# Robert L. McCullough (Bionic Woman / BJ & the Bear / Falcon Crest) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/robert-l-mccullough-bionic-woman-bj-the-bear-falcon-crest Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/robert-l-mccullough-bionic-woman-bj-the-bear-falcon-crest.md Podcast: [Ian Talks Comedy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290) Published: 2026-07-18T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-fermaglich/episodes/Robert-L--McCullough-Bionic-Woman--BJ--the-Bear--Falcon-Crest-e3lv51c Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/21d579e4/podcast/play/122704364/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-11%2F8b92cbb7-6e4c-8958-3572-0ba745bfd488.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/robert-l-mccullough-bionic-woman-bj-the-bear-falcon-crest Duration seconds: 3714 ## Resource Robert L. McCullough joined me to discuss watching test patterns and Captain Tom; going to BHHS w/ Burt Ward; going to Stanford to mingle; became a page and a gopher at Universal; becoming a set locator for Bionic Woman and pitching a script; goes to Eight is Enough, then BJ and the Bear; writes "Gasohol", "Beauties and the Beasts" and the creepy "Blonde in a Cell of Gold" guest starring Paul Williams; getting call to "fix" Falcon Crest, makes it more soapy; creates show bible on stories on his wives 10 siblings; Jane Wyman was the hard worker ; getting Lana Turner to guest star; Jackie Collins Hollywood Wives; Arthur Hailey's International Airport; Dark Mansion; odd meeting with Loretta Young; signing Joan Fontaine; O'Hara, with Pat Morita; Zorro, four seasons with Duncan Regehr; Daniel Craig's first TV appearance, High Tide with Rick Springfield; Soldier of Fortune with Dennis Rodman; Tag Team pilot with Jesse Ventura & Randy "Macho Man" Savage; creating script contests that lead to things; going one on one with new writers and creating a how to podcast. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ian-talks-comedy-140290/episodes/robert-l-mccullough-bionic-woman-bj-the-bear-falcon-crest/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ian-talks-comedy-140290/robert-l-mccullough-bionic-woman-bj-the-bear-falcon-crest.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.