THis show was more important than many folks realize. I was born in the late 70s with VERY deformed legs. Most doctors wanted to amputate my legs. One said he could save them but if it didn't work they'd amputate when i was 5. THe original doctors inisisted on early amputation as if you cut a baby's legs off they don't know any different, but an older kid gets trumatised. Dad agreed to trying to save my legs and them decorated my nursery with nothing but bionic man stuff. I got EVERY toy. When star wars came out i got every robot. The thinking, if i lost my legs i would be just like my heroes. They ended up saving my legs, but i had 18 operations growing up, Sitting there having injections and some surgery without anasthesia would have been more trumatc if i didn't have a role model who often sat in a chair and had his limbs rebuilt infront of him. I don't think it's too extreme to say the 6 million Dollar man" saved my life. the truma i would have had without a role model would have been too much.
@GNeumanАй бұрын
@@deanallenjones lovely story...thanks for sharing❤
@thebionicbassplayerАй бұрын
@@deanallenjones Great testimony, both me and my daughter have a similar one. Blessings!
@robertpease9834Ай бұрын
As a kid, when any of us would try to lift anything heavy, or jump, we would make the "nu-nu-nu-nu-nuh" sound.
@DrWhomАй бұрын
and did it help? like hell it did
@JoseMunoz-uo7jdАй бұрын
@robertpease9834 same for me it was the best pretending to be like Steve austin
@stevenlaylyn3070Ай бұрын
Haha I did it too
@svenmartin840Ай бұрын
@@robertpease9834 so did I
@Jaggerbush28 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂 YES??? You could be one of my siblings!
@Darcsyde100Ай бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't mention Richard Anderson's Sci-Fi heritage as Chief Quinn in Forbidden Planet.😁
@starmnsixty1209Ай бұрын
Nice catch✔️
@TripleBergАй бұрын
@@Darcsyde100 Just rewatched FP after Dan’s recent video on it. Good catch! Anderson was on so many series during the 60’s to 80’s. In the 1992 movie, The Player, he played himself. Such a recognizable character actor.
@TheJayrockerrАй бұрын
Yes, true. He was also a guest star on “The Big Valley”. Which featured Lee Majors.
@12Q46HPRNАй бұрын
Born in 1967, I grew up on "The Six Million Dollar Man." Thank you so very much for this video! I agree wholeheartedly with you about the remakes. Great new set, btw,
@danielmarek4609Ай бұрын
I had an uncle that lived out in California and worked from a defense contractor. He told me that during a missile test he was at a location for several days. During lunch someone asked him if he ever heard of the Six Million Dollar Man. He was then introduced to the real Six Million Dollar Man, the man who was piloting the test vehicle you see crashing at the beginning of every show.
@FIREBRAND38Ай бұрын
Bruce A. Peterson
@TripleBergАй бұрын
@@FIREBRAND38 It was Bruce Peterson, who survived, but lost an eye due to secondary infection. Continued to be a test pilot and worked later at Northrup. Lived to be 72.
@FIREBRAND38Ай бұрын
@@TripleBerg Yeah, I said Bruce Peterson.
@rudolphguarnacci197Ай бұрын
@@FIREBRAND38 Maybe he didn't see your comment. He did give an interesting backstory.
@stevenserna910Ай бұрын
Interesting side-note about that test aircraft. The Bell HL-71 [I think that's the correct designation] testbed program (they show a few frames of the actual footage of the aircraft being launched, at the beginning credits of the tv show) was used to test wingless-airfoil and flight control capeabilities for gliding-in from high atmospheric re entry. It usually was launched from under the wing of a B52 aircraft, and then glided-in for landing. All of this research was being dome in the 1950's and 1960's, in preparation for... ...the reusable "Space Shuttle" program of the 1980's.
@steverdmsАй бұрын
Prior to Star Wars, The Six Million Dollar Man defined my childhood! I still remember getting the action doll when I was in the 2nd grade. God, such great memories!
@stephenmiller2337Ай бұрын
The Six Million dollar Man, Star Wars, and Superman The Movie defined my early childhood. I had a Steve Austin doll, the original Millennium Falcon, and my uncle Davey, who was one of those guys who put up billboards, plastered a huge Superman across my wall. I also had a Lou Ferrigno Incredible Hulk poster on my door. Wonderful, wonderful memories.
@archibaldsalyards926Ай бұрын
Hats off to John Saxon!!! He was in the episode "Day Of The Robot." Totally scared the heck out of me!!! And when Steve knocked his face off,!!!!!! Wow! Still stuck in my head!!!
@nortoncomando3728Ай бұрын
The sound effects on that episode were amazing
@deanrane196129 күн бұрын
Yeah he was great in that episode, he was pretty great in every role he did.
@kennethwilliams7731Ай бұрын
A magical time to be a kid! I am so greatful to have experienced it firsthand. Sunday nights SMDM was must see tv and then the thrill of discussing the episode the next morning on the school bus and at school with classmates. Memories I'll cherish forever!
@SalGomezАй бұрын
Interesting tidbit, my father lost his right arm in a industrial accident in 1972. Part of his settlement with the company was a fully paid for life, physical rehabilitation through the UCLA Rehab Center. I often went with him for his rehab therapy sessions, where he would, over time, be fitted for prosthetics. Those film props were created with the help of those technicians at UCLA. I saw the real-life versions of the props being used... in real life. My father and I watch the Six Million Dollar Man religiously.
@adrianjames3815Ай бұрын
I always remember the episode Day of the robot with John Saxon
@the60skid48Ай бұрын
I met Richard Anderson a few years before he passed. He had a lot of great stories of his years in Hollywood. Very nice gentleman, it was a pleasure meeting him.
@Estes705Ай бұрын
@@the60skid48 I've heard he was a complete book of interesting stories!
@the60skid48Ай бұрын
@@Estes705 he was. I didn’t want to bring up his stuff on 6MDM. But I did bring up his early role in 1952s Scaramouche and he was surprised I saw the film (it’s a fav). And he started the conversation telling me all kinds of stuff from then as well as his role on Perry Mason. Great guy, I could have listened to him for hours telling me all that stuff.
@Estes705Ай бұрын
@@the60skid48 I don't recall all the details, but one story I've heard credited to him is an experience of his while filming an episode of The Rifleman (the 1960's Western TV series). I can't do the story justice, but it went something along the lines of him recounting filming inside on the set of the town. The air conditioning was broken on the sound stage and it was over 100 degrees inside. One of the horses used during the filming got badly overheated and runny pooped all over the place, even splattering the mess onto the side of one of the buildings on set. The crew cleaned it up as best they could, but the production was behind schedule and there wasn't time to do a good thorough cleaning, so basically everything the horse "messed on" looked clean but still reeked of manure. The rest of the day everyone on set had to endure the stench of hot steaming horse manure. Some cast & crew couldn't stand the smell & had badly upset stomachs during filming. The next day supposedly wasn't much better. Lol
@kfade5150Ай бұрын
Just met Lee Majors today, nice fellow, still in good spirits 😀
@tns5044Ай бұрын
Six million dollars would be the bill for a minor medical procedure these days
@xxpeppermintzxxАй бұрын
I am so grateful for all of the work you do Dan. Every post you do takes me back to the best memories of my life. I am a nostalgic person and I think that all of us who grew up in the 60's, 70's and 80's consider ourselves lucky to have had surely the best shows ever made for children and teenagers.
@Mrmoviemax05Ай бұрын
As a big fan of TSMDM, this episode was a home run! Lot of information and curiosities. Love it! Can we start making new suggestions: The Man from Atlantis, perhaps? Thanks!
@DuaneMoody990Ай бұрын
The infamous slow-mo "bionic" sound effect is almost certainly Hanna-Barbera/Sound Ideas' stock "Singing Sword" clip, created by recording a steel ruler on the edge of a table being twanged then slowed down 200x. During the shooting of a 1976 episode set at an amusement park, a crew member moving what he thought was a prop hanged man in one of the park's attractions realized it was an actual mummified corpse, soon identified as bank robber Elmer McCurdy killed in 1911, stolen by then passed down between various carnies. If Elmer's ignominious fate as a forgotten, passed-down sideshow attraction eventually mistaken for a dummy generations later sounds familiar to comic book fans, it's because 2 years later Jonah Hex writer Michael Fleisher wrote it as Hex's tragic ending while the story was still fresh in the public's mind. I have the original action figure with the solid unjointed hand and the engine block, Maskatron, and the bionic transport/repair station. Steve's likeness is arguably one of the most accurate 1970s action figure sculpts of a character based off an actual person; an ancient forum suggested a possible artist's name and at the time he had a website with similar-looking Civil War figurines, but he never replied to emails asking whether the Kenner $6MM figure's bust was his work or not. The OSI that Steve worked for was fairly obviously a nod to OSS (the WWII name for what became the CIA), but at the time selling a hero working for the CIA *and* violating its charter by doing domestic operations, at the same time Congress was threatening to defund it altogether for doing exactly that, was as good a reason as any to invent a generic alphabet agency with vaguely defined powers. Great video, thanks for the info. I do wonder from time to time whether the eyeball ended up in anyone's collection.
@stevenquinn4431Ай бұрын
Dan, You said that it premiered in 1963 but it actually premiered in 1973!!!!
@Mr-PCАй бұрын
Was about to say the same thing!
@ianstoys13mgsАй бұрын
Yep, good call
@davidwaddell6063Ай бұрын
Ditto
@drewrosecrans972827 күн бұрын
Been a fan since 73 i was 6 yrs old and been a fan ever since!!
@davedoubledecks1614Ай бұрын
Steve Austin lifting body was the Northrop M2-F2 with Bruce Peterson who was the pilot when it crashed losing sight in one eye due to infection.
@rumbleinthebumble8180Ай бұрын
I had the Steve Austin figure, and the Oscar Goldman with the exploding briefcase. Jesus that was over 45 years ago...😭
@MoviesMusicMonstersАй бұрын
How cool is that?! Thanks for sharing!
@rumbleinthebumble8180Ай бұрын
@@MoviesMusicMonsters 🤣👍👌💪💪
@ernesthernia418Ай бұрын
Nice to hear a healthy attitude to 'the message ' there near the end. Keep up the good work.
@heidihobearАй бұрын
I love the fact that the aircraft he flew in the show helped the real one become world famous. The m2f2 lifting body
@JD-vh1qdАй бұрын
I’m 57 now and I believe Six Million Dollar Man was my absolute favorite show. In 1974 I was in fourth grade. I cried when Jamie died. It was amazing having her saved and getting her own show.
@kingmalcolm8695Ай бұрын
I'm 58 and I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who cried when Jamie died. I bet I'm also not the only Generation Jones-er who drove his parents nuts by constantly "running" around the house in slow motion - and yes, I made the accompanying sound effect and music.
@jediknightjairinaiki560Ай бұрын
While taking the tram tour of Universal Studios, back in the '80s, before we entered the ice tunnel, the tour guide told us that during filming in the tunnel, Mr. Majors would get dizzy and fall down (the wall rotates around, over and under the tram) so they placed fake eyes on his eye lids and he ran through the tunnel with his eyes closed.
@redzebraveАй бұрын
Been there, was told the same story. That rotating tunnel did mess with your senses.
@user-be2dt8eg2xАй бұрын
Didn't know Lee Majors insisted on no killings. Great idea. Always liked the way he portrayed the character --- not as Superman, but as a normal guy who had lost his own arm and legs Definitely a phenomenon on TV in the 70s. Appointment tv for sure. And Steve's great leisure suits!
@OTatimeАй бұрын
Richard Anderson (not to be confused with MacGyver) has the unique distinction of portraying the same character on two different shows on two different networks at the same time. The Bionic Woman started on ABC but moved to NBC during its final season.
@willmfrankАй бұрын
He's why the other guy uses the middle name "Dean."
@douggraham5082Ай бұрын
Dan, thanks for the video. Everybody remembers Bigfoot buy my FAVORITE episode was the 4th season Venus probe two parter ("Death Probe" parts 1 and 2). Such a great idea and well executed for TV in the 1970s. Good stuff!
@MoviesMusicMonstersАй бұрын
Hey Doug, thank YOU for the kind words and for the support!
@richelliott9320Ай бұрын
The seven million dollar man was a fantastic episode. Along with John Saxon and William shatner and big foot very memorable episodes
@SplinkProductionsАй бұрын
The idea of Bigfoot combined with aliens is nothing less than pure genius.
@chuckbrown2765Ай бұрын
My favorite episodes!
@nufosmatic29 күн бұрын
9:22 - Never mind Bigfoot - that episode is memorable for Stephanie Powers!
@shiroibasketshoes25 күн бұрын
Yes indeed! But you could not remember how to spell Stefanie's name?
@chrismoutray2301Ай бұрын
In the late 70’s or early 80’s my family and I went to Universal Studios in California. On the tram tour they stopped at a large indoor studio. My dad got pulled out of the audience and they did a Six Million Dollar Man show with my dad as the star! It was pretty cool. They took photos of him and made an opening title with his body parts. Then they had him jump over a tall pole vault beam, kick a truck tire and puncture it, and a few other things. I still have pictures of it somewhere.
@writerpatrickАй бұрын
The Six Million Dollar Man was a superhero show before such shows were really a thing. The Incredible Hulk, Man From Atlantis (effectively Aquaman) and Wonder Woman came after SMDM started airing.
@R8DRBeagleАй бұрын
I had 2 Oscar Goldman figures my friends got me for my birthday, not knowing what the other have bought. I eventually got the Steve Austin one later. Those were good times.
@archibaldsalyards926Ай бұрын
So much fun!!!! Thank you for another great episode!!!
@gobigblue6782Ай бұрын
Who didn’t go nuts for the Sasquatch character and the original sound of the bionic being used. Such a great show! Thanks, Dan. Keep growing your channel.
@josebrown5961Ай бұрын
I read that the “plane” that he posed sitting in the “HL10” was a real lifting body, the M2 -F2 and the crash is real footage. The pilot of that plane actually lived through the crash. He did lose an eye. I don’t think he needed a bionic body though… That plane was rebuilt and renamed M2-F3 and flown again multiple times. They were testing control of a plane that led to the Space Shuttle.
@mikehughes4969Ай бұрын
In 1976, my mom made me a Steve Austin tracksuit for Halloween and I was the envy of my school. There were three other bionic men, but they all had the Ben Cooper costumes. I admit I was looking forward to the Mark Wahlberg iteration, but maybe it was for best that it didn't happen.
@starmnsixty1209Ай бұрын
Let's hope it still won't. I get the shakes just imagining a "today" version of TSMDM.
@jackdorsey4850Ай бұрын
Dear Mr. Monroe, Again & again you do a show on a show that I love to watch thanks for the link to Fans of the 6 Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman I signed on
@TripleBergАй бұрын
For the Jenny Agutter fans, she was in S6, E3: Deadly Countdown, part 1😊
@mtjoy747Ай бұрын
My brother used to say "gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the Meccano set"
@robertthomson1587Ай бұрын
This was obligatory watching for my whole family on Saturday nights in the 1970s.
@mdoyle1981Ай бұрын
When they were filming an episode at an amusement park on a dark ride, one of the crew moved a mannequin and it broke revealing bones. It turns out it was actually a gunslinger from Oklahoma that had been embalmed, never claimed and had ended up in a sideshow traveling around the country. He was coated in a wax-like substance and displayed for decades without anyone knowing it was actually a corpse.
@johnsimpson8043Ай бұрын
That's right. His name was Elmer McCurdy and you can look up the story.
@provost5752Ай бұрын
I was in 3rd grade and remember talking to my friends about the upcoming bout between Bigfoot and the Bionic man. We were split on who would be victorious, I thought Bigfoot would win.
@WopRicciАй бұрын
Ha! Me too. My parents actually got me my own TV because of six million dollar man. My parents really didn't want to watch it but because it was such a big deal to me and my neighborhood and school friends. During that time, there was hardly a young boy that didn't make " The Sound" whenever jumping on or off something.
@icemancometh8679Ай бұрын
When the bionic woman Jamie Summers died people just threw a fit and they had to miraculously bring her back to life. I also remember the bionic boy and bionic dog. One time I was at Walmart and a girl's name was Jamie on her tag and I said, "Like the bionic woman?" And she said, "That's where I got my name."
@phatcowboy76Ай бұрын
I met Lee Majors in Charleston SC in the early 1990's. I was fixing the A/C in his hotel room. He came in with golf bags. He was absolutely the nicest person. He was kind and jovial and polite in a southern sort of way. I've always really liked him. The episode with the Bigfoot scared the crap out of me. They did that really well.
@michaelhill645329 күн бұрын
You missed one. As a kid I had Six Million Dollar Man sneakers. The sole read "Bionic Man"--if you stepped in mud (or in my case, wet cement) the text was left for all to see. Pure joy.
@shawnkildal3151Ай бұрын
I remember being DEVESTATED as kid during the episode that Jamie "died". I was traumatized.
@capedwonder2833Ай бұрын
I and many others agree with your opinion on the remakes & reboots & political views inserted in legacy movies and shows. That's one of the reasons you're so popular.
@johnlitschauer66Ай бұрын
I love this show and all the nostalgia
@Screamers85Ай бұрын
Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner will both be guests at Retro Con this September in Oaks, PA!
@iamlimitless7543Ай бұрын
I remember The Steve Auston toy that allowed you to look through his glass eye. Good times.
@Kitty-CatDaddyАй бұрын
Bionic arm, bionic legs. He picks up honkin boulder and forgets his spinal column has normal human strength and collapses like an accordion.
@starmnsixty1209Ай бұрын
Well, with a bit of thought, a way to enhance his spine, etc., would have been found. Maybe similar to Wolverine's skeleton enhanced.
@bobbova8708Ай бұрын
Actually in the original novel by Martin Caiden Steve Austin had extensive modifications to his spine and existing skeletal structure, probably just an oversight by the producers of the series
@robrob8258Ай бұрын
As much I loved watching this as a kid I’ve never rewatched it
@scottlowell493Ай бұрын
I tried. Most episodes were boring
@leatherneck7501Ай бұрын
I got to meet Lee Majors last Saturday in Knoxville, Tennessee at Fanboy expo. He was super Awesome. I had Him sign my TV guide from 1974. Also had a photo made with Him.
@virtualee2000Ай бұрын
Cool. I was named after Lee Majors. I had both the Six Million Dollar Man and Maskatron action figures. I also had the model kit shown in the video, of Steve kicking down a door. Good memories.
@MoviesMusicMonstersАй бұрын
Wow, that is super freaking cool, thank you so much for sharing. Cheers, Dan
@airwolf36Ай бұрын
Two things, first you didn't mention the short lived TV series remake of the Bionic Woman in 2007. Second is just a fun fact. The cast mold of the Bionic Bigfoot toy was reused to make a large Chewbacca action figure by Kenner toys.
@dinomonzon7493Ай бұрын
The Six Million Dollar Man was a very good adaptation of Martin Caidin's novel, Cyborg. This was THE show to watch back from 1974-1978, following its three 1973 TV movie adaptations. Lee Majors was perfectly cast as Col. Steve Austin, though the show opted not to utilize all the bionic capabilities presented in the novel. Hope to see a follow up video covering the original Bionic Woman next.
@KevinRyan-MouthAlmightyАй бұрын
I remember getting the "Six Million Dollar Man " issue of Mad Magazine and they have Steve on the operating table....you hear "We can rebuild him, we can make him better, stronger, faster..." Out of the side of the panel comes Farrah Fawcett who quips, "...Faster isn't awlays better." I fell out of my chair. Being about 8 in the 1970's was fun.
@jackgilchristАй бұрын
Pretty sure I had that issue too, but my brain is too senior to remember for sure. I always picked up the latest issue of Mad back then, and sometimes Cracked, Crazy or something else while waiting for the next Mad issue. I was a fairly precocious child and got a lot of adult humor, but I'm not sure I would have got that joke at 8. Maybe at 10. 🙂
@kenrankin5814Ай бұрын
Your best video to date, imo. I turn 58 this week but will always cherish the memories of this show as part of my childhood :)
@jeffreyarnold627Ай бұрын
I’ve heard that the bionic exhertion sound effect was created by recording the sound of a metal ruler being thwacked on the edge of a table top, and then the recording being slowed down. Sounds crazy enough to be true.
@adambusenlehner3689Ай бұрын
The show had a very charming Christmas episode with Ray Walston playing a Scrooge-like character.
@glazdarklee1683Ай бұрын
Yes, I remember that well. Always leveraged the poorly-defined requirements. Like many contractors still do..
@starmnsixty1209Ай бұрын
It's well done. I saw a repeat around Christmas a few years back.
@BobbyTRey100Ай бұрын
Who as a kid didn't do the slow motion jump and make the sound "Nun nuh na na na naaa"? I know I did!
@wraithx7Ай бұрын
I loved this show. The Bigfoot episodes were my favorite episodes. Speaking of Bigfoot, could you do a future video about the BIGFOOT AND WILDBOY TV series?
@starmnsixty1209Ай бұрын
Glad someone else remembers this series!
@orus68Ай бұрын
A fun fact. A young Sandra Bullock in an early role starred in the second Reunion movie Bionic Showdown.
@noelhernandez363Ай бұрын
The six million dollar man and the incredible hulk were my favorite tv shows in the 70's! Those fem-bots were really creepy!!
@redtestaАй бұрын
So many great memories growing up as a young boy at that time. I had the repair module and the figure with the arm and bionic eye. How movies and shows were so great and now, its trash.
@richmondtetzlaff2474Ай бұрын
I worked on a pilot w Lee Majors that was starring him as himself, and the gist was he had created bionics in real life and was using a desperate college student to test his gear. It was pretty awesome and very funny but never released 😢
@edwardsanko6396Ай бұрын
With respect, I was slightly disappointed that you didn't have more on the 'Evil Venus Probe'. I believe it appeared twice on SMDM and once on Bionic Woman. I was a child when I watched these episodes and found them to be quite scary and riveting to watch. I was more afraid of the probe then the Bigfoot episodes. Other than that, I'm enjoying the series.
@Benjiesbeenbetter.Ай бұрын
I didn't appear on the Bionic Woman. I watched all of them a couple of years ago. I temember it being in $6M Man twice though. It looked like it was the toughest, heaviest machine possible at the time.
@RobSchofieldАй бұрын
@ 25:44 - I am glad that *someone* is prepared to express an opinion about this - I don't go to the cinema to *encounter* politics or culture wars - I to to *ESCAPE* them. Great video - please don't be scared to add your opinions since this is your channel, built on your hard work and extensive research, which, coupled with a great storytelling style (and a great "ending hook") makes these very enjoyable to watch. How about an interview with one of your heroes, in your inimicable style? I'd buy THAT for a dollar!
@richtiddАй бұрын
As I recall, there were writers rules for Steve and Jamie. They could jump up 2 but not 3 floors. Without damage, they could jump down 3 but would sustain damage from a jump down of more than 3 floors. With they did this, both did have put their life at risk.
@scottbrown8423Ай бұрын
There was a Bionic woman remake about 20 years ago. If I remember correctly, the bad guy she fought was Starbuck from Battlestar galactica .
@toddblackwood129Ай бұрын
MAN, the memories…. As a preschooler I used to run in slow motion from my mom’s car to school, making the mechanical echo noises as I went. And I’ll never forget being flabbergasted that nobody got it, despite the show’s massive popularity. Even my own mom thought I’d lost my mind. 😁
@markabele8794Ай бұрын
One piece of triva: When Lee Majors was running through the ice tunnel, they had to do multiple takes because he kept falling down because the spinning tunnel made him disoriented.
@michaelschramm1064Ай бұрын
I recall going through the ice tunnel on a Universal Studios ride and still remember the vertigo feeling.
@markabele8794Ай бұрын
@michaelschramm1064 I went through it, too. That's how I first found out about this piece of trivia.
@michaelschramm1064Ай бұрын
@@markabele8794 Nice!
@bemusedkidney8619Ай бұрын
Steve Austin... my 1st super hero.. absolutely loved this program. Used to go to the barbers and ask for a Steve Austin haircut.. they had no idea what I was on about 🤣
@toddblackwood129Ай бұрын
@bemusedkidney8619 hahahah!!! Yeah, Lee Majors was right that the show was enjoyed by all ages, but the kid audience were the ones who took the show REAL seriously! 🤩
@callen8908Ай бұрын
Lee Majors was great casting, and I loved the show as a kid (still do today). Richard Anderson was an essential part of the show, and brought his gravitas to The Bionic Woman as well
@stevenalexander403Ай бұрын
G'day it's Steven from down under again Thank you for taking me down memory lane. I recall owning a Steve Austin action figure with a hole in the back of his head where you could see through his bionic eye and if memory serves me correctly there was also a rubber skin-like sleeve on his right arm that could be rolled up to reveal the printed mechanics of his bionic arm too. To this day I still enjoy the opening sequence of this show, it's seriously cool. I also have to admit that I had a school boy crush on Lindsey Wagner, she was a strong and beautiful female character which for me was comparable to my other crush at the time, Linda Carter, two gorgeous and talented actors. "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU"
@duanecarter8246Ай бұрын
It was March 7th 1973 not 1963 that it was first aired.
@alsampson69Ай бұрын
I think he said 63 was when a TV movie was aired
@duanecarter8246Ай бұрын
@@alsampson69 it was 73 not 63
@travishiltz4750Ай бұрын
Loved this show as a kid! Couple years back my wife got me the box set and we had a great time rewatching it. It holds up really well and was so much fun to play 'oh look! it's that actor!' as well as enjoying those cool 70's fashions and cars. and the 'Season 6' comic series was short lived but a lot of fun.
@jerryziegnerАй бұрын
My brother had the Steve Austin action figure. I used to love peering through his Bionic Eye. Never could see much. But….so cool
@outsider238Ай бұрын
Loved this show and the Bionic Woman so much! I always wanted the Venus Space Probe toy but alas, never got around to buying it. Trying to find one now in excellent condition is going to require a bank loan! Thank you for the excellent deep dive into this show!
@MoviesMusicMonstersАй бұрын
Hoping you're able to get that Venus Space Probe toy in tue future :) I appreciate the support, thank you so much. Cheers, Dan
@jasonaugustine3370Ай бұрын
The first season didn’t even have the sound effects I could barely get through it The sound effects mean everything
@TinTin-ry6guАй бұрын
Awesome video, Thank You. My favorite so far.
@astralplane6182Ай бұрын
Another great video, Dan! Wow, Lee Major's two rules, "no blood, no killing" were pure genius! Truly a reflection of a time when ethics mattered, heroes were different from villains, and there really was a belief that the future could be bright. Thank you for taking us back to those hopeful days!
@richtiddАй бұрын
I’m 67 and saw this is original run. To this day, I do the bionic lift sound effect when I’m lifting something. I also sometimes run in slow motion with the sound effect for fun, As I recall, (possibly from Starlog), LM had language in his contract that required FF to appear periodically on the show to give her career a start. Also, as I recall, articles I read, after the show ended, LM and RDA often road houses together and some times they would make up lines in their TV characters for fun. Mostly Oscar trying to get Steve to go on a mission. Man if this was true I would have loved to be there for that.
@MoviesMusicMonstersАй бұрын
Aren't the memories great?! Thanks so much for sharing!
@rusnikfromtranscarpathiaАй бұрын
You goofed...the movie was 1973, not 1963...lol. That's okay, we understood what you meant. Keep up the great work!
@tedjones-ho2zkАй бұрын
I think sometimes they got carried away with the sound effects, in the beginning when he ran it was just good music and a heart beat.
@eldridgebrown3907Ай бұрын
I was born in 1970. The Six Million Dollar Man and the Adam West Batman were all that I cared about. I got a lot of both sets of toys. They were tons of fun. I Really love this video.
@eldridgebrown390728 күн бұрын
@@user-rh8op6bw1v - Them days dude! When the polyester turtleneck shirts were yellow, the couch was plaid colors yet undreamed before that point. The furniture was often cheap dark laminate particle board. The parents were listening to Bob Seger, the swansongs of the Beatles. There were the Eagles, Elton John, Pink Floyd, David Bowie. After School Cartoons and early evening shows! New and syndicated: The Lone Ranger. Zorro. Batman, 6 Million Dollar Man, Speed Racer, Land of the Lost, HR Puffinstuff, Lost in Space, Star Trek, Space Ghost, Scooby Doo, Jonny Quest! So Many Things. I got my 6 Million Dollar Man Action figure with med-bed and spaceship from my Mom. My Dad got me all things Adam West Batman, And the Star Trek action figures. We were big fans of both. I grew up in Maryland. I've never lived more than a 30 drive from where I was born. I grew up just inside the Washington DC Beltway. In the days when I was a kid, we went out for community picnics, at community swimming pools, we knew our neighbors, families and other families would go see movies together. Go to see ball games together. Truly those halcyon days of our youth.
@manofaction1807Ай бұрын
I've always wanted a companion series, with a full Spec Ops team of Bionic operators. Back in the day, I was on the couch watching it religiously and was in on the bionic man craze. ch ch ch ch ch.....
@goodoldbubba6620Ай бұрын
Thanks again for bringing back the memories.
@MoviesMusicMonstersАй бұрын
Thank YOU for the support!
@johnclose2925Ай бұрын
This was the first program I saw on TV. My 4 year old child brain was hooked by the intro. I still love the intro.
@RominaJonesАй бұрын
Appreciate that Lee Majors was a man that lived in the present. He was married to Farah Fawcett and was like, " I'm staying home now more guys. See ya."
@kramerbaretta6383Ай бұрын
Yeah, the Six Million Dollar Man was certainly part of my childhood. The action figure with the roll up skin on the arm with the plastic modules - I remember it like yesterday. Dan, I was surprised that Andre the Giant played the the original Bigfoot. You were announcing the actor and I said out loud Ted Cassidy… then I was like wait, what? At least he played future iterations and I didn’t misremember that😀
@Wolfie713Ай бұрын
How did the first movie air on March 7th, 1963 when it wasn't made until the 1970's?
@evellegendАй бұрын
Clearly he misspoke..
@Wolfie713Ай бұрын
@@evellegend I know. The question was to poke fun at it. 🤣
@davidwilcox8786Ай бұрын
steves in the garage changing his oil while jamies in the nursery winding up the children
@starmnsixty1209Ай бұрын
😊😊😊
@sometimesfriendly9839Ай бұрын
I still get chills watching the opening sequence.
@rodneyhaney3157Ай бұрын
You forgot about MAX, the bionic dog.
@richardhart9204Ай бұрын
@@rodneyhaney3157 … thank God.
@acamaro5648Ай бұрын
First aired on March 7 1963 ? No Sir... you meant to say -1973 - . I was there. Every Friday night in front of the tv 8pm on channel 11 in Salinas Ca. Channel 11 then was an ABC affiliate airing from San Jose Ca. Thet Bionic Dog ? The Bionic Boy ?
@jedidrummerjakeАй бұрын
According to The Venture Brothers, Steve and Bigfoot live happily together in an classified cabin somewhere in Colorado
@keithsmith8543Ай бұрын
I met Lee Majors and Richard Anderson (RIP) at a Comic convention in New York in 2008. I received their autographs and shook hands. They were unbearably cool and very nice. 👍
@nealsterling8151Ай бұрын
25:23 Same here. A wise man once said "How does it feel to live long enough to see all your favourite francises go down in flames?" I know how it feels.