The Fall Guy: Why the Spin-Off Failed

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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written and narrated by Kevin Maher
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[@kodiekulp]

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]

We are big fans of Stunt Rock!

[@atomicabe]

And thanks for watching!

[@kodiekulp]

@@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]

I loved The Fall Guy haven't watched it years

[@clownkilla7003]

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.

[@travisa7669]

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!

[@Erocksoco]

The Fall Guy had one of the best TV themes ever.

[@robshimer]

That’s all I remember about the show.

[@Erocksoco]

@@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.

[@stingrey1571]

As a child of the 80s. I wanted to be colt seavers when I grew up

[@RussellFlowers]

"Scarecrow and Mrs. King" huh? Hang on, gotta make a few calls...

[@jnnx]

Comparing “The Fall Guy” to “Scarecrow and Mrs King” shows that Abe DEFINITELY wasn’t alive in the 80’s. . .

[@paulallen8495]

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]

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]

@@ReviewRoomieAnd a post-Tron Bruce Boxleitner.

[@jeanemlicar]

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]

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]

It' was on Wednesday nights at 7pm, central time.

[@COMPFUNK2]

@@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]

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]

That tease about Knight Rider at the end…pure perfection!

[@chanceotter8121]

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]

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]

@@atomicabe A Remington Steele reboot can't be too far away LOL!🤔🤠🙋👍

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

@@atomicabePaul also recently collaborated with the likes of Portugal, the Man and Daft Punk

[@theelvisguru9490]

I can’t believe you called Paul Williams a b list star! The songs that man has written will outlive all of us!

[@medic7556]

The Fall Guy did produce a spin-of series, starring Lou Ferrigno (post Incredible Hulk) called Trauma Center.

[@KevinGeeksOut]

Oh wow. Was that a spin-off or a cross-over?

[@medic7556]

It was a spin-off, back door pilot. Howie (Douglas Barr) was critically injured in a stunt car accident.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

Uh-oh, Atomic Abe has some 'splaining to do!

[@charlesmcdermott4101]

I was gonna comment about this spin off

[@caseycorbin]

I thought this video was gonna be about Trauma Centre.

[@asecretone]

In later seasons of Knight Rider every episode needed to have *SUPER PURSUIT MODE*

[@MichaelMartin-qe5ye]

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.

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Paul Williams is best known to me as the composer/singer for the songs in Bugsy Malone

[@atomicabe]

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]

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]

That's interesting! We will look into it.

[@pamelamays4186]

Paul Williams is also an Academy Award songwriter. His winning song was Evergreen from A Star Is Born.

[@julioagua]

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]

Has there been a movie version of CONDORITO?

[@julioagua]

@@atomicabe Yeah there was!!! a 3D movie on 2017, terrible reviews.

[@giovanniorellana2200]

I hope you talk about the W.A.L.T.E.R. failed pilot.

[@stillaboveground2470]

The only reason I watched The Fall Guy because of Heather Thomas and Markie Post.

[@joerussell9574]

Yummmy Markie Post....so had the hots for her from Night Court also during my teen years!

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Heather Thomas is scorchingly hot

[@marctronixx]

loved fall guy!! thank you for hippin' me onto those 3 stunt man flicks!!

[@atomicabe]

My pleasure. I hope you like them. STUNT ROCK is so much fun.

[@TokyoXtreme]

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.

[@xZeroGunnerx]

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]

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.

[@tolfan4438]

There is so much 70s in one video

[@atomicabe]

can you dig it?

[@arroberson8796]

Paul Williams on Smokey and the Bandit...shout out to Paul for vocals on the last Daft Punk LP

[@QuasarSniffer]

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]

If only he could have lived to write on THE FALL GUY.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

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]

Great suggestion! Thanks for watching

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

"Glen Larceny" sounds like a Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? villain. 😂🤣

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

Just occurred to me when watching your intro that due to its star, The Fall Guy is like a comedy version of Drive.

[@atomicabe]

Absolutely! I'm sure it'll be wildly different, but Ryan Gosling brings that baggage to the role (in a good way 👍 )

[@ReviewRoomie]

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]

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.

[@skarloey1214]

This is a great video; It Something to admire.

[@atomicabe]

LOL.

[@CannonKnight]

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]

Oh, I don't know FILTHY RICH, will have to look for it. Thank you.

[@From-North-Jersey]

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.

[@eddieboyky]

Not gonna lie. I'd totally watch a feature film version of Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

[@atomicabe]

Since we made this video I've had the SCARECROW & MRS. KING theme in my head. Great theme song.

[@NostalgiNorden]

Scarecrow and Mrs King cinematic universe just announced by Disney!

[@atomicabe]

ha! I hope they make it cross-over with Tron.

[@victoriascholl4607]

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!

[@joelzsheridancomedy3983]

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?”.

[@Dragondude2525]

It’s been years since I’ve heard someone name drop Phantom of the Paradise.

[@GohTakeshita]

Whenever I see Paul Williams I always mistakenly think it's William Sanderson.

[@atomicabe]

ha! I can see that.

[@AlexSpalex1]

I got introduced to Paul Williams through his guest star role in Dexter's Labatory.

[@TheRockinDonkey]

Paul Williams is a national treasure.

[@atomicabe]

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.

[@rony41165]

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.

[@Broco1L]

19:03 Fantastic Comic book Guy impression👏😆 Thanks for your excellent analysis!

[@lrsiv]

Actually, I would love a movie version of Scarecrow and Mrs. King. 😁

[@fredflintstoner596]

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 ?"

[@sejejo7565]

That would’ve been a kickass show

[@atomicabe]

I would've watched.

[@gordonstewart8897]

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.

[@timfurnier7061]

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]

This video was made for you.

[@timfurnier7061]

@@atomicabe Awwwwwwwww! Thanks!

[@tamaraclaw]

Paul Williams also voiced a character based on himself for "Dexter's Laboratory", among other interesting appearances

[@atomicabe]

Such an amazing career. And a remarkable life. The document PAUL WILLIAMS: STILL ALIVE is a favorite.

[@brettconnerley8670]

What would the audience be for this show??? Also don’t forget Donald P. Bellisario on your Mt. Rushmore

[@bkjbearcat78]

@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]

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.

[@failing_safely]

Hmm, I am wondering what your thoughts on these movie adaptations of 70s/80s shows. Any that you thought were actually good?

[@atomicabe]

The first 21 Jump Street movie is fun. So is the first Brady Bunch film.

[@hybrid22003]

So that who it was! I kew there must have been a reference I was missing context to, in the end cutscene.

[@atomicabe]

Oh, does Lee Majors show up in the movie? I'm seeing it tomorrow.

[@hybrid22003]

@@atomicabe There's a cut scene with him,after a lot of clip with thee stunts filming.

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Dont forget he was in owen marshall .attorney at law.1971,72

[@CartoonTriper]

17:35 Mario Kart but is in the 70s/ 80s

[@atomicabe]

ha! For real.

[@rrsaga]

Paul Williams is my favorite song writer! Always

[@KevinGeeksOut]

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.

[@ebartow66highlights]

Jeez Kevin, now I’m picturing a Scarecrow and Mrs. King movie made by Lord and Miller.

[@atomicabe]

Would watch!!

[@Macgyvergame]

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]

Oh, maybe it was. I shouldn't rule that out.

[@whiteknightcutlass]

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

[@gl0087]

I thought you were going to talk about the spin-off where Lou Ferrigno played a paramedic.

[@atomicabe]

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.)

[@billcary30]

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]

That's right! I never saw those, but I've read about it.

[@2ToyBoys]

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!

[@rony41165]

The Rooster character starred in a pilot movie Rooster wherein he first met Sweets and teamed up.

[@atomicabe]

Oh yes, we get into that.

[@paulcochran1721]

Fall Guy also used the movie "The Hunter" (1980) to get it's bounty hunter tie-in.

[@atomicabe]

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]

@@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!

[@juanizquierdo1737]

I loved The Fall Guy show! Great tv theme song. Lee Majors and of course Heather Thomas💌

[@dougvanminnen7537]

The Facts of life beat out the Rooster pilot? Damn! But in all fairness the classic Family Ties came right after.

[@pdonettes]

Fall guy was amazing. I loved the movie.

[@atomicabe]

Good to hear! I'm seeing the movie on Tuesday.

[@crisananca313]

those Top Cat movies are made by and for Latin America, cause TC is HUGE there!

[@atomicabe]

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]

​@@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!

[@crisananca313]

hey I know that guy from a Dexters lab episode!

[@robshimer]

What was "Telephone"? It was directed by the same guy that did Beretta?

[@atomicabe]

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]

@@atomicabe ok I watched it again. You said “tele-film.” The first 2 times I swear I heard telephone.

[@blackamerican40]

I'm surprised Paul Williams didn't play Yoda in the second Star Wars movie to keep the Muppet connection going. 😅😅

[@atomicabe]

OMG. If they were still making 70s Variety Shows in the 80s, we might have gotten to see Paul Williams as Yoda.

[@xLordOfNothingx]

Top Cat is HUGE in Mexico, pretty sure all its box office came from here lol

[@melasn9836]

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]

I stand very corrected. Thank you. Had this been a video about Top Cat, I would've done the research.

[@melasn9836]

@@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.

[@crashoverride23]

Scarecrow and Mrs King i loved. Scarecrow is TRON.

[@palaemon]

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]

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.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

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]

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!"

[@beanheaddd3764]

It's not a unicorn. They did it in the 70s with Richie Brockleman p.i. appearing on Rockford.

[@atomicabe]

That's true -- and we got into that with our video about the failed Rockford spin-offs.

[@atomicabe]

And there's another "second chance" show we're covering an an upcoming video.

[@stellarhyme3]

I loved the Fall Guy growing up.

[@johnny5805]

How can you compare TFG to Scarecrow and Mrs King ? TFG was one of the best and TOP shows of the 80's ! It had a Nielsen of 19.9 !

[@reyluna9332]

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]

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

[@Jim222001]

It failed already ? Has good reviews and not out until Thursday lol.

[@CitizenKane380]

Pittsburgh is a nice place. A bit dirty though

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

Pat McCormick looks allot like Franklin Cover from The Jeffersons. 🤠🤗🙋👍

[@atomicabe]

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.)

[@ComdrStew]

Now we just need the 6 Billion Dollar Man.

[@COMPFUNK2]

There was a _first_ Top Cat movie?

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

I guess the cat's out of the bag.

[@whiteknightcutlass]

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

[@ivanburden4658]

The backdoor pilots of the Aarowverse might be interesting

[@davethomas1241]

Love the fall guy

[@bobbillings]

Emily Blunt has become the new Rock. She's in every movie.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

@4:52 dear gawd!

[@matthewfarmer2520]

What about the tv show Simon & Simon as a movie i love the series back in the 80s i was a kid then, now in my late 40s im 48.

[@atomicabe]

Depending on the casting, I would watch. Going back to the show as an adult I appreciated that it had an added layer that one brother was a Marine serving in Viet Nam, while his other brother was a college student protesting the war. Curious if that detail would remain/ be updated.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I loved that show.

[@MeganKoumori]

"Top Cat" is huge in Latin America. Don't ask me why "Top Cat" is huge in Latin America.

[@Drew791]

I swear, Steele and McBride had to be the inspiration for Hazel and Cha Cha from Umbrella Academy!

[@kavinskysmith4094]

On Why they did it with fallguy and not something else, Redo something that was done badly, not something done well, Brad Jones, 2009, case in point, a lawson production where they stole the video from other tv shows and movies, its pretty much a blank slate on what you want to do with it, kinda like an 80's parody film where you can do whatever you want with it after all everything was built on everything else, its just a matter of do you rip off the original material or do something new with it

[@IbriyGad]

Wait until they reboot Back to the Future.

[@atomicabe]

I mean, there's going to be a movie of the Broadway musical.

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

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.

[@acblazer]

not even a mention that Farrah Fawcett is Lee Majors ex wife LOL

[@canuck21]

I would watch a feature film reboot of Scarecrow and Mrs. King as long as they don't race-swap.

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

Derwood? The guy who's married to the witch? 🤔

[@atomicabe]

ha! I hadn't made the connection, but you're right.

[@SamIIs]

12:56

[@tobyflagg8058]

You might wanna check the numbers earned from the 2 Ghostbusters films in 2021 and 2024. They're dire. I disagree with you too on the premise The Fall Guy wouldn't be a natural fit for a big screen remake. A stunt man moonlighting as a bounty hunter - what's the problem? Sounds awesome. But having seen the new film, I think the film hasn't nailed the feeling of Lee Major's cult classic tv show, far too goofy and too much emphasis on the 2 lead character's budding romance, which is just lame.