The Fall Guy: Why the Spin-Off Failed

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Atomic Abe

Atomic Abe

Ай бұрын

Before Ryan Gosling's movie, there was TV's THE FALL GUY, an '80s action show that had everything -- except a spin-off. Find out about the planned spin-off the show, why it failed and how it was the rarest kind of Backdoor Pilot, on this installment of BEHIND THE BACKDOOR PILOT.
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@kodiekulp
@kodiekulp Ай бұрын
One of my favorites stunt films , AHHHHH YOU MENTIONED IT! STUNT ROCK! Sorcery was the band from that film which I got a little obssessed with! Excellent episode as always, Atomic Abe! Dyed eyebrows freak me out 😂 I completely forgot there was a smoky in the bandit part 3, Stoker Ace was a better film anyhow 🤣
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
We are big fans of Stunt Rock!
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
And thanks for watching!
@kodiekulp
@kodiekulp Ай бұрын
@@atomicabe I forgot about smokey and the bandit part three and the t v movies. Stoker Ace is one of my favorite Burt films. My family's dog name was Smokey ! Cheers !
@TimfromMKE
@TimfromMKE 27 күн бұрын
I loved The Fall Guy haven't watched it years
@patrickperalta59
@patrickperalta59 Күн бұрын
@@atomicabe I remember the Fall Guy TV Series fans loved the show with it staring the 6 Million Dollar Man himself Lee Major and 80's beauty Heather Thomas. it was just as beloved as other 80's shows.
@Erocksoco
@Erocksoco Ай бұрын
The Fall Guy had one of the best TV themes ever.
@robshimer
@robshimer Ай бұрын
That’s all I remember about the show.
@Erocksoco
@Erocksoco Ай бұрын
@@robshimer the theme song and his truck are what stand out in my mind all these years later. This was a show I saw a lot on those Saturday afternoons where some siding company had bought a block of time and ran their commercials with episodes of stuff like The Fall Guy and Simon and Simon and the like.
@rangerwolfhound
@rangerwolfhound 7 күн бұрын
original is not in movie - no one would know who they are talking about anyways
@tengudemon2
@tengudemon2 5 күн бұрын
I looked up the theme song on youtube which led me to a load of full episodes.
@clownkilla7003
@clownkilla7003 27 күн бұрын
Ummm......The Fall Guy was absolutely beloved. How can you say it wasn't and then go on and talk about it having it's own lunch boxes, board and video games etc.
@petewillson205
@petewillson205 11 күн бұрын
Yep, and FX used daily repeats in their early days 11am for years was the fall guy
@MrRAGE-md5rj
@MrRAGE-md5rj 10 күн бұрын
6:15 is what the title is referring to.
@clownkilla7003
@clownkilla7003 9 күн бұрын
@@MrRAGE-md5rj I wasn't asking or talking about the title. Listen to what he says in the video
@butter7734
@butter7734 8 күн бұрын
That song brings me back to my childhood every time I hear it.
@clownkilla7003
@clownkilla7003 8 күн бұрын
@@butter7734 I watched the new movie last night. They play a version of that song during the end credits
@travisa7669
@travisa7669 Ай бұрын
Lee went to my high school (Middlesboro, KY) and was best buddies with my second cousin and my mother-in-law knew him fairly well. Not once have I ever read a discouraging word about the man; he's a class act and at 85 years old this year, he's still kicking. Great video!
@stingrey1571
@stingrey1571 Ай бұрын
As a child of the 80s. I wanted to be colt seavers when I grew up
@RussellFlowers
@RussellFlowers Ай бұрын
"Scarecrow and Mrs. King" huh? Hang on, gotta make a few calls...
@jnnx
@jnnx Ай бұрын
Comparing “The Fall Guy” to “Scarecrow and Mrs King” shows that Abe DEFINITELY wasn’t alive in the 80’s. . .
@paulallen8495
@paulallen8495 Ай бұрын
Dude, I would love a movie version of "Scarecrow and Mrs King". That show was awesome and one of my childhood favorites. I, actually, re-watched the entire series, a few months ago. Still loved it, as an adult.
@ReviewRoomie
@ReviewRoomie Ай бұрын
It's a truly charming show that gave an ex (Charlie's) Angel a second career as an action star. Although, Kate Jackson was doing well after Charlie's Angels with TV 🎬 movies.
@TokyoXtreme
@TokyoXtreme Ай бұрын
@@ReviewRoomieAnd a post-Tron Bruce Boxleitner.
@jeanemlicar
@jeanemlicar Ай бұрын
Are we talking about the same show??? I mean he was great as Tron and Mrs. King would’ve made a great Lois Lane alongside Christopher Reeve’s Superman had they not have found Margot Kidder. Yet the Show Scarecrow & Mrs. King was in the same league as Hart to Hart. Both boring shows in my opinion.
@COMPFUNK2
@COMPFUNK2 Ай бұрын
You knew you were up way too late when a rerun of the Fall Guy was on. You could also tell that was the 80s because back then television theme songs were two minutes long. Finally, bikini-clad Heather Thomas walking through the swinging doors _still_ gets me. 🥵
@theessentials450
@theessentials450 Ай бұрын
It' was on Wednesday nights at 7pm, central time.
@COMPFUNK2
@COMPFUNK2 Ай бұрын
@@theessentials450 I never saw it in its original airing. I have lived in Milwaukee all 42 (almost 43) years of my life and reruns aired here at 3 AM.
@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw
@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw 18 күн бұрын
My great uncle has the poster of Heather Thomas in her blue bikini coming through the batwing bar doors, and he’s 73 years old. LOL, I guess that poster will live on forever.
@tvforeverus
@tvforeverus Ай бұрын
That tease about Knight Rider at the end…pure perfection!
@asecretone
@asecretone Ай бұрын
In later seasons of Knight Rider every episode needed to have *SUPER PURSUIT MODE*
@TokyoXtreme
@TokyoXtreme Ай бұрын
When I flew to Paris in 1998, I arrived early in the morning and then fell asleep immediately upon entering my hotel room. I woke up with the TV on, and it was The Fall Guy dubbed in French. Love that show, the theme song, Lee Majors, and even the title itself. Obviously I love Glen A. Larson and all of his other projects as well. A true genius of television.
@eddieboyky
@eddieboyky Ай бұрын
Not gonna lie. I'd totally watch a feature film version of Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Since we made this video I've had the SCARECROW & MRS. KING theme in my head. Great theme song.
@medic7556
@medic7556 Ай бұрын
The Fall Guy did produce a spin-of series, starring Lou Ferrigno (post Incredible Hulk) called Trauma Center.
@KevinGeeksOut
@KevinGeeksOut Ай бұрын
Oh wow. Was that a spin-off or a cross-over?
@medic7556
@medic7556 Ай бұрын
It was a spin-off, back door pilot. Howie (Douglas Barr) was critically injured in a stunt car accident.
@noneofyourbusiness4616
@noneofyourbusiness4616 Ай бұрын
Uh-oh, Atomic Abe has some 'splaining to do!
@charlesmcdermott4101
@charlesmcdermott4101 24 күн бұрын
I was gonna comment about this spin off
@caseycorbin
@caseycorbin 24 күн бұрын
I thought this video was gonna be about Trauma Centre.
@chanceotter8121
@chanceotter8121 Ай бұрын
Paul Williams wrote two of my favorite songs: ‘Rainy Days and Mondays’ and ‘Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song’. His performance and soundtrack to ‘Phantom of the Paradise’ is what elevates that film to my favorite 70s DePalma film. But how could you forget his appearance on ‘The Odd Couple’ as Himself when Edna Unger loves him so much she runs away to be with him, and he sings a song written by Felix to convince her to go back home and grow up. Actually, that song isn’t bad either.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
There was soooo much Paul Williams we could've delved into. In the interest of time (ha!) we had to get on with it. But you're right, an Odd Couple clip would've been a good fit here.
@SuperMarioBrosIII
@SuperMarioBrosIII Ай бұрын
@@atomicabe A Remington Steele reboot can't be too far away LOL!🤔🤠🙋👍
@iwasanangryyoungman
@iwasanangryyoungman 29 күн бұрын
@@atomicabePaul also recently collaborated with the likes of Portugal, the Man and Daft Punk
@theelvisguru9490
@theelvisguru9490 22 күн бұрын
I can’t believe you called Paul Williams a b list star! The songs that man has written will outlive all of us!
@philnewton-england7795
@philnewton-england7795 18 сағат бұрын
It was Bugsy Malone that got me into the fabulous sound & writing of Paul Williams. As for his full career....'We've only just begun' !!!
@LordmonkeyTRM
@LordmonkeyTRM Ай бұрын
Paul Williams is best known to me as the composer/singer for the songs in Bugsy Malone
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Yes, we mentioned BUGSY MALONE in another episode, where we covered the failed spin-off of WEBSTER and ended up talking about the episode where kids played gangsters. I picked up the soundtrack album of BUGSY at a garage sale last year. Great songs.
@stingrey1571
@stingrey1571 Ай бұрын
I know atomic Abe specializes in backdoor pilots of older shows. With netflix premiering The Deadboy detectives. They should do the Doom patrol episode called deadboy detective agency. It was an attempt at a spin off. Warner bros passed and sold it to Netflix.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
That's interesting! We will look into it.
@julioagua
@julioagua Ай бұрын
Top Cat was extremely popular on Latin America, and I think that was the audience they went for. That also explain the Woody Woodpecker movie (who was also really popular on Brazil).
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Has there been a movie version of CONDORITO?
@julioagua
@julioagua Ай бұрын
@@atomicabe Yeah there was!!! a 3D movie on 2017, terrible reviews.
@pamelamays4186
@pamelamays4186 Ай бұрын
Paul Williams is also an Academy Award songwriter. His winning song was Evergreen from A Star Is Born.
@MichaelMartin-qe5ye
@MichaelMartin-qe5ye 29 күн бұрын
At first I couldn't believe you overlooked that Lee Majors had three hit TV shows with Buck Rogers... but Google tells me that Gil Gerard was Buck Rogers. Colt Seavers is an all time great name.
@petewillson205
@petewillson205 11 күн бұрын
He was in the final season of tour of duty, as a vet that kept rejoining the military to serve on the front line.
@victoriascholl4607
@victoriascholl4607 18 күн бұрын
I went to see the Fall Guy today, it's was fun. It starts out rather slow but picks up , adds twists, the ends with a bang. I liked it!
@giovanniorellana2200
@giovanniorellana2200 Ай бұрын
I hope you talk about the W.A.L.T.E.R. failed pilot.
@xZeroGunnerx
@xZeroGunnerx Ай бұрын
A Top Cat movie totally made sense considerig it was made targeting the Latín American audience where "Don Gato y su Pandilla" Is a beloved classic. Great video btw!
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Thanks so much. I haven't seen the TOP CAT movie. I know a guy who worked on the sequel, so I should see that.
@stillaboveground2470
@stillaboveground2470 Ай бұрын
The only reason I watched The Fall Guy because of Heather Thomas and Markie Post.
@joerussell9574
@joerussell9574 Ай бұрын
Yummmy Markie Post....so had the hots for her from Night Court also during my teen years!
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 27 күн бұрын
Heather Thomas is scorchingly hot
@marctronixx
@marctronixx Ай бұрын
loved fall guy!! thank you for hippin' me onto those 3 stunt man flicks!!
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
My pleasure. I hope you like them. STUNT ROCK is so much fun.
@KasumiKenshirou
@KasumiKenshirou Ай бұрын
You should get in contact with the guys that run the Knight Rider Historians channel for your next video. They have tons of records from the production of the show, not to mention a couple of screen used KITTs, and the FLAG semi & trailer. The Top Cat movie exists because Top Cat is really popular in Latin America. Similarly, the Woody Woodpecker movie exists because Woody is really popular in Brazil. Another notable role for Paul Williams is The Penguin in Batman: The Animated Series. I mainly know Pat McCormick from the "helicopter story" which was referenced numerous times by Gilbert Gottfried on his podcast.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Great suggestion! Thanks for watching
@QuasarSniffer
@QuasarSniffer Ай бұрын
I think F. Scott Fitzgerald was a genius, but that "there are no second acts in American life" must be the most erroneous (a nicer way to say "dumbest") thing he ever said. If only he could have lived to have seen The Fall Guy! He would have seen Lee Majors prove him wrong!
@KevinGeeksOut
@KevinGeeksOut Ай бұрын
If only he could have lived to write on THE FALL GUY.
@arroberson8796
@arroberson8796 28 күн бұрын
Paul Williams on Smokey and the Bandit...shout out to Paul for vocals on the last Daft Punk LP
@noneofyourbusiness4616
@noneofyourbusiness4616 Ай бұрын
Just occurred to me when watching your intro that due to its star, The Fall Guy is like a comedy version of Drive.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Absolutely! I'm sure it'll be wildly different, but Ryan Gosling brings that baggage to the role (in a good way 👍 )
@ReviewRoomie
@ReviewRoomie Ай бұрын
You mentioned STUNTS! (With Robert Forester) Yay! Subscribed! The Fall Guy show somehow worked. It worked as an "every man" show, in a way. I still enjoy it.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
STUNTS is so much fun. I love that the trailer for the film features the "thumbs up" -- and that's also in the Fall Guy movie trailer. Yeah, Colt is a great every man. Lee Majors makes it work.
@From-North-Jersey
@From-North-Jersey Ай бұрын
The Fall Guy was huge, Heather Thomas made a couple million dollars a year off of cheese cake wall posters of which every teenage boy in the 80's had at least 3 of. It never made it into reruns because Jody (heather) spent most episodes running around in bikinis that would not have been aloud on Baywatch.
@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115
@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115 Ай бұрын
"Glen Larceny" sounds like a Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? villain. 😂🤣
@CannonKnight
@CannonKnight Ай бұрын
An excellently made video. That was quite the fun ride on the backdoor pilot train. I even had to pause the video and admire Delta Burke for a while. I recently rediscovered her 80s comedy Filthy Rich also starring her Designing Women costar Dixie Carter. My goodness, those two were absolutely gorgeous.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Oh, I don't know FILTHY RICH, will have to look for it. Thank you.
@joelzsheridancomedy3983
@joelzsheridancomedy3983 27 күн бұрын
That’s Incredible the Movie! Strip mining the past, exactly! I’m not sure but if I where in charge I’d ask my writers, “ why am I paying you when I could just put 70-80’s shows and movies in an AI program and get as good or better a script for a 1/4 of the money in half the time?”.
@tolfan4438
@tolfan4438 Ай бұрын
There is so much 70s in one video
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
can you dig it?
@jesseman123
@jesseman123 8 күн бұрын
I don't know if you were alive when the fall guy way on TV. But that was a major show. Everyone loved it and talked about it at school
@TheRockinDonkey
@TheRockinDonkey 24 күн бұрын
Paul Williams is a national treasure.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 24 күн бұрын
Yes, he really is. I saw him speak on two occasions and there was so much love and admiration all around him. Once was for an Emmet Otter CD release and once was for a book appearance with Tracey Jackson. But each Q&A was all over the place, it was really cool.
@Dragondude2525
@Dragondude2525 29 күн бұрын
It’s been years since I’ve heard someone name drop Phantom of the Paradise.
@skarloey1214
@skarloey1214 Ай бұрын
This is a great video; It Something to admire.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
LOL.
@GohTakeshita
@GohTakeshita 22 күн бұрын
Whenever I see Paul Williams I always mistakenly think it's William Sanderson.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 21 күн бұрын
ha! I can see that.
@fredflintstoner596
@fredflintstoner596 18 күн бұрын
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
@lrsiv
@lrsiv 25 күн бұрын
Actually, I would love a movie version of Scarecrow and Mrs. King. 😁
@NostalgiNorden
@NostalgiNorden Ай бұрын
Scarecrow and Mrs King cinematic universe just announced by Disney!
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
ha! I hope they make it cross-over with Tron.
@AlexSpalex1
@AlexSpalex1 Ай бұрын
I got introduced to Paul Williams through his guest star role in Dexter's Labatory.
@Broco1L
@Broco1L Ай бұрын
19:03 Fantastic Comic book Guy impression👏😆 Thanks for your excellent analysis!
@philnewton-england7795
@philnewton-england7795 18 сағат бұрын
Only the first 2 series released on dvd. I want the rest released !!!!
@sejejo7565
@sejejo7565 Ай бұрын
That would’ve been a kickass show
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
I would've watched.
@l.a.raustadt518
@l.a.raustadt518 11 күн бұрын
Well our local channel H&I started running the Fall Guy. So many other actors from the older movies just fun. Never saw the new movie.
@rony41165
@rony41165 Ай бұрын
There was another episode that was a pilot or i thought so it wasManhunter from season 3 where Colt was chasing someone and crisses paths with priscilla presley and stewart granger who are also after the samr guy.
@Macgyvergame
@Macgyvergame Ай бұрын
I thought the steak on the plate thing was the joke. Like he cooked it so bad it got stuck to the plate, not that it was a tv mistake.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Oh, maybe it was. I shouldn't rule that out.
@kennedymcgovern5413
@kennedymcgovern5413 27 күн бұрын
You missed a joke. When he says to Farrah fawcett "anything for my leading lady..." That was funny because he was married to Farrah fawcett in real life.
@JoybuzzerX
@JoybuzzerX 2 күн бұрын
They just used the name. I wouldn't even call it a reboot. I wonder if the movie would've done better if it was call "The Stuntman" so it wouldn't have people going "Oh no...reboot of show I don't know, so I must not see what is basically an original movie with practical effects like I keep whining about wanting to see"
@brettconnerley8670
@brettconnerley8670 29 күн бұрын
What would the audience be for this show??? Also don’t forget Donald P. Bellisario on your Mt. Rushmore
@DewkChronic
@DewkChronic 15 күн бұрын
the movie was good for a romcom. they added all the movie tropes like checkoffs gun in act 1 and used in Act 3 with blanks.
@rrsaga
@rrsaga Ай бұрын
Paul Williams is my favorite song writer! Always
@KevinGeeksOut
@KevinGeeksOut Ай бұрын
Such great songs. I saw him at the Museum of the Moving Image a few years back for the release of the EMMET OTTER soundtrack on CD. The crowd adored him and his Q&A was really wonderful.
@toshiojohnston3732
@toshiojohnston3732 18 күн бұрын
Dont forget he was in owen marshall .attorney at law.1971,72
@gordonstewart8897
@gordonstewart8897 28 күн бұрын
There are things that are perfect in their original iteration and should not be remade or messed with; a lesson Hollywood never seems to learn.
@failing_safely
@failing_safely Ай бұрын
Hmm, I am wondering what your thoughts on these movie adaptations of 70s/80s shows. Any that you thought were actually good?
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
The first 21 Jump Street movie is fun. So is the first Brady Bunch film.
@timfurnier7061
@timfurnier7061 27 күн бұрын
When you asked the question of who brought together Pat and Paul, I knew right away it was Burt Reynolds! It was in "Smokey and the Bandit" where they were teamed up as Big and Little Enos Burdette.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 27 күн бұрын
This video was made for you.
@timfurnier7061
@timfurnier7061 26 күн бұрын
@@atomicabe Awwwwwwwww! Thanks!
@paulcochran1721
@paulcochran1721 24 күн бұрын
Fall Guy also used the movie "The Hunter" (1980) to get it's bounty hunter tie-in.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 24 күн бұрын
Oh, that was a blind spot for me. Thank you! Have you seen "The Hunter"? Is it worth seeking out? I wasn't familiar with it.
@paulcochran1721
@paulcochran1721 24 күн бұрын
@@atomicabe Very good! Steve McQueen's last movie. Loosely based on a real guy, Ralph Edgar "Papa" Thorson Jr. I always felt the timing of this movie tied in to "The Fall Guy". Several good stunts in it too!
@tamaraclaw
@tamaraclaw Ай бұрын
Paul Williams also voiced a character based on himself for "Dexter's Laboratory", among other interesting appearances
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Such an amazing career. And a remarkable life. The document PAUL WILLIAMS: STILL ALIVE is a favorite.
@pdonettes
@pdonettes 26 күн бұрын
Fall guy was amazing. I loved the movie.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 26 күн бұрын
Good to hear! I'm seeing the movie on Tuesday.
@juanizquierdo1737
@juanizquierdo1737 28 күн бұрын
I loved The Fall Guy show! Great tv theme song. Lee Majors and of course Heather Thomas💌
@dwjsmit84
@dwjsmit84 3 күн бұрын
Where can i watch Rooster 1982 the tv made movie????
@blackamerican40
@blackamerican40 21 күн бұрын
I'm surprised Paul Williams didn't play Yoda in the second Star Wars movie to keep the Muppet connection going. 😅😅
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 21 күн бұрын
OMG. If they were still making 70s Variety Shows in the 80s, we might have gotten to see Paul Williams as Yoda.
@ebartow66highlights
@ebartow66highlights Ай бұрын
Jeez Kevin, now I’m picturing a Scarecrow and Mrs. King movie made by Lord and Miller.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Would watch!!
@xLordOfNothingx
@xLordOfNothingx Ай бұрын
Top Cat is HUGE in Mexico, pretty sure all its box office came from here lol
@melasn9836
@melasn9836 Ай бұрын
FYI, Top Cat is MASSIVE in Latin America. So while it might have been a blip domestically, in that market it was probably a blockbuster.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
I stand very corrected. Thank you. Had this been a video about Top Cat, I would've done the research.
@melasn9836
@melasn9836 Ай бұрын
@@atomicabe I'm not trying to be an "um actually" person. It's one of those things that I find fascinating, like why Brazil LOVES Woody Woodpecker.
@chrisgo6478
@chrisgo6478 4 күн бұрын
This isn't bad... I went and found an old episode of this TV show they speak of. It's pretty good; why is it not on Hulu? -unfortunate. The way the narrator describes the plot of the Fall Guy-he says it almost with a sarcastic tone. He steps in where the actor would normally be, to take the beating to make art. The stuntman should be celebrated figures as much as the actors. And I never thought about it before but, they almost only get honorable mentions.
@billcary30
@billcary30 25 күн бұрын
williams was also in one of the two "reunions" of the wild wild west. the first one playing the son of the one bad guy dr. loveless. supposedly that or the next one was a pilot for a continuation series eihter of episodes or perioidc movies (ie perry mason movie series) but it got cancelled abruptly when the one playing artemis gorodn died just a few weeks either after the second movie got filmed or after it was shown.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 24 күн бұрын
That's right! I never saw those, but I've read about it.
@dougvanminnen7537
@dougvanminnen7537 22 күн бұрын
The Facts of life beat out the Rooster pilot? Damn! But in all fairness the classic Family Ties came right after.
@bkjbearcat78
@bkjbearcat78 25 күн бұрын
@atomicabe I don’t know if you’ll cover this one day, but I see METV will show the Danny Thomas Show episode that was a back door pilot for the Andy Griffith Show. They seem to be making a big deal about it.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 24 күн бұрын
Yes, I've seen some of that episode. Might be a video worth doing as it's an early example of a backdoor pilot. Also fascinating that Andy Griffith planned to be the comic character on the show but once the series was announced, Andy got a phone call from Don Knotts. Don said "You're gonna need a deputy." So they added Barney Fife to the show and they gave him all the funny bits.
@2ToyBoys
@2ToyBoys Ай бұрын
Paul Williams was everywhere. He sang "Flying Dreams" on the Secret of Nimh soundtrack for Jerry Goldsmith. A favorite. Oh, and I was one of those watching the Facts of Life that night!
@Tim_the_Enchanter
@Tim_the_Enchanter Ай бұрын
I was surprised when I saw that there was going to be a feature film based on The Fall Guy, but I guess the show was more popular than I remember.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
It's such an odd choice. Reminds me of when Steve Martin starred in SGT. BILKO, but they didn't really lean into "hey look it's a movie of the old tv show!"
@Kimkreative
@Kimkreative 15 күн бұрын
The Ryan Gosling movie was Really Good!!!
@whiteknightcutlass
@whiteknightcutlass Ай бұрын
What do you mean fall guy is not a good idea to do a remake of, I wanted to be a stuntman more than anything growing up because of that show, I jumped from the roof of my house at 10, I built a dirt ramp behind my house in a field that wasn't farmed building it bigger and bigger as I got used to it untill i was jumping so high that I blew out all 4 shock seals on my 73 Suzuki ts125 and ruined the bearings in the gooseneck, so then I built it longer for distance untill I was hitting it all out at a little over 50 mph (the bike top speed) it was like flying, I got so good on the bike I started crashing on purpose because that's what colt did crash things, then by 12 I sold my 125cc bike and bought a 76 Honda mr250 Elsinore i could barely touch the ground with my tip toes and had to use a milk crate to stand on to start it, and that's when I discovered a old dead end gravel road with some railroad tracks that had been taken out years before at the end of it just a few miles from my house , it was the perfect set up a dead end gravel road with a gradual incline of about 1/16 of a mile long up to the top old tracks about 20 to 30 feet high from level ground, and the other side was really steep going down to a old tractor path for farmers to access there fields where the tracks once were, so I started slow and kept increasing my speed as I got comfortable with it all jumping both ways one way you went almost straight up so I never got past third gear jumping that way but hitting the side with the gradual incline I got to where I finally had the courage that I did once all out at just a hair over 70 mph, now that was flying no clue how far I went and like a dummy I was alone so no one witness it but it seemed like I flew forever, I so wish we had cell cameras back then, but the landing on the other hand was the scariest thing i ever experienced on a bike, when I landed all four shocks bottomed completely out, my feet bent around the pegs so hard my feet hurt for days, my chest hit the gas tank, my full faced helmet hit the handle bars, the bike died, the tab that held the muffler to the frame broke off, the handle bars actually bent a little, and some how I barely kept it bike on its wheels, turned out for some reason the landing shorted out the coil, and the chain evidently pulled so hard on the back wheel as it compressed it knocked it out of adjustment, I never attempted it again after fixing the bike it was the only time I was truly scared in a bike, but I have the fall guy matchbox truck and had the full size poster of Heather Thomas in her pink bikini on my wall beside my bed, still got both but the poster is not on my wall, that's all I wanted to be was I stuntman my whole life unfortunately not many opportunities for a stuntman in ohio, but I can still recite the song to this day , I own a square body 79 long bed Chevy truck with 33 inch tires, so glad they finally did something with the old show, now if they would bring back BJ and the bear, Hardcastle and McCormick , and knight Rider, us 80's latch key kids would be in heaven, for that fact a good remake of smokey and the bandit would be pretty awesome, did you know they fall guy movie with Ryan gosling isn't the first try at it, the rock was supposed to do a fall guy movie years ago don't know what happened there
@crashoverride23
@crashoverride23 23 күн бұрын
Scarecrow and Mrs King i loved. Scarecrow is TRON.
@crisananca313
@crisananca313 Ай бұрын
those Top Cat movies are made by and for Latin America, cause TC is HUGE there!
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Yes, I was unaware of this. Why is it so popular there? Are they also fans of Phil Silvers (since Top Cat is based on Phil Silvers/ Sg. Bilko)?
@crisananca313
@crisananca313 Ай бұрын
​@@atomicabe they are not! And Doberman voices Benny so cool! Crossover would be epic! I dont know, I just know they love him there! They tried to get the latin voice actors for the JellyStone segments, but they didnt care for the gender bending, or how he was handled, so they edit out the Top Cat parts to not tarnish the legacy!
@CartoonTriper
@CartoonTriper Ай бұрын
17:35 Mario Kart but is in the 70s/ 80s
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
ha! For real.
@hybrid22003
@hybrid22003 25 күн бұрын
So that who it was! I kew there must have been a reference I was missing context to, in the end cutscene.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 24 күн бұрын
Oh, does Lee Majors show up in the movie? I'm seeing it tomorrow.
@hybrid22003
@hybrid22003 23 күн бұрын
@@atomicabe There's a cut scene with him,after a lot of clip with thee stunts filming.
@gl0087
@gl0087 Ай бұрын
I thought you were going to talk about the spin-off where Lou Ferrigno played a paramedic.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Did that have a backdoor pilot that was born out of THE FALL GUY? I was under the impression it was a cross-over episode. (This is like the old HAPPY DAYS / OUT OF THE BLUE debate. Or THE BRADY KIDS / MISSION: MAGIC.)
@crisananca313
@crisananca313 Ай бұрын
hey I know that guy from a Dexters lab episode!
@bobbillings
@bobbillings 17 күн бұрын
Emily Blunt has become the new Rock. She's in every movie.
@robshimer
@robshimer Ай бұрын
What was "Telephone"? It was directed by the same guy that did Beretta?
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Huh. I'm not sure. I only know "The Telephone" movie -- which was directed by Rip Torn (from a script by Terry Southern and Harry Nillson)
@robshimer
@robshimer Ай бұрын
@@atomicabe ok I watched it again. You said “tele-film.” The first 2 times I swear I heard telephone.
@reyluna9332
@reyluna9332 27 күн бұрын
Is the Fall Guy movie really about the Fall Guy TV show, or is it closer to Burt Reynolds' film about a stunt man called Hooper?
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 27 күн бұрын
This is like when the 2005 movie HOUSE OF WAX came out, but it was less a remake of HOUSE OF WAX and more like TOURIST TRAP
@rambo4war
@rambo4war 2 күн бұрын
4:53 ❤
@brandonrylant8191
@brandonrylant8191 14 күн бұрын
I watch the fall guy when I was a kid it was great and beloved this guy don’t know what the hell he talking bout
@ackerjawaka4742
@ackerjawaka4742 4 күн бұрын
I've just watched it and I thought it was pretty good 😜
@MeganKoumori
@MeganKoumori Ай бұрын
"Top Cat" is huge in Latin America. Don't ask me why "Top Cat" is huge in Latin America.
@palaemon
@palaemon Ай бұрын
16:07 Colt clearly calls Rooster “Brewster Steele” but IMDB shows his character name as Albert “Rooster” Brooks. However, the Rooster TV Movie shows him as Rooster Steele. Weird.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
So I zeroed in on that details as well. There's a scene where Rooster shows his bagde and it shows the name "Albert Brooks". As an Albert Brooks fan I was surprised and excited to compare Paul Williams and Albert Brooks (two former actors from THE ODD COUPLE). Turns out Albert Brooks is the name of his captain, and that's what's listed on his I.D. card. Imdb had it wrong. Imdb also lists an incorrect air-date. We worked with Ken Reid (from the great TV Guidance Counselor podcast) to get copies of the TV listings when this backdoor pilot aired.
@stellarhyme3
@stellarhyme3 Ай бұрын
I loved the Fall Guy growing up.
@rony41165
@rony41165 Ай бұрын
The Rooster character starred in a pilot movie Rooster wherein he first met Sweets and teamed up.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
Oh yes, we get into that.
@ComdrStew
@ComdrStew 25 күн бұрын
Now we just need the 6 Billion Dollar Man.
@CitizenKane380
@CitizenKane380 Ай бұрын
Pittsburgh is a nice place. A bit dirty though
@beanheaddd3764
@beanheaddd3764 25 күн бұрын
It's not a unicorn. They did it in the 70s with Richie Brockleman p.i. appearing on Rockford.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 24 күн бұрын
That's true -- and we got into that with our video about the failed Rockford spin-offs.
@atomicabe
@atomicabe 24 күн бұрын
And there's another "second chance" show we're covering an an upcoming video.
@Drew791
@Drew791 Ай бұрын
I swear, Steele and McBride had to be the inspiration for Hazel and Cha Cha from Umbrella Academy!
@SuperMarioBrosIII
@SuperMarioBrosIII Ай бұрын
Pat McCormick looks allot like Franklin Cover from The Jeffersons. 🤠🤗🙋👍
@atomicabe
@atomicabe Ай бұрын
You're right. I'd add that Pat McCormick looks like a sleazier version Frankllin Cover. (Not in a bad way. It's like how Bucky Henry is a bit sleazy. It adds dimension.)
@whiteknightcutlass
@whiteknightcutlass Ай бұрын
Oh wow, bionic girl with sandra bullock i had no clue, no clue about the bandit tv movies they look terrible lol, but i do remember the bionic dog, and the knight Rider spin off about the war vet helping people that needed help with bad people, didnt know pat McCormick wrote for the tonight show either, some interesting facts
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 27 күн бұрын
@4:52 dear gawd!
@StarkSpartan
@StarkSpartan 11 күн бұрын
I have never heard of the Drew Barrymore show.
@ivanburden4658
@ivanburden4658 Ай бұрын
The backdoor pilots of the Aarowverse might be interesting
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