The Fall Guy

[Max]

Title: The Fall Guy

Genre: Action & Adventure

First aired: 1981-11-04

Creator: Glen A. Larson

Cast: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post

Overview: Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.

 

[Kevin]

Just saw today that a movie remake of The Fall Guy is in the works with Ryan Gosling.

Ryan Gosling, David Leitch Tackling ‘The Fall Guy’-Style Stuntman Movie for Universal

Ryan Gosling and action director David Leitch are tackling a stuntman action drama on which Universal just won a fierce bidding war.

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I don't know, I just can't see it working as a movie instead of a series. And, a pet peeve of mine, if a movie remake is successful it's rare that there is a sequel or TV version because the 'stars' of the remake can't make the same commitments as lesser known actors.

 

[Kevin]

If you have Amazon Prime, Fall Guy seasons 1 & 2 are now available for streaming.

I started watching the first few episodes of S1 and I couldn't remember if I had ever seen the pilot episode before. With those types of shows, like Fall Guy and The A-Team, there was always a lot of implied violence and, even with bullets flying everywhere, nobody actually died. It was for that reason that the pilot was surprising as a violent death is a big of the storyline.

With the pilot I was also surprised to see a cameo by Farrah Fawcett. Taken into account this was in 1981 and, the relationship between Lee Major and Fawcett, this show was 'meta' way before meta was cool.

Watch The Fall Guy Season 1 | Prime Video

Colt Seavers is a Hollywood stuntman by trade... but work in Hollywood is sometimes hard to come by. Fortunately, Colt's other job is as a bounty hunter - and there's never any shortage of bail-jumping bad guys to hunt down.

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