The Six Million Dollar Man (version 1).

[@stephaniesnider7580]

Lee Majors was the right person for The Six Million Dollar Man I grew up watching this show and I love it a classic .

[@chocodiledundee1]

If you think about Lee Major must be the luckiest man when comes to tv séries , he made that country western one in the 60’s then the 6 million dollars man in the 70’s then in the 80’s he does Fall Guy what was to me one of my all time greatest tv show ! He’s legendary for sure and omg he’s cool the stuff he made back then set the bar for cool !

[@stephaniesnider7580]

@@chocodiledundee1 Yes he did I hope they would play the old classic on DirecTV

[@JohnDoe-yi4xd]

They considered Burt Reynolds. Burt without his mustache and goofy laugh might have worked...but I'm glad they went with Lee Majors. He was perfect.

[@stephaniesnider7580]

@@JohnDoe-yi4xd No Lee Major fits right in he was just made for that part.

[@trhansen3244]

We need a remake with Queen Latifah as Steve Austin.

[@carlrood4457]

I was born in 1967, so I was the perfect age for this show. It was a lot of fun.

[@luisemiliomendoza2753]

I was born in 1968,so i was the perfect age for this show too, Lee Majors was my "idol", ha, ha

[@Prieze868]

I was in love with him I was about 10 and 9 and 75 and I loved this man

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

I'm still Watch it on the NBC app from Time to time specially on Weekends

[@joshuachristian5443]

75 here. This show, came on at 2 pm on Saturdays followed by The Incredible Hulk at 3. Visually gobbled them both up every weekend.

[@NelsonVlog66]

I was born in 1966. I currently own the Time-Life complete series DVD set. I heard the series is getting a North America blu-ray release, but it's a little out of my budget right now, dammit.

[@Mars-qx7mq]

I grew up watching the 6 Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Women. A few year later when I was running Cross Country in HS, during the steep hills when your speed slowed down, I would play the BIONIC SOUND in my head, tricking myself to think I was actually running at super human speed. It got me to push through the toughest part of the course.

[@gracealexandre3381]

Steve and Jamie were both my heroes when I was young. They still are in a way.

[@RichieRich845]

Yep I did that too. I loved this show, I even bought a Datsun 260Z when I grew up just because he looked so cool driving it.

[@GeminibBorn]

Best comment on this video. Mind over matter, and little inspiration from your favorite superhero. I love it!

[@toddtoure7041]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha, that's so cool!!!

[@littlesister7021]

Happy 83rd Birthday to the Awesome Lee Majors. I love having you as a birthday buddy. Hope you had a wonderful, peaceful, beautiful day today. You are definitely one of the Best! Take Care, Stay Well, Stay Safe, and Love You Always! God Bless You Lee.

[@orlycatoy7848]

I love it, I remember when I was young, I'm always watching the Six Million Dollas Man.

[@nemesisastraea6659]

Born in the 80s but I remember watching reruns on other stations during the summer visiting family in Florida. Loved the opening music for some reason. 😁

[@ScottIngram]

This really was one of the best TV memories of my childhood. Thanks for this. 👍

[@StamFine]

Mine too!

[@quaidoralious4181]

Same. Crazily I wrote a remake script like 15 years ago because I loved it so much.

[@briancarney5029]

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[@TheDefenderSisu]

Me too

[@moeomoton520]

Yes! Sunday nights at 8pm on ABC, lol, we used to run in slow motion pushing our jacket tails up in the air at recess! Lol , good times!

[@gazorbo.]

I always have teary eyes when I watch the credit sequence. Just feeling of the good memories and happiness of watching the series at the time. Yes, iconic. It's in my top 5, with Space 1999 and The Persuaders.

[@John_O_Maoilearca]

Space 1999 and The Persuaders! we’re great. What are your other two?

[@cantagiousca5220]

And later the fall guy then street hawk,knight rider then the A-team

[@toddtoure7041]

Agreed!! The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, The Prisoner, Mission Impossible , The Man from Atlantis, all the great Shows when I was a Kid!!

[@warrenburroughs3025]

The Six Million Dollar Man ran from the time I was 9 until I was 13 and I absolutely loved it. I even got the Steve Austin action figure for Christmas.

[@daveroche6522]

Somewhat ironically, the action figure had more acting ability and charisma than Majors himself.....

[@kickballjedi]

I can still smell the plastic of the Steve Austin doll as I would press my face to the back of its head to look through the bionic eye. I had his spaceship and multiple Metal 6 Million Dollar Man lunchboxes with a thermos!

[@originalkingalpha5116]

@@daveroche6522 DAMN!🤣🤣🤣

[@daveroche6522]

@@originalkingalpha5116 IT'S TRUE! IT'S TRUE! IT'S em, COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE....

[@originalkingalpha5116]

@@daveroche6522 🍻😂

[@coollikedat9145]

Loved this show!! If you grew up in the 70’s I think you’d say this show is ICONIC. I had the “action figures”, other associated toys. “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology”.😆😁👍🏽

[@StamFine]

Classic

[@NelsonVlog66]

I currently own a few of the toys, including the Kenner Turbo Tower of Power sets. The TTP line is one of my favorites from the 1970's next to Star Wars, The Micronauts, and Ideal's Evel Knievel.

[@johnpotts8308]

I remember those! It had that plastic sleeve you could peel back to reveal the bionic components.

[@MonsieurBellamy]

It is more than iconic. It's BIONIC !

[@solomargarcia7094]

@@StamFine por tugues

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

I absolutely loved this show when I was a kid! Actually, I still love this and The Bionic Woman today. I remember imitating the Six Million Dollar Man after each episode. I would run and jump in "slow motion" around the neighborhood. I would also do the same thing on the schoolyard. My best friend, at the time, Khali, had the Kenner SMD toys and we loved playing with those! One of my biggest regrets, was seeing Mr. Lee Majors at a Walker Stalker Con a few years ago and not telling him how much he meant to me as a kid and as an adult. There was nobody at his booth, at the time, but, for some strange reason, I passed up this rare opportunity. I honestly don't understand why I didn't say anything to him.

[@zanizone3617]

Jamie Sommers was a dream. Absolutely badass, yet always classy. Fearless and kind. And she was so poised, even in the middle of action scenes. My 6 years old self was completely in love with her.

[@trhansen3244]

I stopped liking her when she cheated on Steve. He did everything for her and she dumped him. For some guy who couldn't even lift a car.

[@zanizone3617]

@@trhansen3244 she lost her memory. And Steve was constantly hooking up with other girls in his show. Besides, I was going to marry her when I grew up, so it didn't disturb me anyway. Lol

[@johnellizz]

@@zanizone3617 She was getting high a lot. She tried to get high with bigfoot.

[@mrock828]

I agree. Strong women characters have been around for decades, look at Ellen Ripley. These days a "strong" woman character has to be hacking off a man's genitals while calling him racist. I just don't get it.

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

Lindsay Wagner as Jamie won an Emmy award for best actress in 1977 for Bionic Woman which was a first for sci fi show. I always thought she was a great actress and so did others!!

[@orestes720]

I loved the Six Million Dollar Man as a kid and later the Bionic Woman. They were great role models. Too bad we don't have anything like that today.

[@krane15]

The crossovers would give me goosebumps.

[@briancarney5029]

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[@tod1way]

It was really great to have a female hero of a show. Very ahead of its time. Watching as an adult, I do sort of cringe at the sexist dialogue in some episodes. But, Jaime brilliantly silenced those men with her strength. There will never be shows as cool as these two.

[@mikehunt4986]

@@tod1way No need to "cringe" if they're supposed to be jerks.

[@tod1way]

@@mikehunt4986 ooh wow! I never thought of it like that. Excellent! 🙂

[@robertpiekosz7470]

My favorite show of entire childhood. Just plain fun.

[@mx472000]

The Six Million Dollar Man is one of the best TV shows that came out in the 70's.

[@StamFine]

yup!

[@stanleyjoyner6328]

LP

[@krane15]

Also, with its spin-off the Bionic Women. She proved you could be female, kick butt, and still be 100% a lady. Nowadays, all the females roles cuss like sailors and chew tobacco.

[@bioshock6935]

i would go a say as was the incredible hulk as a kid back then when the six million dollar man ended i remembered how sad i was they didn't do any more but that stopped when the hulk tv show came on.

[@bayouboy6668]

@@krane15 Or if they were a man for 33 years and transform to a woman for the past 2 years. We must allow them to compete in women's weigh lifting sports etc. with biological females without being skeptical about what hormones a "former" man was exposed to and can easily out perform all the biologically born females. Due to 33 years of testosterone and not getting into bone density and structural difference. This is where the ridiculous people say to ignore science or be accused of being a bigot.

[@guyherring6235]

One of the best TV shows of all time. As a grown adult now, I still sometimes run in slow motion 😅

[@DaveJOHAZ]

I grew up watching this too and yeah, whenever I run nowadays it's definitely in slow motion!

[@Saher774]

exactly .. this is happened with me too hahahah

[@neiljohnson7914]

@@DaveJOHAZ I don't always run. But when I do, it's in slow motion.

[@jameswalker5796]

I'm 56 and was addicted to this show as a kid. I recently came across the series on a streaming site and couldn't even get through one episode 😛

[@sabrinagrant8003]

Six Million Dollar Man was one of the best tv shows from my childhood. Sunday nights watching this show was the best.

[@LL-pw1cd]

One of the first TV shows I remember as a child...Good times. Thanks for the memories.

[@agent7796]

The golden age of TV, better days & better times, 😎👍👍

[@squishmallowfan025]

Im 54 and Richard Anderson and Lee Majors were an acting match made in Heaven. Looking back a lot of this might be dated but they were absolutely excellent.

[@BadApe351]

I was 12 years old when The Six Million Dollar Man first aired. I remember thinking that this was the most amazing and futuristic show around (I discovered Star Trek TOS on it's first re-run). I couldn't wait for it to air every week. Lee Majors was perfect in the role. You always had total confidence in Steve Austin to complete the task at hand because of what Lee brought to the role. Would have loved to see him go into A class movies. But of course he was so good in The Fall Guy. Thanks for the awesome review.

[@StamFine]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@7MillionSteveAustin]

@Bad Ape I could not have said it better myself.

[@vMaxHeadroom]

Love this great memories of wonderful times...The Death Probe really had me going as a kid as I thought Steve was finished! God, I was so into the Six Million Dollar Man...

[@StamFine]

Nice!

[@michaelkantner6420]

Two of my favorite shows during the 70's. I was a young boy when the 6 million dollar man came out, and I had one of the toys, I don't remember if I had the Steve Austin toy or the Bigfoot toy, but me and my friend who lived next door, would spend hours playing with them.

[@mikegriffin104]

Thank you, excellent video. Innocent childhood memories. The world is different now.

[@teng029]

This was an excellent retrospective of a time in TV that's long gone. I grew up and lived for these shows. I had the Six Million Dollar. man action figure too. Great stuff!

[@devilpuppy1969]

Lee Majors was the coolest guy on television in the 1970's. He had this show and was married to Farrah Fawcett.

[@kjamison5951]

Even today, that intro still raises the hairs on the back of my neck! I loved this show!

[@StamFine]

So good!

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Me too. So damn dramatic.

[@TheRadical459]

Anyone notice he was ruffing up sonny bono @ 3:26. Damn I loved this show and the special guest appearances were awesome at that point in time.

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

Steve Austin was perhaps the very first well written TV action superhero before the rest that came later (that was not campy like early Batman or Superman) and played with more of a serious drama (mixed in with occasional humor) and was somewhat believable with scientific explanations. Great review! Even Terminator movie star Arnold S. said he watched the Bionic series and Lee Major as a youth, which might have inspired his own movies later. Arnold called Lee the very first cyborg action star before Terminator.

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

The Six Million Dollar Man was Superman meets The Man From UNCLE and it ws a ten year cycle Six Million Dollar Man 1974,The Terminator 1984.

[@robindew9072]

It was a great show. Lee Majors was awesome as the 6 million dollars Man.

[@sws5833]

As a kid in the 70s I loved this show and still do, One of my first vivid memories was watching the episode when Steve was fighting the big foot played by the late Andre the Giant which then sparked a life long interest in Sasquatch, was the first time I had ever heard of such a thing and remember asking my father what that big hairy guy was. Good memories of a better simpler time

[@Bobby-ut3kh]

Sixmillion dollar. Man. Ilove. All. The. Shows. It was one. Show. I love. The most. Waswhen. Big foot could. Watch that every night. 😅

[@Sardarkhan69]

Ahh such Nostalgia! I remember first watching it as a 6 yr old in the UK then moving abroad. There I would demonstrate the slow motion move & no one got me. But then the series arrived and it exploded on TV! What a series

[@Cafeman_2D]

Another great classic 70s series recap! I loved both shows as a kid. About 10 years ago I bought the DVDs and saw all 3 pilots for the first time, and my fam all binged Bionic Woman on Netflix which has held up pretty well.

[@tracystinson4986]

Born in 71, I remember these shows well! I was crazy about them and still am! I love watching them every time I get a chance to. Brings back so many great memories and I so desperately wish I could relive them all over again! Life was so much simpler and the shows really stuck with you since it was such a blast to watch them and live the excitement with them. O how I wish time hadn't changed everything so much, life was better and definitely so was the shape of the world. I'll always be so grateful for being born at this time and being able to enjoy all the benefits of such an era in time. Love watching all these shows, it makes me feel young again, I just wish it could be so again.

[@Corbomite-ei1ty]

It had THE BEST INTRO to any show... Still looks cool today 😎

[@StamFine]

You see something like SMDM and ask yourself why other shows don't have intros this cool. I think here it all just came together really well.

[@redpillnibbler4423]

The intro was brilliant.

[@malikkimanimaasai3703]

Yeah it was definitely cutting-edge even by 2day's standards...

[@teddibearsworld]

What makes it even more impressive is that the graphics were before CGI. But it was also an ingenious way to encapsulate his origin in a bit over a minute. It sucked you into the entire concept if you were a first time viewer . But mainly, yeah.. coolest intro ever.

[@malikkimanimaasai3703]

@@teddibearsworld Good point

[@ronstewtsaw]

For many years in the 1990s, Lindsay Wagner did tv commercials for the Ford dealers in British Columbia. They were very well received, and people complained when they stopped. I see that Wagaer and Majors maintains a friendship and have appeared together as recently as 2017 in a Halmark movie.

[@StuMas]

Four years old in 1976 and this made being born worthwhile!

[@StamFine]

Good to see so many people connected with this show.

[@antoniocruz1163]

One of my most favorite shows of all time It was great watching it in the 70s for the first time. I can still watch all the great episodes that were memorable Big Foot, Bionic Woman, Cyborgs....etc

[@StamFine]

it sure was a great show.

[@seanc9520]

Darn, I loved that part of the yellow pages being torn in half while she talk to her class.

[@craigbrowning9448]

I believe the "Bionic" sound effect was a cluster of notes played on a Conn organ with the repeat and sustain on.

[@Retro-Fez]

I was born in 73 so i loved the show had the toys and have great memories from those amazing days ❤️

[@StamFine]

Nice!

[@robcourtney1997]

I hatched in 73 and watched it too

[@snoopymcqueen8287]

Stam Fine awesome job on video.

[@portland-182]

The bionic eye sound effect is pretty iconic too. The title sequence is also particularly good, especially compared to other mainstream shows of the time.

[@StamFine]

yes, everything came together on this series.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

Let's not forget Jamie Sommers' bionic ear sound effect as well.

[@joanne26]

I’m from England and when British TV aired it I never missed an episode This takes me back to my early teenage years which where for me happy It was an ICONIC series because you were given the notion of a bionic man 40 plus years hence medical science has almost come full circle

[@Stevenisbelieven]

I remember when my family came over from England during Christmas I could tell the show was popular in the UK by my cousin's 'Gift Wish List' which he would gleefully recite, over and over and over again. 😂 "I want the bionic man rocket, bionic man with exploding legs, bionic man with changeable faces, Oscar Goldman..."

[@joanne26]

@@Stevenisbelieven I always say to myself I was born in the best decade which was the 60’s I was then old enough to watch from the early 70’s great British TV series like the hard hitting The Sweeney and the Professionals also American series like Kojak and Starsky and Hutch I know that life moves on and we grow up to be responsible adults🤨🤨🤨🥂🥂and the entertainment world like TV and films change supposedly for the better but for me I have become less interested in MAINSTREAM TV and Films in Britain over a long period of time I have been watching lots of old British films and TV from the 60’s,70’s and some 80’s and no way in the WOKE world today could they be shown I was watching last week the Oscars channel and all the wonderful, glamorous TRUE STARS like Sophia Loren, Angie Dickinson and John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Peter Sellers, Sean Connery They were all such naturally beautiful people❤️❤️👌🏻👌🏻

[@salkabalani1482]

I was in my early teens when this show aired. I so enjoyed your analysis of the show and busted in laughter at several places. Thanks for the amusing and witty walk down memory lane.

[@murraydelee8720]

I was all of 22 when this show aired. I use to stay home just to catch an episode. Your commentary literally restored memories of this show. Now I want to watch it again, especially the episodes where he goes into space. Thanks for the renewed memories. I added a thumbs up. Fantastic all around. For those of us that watched and loved this show, I would like to point out, the tech they showed weekly was actually, for that time period, state of the art. So again, thanks for the post, that you appeared to have worked so hard on.

[@BrayTube]

Nothing else on TV in the 70's got me as excited as this show. i was only 8 when it finished so there wasn't much on TV I was allowed to see and it was like mental sugar to me. After every episode I would have to run around the garden at slow speed, pretending I was running at super high speed (du-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu), or find small sticks to break or throw. It's really difficult to jump off the roof of a garden shed in slow motion, but if you roll and tumble just right you can break into a slow motion sprint and totally sell the effect.

[@StamFine]

The lack of slow motion in real life was a bummer. A kid's imagination makes up for it somewhat.

[@NelsonVlog66]

The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, UFO, Space 1999, Man From Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers In the 25th Century were my go to shows during the 1970’s.

[@chocodiledundee1]

Bro I was born in the 70’s I totally get you 110%, your words touched my soul , it’s the cliche “ if you explain to anyone outside our generation they wouldn’t understand “ this show was something else indeed so was the Incredible Hulk ! All the best from south Australia 🇦🇺

[@qtheband751]

@@NelsonVlog66 oh man you and I would’ve got along famously. you listed every TV show that sparked my imagination and made my childhood so special. Colonel Steve Austin was my hero. I think I’m going to run upstairs in slow motion as a sentimental tribute. Of course, at 53, that’s about the only speed I can muster.

[@qtheband751]

@@chocodiledundee1 very special show. I reminisce constantly about how much fun it was.

[@matthewbogart4183]

I was 9 when this was first shown on British tv , I came in whilst playing football outside for a drink of water , my Dad was watching the pilot episode and I watched this guy chained to a wall suddenly rip the chain from the it and smash the door down ! I didn’t go back out and was hooked on this show from that moment 🤗. Great memories!

[@stevetaylor5037]

I’m a seventies baby and I grew up on the bionic man and woman that was fantastic tv shows.NOTHING beat the seventies and the tv shows in my opinion.

[@Toastrackman]

As a kid back in the 70s he was my hero, i had the action figure with a plastic car engine it gripped. It made the iconic bionic sound when a key was turned on its back the arm lifted the engine, kids were easily satisfied with less back then lol

[@vpreggie]

One of the defining characters of my youth - Steve Austin was a modern day Captain America to me. Unlike most comic book super heroes at the time Austin always seemed to have empathy for his rivals. Austin does not treat his antagonists as mere “monsters”, existing only to be beaten into oblivion for a neat episode action scene. In my favorite episode, The Pioneers, an astronaut wrapped up in an experiment gone wrong, not unlike Austin himself is driven to bouts of super-human strength and uncontrollable rage. At one point armed local authorities start taking shots at this tortured man and Austin, fresh off a battle with this astronaut launches himself at the attackers and sends a rifle sailing into the distance, yelling, “No! He’s a man!” Despite his opponent’s threat Austin empathizes with the man, even tries to protect him. Classic stuff in an era where the easiest way into any story was the classic “us vs them”, demonizing someone or something as an excuse to kill or pummel them. And nobody can run like Lee Majors. He really sold those slow motion running shots.

[@stephenwodz7593]

The best episode is the one in which Steve is sent to a deserted south pacific island to retrieve a nuclear device, only to be captured by a Japanese soldier who was still fighting WWII. It was a quiet and touching story, with emphasis on the relationship that develops between the two very different men. (The Japanese character would return in a later episode).

[@StamFine]

That's the sort of episode that showed the range of the series. It wasn't all slo-mo bust ups.

[@bioshock6935]

For me it was all the bigfoot episodes

[@brianvector]

Did you detect any homosexual undertones in that episode? Today, they had a gay kiss in Star Trek. Was Hollywood beginning the gay acceptance trend in the 1970s?

[@tryarunm]

@@brianvector I think it was just bromance. In the 70's any hint of homosexuality would have had parents the world over turning off the tv when SMDM aired, and harmed Majors' image and career. Networks outside the US might not have even aired the show.

[@joebartles3986]

The first Big Foot episode was the best.

[@michaelscottalloway8915]

I remember well the Six Million Dollar Man AND The Bionic Woman . I was just a teenager when they came out and watched them both and enjoyed them both . I also remember when Maximillian was on the Bionic Woman he was a German Shepard and also bionic .

[@midnite22767]

To this day I fondly remember the joy I got when I opened my presents that Christmas and found out I had the 6 MDM doll, with bionic eye and grip. Crazy how popular this show was! My next favorite toy from that era was the Evil Knievel doll with motorcycle!

[@StamFine]

Sweet!

[@BlackDoveNYC]

The bionic characters and Evel Knievel were the best toys of the time.

[@josephhill2597]

Definitely loved watching it in the 70s and 80s. Bionic Woman as well. Great childhood memories. I wanna go back soooo bad!

[@pwareham61]

I loved The 6 million dollar man as a kid, it was my favourite programme, Saturday night on ITV. We used to renenact it in the playground.

[@rubyfirefly2582]

Very well done. The Six Million Dollar Man was everything in the 70s. Here on a nostalgia ride after the camera spotting Lee Majors at the UFC match this past Saturday.

[@DeanTaylor38]

Just sensational. I was 5 years old when the series got into its stride and he and Tom Baker were my first heroes. Have the doll and the spaceship, still, and decades later my sons all loved playing with it as they were growing up. And like you said, a genuine cultural impact - everyone used 'bionic' to describe superstrength and you were right, we all made the sound and had slow motion fights in the playground! Thanks for capturing such happy memories.

[@squishmallowfan025]

I used to write stories in school about The Six Million Dollar Man and Tom Baker Doctor Who around 1975 - they'd kind of get merged together. I wish I still had them!

[@russellmabbley1751]

Its the best . TV show of my youth. the 70s. IV got all of the six million doller man on dvd . Love it

[@Bangkokian1967]

This was my favourite TV series when I was a kid! Very enjoyable video mate - brought back so many fond memories

[@StamFine]

Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to make.

[@nflr92]

I now understand why my parents rolled their eyes at how into Six Million Dollar Man their 11 year old kid was back then. I thought it/he was the coolest thing around back then.

[@pabloschaffner9419]

What a great retrospective. And the intro still holds up. No remake could ever, ever match this intro. If I was to direct a remake, the intro would be shot-for-shot the same. Same music too.

[@StamFine]

It was a good idea, well executed.

[@TommyT067]

Loved this show! Had the doll and I even was picked as a kid at Universal Studios to play the Bionic man on the tram ride in the 70's! I had to lift a car and kick the tire which would explode! All my friends at school loved me for weeks after our field trip!

[@user-hu9st8sg7o]

I watched this show every week. This was one of top shows back in the day. Lee Majors was huge.

[@rifyrafi]

I was 13. I had the action figure, my favorite show growing up. I can still see Steve Austin vs Bigfoot. A great time to be a kid.

[@robertbailey4547]

Yes... Remember it well... Gonna watch it asap

[@tod1way]

I had a 'Six Million Dollar Man' watch!

[@ardoniswilliams7241]

I had Steve Austin, Sasquatch, and the android with the different faces and "exploding briefcase".

[@Telluwide]

Lee Majors aka Steve Austin was the master of Leisure Suits!

[@Dave-oh2sv]

I grew up watching this TV show. Good times, good memories

[@StamFine]

It was a very good show.

[@nigelcarren]

Fun fact: Back in the day, I tested all new pairs of knock-off trainers from the indoor market by making THAT noise and running in slow-motion whilst watching my reflection in the patio window! The REALLY sad thing was... I was 28 years of age! 😉💪🇬🇧

[@sharonz3337]

I grew up in the 70s and yep I loved watching 6 million dollar man. I also watched bionic woman too. Lol😉

[@StamFine]

Two very good shows worth watching.

[@Enevan1968]

Brilliant to see Darren McGavin. Too bad I can't get a hold of those pilots...

[@stendec-dd3he]

Excellent homage, Stam. You're a true fan . It was a time, not to be forgotten.

[@StamFine]

Thanks

[@spacecase13]

I loved this show as a kid, it was like a live action Saturday morning cartoon show. The Fall Guy was also fun, thanks for mentioning it as It had all but fallen out of my head.

[@RGC-gn2nm]

Loved the bionic man as a kid. Lee Majors is a hometown hero

[@StamFine]

Yeah, it was a great show.

[@deborahchesser7375]

My Dad new him in his high school days. His real name was Harvey Yeary

[@shoe2241]

@Gerry S.S middlesboro kentucky. his mother lived there until she died.

[@Czechbound]

That was GREAT ! It was the first thing that came on when my Dad bought our first colour TV. All us kids loved it. Great editting and witty commentary here.

[@tod1way]

You live in Ojai? 😆

[@michaelhubbard4023]

I remember the Six Million Dollar man very well when I was little. I watched it every week. Even had the Steve Austin figure. Watching this brought back so many memories.

[@techontesla5284]

$6 million man is simply the best the best years of my life is the 70s ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@darrinwebber4077]

I met Lee when I was a little kid. Long before the Six Million Dollar Man. Back when he played role of Heath Barclay on western show called Big Valley. His cousin/friend was married to our baby sitter...and he was at their home once when my brothers and I were being watched while Mom was at work.

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

As I remember reading, the Six Million Dollar Man was on over 60 percent of American TVs at its height when it aired originally. In watching it now, the story writing and character acting still make it interesting to watch and the nostalgia of reliving life from the 70s and watching TV as it was then with a lot of recognizable guest stars. I was in my early teens when it aired! Most popular show on TV at the time.

[@StamFine]

It was a popular show, and our review is by far one of our most watched vids, so that makes sense.

[@chocodiledundee1]

It was huge overseas as well in Brazil where I grown up it was massive success!

[@terrymellor857]

I really enjoyed this walk down memory lane. Could not wait until every new show came on. Remember eating popcorn and drinking soda for show which only happened on six million tv night. Great memories.

[@johnkling6657]

Loved this show back then. And, when it was released, I purchased the DVD collection. Dated, of course, but still fun to watch.

[@StamFine]

Just dated enough, but not too dated.

[@davidgordon7673]

This was a complete blast to watch! Bravo!👍

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

I had two action figures. One of Steve Austin and a robot. I loved that show so much. I can remember being ABSOLUTELY CONSUMED with the Death Probe episode and all of the Bigfoot/robot/aliens shows.

[@michaelstone7514]

Loved the six million dollar man. All the stunts bionic sound effects! The romance between Steve and Jamie. Its a shame they both didn't have longer runs. I guess all the really interesting fun thought provoking shows are that way. They don't linger till they become irrelevant boring or a self parody. Existing for a short while very period specific, like a rare and precious flower that blooms infrequently and only lasts a few days then disappears. It just leave a satisfying treasured memory and a touchstone for the mind to return to beloved memories of childhood.

[@Koexistence13]

That gmc camper at 8:16 was the best in design and is still innovative to this day

[@StamFine]

It goes with the general 'outdoors' feel of the show.

[@Koexistence13]

@@StamFine lol. You should look up a video on that gmc motor home tho. It was bionic

[@RichTheNoun]

Wasn’t that the same one used in the 1981 movie Stripes? Supposedly has front wheel drive of all things, and no rear axles, wheels are connected to the frame...

[@lambo2655]

My favourite action series of the 70’s, as a child I had all the toys, the action figures and that opening sequence was so special. One of the best produced for television even to this day. Apart from all the great & cheezy action sequences the series also had a great soundtrack especially while Steve used his bionics. Watching all the episodes now for both series on the DVD collection it’s clear adding those iconic bionic sound effects was a good decision. There was something missing in the first two seasons without them. Great job on this retrospective video, I also learned a lot about both series I didn’t know :)

[@derekhalford187]

Definitely my hero growing up in the 70's. I even received a postcard from Lee Majors when I was six years old, I took it to school to show my teacher and friends. I loved my Six Million Dollar man doll - awesome when you're a little kid. Does anyone remember the Six Million Dollar Man digital watch?

[@StamFine]

A watch? that would have very cool.

[@GassersGhost]

I think my brother made me eat the "computer chip" from our figurine's forearm. He said it was a magic chip. I was a kid. I ate it. It didn't make me Bionic. . . Or did it?

[@robertbailey4547]

Yes... Got one Christmas 1978

[@martinnevey7258]

Don't remember the watch but had a snap together model of him wrestling bigfoot(you had to pain it yourself. ..aaahh nostalgia

[@tod1way]

I had a conventional Bionic man watch. It had a blue leather band. I didn't know they had a digital. That's really cool!

[@chrishine2717]

Great videp, brought back some lovely memories, and can I say that the Steve Austin Rocket/Operating Theatre toy was/is still one of my favourite childhood toys (I'm 53 nowadays) :)

[@GaryCameron]

My favorite show when I was growing up in the 70s. It was so high tech in its day.

[@waynebrock7248]

I grew up watching them both, I even remember I think the second season when one night it came on, I had to go to bed which was on a School night, I thought to myself I was going to miss the important part of the episode. Never knew from the mid 1970s I would be able to watch what I was going to miss in the future, like in the 1990s watching the reruns that was being played on The Sci-Fi channel. Yet didn't really knew that I could've watch it during the summer break from school as repeat. Now at 55 years old, I can watch both Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman any time I want and never get tired from it.

[@Huly241072]

So I've just discovered your channel....bloody brilliant! Being a child of the 70s the wonder woman and six million dollar man especially brought a tear to my eye. Currently binge-watching the rest of your vids, but this was the one that got me hooked. Thanks, man!

[@StamFine]

Nice!

[@davidjames2145]

I loved this series, right from the edge-of-my-seat pilot. Yes, I had the action figure. Yes, we all did slow-motion fights in the primary school playground (which the teachers no doubt found hilarious). Yes, we all made the sound as we messed around. Good times. Absolutely first-rate review. 👍 🇬🇧

[@TheSoleProprietor]

"Day of the Robot maker" with guest star, John Saxon as the robot and Steve's friend was my most favorite episode. I used to have the Maskatron action figure based on that episode. I miss that toy!

[@tod1way]

You know what's funny, I had seen the episode of "Day Of The Robot" when I was younger. Then, I saw John Saxon on 'Falcon Crest' as the father of Lance, played by Lorenzo Lamas. I kept telling my mother he was that robot and she doubted me until that 'Six Million Dollar Man' episode came up in re-run again. Now mom trusts my memory.

[@seanstewart6893]

You can buy the toy as a collector's item, from the different toy dealers,in the box it will cost you 250 to 350 pounds, thes are original toys, Im a collector and have every toy releasd

[@casca1964]

This is the best video I have ever seen on KZbin . I agree with everything the English dude Stam said. Thanks for both the great critique and encapsulation of the whole 6 million dollar man and Bionic woman thing. I must admit I did miss a lot of the Steve Austin shows but I never missed Jamie Summers. Linsey Wagner was is and always will be a great actress and I admire her and her work immensely.

[@rockerdowns6051]

Thanks so much for your review. It reminds me of my glorious childhood. I just found your channel Stam and I’ve already started to bing watch. Your humor is spot on and greatly appreciated!

[@poshpaul55]

i love this show ! ONE of the best (du-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu) bionic Thumbs up 👍 😉

[@aggielonghorn]

I love your video guy. You are so spot on accurate about the way this series was presented and about the way that we the fans received it. I was six years old when the 6 million dollar movies first came out. That's about the age that you first plant seeds in your mind about the greatness of things that you will reflect on years later (even if those things were not as great as you remember them to be). And while I was watching your video, I was thinking this guy must be from that era. So to hear you confirm that at the end of the video by revealing that you caught the tail end of it was a satisfying I thought so kind of moment. Really excellent video congratulations sir.

[@StamFine]

Thanks!

[@stephaniesnider7580]

This is another classic show I grew up watching this show Lee Majors was perfect for this show I want to order all the episodes.

[@dissonantvibe8585]

The parts where you had Jaime & Bigfoot reacting to Majors' singing is comedy gold

[@zrodger2296]

Loved this, and grew up with it. If I recall correctly, it was on tv on Sunday evenings. My family went out for fun trips a lot, but if we were not home in time to watch the Six Million Dollar Man I was one unhappt kid! Thanks for this!

[@JWS1968]

I always used to think hang on he's only got one bionic arm how is he equalizing the force when he bends an iron bar. 😂😂😂loved this show though. And Night Rider, Dukes of Hazard, Starsky and Hutch, some fucking great shows from that era, Kojak, Columbo. A golden age if ever there was one. Now what do we get, Love Island. Cheap disposable TV.