The Fall Guy: The Complete Season 1, Vol. 1

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In the pilot movie, during the bar fight scene, you'll notice the band performing in the background is blurred out, and there's some strange editing going on. Fox was trying to hide the fact that they replaced and edited out Paul Williams singing the Patsy Cline hit "Crazy", and the acting scenes he had before and during the fight. Since all traces of Paul Williams were edited out, his name was removed from the guest star credits at the beginning of the movie, and the song credit for "Crazy" was edited out of the end credits.

There's no mention of music replacement on the back of the box, but in their review of the set, TVShowsOnDVD-DOT-com provided some information that may indicate lots more music replacements in the set:

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Chris Cook dug up some information from NOMA Music and posted it to the Home Theater Forum. NOMA posted this on their website: "20th Century Fox home video release of "The Fall Guy" starring Lee Majors features eight new songs by Robert Allen, Octane Saints, Don Fisher and Matt King." This, coupled with the odd scene from the pilot, leads me to believe there were some music replacements on the set.
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I watched the DVD episode a little more and noticed more instances of music replacement, such as during the restaurant fight, and some score music removed before and after that scene. There are probably lots more, but it would take a lot of effort to compile a complete list.

I taped this episode many years ago in syndication, and although the quality of my copy sucks (it was before I had cable), I have to keep it because it's a more complete copy than what's on the DVD.

It makes me mad that not only did Fox not mention the music replacement on the packaging (reminds me of Anchor Bay with the Grounded For Life sets), AND edit out all of Paul Williams' acting scenes, but that they're charging more than usual for the set - even going so far as to split it into two volumes to make it more affordable - which I presumed was due to music rights, but now I can only assume that greed was the motive.

Colt Seavers (Lee Majors) is a professional stunt man. But like most people in the entertainment business, he finds that doesn't cover all of his bills. So he also works as a bounty hunter for bail bondswoman Samantha Jack (Jo Ann Pflug). Helping him out are his cousin Howie (Douglas Barr) and his protege Jody (Heather Thomas). And it's a good thing he can do stunts, too, because that ability comes in mighty handy when the crooks run.

This show is still lots of fun. It may be a TV show, but we get some pretty impressive stunts. There are lots of car chases, cars jumping things, helicopters... You name it, they do it. Okay, so this is a total guy show with all the action. But it is a fun guy show. And there are all the cameos, from Farrah Fawcett to Tom Selleck and Lou Ferrigno.

Fox did three releases for the first season, a complete season set, plus the season divided into two halves. This is the first half of the season. You get eleven episodes, including the double length pilot. In those episodes, Colt goes to Hawaii twice, gets caught up in international intrigue, hunts down a white collar criminal, and tangles with the mob in Vegas to name a few things. You also get a bonus featurette, interviews with creator Glen Larson and series stars Lee Majors and Heather Thomas about how the series came to be.

If you are on a tight budget this may be the way to go. But if you are a true fan of the show, look for the full season set.

I'm an old shool buff, and let me tell you when I found out that the fall guy was out on DVD I jumped right on it, and can't wait to see what else Amazon has to offer in that eithties setting.

The Fall Guy was one of eighties best all-around action series. Yes, there're so many other classic series. But, for pure entertainment value, I ranked The Fall Guy with The A-Team, two of the best eighties action series. Lee Majors really shines with stunt man Colt role. I'm a big fan of Six Million Dollar Man series, but I think The Fall Guy is Major's finest role ever. He had fun with this series, you can feel it. He enjoyed every second of it, and viewers, too.

Lee Majors sings title song for this series. The Fall Guy theme was one of my favorite eighties tv theme songs. It's catchy pop-country style song. And I remember saw Majors sings The Fall Guy song for Solid Gold. Yes, you remember Solid Gold. I remember, too. Fun show, lots of stars and those dancers! Hey, Lee Majors sings himself, what a great moment that was.

So, if you've seen this great show already, I think this dvd set is a great collection. If you haven't seen it, give it a try. This set is vol.1 of The Fall Guy season.1 There're vol.2 is also available. And, entire season.1 set also pre-order right now. Price is all the same, so choice is yours. And, I'm very happy The Fall Guy finally releasing dvd set. One of my favorite memories from the eighties coming back to me. I can't wait, thanks for reading.