I'll tell you what's really Ironic, Alanis...

This page on IMDB. It's a list of stunt men and women - a pretty long list by all accounts. What makes this list ironic is that they all worked on the show 'The Fall Guy' which is about Colt Seavers, a self-confessed unknown stuntman who works on Hollywood films by day, but moonlights as a bounty hunter to supplement his meagre stuntman income. It won't come as any surprise to learn that Colt's most spectacular stunts are all performed in the course of his duty catching criminals, in which he is ably assisted by Jody, a young blonde woman who shares her taste in shorts with Daisy Duke, and incompetently assisted by Howie, another stunt man who just isn't as good as the main man. One of the best things about the whole show is the uncompromisingly long winded theme tune where the character of Colt Seavers bemoans the fact that he is the one who makes the Hollywood hunks look good, but they always get the leading lady - hence the title of my post as I enjoy watching the long list of credited stunt men rolls past faster than the speed of light as you listen to a song about an unknown stuntman getting no glory. My favourite episode was one where they were trying to track down a girl who was in a roller-derby - Jody goes undercover in the team and befriends the bail jumper and it turns out that the beautiful woman in the snug jumper and short shorts isn't actually the real criminal, she's just a buxom young beauty in a difficult situation. It wouldn't take a genius to work out that most of the scenes featured semi-clad women tussling and wrestling on roller skates before rolling off to the showers together - it's not exactly highbrow, but it is funny. The series fits a category of dramas which I find slightly creepy, but the same things that make them creepy are the things I like, mostly the fact that the protagonist is slightly older than you would expect, and slightly less attractive, but doesn't really let that stop them in their relentless pursuit of 20 something girls with whom they have no intention of forming meaningful relationships if you know what I mean. Another classic of this awesome/creepy/possibly misunderstood genre is the Rockford files featuring ageing lothario Jim Rockford who on one memorable occasion comforts a woman who has just been assaulted by sticking his tongue down her throat. Who wouldn't enjoy that?