The Coltons

The Coltons are a fictional family of bounty hunters that appears in the television series MacGyver. It consists of Frank (played by Cleavon Little),^[1] Jesse (Richard Lawson),^[2] Billy (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Mama (Della Reese) and the dog Frog.

Operations are run from the home of the Coltons with Mama functioning as a hub of communication. Frank and Jesse operate in the field while Billy (far too young to be in the field) joins in when not allowed to. The Coltons are close friends of Angus MacGyver, and help is provided both ways.

The first appearance is in the episode "Ma Dalton" where Jesse is actually out to arrest Jack Dalton's mother, but ends up joining forces with MacGyver and Dalton instead. The most prominent feature of the Coltons is in the episode "The Coltons" where MacGyver is merely given a cameo appearance and the Coltons are the focal point. The episode, which aired on ABC on 14 October 1991, was intended as a pilot episode^[3] for a spin-off about the Coltons, but failed.^[4]

References

1. ^ Elizabeth Kanyogonya and Yoweri Museveni, What is Africa's Problem? (U of Minnesota Press, 2000), 187.
2. ^ Elizabeth Kanyogonya and Yoweri Museveni, What is Africa's Problem? (U of Minnesota Press, 2000), 187.
3. ^ Vincent Terrace, Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots, and Trial Series, 1925 Through 1995: Seven Decades of Small Screen Almosts (McFarland, 1997), 108.
4. ^ "WICHITA'S STUNT DOG LEARNS IT'S A ROUGH LIFE," Wichita Eagle - July 2, 1991 - 1A MAIN NEWS.