There's a really sweet cameo with Farrah Fawcett at the very end of the pilot episode of The Fall Guy, the hit action-adventure series that ran for over 100 episodes from 1981 to 1986.
Lee Majors, as stuntman Colt Seavers, performs a stunt in blonde drag, crashing a car into a bunch of watermelons. When the stunt is over, he pulls off his wig and walks up to Farrah's trailer.
"That was a great stunt, Colt."
"Anything for my leading lady," Colt replies.
"Come here. You taking care of yourself?" Fawcett asks.
"Well, I always do."
"No you don't," Fawcett says, shaking her head sadly. "I know you...remember?"
"Ready on the set," someone from the crew calls, offscreen. Farrah calls out a "Thanks."
"Well, I guess I'd better let you go," Colt says.
"You be careful," Fawcett says.
"You too."
Seavers kisses the back of Fawcett's hand, and he strolls off, still wearing a dress.
"Hey," she calls. "You still have great legs."
Seavers points a finger gun at her, and she laughs.
It's a beautiful little scene that celebrates the couple's relatively brief marriage, and the mutual respect and kindness on display is quite heartwarming. It's a truly lovely moment.
The pilot itself is well made, with a great villainous performance by Eddie Albert, a fun James Coburn cameo in an early sequence to bookend Farrah's, and some great old-fashioned 1980s action. It was a fine beginning for a fun show.
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