The Fall Guy (Fall Guy, The)

Member Name: blissman70

Product:	Fall Guy, The
Date:	17/10/08 (92 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: great harmless action and entertainment

Disadvantages: a little out dated for most people now

Creator: Glen A. Larson
Directors: (various including) Hollingsworth Morse, Daniel Haller, Russ Mayberry and Lindsey Parson.
Producers: (various including) Chris larson, Glen A. larson, Lee Majors and Robert Janes.
Writers: (various including) Glen A . Larson, Nick Thiel, David Braff and Aubrey Solomon.
Stars: Lee majors, Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas.


Released in November 1981, running through until 1986, creating over one hundred hour long episodes split into 5 series, giving five years of this action packed series about a stuntman/ bounty hunter.

** BRIEF PLOT **

Colt Seavers, (played by Lee Majors) is a Hollywood stuntman, working for some big stars in the business.
Colt is also a bounty hunter who uses his abilities as a fearless stuntman to capture bail jumpers, so together with his cousin Howie Thomas, (played by Douglas Bar), who happens to be a trainee stuntman and the sexy Jody Banks, (played by Heather Thomas), the team spend each episode in search of some criminal who tries to avoid going to court... only some of these criminal don't want to be caught, causing Colt and his team so much trouble.

So as each episode opens we see the stuntman Colt doing him stuff, once he's finished rolling a car or jumping through a glass window he is soon on the road in his pick-up truck, searching for his next runaway criminal... to bring justice for all.



* IN CONCLUSION *

A pretty tame action series from the eighties involving some very tacky stunts and some even worse special effect...
Don't get me wrong, it is a fine show and good enough to keep the viewer entertained, although a lot of people, especially the younger of todays generation, may find this a little boring in parts, considering it is from the eighties and has no CGIs, only cold hard stunts and dodgy fist fights.
It was given a PG certificate at the time of first being aired, although a think these days that it is for any age, as the action/stunts/fights are so tame for the 21st century that it will probably be seen more as 'slapstick' than violent.

Each episode is your basic thrills and chases, most car involving Colts beloved pick-up truck, using the same sort of format but changing the outline slightly to give a different storyline... but each episode is as entertaining as the last, although you always know the outcome of the hunt, it's just a matter of how the hunt happens?
The stunts...well what can be said about them?
They are not the best stunts on the market, involving some rather silly looking special effects and a warehouse full of empty boxes so they have always got something to crash though/into or land on when jumping off a tall building...
You instantly now how bad the stunts are when you see the so called solid ground moving when a body hits it... but it just adds to the entertainment and humour of the show...
So together with the rough looking and even rougher sounding Lee Majors (with out his bionic eye and robotic legs), and his loyal team, the episodes simply fly by as you become engrossed in the brilliant 'tongue in cheek' stories.

* Would I recommend this...?

Yes I certainly would...
It is harmless entertainment for all, without the 21st century bloodshed and gore that most youngsters now insist on to enjoy a show.
It is simple, easy to follow and you already know the outcome so it doesn't need much concentration either...

Another hit show from the eighties.


Unfortunately...as of now they have only just released series one on DVD, which consists of 23 episodes (the pilot being counted as two episodes), giving a good seventeen plus hours, onto 6 DVDs, of harmless fun and some comical, if a little 'iffy' entertainment.
This series one can be bought from amazon for less than £11.00.

Sadly...The theme tune is actually sung by the star of the show Lee Majors and is not to every ones taste...


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Run down of series and episode...(can be ignored)

** SERIES ONE (1981 - 1982)

1. Pilot
2. The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda
3. The Rich Get Richer
4. That's Right, We're Bad
5. Colt's Angels
6. The Human Torch
7. The Japanese Connection
8. No Way Out
9. License to Kill - Part 1
10. License to Kill - Part 2
11. Goin' For It
12. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold
13. Soldiers of Misfortune
14. Ready, Aim, Die
15. Ladies on the Ropes
16. The Snow Job
17. Guess Who's Coming To Town?
18. Child's Play
19. Charlie
20. Three For The Road
21. The Silent Partner
22. Scavenger Hunt


** SERIES TWO (1982-1983)

23. Bail and Bond
24. The I'ves Have It
25. Colt's Outlaws (1)
26. Colt Breaks Out (2)
27. Mighty Myron
28. Reluctant Travel Companion
29. A Piece of Cake
30. Hell On Wheels
31. How Do I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
32. Win One for the Gipper
33. Happy Trails
34. Manhunter
35. The Further Adventures of Ozzie and Harold
36. Death Boat
37. Eight Ball
38. Spaced Out
39. Strange Bedfellows
40. The Molly Sue
41. 100 Miles a Gallon
42. P.S., I Love You
43. The Chameleon
44. The Chase
45. Just a Small Circle of Friends


** SERIES THREE (1983 - 1984)

46. Devil's Island
47. Trauma
48. Pleasure Isle
49. Baker's Dozen
50. The Last Drive
51. TKO
52. Dirty Laundry
53. Inside, Outside
54. Nashville Pirates
55. Hollywood Shorties
56. To the Finish
57. Wheels
58. Cool Hand Colt
59. The Huntress
60. Bite of the Wasp
61. Rabbit's Feet
62. Olympic Quest
63. Always Say Always
64. King of the Cowboys
65. Boom
66. Undersea Odyssey
67. Old Heroes Never Die



** SERIES FOUR (1984 - 1985)

68. Losers Weepers
69. Stranger Than Fiction
70. Prisoner
71. Terror U.
72. Private Eyes
73. October the 31st
74. Sandcastles
75. Dead Bounty
76. The San Francisco Caper
77. Baja 1000
78. The Winner
79. Semi-Catastrophe
80. Her Bodyguard
81. I Love Paris
82. Sheriff Seavers
83. Tailspin
84. High Orbit
85. Rockabye Baby
86. Spring Break
87. Split Image
88. Skip Family Robinson
89. Reel Trouble


** SERIES FIVE (1985 - 1986)

90. Dead Ringer
91. King of the Stuntmen
92. Femme Fatale
93. A Fistful of Lire
94. The Life of Riley
95. October the 32nd
96. Seavers, Dead or Alive
97. Escape Claus
98. No Rms Ocean Vu
99. Miami's Nice
100. Reunion
101. Trial By Fire
102. In His Shadow
103. The Lucky Stiff
104. Beach Blanket Bounty
105. The Last Chance Platoon
106. I Now Pronounce You ... Dead
107. Two On a Skip
108. The Lady in Green
109. Tag Team
110. War On Wheels
111. The Bigger They Are

Summary: A far cry from the bionic man