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main detailscombined detailsfull cast and crewcompany creditsepisode listepisodes castepisode ratings...Plot Outline:
The adventures of a film stunt performer who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow.Trivia:
The opening credits feature a yellow Dodge Charger crashing crashing into a speeding locomotive.This stunt is from Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974).Quotes:
Colt Seavers:
This is the story of one of America's great unsung heroes.You've cheered for him and cried for him and women have wanted to die for him.But did he ever get any credit or the girl?Sorry, there was a problem collecting your vote.Bake for an hour and top off with a car
chase and crash.This show may never be mistaken for a Shakespearean drama, but it sure
is a lost classic in it's own right.This show is NEVER dull.Be
thankful that Al Gore or John Kerry never made an appearance(though it
was edited by Howard Deane in season four).Hell, most feature films
these days don't give you so much raw energy!Larson, who created The Fall
Guy, natch) are currently seen on TWO DIFFERENT cable networks taking
up airtime while a true original sits on the shelf collecting dust.At
the time that I type this on August 17th, 2004 U.Most in
Hollywood are against the President.Was the above comment useful to you?You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.Plot
Lee Majors plays Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a bounty hunter.He uses his physical skills and knowledge of stunt effects (especially stunts involving cars or his large GMC pickup truck) to capture fugitives and criminals.They are then assigned to finding, for example, a man who has skipped bail.His case turns out to be more complicated than it first seemed.Majors' previous series, The Six Million Dollar Man.Theme song
The show's theme song, "The Unknown Stuntman", was written by Glen A.Gail Jensen and David Sommerville and performed by Lee Majors.The truck
Colt's truck was an early 1980s GMC 4x4 pickup.One unusual characteristic was a secret compartment in the truck's bed, which was used to stash away villains or to hide weapons.During the show's run, the stunts took their toll on the trucks, so several different year model trucks are used during the show's initial run.As a result, there are some inconsistencies in the episodes.For instance, in the pilot episode the truck (a 1980 model) has two square headlights and a light tan interior.For the remainder of the series, it almost always had the quad headlight configuration of the 1981 and newer models, with a dark brown interior.The truck always appeared to be a long bed model, but in a couple of episodes a short bed model was used.At the end of the series, the remaining trucks were either auctioned or given away in a contest.TV Stations and Cable Network that aired the show in syndication
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On June 5, 2007 20th Century Fox released the first season of The Fall Guy on DVD in Region 1.This article about a television show originating in the United States is a stub.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Patsy.The discussion page may contain suggestions.Citations by the numbers
1.Four slightly different usages for fall guy arise.The usages:
Scapegoat (an innocent one).The usage here may have a flavor relating more to the 'straight scapegoat' and less of the 'betrayed confederate.The usage here conforms to that of the 'betrayed confederate."Who Planned the Steunenberg Murder?Will the Extraordinary Confession of Orchard, Who Turned State's Evidence, Be Corroborated?Online Etymological Dictionary places the origin at 1906.The actual passage they cite is unstated, although probably citing the OED.Gary Martin places the origin to at least 1904 (Oakland Tribune, Dec 1904) although possibly earlier.NY Times, February 28, 1911, Tuesday; the phrase 'fall guy' here refers, apparently, to a sucker who makes bets at bad odds (confirmation?No guilt is associated with the fall guy, only gullibility.Possibly arose from Hobo Lingo.Definition from American Underworld Dictionary gives slightly different meanings: 1.Any person, guilty or innocent (emphasis added), who takes full blame to shield others.All the hip (smart) ghees (fellows) hit the counties (country jails) or the street (win acquittals or bribe their way out)."Other sources assert origin to 1906, although without attribution.Discredited Origins
Various sources attribute the origin of fall guy to 'Guy Fawkes' and the Gunpowder Plot.The Teapot Connection
One popular myth is that the word's origin dates back to the 1920s, during the administration of U.The term is allegedly named for Albert B.Still, without evidence to support the case, the theory connecting Albert Fall to 'fall guy' might suffer the same ignominy that befell Albert Fall's career.In such a case, although wrongly implicated in the term's origin, with the myth widely persisting, Albert Fall fully becomes the innocent fall guy for the term's origin.Thus, once for Teapot and once for the phrase, Albert Fall becomes the fall guy twice for the same act.With such a feat, should true eponymy be denied?Mark Twain quips on Congress aside.Teapot Dome seems not to provide the link.This seems to complete both requirements at once, yet the meaning is clearly not that of the scapegoat.By 1950, fall guy, in the context of unions and industrial society, meant the low man on the totem poll, to whom the unimportant tasks would be assigned, specifically that of filling out questionnaires (Research in Labor Unions; see Jstor.The rise of the 'political' fall guy seems to come from one of three events:
1.Oswald claimed himself a patsy, but he wasn't officially labelled a fall guy until 1964, by Joachim Joesten, in his book 'Oswald, Assassin or Fall Guy?Pulp fiction meets pulp politics.It is only of minor curiosity that Safire, the instigator of this inquiry, is himself quoted in the above article.Still, widespread use of the phrase doesn't seem to follow specifically from this event.We see an increased rise later in the 1980's (see numbers below).While clearly not the first case, it was the first case in which the term clearly exploded into public consciousness, if not quite into everyday parlance.Oliver North displayed during the hearings.Citations by the numbers
According to newspaperarchive.Could somebody actually access the article in question?Perhaps not surprisingly, popular usage tends to peak not with any political event, but rather with a TV series The Fall Guy, which premiered November 4, 1981 and ended May 2, 1986.The numerous citations are probably TV listing in the papers.Contra hearings sparked into a flame.Alternatively, this may merely say something about the types of reporters working at the time.But it seems that, while originally, the fall guy had to deal with the authorities (the police), currently, the fall guy must deal with public shame and disgrace (a notable exception here is Scooter Libby).Iraq War (as evidenced in 2006 election); unindicted, resigned.For the political appointees, it seems that a resignation, and a public shaming is enough punishment.Most political appointees can probably readily find jobs as lobbyists or elsewhere in the public sector, so no financial consequence really follows.Yet, perhaps the political fall guy must suffer some 'political death' (this topic is left for others to expand or contest).For the military officers, a punishment of demotion or reassignment is real enough.Whether or not the lowest member could rely on the rest for support once out of prison is debatable.Political rank should be high enough to ensure outraged partisans that 'justice' has been done, that a sufficient price had been paid.Furthermore, the politico that falls must have been in a position of authority related to the scandal (Mike Brown was head of FEMA during the Katrina relief efforts (or lack thereof)).Most importantly, the key purpose of a fall guy, to protect the group from further inquiry, remains.In politics, scandals can sometimes be resolved with simple statements of responsibility and atonement.When they cannot, then "heads must roll."When a scandal erupts, it is not only the accused that suffer, but the whole of government.So when the fall guy suffers his fate its purpose is not only to protect his political bosses, but also to help the country 'move forward' with its business.Whether the advent of the 24 hour news cycle has increased the use of fall guys or not is an open question.With political consciousness, the fall guy and his demise also maintain the framework that consequences exist and that justice shall be meted out.But, if a single fall guy can absorb the punishment of many other guilty parties, then the justice is mostly symbolic.So perhaps a little justice is better than no justice at all.In his case, the act may have functioned more as a ritual (symbolic) suicide than merely taking the rap.This page was last modified on 11 October 2007, at 15:21.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Airs Next: ABC at Wednesday 9:00 PM (60 min.Every week Colt and his gang was assigned to apprehend a fugitive from justice.Tell the world what you think of The Fall Guy, write a review for this show.Classic action adventure series that takes Lee Majors out of the bionic roll.Won't miss anything if you don't watch it.Show Type: Live ActionCountry of Origin: USThe Fall Guy was about a movie stunt man who also worked as a bounty hunter to supplement his income.But did he ever get any credit or the girl?The other is to take an occasional job with the court system of the United States of America where a man is considered innocent until proven guilty.This was one of my favorite shows as a kid.Petr Prucha has been leveled by frightening hits in the past week, leading coach Tom Renney to say Prucha needs to learn to protect himself."Prucha, who was leveled by frightening, albeit legal, hits by Brent Burns in Minnesota on Thursday and by Cody McLeod in Colorado the next night, told The Post on Sunday.Prucha remained on the ice for more than several moments when crushed by Burns, and finally arose wobbly.That is only one of the issues confronting Prucha, now in his third season.On a Rangers team that has seven forwards with three or fewer goals, and is last in the NHL in offense by scoring 2.IN RANGERS
COULD BE BLUESHIRTS VS.He will serve the suspension today, when the Sabres play at Pittsburgh.Crosby recently missed 21 games with a ligament sprain in the same...COM are trademarks of NYP Holdings, Inc.
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