The Fall Guy: Why the Spin-Off Failed 

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 🤣

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Everything you mentioned in this episode, except the series Fall Guy and its spin-off, was shown on TV in my country. The shows, the movies - we had these and some of the movies and series were very popular. But we never had The Fall Guy. It was a surprise for me, that the new movie with Gosling is based upon an old TV series, but there were Majors' and Thomas' cameos in the movie, so I did the research :) The movie is very fun and it introduced me to the original series, which is also quite entertaining :)

This is a great video; It Something to admire.

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.

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

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

The Fall Guy is one of the greatest Tv series ever especially overseas

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Scarecrow and Mrs King i loved. Scarecrow is TRON.

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

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

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

@4:52 dear gawd!

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

Wait… there was a show before the Ryan Gosling movie? 😯 I never knew that!

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Yeah! I old enough to remember the original Fall Guy tv series ugg and LOL!🛻🚚📺📼

There was a _first_ Top Cat movie?

Funny how you compare it to Miami Vice. The Fall Guy had one more episode than Miami Vice and you think it was more popular?

I think Star Wars was stealing from Frank Herbert’s 1965 book Dune.

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

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

5:04 (Imitating Fouad) Oh, ho ho! It's funny because they were husband and wife at the time in real life! Ho, ho!

And what's wrong with Pittsburgh?🖤💛

Let's do a reboot of 'Rooster & McBride' with TOBEY JONES and DAVID HARBOUR.

It says loosely based and apparently Lee Majors likes it. The less like the TV show the better. I was not a fan of the TV show or 6-million-dollar man. The TV show wasn't about making movies.

Ryan Gosling is just about the most contemptible and anodyne block of wood who has mustered up an acting career. That's why this flopped - people are beginning to see through it. His supposed coolness registers as the most loathsome smugness. Put him on a stage in Hamlet or Iceman Cometh, and his shortcomings will be all too visible - cheekbones won't save ye there, pal!

Because it's a pos. Never should've been done. Unless a movie was made back in the 80s with the original actors. That could've been good. Some of today's cast and directors are pos. The same goes for "Twisters" film. Unless it was made with the original actors bank in the 90s. They made a film with today's pos actors and wonder why. 😂 Some casting directors seem to suck just as much. Best movies last year were from great actors and great directors. Killers of The Flower Moon great film. There are others but few.

Miami Vice was a rubbish film.

Dont worry Abe, Ryan Goslings feature will fail too.

Why are you seen that movie? It was fantastic. Maybe just don’t listen to them.

Miami Vice film is utter shit

The movie is going to suck . The TV show did not suck. Plus the TV show had the Stunning Heather Thomas. The movie will be just green screen stunts .

"The Fall Guy" movie was the worst movie ever and "The Fall Guy" tv series was completely awesome.

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

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

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

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. 🥵

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

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!

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

The reason why The Fall Guy worked as a TV show but failed as a movie can be summed up in six words: Ryan Gosling is no Lee Majors

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!

Scarecrow and Mrs King cinematic universe just announced by Disney!

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.

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

Lee Majors main stuntman in The Fall Guy was Mickey Gilbert who was a high school friend of Robert Redford's who ended up being his long-time stunt double starting with Butch Cassidy all the way to 2018's 'The Old Man & the Gun''. Mickey passed away at 87 in February of this year. Paul Williams is an accomplished musician who has written a number of classic movie themes including my favorite song, Flying Dreams from The Secret of NIMH.

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.

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

Sorry, but the Miami Vice film was terrible. My sister and her friend went to see it in the theater and even the ticket taker told them not to see it.

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

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.

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!

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?”.

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

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

There is so much 70s in one video

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

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

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.

That would’ve been a kickass show

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

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

hey I know that guy from a Dexters lab episode!

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

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.

Paul Williams is my favorite song writer! Always

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

Paul Williams is a national treasure.

I used to watch the fall guy and just recently watched the film... it was a little cheezy but it had NO SEX, NO DAFTNESS pronoun sh1t ect so to me it was perfect... it was done just like the tv show, to me it was a good reboot ..give it a chance... so sick of the bs in movies today .. if it was in the agenda colt would be a 200st women as an LGBTQ and her friend would identify as the dog ffs... leave classic as they are...

Fall guy was amazing. I loved the movie.

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.

It was massive in Britain in the 80's. Loads of mates are named Lee, I'm 57, go figure....

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

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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!

how about The Coltons ? a failed backdoor pilot from MacGyver