The Six Million Dollar Man (1973): 18 Things You Never Knew

Ever wonder what REALLY went into making Steve Austin the man (and machine) we all know and love? Join us as we uncover 18 surprising facts about the iconic series, The Six Million Dollar Man!
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[@J1W5M7]

I watched all these shows as there were only three major networks in the seventies. I can't believe how beautiful Lindsay Wagner still is at 75 years old. I remember how scary Bigfoot looked back then. Those glowing eyes were terrifying. I was surprised to find out that André the Giant played that roll at first later taken over by Ted Cassidy. The good old days when men were men and women were women.

[@rustybear5125]

What does men were men and women were women have to do with what we just watched?

[@alancrisp1582]

​@@rustybear5125🤔 He's is referring to a much more simple time in history. Long before Trump ! ⚠...

[@michaeljordan6008]

@@rustybear5125- it was a simpler time with no silly nonsense. Smart people weren’t forced to pander to idiots.

[@auntiewewe972]

​@@michaeljordan6008well not sure what you mean by " smart people not having to pander to idiots" or how that even ties into men being men and women being women. But there certainly can be an inference drawn there. But it certainly was a more " innocent" time. Mainly because the world was naive to alot. Marginalized people had no voice and things were just......accepted. Its funny when a light is shown into dark places how we can see what was there all along. But things also were very similar to now as well. Tough times, political unrest. And yes even back then men weren't always men, and women weren't always just women. In fact that goes back into the furthest reaches of our past. Society just ignored it. Or made fun of it. And even condemned it. Which of course isn't a problem for those who weren't living it. When equality begins to feel like oppression we might want to think it over. But of course I could just be one of those idiots we are are forced to pander to.

[@ourkeving]

Posting this on a show that had men and women playing aliens or robots. It's chaos! lol

[@davidward3991]

I ordered the series and my wife had never watch it. So we did and she said that it was so much fun. She took a video of me bench pressing 274 pounds and sending it to our high school football team. They thought it was a trick so she filmed it from 3 different angles and they were impressed because none of the big guys could life 200 lbs. When she got cancer and was going to die, she said she knew she made the right decision to marry me. I really miss her these last 4 years.

[@SiAnon]

I was deeply in love with Lyndsay Wagner when she was the Bionic Woman. The main failure of my plan to marry her was that i was only 7 lol

[@rockywatchesmovies]

That's the same problem I had with Lynda Carter 😅

[@EddieLeeCarlisleJr]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I am feeling you

[@EddieLeeCarlisleJr]

​@@rockywatchesmoviesI am feeling you

[@tammy5654]

Same problem I had with wanting to marry sexy hunk Lee Majors. I absolutely loved The Six Million Dollar man. ❤️❤️🥰🥰

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Since we are on the topic of wanting to marry celebrities. I read an article once about a woman who used to work for Wayne Gretzky. She was in charge of opening and reading all his fan mail. Most of the letters that Wayne Gretzky got were from young girls asking him to marry them. It's probably the same with most stars.

[@markbauman4342]

Big Valley, Six Million Dollar Man, Fall Guy, Majors was the man

[@ahhamartin]

Still is.

[@MarvelousLXVII]

Born in my hometown Wyandotte, MI

[@GoldAndSilver988]

My all-time favorite show. I was 10 in 1974. I had the action figure, and can still imitate all the sound effects, lol. Lee has always been what I call one of the good guys in the world of show business. I read the first Cyborg book, but didn't know there are two more. The three movies before the series actually started were not really that great; I'm so glad the character was modified a lot after the series started. And, Day of the Robot was my favorite episode, with the first Bigfoot a close second.

[@DeadCat-42]

These days a $6 million dollars is a pacemaker and a new hip at an American hospital.

[@markomlikotic6673]

I was 9 years old... and the bigfoot episode scared me!!!!😂😂

[@rockywatchesmovies]

I hope it doesn't now 😂

[@infolover_68]

The time of me being a boy, but what a tv show, The Six Million Dollar Man! And then there was The Bionic Woman, I couldn't believe my eyes!!

[@michaeldequatro1012]

Lindsey Wagner was my first celebrity crush growing up.

[@tonyhill1141]

I still have my action figures. I loved this show. My favorite was the blonde “terrorists” in their GMC Pacer tailing Steve.

[@generalinformation3507]

I don't think there was a kid in the 70s who didn't love this show. I didn't know about the kids allegedly trying to hurt themselves to get bionic parts though😳

[@rockywatchesmovies]

I was a bit skeptical of that one, that's why I had to add the 'Apparently' at the start. It really wouldn't surprise me though 😂

[@generalinformation3507]

@@rockywatchesmovies I remember In the 70s there was a rumor that kids were tying sheets around their necks and jumping out of windows like Superman. I remember tying a sheet around my neck and jumping off my bed, but I never thought about jumping out the window🤔

[@redfaux74]

There is nothing wrong with the Darwin Awards. Take the warning labels off everything and let the dumb kids ween their way out of the gere pool. We have too many whackOs today. People need to stop trying to prevent stupidity. It's impossible. If a BandAid can't fix it.... let it go.

[@jakemarek4746]

I remember an interview with Lee Majors where he cited a mom's letter that her kid was doing everything he could to "be bionic." He was eating pennies and would open the car door to drag the car to a halt. Majors wrote the kid a letter telling him it was only make believe and to knock that sh*t off. Lol

[@Havanacuba1985]

You never mentioned The Bionic Dog Maxamillion

[@rockywatchesmovies]

He was in The Bionic Woman, that show will get its own video in good time.

[@Havanacuba1985]

@@rockywatchesmovies cool

[@CannonKnight]

In the 70s, they showed super speed by running in slow motion. Today, they show super speed by everything around him being frozen while he moves at normal speed. Funny how showing super speed has evolved.

[@TimRHillard]

My favorite show ever.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

It was great show

[@TimRHillard]

@@rockywatchesmovies right on👍✌️

[@tracysteele7652]

Brought back good memories of my childhood loved watching the bionic man

[@SteveSteele]

You didn't mention Max (a million) the Bionic dog ;)

[@rockywatchesmovies]

He was from the Bionic Woman. She will have her own video in good time. She deserves one.

[@ksumar]

That electronic sound "Khe, Khe, Khe.." , when Steve Austin throws something is one of the best created. Even the zoom 🔎 on his eye 👁‍🗨 "Ooh Ooh Ooh.." was remarkable. I remember watching this on a black and white TV 📺 first in 1975, then finally colour in 1978!

[@vitalstatistics938]

It was only recently that I realised that the rest of his natural body would have collapsed under the stress of the bionic parts lifting huge weights 😂

[@ddoggall]

My head-canon as a kid imagined 'struts' under Steve's skin connecting his arm to his legs.

[@UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14]

I had a Six Million Dollar Man coloring book.

[@johnw9177]

DAMN I wish I still had my doll!!!!

[@noelht1]

I had a couple of them. I specifically remember the one with the pump up arm when you press the lever on his back and it had the engine that he used to lift with his bionic arm

[@noelht1]

And I remember looking through his bionic eye which always seem to glaze up after about two weeks of owning the doll

[@markomlikotic6673]

Omg!!! I had one too, also star trek.. Kirk and Spock!!! Man i wish kept them... but nooooooo!!!!!😢

[@TonyBabarino]

@@markomlikotic6673I still have my original Mr.Spock doll. When I was a kid, I had all the dolls, the Star Trek walkie-talk base unit (not the communicators, unfortunately), and the Enterprise bridge. I think it was Christmas of either 1978 or 1979 when I was either 9 or 10 years old. Parents divorced before I turned 2 and rarely saw my dad since then. However, that 1978 or 1979 Christmas was the one time he got those presents for me. That was possibly the only Christmas, from a child to my teen years, that was good. Many times there was nothing or almost nothing. But that time with those Start Trek toys was a good one. The toys got worn and lost in time, but Mr. Spock remains! My favorite character of the group.

[@zziicckk01]

Doll? They were action figures! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@edt5976]

I had his dol/action hero, very cool at the time . Even had a bionic eye, where you looked through the back of his head.

[@RPNization]

Me too. A few years ago I bought again such an Six Million Dollar Man Action figur which I found on Ebay. And also I bought a reproduction box, like the original from the 70's, put the doll in it, and till now I did'nt put it again out of the box.

[@johntabler349]

If anyone in Hollywood has even a shred of creative decency there can be no remake with Mark Wahlberg

[@BillLaBrie]

Wow I had forgotten about the evil JohnSaxonBot

[@stevedenis8292]

I remember watching the TV movie of it and it freaked me out seeing the exposed wire and metal in his arm. Had nightmares about it for a couple days . The next year when the Tv series was on I could not get enough of the show . Big difference a year makes when your a kid. For a while that was what we played running in slow motion pretending to lift heavy things. Making the sounds. Have to wonder what any adults thought was wrong with us kids playing like that if they never saw the show.

[@seniorp9444]

I’m surprised the Mark Wahlberg remake never happened with all the super hero movies they made in the last 20 years. Steve Austin is definitely a more interesting character than some of the lame superheroes, like green lantern and aqua-man, that got their own movies.

[@thesixmilliondollarpalmer5502]

I say Logan Marshall green ( upgrade movie) would be a great Col Steve Austin . Making the movie with the crash, adding a little population zero, day of the robot, and burning bright story lines redone - to make a movie.

[@acb9896]

Brought to you by "The Robin Leach School of Voice Overs"

[@mikesartorii234]

Also the Six Million Dollar Man made me believe I could super jump off of an 8 foot fence that resulted in me dislocating a hip and sprain both my ankles! ;)

[@jimmymckay73]

Where you probably went wrong was, you didn't make the sound while doing it. It was a common mistake.

[@westies1962]

I so loved the series back in the day!!

[@tonyalberts2006]

Left out was an episode with the bionic dog, featuring a German Shepherd.

[@johntabler349]

Max-a-million

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That was The Bionic Woman, not the SMDM.

[@bert7039]

And the bionic boy.

[@montecorbit8280]

My inflation calculator says 6 million in 1973 is worth approximately 42 million in change in 2024. Isn't that almost enough to do a tonsillectomy??

[@earlleeruhf3130]

I remember bionically ever after being a big bore. Steve's powers didn't work, the villains used something that interfeared with his bionics. so Jamie heard the bad guys using her bionic ear,talking about blowing up the hostages. So Steve used his bionic eye to zero in on the transmitter in the boss hand and shot it. Wow so impressive! I did notice a Cameo when Austin asked a random hostage if he was alright. The founder and owner of Wendy's resturant chain Dave Thomas answered "I'm ok Steve."

[@hman069]

You have just confirmed that I was not tripping ! I was honestly thinking it could have been an extra that was a Dave look-a-like. Also, I do like the Wendy's hamburgers, and those Frosties are good too !

[@solgoode1]

It was awful. : (

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Here is one thing I noticed about the SMDM. Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman drove a different car in every episode. Also, what I found strange was Oscar Goldman, Steve Austin, and Doctor Rudy Wells were all single. I mean three tall, handsome men, with prestigious careers and lots of money and no wives. In real life, those three guys would have been married already with a couple of kids.

[@Fizbin1701]

Interesting that they never mentioned the 2007 Bionic Woman TV series reboot. Granted, it sucked. But at least mention it.

[@avatarblackwolf3594]

I was disappointed in that show.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Remakes are never as good as originals.

[@michaeldupree2502]

Great information, thanks. The real pilot of that craft survived that crash!? Wow!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Six million dollars was a lot of money back in the early 1970s to build a full cyborg body. Now it's only worth an arm and a leg.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

LOL

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That was a good pun.

[@paulhumphries9430]

Ironic about Gil Gerard being considered to be a replacement for Lee Majors. I always thought it was a strong resemblance between the two actors. I even thought the two actors were related.

[@Wolffen51]

Trivia: Martin E. Brooks was NOT the original Rudy Wells. In the first episode he was played by Martin Balsam...then by Alan Oppenheimer (voice of Skeletor from He-man 1980;s cartoon) for the 2nd and 3rd pilot episodes of Season 1 and 2 and then by Martin E. Brooks (seasons 3-5)

[@bigbadjohnpesek9894]

Wow it would cost sixty trillion dollars today accounting for inflation

[@baronandbaronessvonwolf4618]

I wish i could watch this again with my Grandparents For it was family time in the evening for shows like that

[@lylez00]

If the government did this, the paperwork alone would be more than $6 million.

[@greghankins547]

My neighbor attempted to make a bionic cat 🐈: it was a fail . When he got out of juvenile detention he attempted to jump off a three story building while wearing makeshift bionic legs : it was a terrible fail . After rehabilitation from the tragic fall , he ran away to Humboldt County California , where he still grows weed

[@michaelbradley7529]

There were two actors that played the role of Dr. Rudy Wells.

[@MrBlackace66]

I absolutely loved watching the six million dollar man and the bionic woman when I was younger. Wish they would bring it back.😊😊😊😊

[@tanthony3895]

I hope they don't.... today Hollywood would politicize it and disgrace the heritage.

[@frederichiebler4690]

You forgot to mention an attempted reboot of the Bionic Woman (a british actress in the leading role) but it only got one season...

[@alancrisp1582]

Actually only 7 episodes were produced !...

[@rockywatchesmovies]

The Bionic Woman will get its own video at some point

[@frederichiebler4690]

@@alancrisp1582 actually yes!

[@robertfreestone414]

My mechanical engineer father, always the "buzz kill", tired and loss of any joy, saw my brother and I watching "The Six Million Dollar Man" as he stood there wearing his raincoat and holding his briefcase, and my brother and I about "What the hell we're watching", and we explained it to him. He replied, " His arm is lifting the engine, huh. What's supporting the arm that's holding the engine? It's like attaching a crane to jellow." He just shook his head in disbelief and disappointment and left.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

I often thought the same actually. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link - the existing biological body parts in this instance. Supposedly, he got several enhancements later on, like a reinforced spine etc, as his normal body parts would never have been able to withstand the duty cycle of which his bionic arm and legs were capable of.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

What a killjoy

[@jasonrodgers9063]

Nowadays, any guy that wants to be rebuilt as a Six Million Dollar man just needs to fall down a flight of stairs, then be taken to the nearest emergency room. This does NOT mean he will be able to run 60 MPH or lift cars with one arm, it just means that will be the amount of his BILL!

[@GariSullivan]

In America, for sure. However, in the rest of the world, countries have "free at the point of use' health service. These countries aren't just in Europe. Syria, Morocco and other developing nations have them. Poor America, so afraid of 'socialist' healthcare, they'd rather let people go bankrupt to get the medicine they need. God' Mess: America!

[@glenjones6980]

Six million nowadays would cover a sprained wrist and cataracts.

[@iamtoothewalrus]

The Six Million Dollar Man and Evel Knievel in the same decade!

[@chrischar9428]

Evel on Bionic Woman...

[@daniellebcooper7160]

we were spoiled.

[@sirjer73]

And Ali and Bruce Lee

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Don't forget Columbo. Columbo and The Six Million Dollar Man were my favorite TV shows.

[@mradhayuda1]

i want bionic part to change my body part, but i smart enough to know i dont have six million dollar

[@bukster1]

The video misses the fact that the title sequence uses two different versions of the aircraft. The one that crashes has two stabilizing fins, the one that is dropped is a later version that had three fins. I watched that title many times as a child and never noticed.

[@koolbubbaice5204]

They forgot about the bionic dog on the show

[@brianh.5334]

Good ole Max...

[@dennisneo1608]

I cut my legs off in the late 70s thinking I'd get bionic parts. All I got was a wheelchair. 😢

[@paulhumphries9430]

Peter Breck reunited with Lee Majors on an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. If anybody can remember they played brothers in 60’s tv western series called The Big Valley.

[@earlleeruhf3130]

The Big Valley was Bonanza with Barbara Standwyck in charge instead of Loren Green. It also was set in California. Both good shows.

[@robertveith6383]

​​@@earlleeruhf3130-- * Lorne Greene

[@billyoung8118]

Does my insulin pump mean I'm at least partially bionic? The damn thing was expensive A.F. but not $6 million. Just seems like it.

[@DWood-jw9tl]

Farrah Fawcett ❤❤❤

[@Melbournelost66]

Absolutely 👍🏻

[@ricklambert6234]

He was really only worth. 5,472,361$

[@tonythornhill9156]

I actually had that action figure as a kid. A portion of his skin was rubber where you could roll it down and reveal the bionic implants.

[@Giambijuice]

Very cool. Is that the one where you could look through the back of his head for bionic vision?

[@steveread4021]

I remember other boys at my school bringing in those dolls. Happy days!

[@kravenofspider]

Andre the Giant as bionic Bigfoot. How about that?

[@anythingrc3761]

My Uncle worked on the team that rebuilt Steve Austin and he said the show lied they sourced all the parts to build him from China and it only cost $19.95 to rebuild him in 1978

[@FleetAdmiral215]

One of my favourite shows in the 70s

[@jbazinga2385]

Same - I recall watching this as a kid (born in '65) and thinking how awesome this was.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

When I was a kid, I used to look forward to every Friday night to watch the SMDM.

[@nb9008]

If Only I can remember where I put THAT Steve action figure. Tough choice for kid growing up in the 70's, this show or Battlestar Gallactica.

[@ajamuayinde6582]

What about the Bionic Woman reboot in the 2000s?

[@mlee6136]

I can’t see whalberg as the 6mil dollar man, cast someone else please.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Then there's the fact he's about 5'7" !! LoL

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

I hope they never make a reboot or a new movie of the SMDM. Steve Austin was the most suitable actor to play that role. Any reboot or movie would never be as good as the original.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@bmoshareholderappleshareho855 Ummm Steve Austin was the characters name, the actor was Lee Majors.... LMAO 🤣

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

@@edwardfletcher7790 I meant say to Lee Majors.

[@jeffw1267]

Young people don't know who Lee Majors is, but he starred in THREE hit TV shows. Who else can match that? There can't be many of them.

[@jeffw1267]

Edit: Three hit TV shows in three different decades.

[@NUNYABIZNNAAAZZZ]

@@jeffw1267 BOOM

[@johntabler349]

Very few William Shatner and Bill Cosby are the only others I can think of

[@Roamer-yf1eu]

Bill Bixby (My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and The Incredible Hulk)

[@Bob-1802]

@@jeffw1267 Yep, the guy was quite prolific: The big valley (65-69) 112 episodes 6M$ man (73-78) 99 episodes The fall guy (81-86) 113 episodes

[@joen9275]

You didn't mention the short lived reboot of "The Bionic Woman"...in the late 90's...? Nice work on this episode... Thanks 😊👍

[@anthonybailey1966]

Bionic Woman (the reboot) was actually 2007

[@martykarr7058]

Here's some more interesting casting trivia. In the original "Six Million Dollar Man" movie/pilot, the character of Oscar Goldman played by Richard Anderson didn't exist, but there was a similar character, Oliver Spencer played by Darren McGavin. At the same time, McGavin did the second "Night Stalker" pilot/movie "The Night Strangler", where McGavin played Carl Kolchak, and Richard Anderson played "The Strangler".

[@cindydott452]

Oliver Spencer was not a nice director. He tried to talk Rudy into keeping Steve in suspended animation/asleep between missions.

[@roberticvs]

Lindsey Wagner and the Bionic Woman are worthy of a video themselves. She was outspoken in her role as one of the first superheroines on television and a great person too!

[@Greg-mw2pn]

Being born in 1969 this show was right up my alley, favorite episodes were the alien probe ones. This was a fun trip down memory lane. Thanks.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it

[@BoSmith7045]

Time to flex! I had the action figure, the space suit, the rocket that converted into a bionics lab with a glow in the dark x ray machine, the Maskatron robot with three snap on faces of Steve, Oscar, and Barney. And a arm with a sucker and another with a metal clamper. AND Oscar Goldman with the exploding briefcase. Good times. 😃

[@eddietowers5595]

You’re not flexing if quite a few people can relate. I had the The bionic man with bionic eye and arm module.

[@chrisdragnet722]

I had the Backpack/Helmut AM Radio.

[@clearcreek69]

I bought the complete series years ago along with The Bionic Woman

[@chrisflaherty8991]

And the bionic boy, the bionic dog, the 7 million dollar man, even Steve Austin's son was bionic.

[@cindydott452]

01:09 I just noticed this! Look at Steve's shirt. The right arm, his bionic arm, isn't all sweaty. Now that's attention to detail!

[@rockywatchesmovies]

well spotted

[@roykilling2496]

Marky Mark is probably not the right actor ...

[@MrRoda8143]

Agree. I would rather Hollywood leave this show alone and not create some abomination that fails unspectacularly trying to live up to the legend

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

Monte Markham was the first choice to play Steve Austin. Monte Markham played on the episode The Seven Million Man. Obviously, they decided that Lee Majors was a better fit to play Steve Austin.

[@Philipk65]

I used to love that show when I was a kid.

[@aarondraper1818]

I remember as a kid, my dad reading a Six million dollar man novel. He said the book was more graphic than the tv show. Steve Austin actually ripped arms from people (picture anime splashes of blood) and throwing lumps of concrete at peoples heads with the same result. Imagine those scenes in the 1970’s!!

[@alfredzarate917]

My only problem with the six million dollar man was his core…his back abs…something would have to give

[@roquefortfiles]

The physics of it all doesn't work. His arm would only be as strong as the connection to his human core. His arm might be able to lift 3 tons but it would be ripped off his body. But you can't over think it. Great show

[@JonTheComputerDoctor]

This was explained in The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman movie.

[@alfredzarate917]

@@JonTheComputerDoctor never watched the movie

[@roquefortfiles]

@@JonTheComputerDoctor Still one of the greatest openings in tv. We waited for the opening credits after the cold open. "Steve Austin.. Astronaut"

[@seniorp9444]

lol that’s what my dad would say but I was a kid and didn’t care

[@annareismith6843]

I remember putting a piece of gum rapper balled up in my ear. Pretending to have a bionic ear implant. And I ended up at the doctor with a bad ear infection, and they found it and took it out. My mother ask me in front of the doctor how that happened, and I told her. I was a very young child and did not know better at the time, I guess. I look back now and wonder why I did that. I had a great amount of imagination as a child, I think is why. I love the Bionic Women, as I wanted to be like her, though I was living as a male at the time and did not understand why. Now I am a woman and know why.

[@HuplesCat]

As a 13 year old I was in love with the bionic woman. Still am if truth be told

[@GoldAndSilver988]

Wonder Woman for me, lol.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

This takes me back!

[@nutknowledge]

Best Christmas memory ever was 1977 or 1978 when I got the 12" action figure....remember it like it was yesterday and didn't sleep for 2 days due to the excitement, lol

[@quad5186]

I wasn’t as fortunate, but we did have the board game. My brother got the diorama/ model of Austin kicking a wall - Bionic Breakout.

[@billp4]

The Mad Magazine parody was "The six million dollars, man!"

[@Rosarioforever]

One of my favorite TV shows

[@ebarteldes]

I begged my parents for the action figures. Still waiting

[@rockywatchesmovies]

A deprived child, I know the feeling LOL

[@ebarteldes]

@@rockywatchesmovies 😂

[@peterkerr4019]

I got my $6M man doll. With the bionic arm & bionic eye!

[@topangus123]

I can’t believe there has not been a reboot….what the hell kind of legal crap is getting in the way of our 2024 fun

[@johntabler349]

Please let there be one thing modern Hollywood hasn't gotten to ruin

[@PureHairdressing-k7w]

loved it i ran in slow mo at school

[@roykilling2496]

19: Just how bad the show really was after watching it as an oldish adult.

[@simonrancourt7834]

Martin Caidin also wrote the novel on wich the movie "The Final Countdown" was based.

[@jameshendricks2197]

That is one of my favorite movies, a time traveling masterpiece!

[@kevinfreels4766]

I always thought they should have had Majors playing the role of Alexander Pierce in Winter Soldier, rather than Robert Redford. Imagine having the old bionic man lecturing Captain America.

[@nexxterra]

good the show was back then, today it would be the 42.5 million dollar man...

[@mikesartorii234]

Fun side fact: In the new Fall Guy movie (Lee Majors starred in original tv show from the 80's) you can hear his signature "bionic sound effect" multiple times as the Colt Seavers character (Ryan Gosling) does action stuff and Lee and Heather have a cameo at the end of the movie :)

[@sonnysantana5454]

the 2' premier TV movie the villain subplot was partially based on ian Fleming's = on her majesty secret service where the villain was going to kill us agriculture crops with a bio germ warfare virus

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

never missed an episode of this! read the novel too in school.

[@nicholashqar1654]

This series is so campy good i love watching in streaming websites

[@mancbiker17]

I think the slowmo running is so much better than the super speed silliness in The Flash

[@jakemarek4746]

I remember a knock-off action figure called Mike Powers, the Atomic Man. He was stronger and faster than the $6M Man, even though he had only one *atomic* leg. They claimed he could run 200 mph.

[@DNulrammah]

"Steve Austin" was parodied (along with "Bigfoot"), in the "The Venture Brothers" episode "Home Insecurity" (S1 E03). He was also referenced in an episode of "King of the Hill" (Bobby walks past the tombstone of the Texas Patriot, and asks "Is that the Astronaut, or the Wrestler?").

[@cavscout7113]

I love the Venture Bros. it's a very underrated show.

[@candjim]

I remember getting a six million dollar man action figure and his rocket ship that also transforms into an operating table.

[@thomashobbes8786]

$43m Man these days. 😂

[@skipstreet]

I watched this show as a kid but I had forgotten the scene with all the iphones attached to his jumpsuit.

[@hairyairey]

A stitch in crime featured Leonard Nimoy as the villainous surgeon incidentally. He played it really well too.

[@kcwicks]

No way! I never knew Leonard Nimoy was on the bionic man. My recollection of that show is pretty hazy. I just remember the Bigfoot episodes (RIP Andre the giant) and the "fembots"