The Stunts..
I was wondering if he did his own stunts?
shareHe might have done some of the easier things like fights and so on, but his main stunt double was Mickey Gilbert.
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Of course.
He was wearing a hairpiece during his stunts.
Hairpiece or not the stunts were absolutely crazy. Do you remember in the opening titles Colt's GMC was shown jumping a moving bus and then later a Porsche? Not to mention some guy in the Season 1 titles swan diving off a cliff? I'm not sure if any other TV show had done anything like that before or after.
I'm open to comments.
"the stunts were absolutely crazy. Do you remember in the opening titles Colt's GMC was shown jumping a moving bus and then later a Porsche? Not to mention Doug Barr swan diving off a cliff? I'm not sure if any other TV show had done anything like that before or after.
I'm open to comments. "
The truck over the Porsche was from the third aired episode "The Rich Get Richer" and the bus jump seen in the season two opening credits was from episode #14 "Ready, Aim...DIE!" with sexy Mary Crosby(the actress who shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas").
Stunts in movies back in the 70s/80s seem a lot more daring and kamikaze like than in modern action films and tv shows. I mean even Jennifer Garner dangling from a train in an Alias episode just doesn't get the adrenaline flowing like Lee Majors grabbing a rope ladder on a helicopter to escape a car going over a cliff.
What are you guys opinions on this?
I know for a fact that the main guy did not do his own stunts. My mother (and father, for that matter) worked on this TV show. My mom is a stuntwoman, and when I asked her this questions, she laughed. She then said, "No." So no, none of the main actors did their own stunts.
shareYes I have to agree with what someone said that the stunts during the 70's and 80's seemed a lot more crazier than what they are now in todays shows and movies but they do not make shows like The Fall Guy anymore. All they want to show now is drama crime shows and reality shows as well which really sucks!
shareOne of the craziest stunts I've ever seen was in the episode "Death Boat" as Colt dangled from a helicopter's rope ladder over a speeding convertible on a cliff. That was definitely one of the greateast and craziest most death-defying action scenes in TV history .
shareYes I would have to agree with you on that! I mean I loved some of the things that they pulled on this great show! It is a shame that they do not do some reunion you know where Colt opens up his own stunt school and possibly Howie and Jody is his main instructors.
That would be cool to see you know all of them together again in a movie reunion but I know that would not happen though.
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Rob, that actually is a very good basic premise of a reunion movie that you came up with!
shareThanks! It was just a idea that popped into my head when I read the last thread. I just sort of figured that since Colt is getting up there in age and can no longer do stunts in movies and with what money he made off of bounty hunting he decides to retire but opens up in Hollywood, California or some part of California the Colt Seaver's Stunt School with the Fall Guy Association logo you know.
It is just a thought and idea and wonder if Lee Majors, Douglas Bar, Heather Thomas, and possibly Markie Post would be interested in doing something like that so that fans of The Fall Guy can still enjoy all of the great memories of The Fall Guy.
Possibly what could be funny is Markie Posts character shows up to try to draw Colt out of retirement to catch someone. It is a thought and idea that are popping in my head you know.
I would love to see something like this because it is about time that they did do a reunion though with the original cast members and people who worked behind the scenes.
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I too worked on all 22 episodes of season 1. I was the assistant men's costume supervisor. I was on the set almost daily. The way the stunts worked was this: most of the actual daring/dangerous stunts were stock footage of stunts from various films. All we had to do was recreate the costumes to match the footage. Lee Majors, Doug Barr, Mickey Gilbert (Lee's stunt double), etc. were dressed in costume then filmed the lead-in to the stunt and then filmed the following scene after the stunt. When the footage was edited together, it appeared the actors and the stunt people performed the (stock) stunt. Sorry to bust some bubbles, but it WAS television, budgets were limited, and filming time was short (7 work days to shoot one episode.) Watch an episode closely and you can see the variation in film quality between the series footage and the stock footage.
shareThat actually makes a lot of sense, and it actually impresses me with the creativity.
Doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the show at all. Those stunts are still pretty impressive. I would say that Burn Notice came the closest in the last few years.
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