While it's true that the addition of Nedra Volz to the cast of The Fall Guy was somewhat of a woodrow-wilter, especially considering by that point we'd already seen a decline in the bikini-clad appearances of Markie and Heather, the main reason cited by Jump The Shark contributors for the show's ungoodness was Lee Majors' "The Unknown Stuntman." These people obviously have brainpower somewhat comparable to a Portuguese Man o' War (and are possessed of considerably less loinclothy awesomeness than Manowar).

This, friends is right up there with "Suicide is Painless," Waylon's "Just the Good Ol' Boys" and anything composed by Mike Post in the '80s. Dissing on "The Unknown Stuntman" is like fronting on Master of Puppets, Led Zeppelin II, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, Out of Step, Red Headed Stranger, Double Nickels on the Dime, Holy Diver, More Fun in the New World, SF Sorrow, 2112, Live After Death, You're Living All Over Me and New Day Rising all at once. It proves you a fraud, a charlatan, a scoundral, and worst of all, a man with a serious deficiency in the taste department. We at tha Jalop will not stand for this blasphemy. Now dammit, Murdoch, release us the DVDs so we can go take a nice relaxing bubble bath at the end of a hard day's blogging. And as always, Markie, call us.

The Fall Guy [Jump the Shark]

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So we've had a big hankering for The Fall Guy lately, which led us to check Amazon for DVD availability. No dice! So in the spirit of Conan O'Brien's campaign to get Dirty Dancing re-released a while back, we want our Lee Majors, Doug Barr, Heather Thomas and Markie Post (oh, do we want us some Markie Post...) and a big honkin' pickup that was mostly a GMC, but sometimes a Chevy.

We demand nothing less than an ber-deluxe treatment of this, one of the finest shows of the 1980s. Colt would totally outscore Dog with by dint of his totally awesome stunt technology (and besides, Seavers was with anything less than a nine, so fine!) The time is ripe for the return of the bounty stunter. In the meantime, we did manage to dig up an MP3 of the Majors-sung theme song. All hail The Unknown Stuntman! Glenn A. Larson, give the people what they want!

Now go bug Fox for a release, kids:
20th Century Fox
10201 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035

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He'll might fall from a tall building, he'll roll a brand-new car, 'cause he's the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star. Continuing on with our suddenly-flashbacked, long-dormant Markie Post obsession due to Lew's suggestion earlier in the week that we post The Fall Guy's intro sequence, may we present to you The Fall Guy Episode Guide. Call us, Markie. Let's get together for a game of Jenga poolside. We wanna know all about that truck. And bikini-clad dressing-room nose-candy antics with Heather Thomas.

The Fall Guy Episode Guide

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