Created by Glen A. Larson "It's a death defying life I lead But I'll take my chances..." Okay, you might consider it a stretch to include TV's The Fall Guy (1981-86, ABC) on this site, but under-employed stunt man COLT SEAVERS (played by a post-$6,000,00 Man and post-Farrah Lee Majors) actually did moonlight as a … Continue reading Colt Seavers (The Fall Guy)
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It’s Only Words: “The Unknown Stuntman”
1981 Performed by Lee Majors (later Blake Shelton) Words and Music by Glen A. Larson, Dave Somerville, and Gail Jensen What could be cheesier (or more singalong fun) than a TV theme song? How about one that sets up (week after week) the premise of the show? Think of such classics as the themes … Continue reading It’s Only Words: “The Unknown Stuntman”
H.H. Flynn
Created by Donald P. Bellisario H.H. FLYNN is one of a handful of P.I.s on this site who don't really exist. He was the hero of a script by TV writer Donald P. Bellisario for a pilot for a TV series that was never made. In Bellisario's original script, Flynn was a high-priced Los Angeles … Continue reading H.H. Flynn
Frank McBride & Peterson T. “Pete” Ryan (Switch)
Created by Alan Godfrey & Glen A. Larson In 1975, CBS tried to cash in on the then-white hot success of The Sting, the 1973 big screen Newman/Redford con man smasheroo, with Switch. The show's pilot, a 90-minute made-for-TV movie, was called "Las Vegas Roundabout," and aired in March 1975, and quickly set up the series. The … Continue reading Frank McBride & Peterson T. “Pete” Ryan (Switch)
Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)
Created by Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson I just don't get it. Never has such a so-so show had such a large impact on the genre as the MAGNUM, P.I. A watered-down and beefcaked-up Rockford Files wannabe, utilizing Hawaii 5-O's discarded props and then-rising star (and former cigarette commercial star) Tom Selleck... Okay, okay, I … Continue reading Thomas Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)