The Fall Guy
That's Right, We're Bad
TV Flash files “That's Right, We're Bad” as hour 4 of 111 in the TV Flash guide — The Fall Guy (1981–1986) on ABC, season 1, episode 4, aired 1981-11-25, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 111 in the The Fall Guy guide, hour 4 of 22 in season 1. It aired 1981-11-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Rich Get Richer” (S01E03). Next is “Colt's Angels” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Colt and Howie go undercover in a prison to prove a man was wrongfully convicted of robbery.
Viewer FAQ
Where does That's Right, We're Bad sit in the The Fall Guy guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 111 — hour 4 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did The Fall Guy S01E04 air?
That's Right, We're Bad aired 1981-11-25 and is listed at 60 minutes.
What's the double life?
Hollywood stuntman and freelance bounty hunter. Cases exist to justify the jumps; the job description is in the theme song.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Majors charm plus stunt-world celebration — action TV that actually tips its hat to the people who hit the ground. Colt Seavers moonlights as a bounty hunter between takes; Larson's truck jumps included. Theme song alone is a time machine. Post–Six Million Dollar Man reinvention, pure stunt poetry.
He hits the ground for a living, then moonlights in a truck. ABC's The Fall Guy (1981–1986), Glen A. Larson, reinvents Lee Majors post–Six Million Dollar Man as Colt Seavers: movie stunts by day, bounty hunting between takes. Douglas Barr and Heather Thomas along for the gags as Howie and Jody. The theme song advertised the job description better than any pitch meeting. *Denim, a GMC, a body as choreography, Hollywood as the fitting room.* Style is the plot. **This was not a soft launch of a second action brand;…
Filed against
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- Douglas Barr as Howie Munson
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- Heather Thomas as Jody Banks
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