The Fall Guy

This entire series of The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour focuses on the more macabre facets of the magic lantern partly in a bid to help clear the supernatural backlog, and because sometimes a Halloween-themed programme crops up that's just too good to leave until Spooky-Season!
(or is just too awful to take that coveted slot in the review-schedule, but let's try to be optimistic)

Worlds collide at Mountpeg Towers this week when Ozzy Bognops drops round, and explosions meet ectoplasm for The Fall Guy on 'October The 31st', the textbook snapshot of a celebrated 1980s TV show having a mid-life crisis. Yes, whether you're raising a cold beer to The Unknown Stuntman or a smouldering absinthe to The Mistress Of The Dark, the level of For-The-Dads™ televisual entertainment here is positively off the scale...

How many litres of water does it take to extinguish Sally Field? How many litres of whiskey does it take to incapacitate Colt Seavers? And how many members of the incidental cast are changing their surname to Carradine to ensure they get a screen-credit?

Grab the coroner, unearth the casket, press the Play button, and find out...

WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING:

Programme: The Fall Guy: October The 31st
Broadcast: Wednesday 31 October 1984 (U.S.)
Production/Channel: Glen A. Larson Productions / ABC Television, ITV
Writer: Sam Egan, Lou Shaw, Thomas G. Edwards
Music: Blake Shelton, Stu Phillips
Producer/Director: Glen A. Larson, Alan Crosland Jr.
Starring: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Cassandra Peterson, Orson Bean, Doug McClure, John Carradine, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine

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