Help me out with a couple of episodes

I remember the woman and her puppet story - I think she was a ventrilaquist and her puppet was dressed in a black sparkly outfit with tophat (does this sound right?). Don't know the season and the stuff listed under the seasons here has nothing but the titles, so it could've been any season. I suspect it was a later one, since I remember it was quite raunchy, even for FI.

I remember that her puppet turned into a real woman and, near the end, started having sex with a man on a couch, while the real woman could feel everything. Of course she felt violated since she couldn't control the puppet (since she was somewhere else). I don't really remember the ending really clearly, but I do remember Rourke racing in and interrupting the puppet, and then the fantasy being over (so it was the end of the story).

I can't remember what the point was of making her puppet real in the first place.

Don't know much about the Devil ones - I only remember 1 episode with McDowall in it, but then we didn't get all eps showing in Australia.

As far as I know Season 1 is the only one widely available as yet. I want them all!!!!

I found it!

It was called Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate. This link has some info on it:

http://www.tv.com/fantasy-island/jungle-man---mary-ann-and-miss-sophisticate/episode/53238/summary.html

Yikes, I remember the puppet episode. It was creepy and pretty risque, especially since I was just a kid when I saw it ... even then it was probably on reruns. Anyway, as I recall the puppet's voice and attitude represented the mousy womans alter-ego. The puppet lady just went hog wild in every respect from flirting and turning on / off men with a slap to outright sex. I think the puppet lady may have been hoping to force the woman to switch places with her but I'm sure mr. Roarke put an end to that.

Roddy McDowell was on a lot of episodes (him and that lady as the mermaid ex-girlfriend for mr. Roarke). There's an episode where Roddy converts his appearance to try and frighten mr. Roarke ... something about a man running to the island to avoid paying the Devil with his soul. mr. Roarke offers himself as a replacement ... the devil is thrilled, cancels his debt and talks about how the island will become much more 'adult' (ironic since we're talking about the sex puppet episode too ...) anyway, goddaughter Julie stepts in and says, not so fast ... he's my property, here's my contract that he sold his soul to me. Roddy is pissed and swears revenge on them both. Since Julie was near the end of the series, I'm guessing that episode is in one of the last two seasons.

Your first responder was right; the episode about the puppet (well, marionette actually) was "Jungle Man/Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate" (the marionette fantasy was the second title). Annette Funicello was Mary Ann Carlin, a ventriloquist whose act with her dummy, Valerie, had made her famous. She was afraid that the puppet was trying to control her somehow and wanted to have Valerie brought to life so that she could separate her own personality from the marionette's. The live version of Valerie was played by Maren Jensen.

At the end of the show Valerie was almost in complete control, using Mary Ann as the puppet and making malicious fun of her. Then Mary Ann began to fight back, and it degenerated into an actual physical fight. Roarke came in in the midst of it and turned Valerie back into a marionette, after which Mary Ann laid Valerie on a brazier and set her on fire. Bizarre, kinda creepy (especially the sex scene between Valerie and Mary Ann's fiancé, where you got a feeling of voyeurism!), but a good story all the same. It was from the third season and was first shown on March 8, 1980.

Roddy McDowall made two appearances as Mephistopheles (the devil): "The Devil and Mandy Breem" (season 4, 10/25/1980) costarred Carol Lynley and Adam West. Amanda Breem had sold her soul to Mephistopheles in order to save her husband Philip's life after a near-fatal car wreck, and a year later the devil wanted payment. Roarke helped her get out of it. "The Devil and Mr. Roarke" (season 5, 10/17/1981) had Mephistopheles taking a "vacation" on the island. This time it was Julie who got herself into trouble after begging him to help a friend of hers who was sinking in quicksand. Roarke assisted her out of his trap with the clever part mentioned in an earlier post about selling his soul to Julie before Mephistopheles could claim it! These two shows were among my favorite episodes and I still love watching them (I have nearly the entire series on videotape).

Roddy McDowall appeared in at least one other episode, but not as Mephistopheles. It was before the above-described episodes but I can't immediately remember which one it was. Hope this helps you. :)