
“Fantasy Island” is such a big production and such
a big deal for the film industry in Puerto Rico. I was
going to be here anyway for almost two months
for the feature, then this (series) came along out
of nowhere. A lot of the crew that I wanted for my
movie – because I’ve worked with them before and
I know them so well – were not available, and I was
like, “Freaking ‘Fantasy Island’!”
And then, literally two weeks before I came here
to start pre-production on my movie, I got the
(“Fantasy Island”) offer. I had no idea it was going
to come my way, so I pushed my movie for a couple
of months, and I’ll be in Puerto Rico for a while. My
kids never get to spend time with my mom and my
dad, because we’re in Los Angeles and they’re here,
so it’s wonderful to see the whole family together.
One of your earliest credits was the “Fame” spinoff series “Fame L.A.,” in which singing
and dancing were vital elements as well as acting. Do you feel doing that show has
lasting significance to your career?
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It was such a dream. In Puerto Rico, I grew up as a dancer; I was part of the number-one ballet
company, and that was my main thing as a performer. Then, I was on the top live comedy show in
Puerto Rico, and three years later, I decided to move to New York to do musical theater.
All I wanted to do was Broadway, and one thing led to the next, and “Fame L.A.” took me to Los
Angeles. To be able to sing and dance and act was the closest thing to doing Broadway for me,
and I enjoyed that show so much. I was able to do everything that I loved.
BY JOHN CROOK
Final curtain
Questions:
1) B.J. left piles of
rocks forming the word
“goodbye.” Hawkeye
spotted them as he was
being helicoptered home.
2) “Cheers”
3) Maggie (Joanna
Kerns) joined a U.S.
senator’s staff.
4) “The Mary Tyler
Moore Show”
Answers:
Alan
Alda
1) Capt. B.J. Hunnicut found a touching way to bid farewell
to his pal Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (Alan
Alda) in the series finale of “M*A*S*H.” What did he do?
2) What 1982-93 NBC sitcom ended its long run with its
leading man telling a late-night
customer, “Sorry, we’re closed”?
3) In the final episode
of “Growing Pains,” the
Seavers decided to move to
Washington, D.C., where
which family member had been
offered an exciting job?
4) The finale of this 1970-77
CBS sitcom included a famous
group hug and the song “It’s a
Long Way to Tipperary.” Can
you name it?
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