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Once again the youtube algorithm bestows a pearl of wisdom that I didn't perceive back in the 70's. Thanks for pointing out a level of detail the producers really didn't need to apply back in the day, but I'm now glad they did!
@@davidva8694 They cut out the scene where Steve put C4 and detonators on the concrete and flipped the switch as it hit the truck. They thought it wasn't very realistic and just wasn't as cool.😄
After six million dollar man you watched Dallas. I don’t know anyone who didn’t. Unless you liked disco. I was too young to go disco wasn’t allow to see KiSS. Absolute worst.
@@DannyHood-j your recollection is sketchy because the last episode of Six Million Dollar Man was aired in March 1978, a month before the premier of the Dallas pilot episodes.
I remember this episode too! I remember it being both scary and epic at the same time. I remember discussing it with friends. It was one episode I never saw a rerun of so it was cool to see this 50 years later! 😎
@@boojiboy2275 I have grown to greatly appreciate the theme music by jazz great Oliver Nelson and episode scores by other jazz legends like Gil Melle. Music is the most under-appreciated part of movies and tv shows, yet to me can be the most important.
Me too they just don’t make series like that anymore TV stinks now. I stream more than I watch cable that is going the way of the Dinosaur now. I hate the our smart phones can spy on us but the ability to pull any music I want along with old scenes from my favorite childhood series makes it almost worth having them other than to communicate obviously but I digress my favorite show along with Starsky & Hutch!
I like how they used a heartbeat in place of the bionics sound when he was running; it demonstrated very well how critical this mission was for a half-crippled Steve Austin to stop it in time.
I was at Junior school (England) when this was on TV first here and this one kid, he was great, he really thought he was SA and used to literally 'run' around the playground in slow motion. It was brilliant!
I remember reading the book as a kid. His bionics were a bit different in the book. As I recall, he could not see through the eye, but it was a camera. His hand could convert into a gun, his feet could convert into fins for swimming, several ribs were replaced and acted as radio antenna for communications.
I read the book many times.the show inspired me so much I grew up building my own artificial limbs and even made a working bionic eye,with night vision,from a mini security camera placed inside a fishing bobber,that plugged into my VCR.great show. 👍🏻
@@thomasbentley4757 I have also read that Martin Caidin, Author of "Cyborg" wanted Monte Markham to play the role of Steve Austin but Lee Majors was selected. Monte of course did make two appearances in the SMDM as Barney Miller/Hiller.
I had one back in the 70's. Also I managed to get hold of the Maskatron action figure, which included a cool briefcase and Oscar Goldman mask. Toys back then were awesome!
You also have to add in the greed of politicians, military big wigs,favorite pork projects, and the defense contractors having to get "their slice of the pie" and the bill would approach 2 trillion dollars.
Lee Majors is an awesome actor for this show! I wish they did a crossover between him and The Incredible Hulk with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno together!
But there was a first season episode called "The Pioneers" in which an astronaut (BJ Hunnicut from MASH) was accidentally injected with a cryo-serum and went berserk like the Hulk and had similar strength, but died at the end sadly.
Putting the late great Oliver Nelson on sound track duty RIP along with Lee Majors Football athletics back ground he made the action look cool and easy .
Love how the whole time he's disabled and stumbling, then running, then running with the post, somehow he maintains a perfect outfit look with his shirt tucked in and the belt.
You can tell this was 1st season. The "dodododo" bionic sound was not in use yet. As i recal the sound was used with the 1st appearence of one of the androids (played by john saxon i think).
I was only 9 years old when this first aired back in 1974! My family and I watched this show every week commercials and all. As a kid I didn't understand why after Steve threw the pole he didn't cover both of his ears as he waited for the impact but now I realize that he didn't use his right (Bionic) hand to cover his ear as he might have accidentally crushed his skull. Good attention to detail on the part of the writers.
They don't make shows today like they used to. I'm reminded why I used to watch so much TV when I was a teenager. Now the military does have a similar weapon using microwaves, but it flash fries people.
Not sure how the computerized truck immediately went ablaze and blew up? I can understand an electrical fire when the cement-based pole crashed into the computerized truck, but it looks like it completely blew up. Perhaps the fuel line contributed as an accelerant with the electrical fire.
I remember watching this I believe they are working to make a movie already the script is all set any ideas who would play Steve Austin. Thank you for sharing this.
The teaser of this episode showed a motorcycle cop driving into a small town, apparently its citizens dead. He takes off his helmet, puts his ear to a man's chest, then clasps his ears and begins screaming wildly. The cop screams into his mike shouting, "Stay away! Don't go near this town!" before lapsing into unconscious! That scene alone told me this was going to a great show. And I was RIGHT!
I wished a network would bring back a new version of the bionic man with today's effects. Can you imagine the human bot episodes and the Bigfoot episodes in today's time. With inflation, it would be the 6 trillion dollar man, 😂.
It's been considered, I think. If you're a fan of Lee Majors though, you can see the theatrical adaptation of another one of his series right now. It's really good! I highly recommend!
Hollyweird wouldn't redo the 6 million dollar man they would remake the Bionic woman with an " alphabet it" and push every new age agenda known to man as a PSA instead of a movie.
They did do a remake series of the Bionic Woman, with Michelle Ryan and Miguel Ferrer in 2008 very different from the orginal but still Jaime Sommers, still was a good show. Its on Dvd if you can find it.
Weird how your memory works - once you see something! Meatballs now I remember this almost like yesterday when I watched it! Oh wait that was 50 years ago! Holy Meatballs lol
I remember sitting around waiting for the newspaper truck to drop off the papers we had to deliver one summer day in the 70s. The stop sign we were waiting next to was loose and I pulled it out of the ground just like Austin did here and even lifted the whole thing like I was going to throw it.
Every monday waiting in My Home other chapter the six million dólar man and the music running in slow motion Is magnífic after now forever one Big hock from Santiago Chile Marcelo Blum
As a kid, I grew up watching the Six Million Dollar Man and enjoyed every bit of it. But now, what would of happened if they made both his left and right arms and hands bionic instead of just his right hand and arm?
@@habib8961He would have been better equipped due to having two bionic arms but Steve was a much better problem solver. My money would still be on Steve...
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It's Better, Stronger, Faster!
Get it right, damnit!
@@derrickray5464 Right on!
One of the coolest scenes in the show. It showed how he could think quickly to solve problems. And don’t forget that awesome music!
Oliver Nelson was an awesome musician and composer
Coolest... I mean... literally. 🤣JUST watched this episode 2 nights ago.
This show was right up there with Starsky & Hutch and The Incredible Hulk. One of my favorites. Thanks SFS!
Sure was! Let's not forget Barretta ☺
@@MarieC-iammariceetw3 Indeed! With his pet bird. Back when TV was good.
I like the detail of his right arm (bionic) not sweating through his shirt. Smart.
That oliver nelson steve austin action background music is awesome.
👍Sure was!
I always thought that the method of how Steve "thawed out" in this episode was brilliantly done!!😊
It really was. The show should have pushed more to keep this Directory full-time along with the musical composer.
the lack of sweat on the right arm because it's bionic is the kind of detail I appreciate.
Once again the youtube algorithm bestows a pearl of wisdom that I didn't perceive back in the 70's. Thanks for pointing out a level of detail the producers really didn't need to apply back in the day, but I'm now glad they did!
Isso é fazer filme de ficção com riquezas de detalhes, muito bom, e olha que é das antigas eh!
This was a time when they had no cgi and worked hard to make things work that’s why I appreciate this show so much
Detail like how a box truck with electrical equipment explodes
@@davidva8694 They cut out the scene where Steve put C4 and detonators on the concrete and flipped the switch as it hit the truck. They thought it wasn't very realistic and just wasn't as cool.😄
I remember Austin's javelin throw in this 1974 episode when I was 14 like it was yesterday. My entire family and friends clapped and cheered. 😃
After six million dollar man you watched Dallas. I don’t know anyone who didn’t. Unless you liked disco. I was too young to go disco wasn’t allow to see KiSS. Absolute worst.
@@DannyHood-j your recollection is sketchy because the last episode of Six Million Dollar Man was aired in March 1978, a month before the premier of the Dallas pilot episodes.
I remember this episode too! I remember it being both scary and epic at the same time. I remember discussing it with friends. It was one episode I never saw a rerun of so it was cool to see this 50 years later! 😎
@@boojiboy2275 I have grown to greatly appreciate the theme music by jazz great Oliver Nelson and episode scores by other jazz legends like Gil Melle. Music is the most under-appreciated part of movies and tv shows, yet to me can be the most important.
@@MrEab2010 Not really. You forgot that they had reruns of the Six Million Dollar man in the 70s and 80s
My favorite scene from the show. Thanks for sharing.
I was almost 12 when this first aired and remember watching and enjoying it! This video takes me back to nicer times.
I just purchased the whole series WITH ALL the movies. SAME... great memories and surprised how many I remember. It's been 50 years.
Me too they just don’t make series like that anymore TV stinks now. I stream more than I watch cable that is going the way of the Dinosaur now. I hate the our smart phones can spy on us but the ability to pull any music I want along with old scenes from my favorite childhood series makes it almost worth having them other than to communicate obviously but I digress my favorite show along with Starsky & Hutch!
This scene wouldn’t be half as cool without that great Oliver Nelson music
Or the other guy Gil something
Good times. Probably one of the most effective scenes in the series.
I like how they used a heartbeat in place of the bionics sound when he was running; it demonstrated very well how critical this mission was for a half-crippled Steve Austin to stop it in time.
I replicated that scene tossing a garden shovel into the side of a propped up kiddie pool when I was a kid. My mom was _not_ amused!
😂 Just like the villains weren't amused. 😋
Did you blow up her garden shed?
Friends, we ALL did $6 Million Dollar Man stuff back then (some at our own peril).
My favorite scene in the entire series.
And the most memorable.
I was at Junior school (England) when this was on TV first here and this one kid, he was great, he really thought he was SA and used to literally 'run' around the playground in slow motion. It was brilliant!
Mi primer gran Super Héroe... Gracias Steve Austin por hacer de mi niñez la más fantástica. No me perdía ninguno de sus Episodios.
I remember reading the book as a kid. His bionics were a bit different in the book. As I recall, he could not see through the eye, but it was a camera. His hand could convert into a gun, his feet could convert into fins for swimming, several ribs were replaced and acted as radio antenna for communications.
And his left arm was bionic in the book, not the right if I recall correctly.
@@dwi189 I think you are right, or would that be left?
I read the book many times.the show inspired me so much I grew up building my own artificial limbs and even made a working bionic eye,with night vision,from a mini security camera placed inside a fishing bobber,that plugged into my VCR.great show. 👍🏻
@@dwi189I think they switched the arm from left to right because Lee Majors was right handed and it felt more comfortable to him to use his right arm.
@@thomasbentley4757 I have also read that Martin Caidin, Author of "Cyborg" wanted Monte Markham to play the role of Steve Austin but Lee Majors was selected.
Monte of course did make two appearances in the SMDM as Barney Miller/Hiller.
Great show growing up... I never got a six million dollar man doll thou😞. I asked every Christmas..😂
I had one back in the 70's. Also I managed to get hold of the Maskatron action figure, which included a cool briefcase and Oscar Goldman mask. Toys back then were awesome!
Now you can get all the dolls you want
Action figure!😂
That's probably why you didn't get one.
I still have mine! Wish I still had the rocket/operating room though. Never got Oscar or Bigfoot.
I had one, too. I also had the rocket ship/operating table. I actually took him to Show and Tell in the 3rd grade.
First episode I ever saw way back when. I was impressed by the story and the way Steve took out the van. I watched it every week after that.
He'd be the 6 Billion Dollar Man or even the 60 Billion Dollar Man today. And he'd be worth it.
And he'd have a reinforced spine this time to handle the load his legs and arm would put on it.
$6 million in 1974 would be worth $38 million today, so I'm thinking $60 Million Dollar Man
@@NeoGee Add in Bidenflation and you are probably spot on.
You also have to add in the greed of politicians, military big wigs,favorite pork projects, and the defense contractors having to get "their slice of the pie" and the bill would approach 2 trillion dollars.
@@patmcbride9853 Trump lost, get over it
When I was a little kid, that was my favorite episode of the six million dollar man.
Lee Majors is an awesome actor for this show! I wish they did a crossover between him and The Incredible Hulk with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno together!
Unfortunately they did a crossover, but only in comic-book form.
@@Twin_Flyer really? What's the link?
But there was a first season episode called "The Pioneers" in which an astronaut (BJ Hunnicut from MASH) was accidentally injected with a cryo-serum and went berserk like the Hulk and had similar strength, but died at the end sadly.
@michaelmcginnis6095 yeah, I've seen that episode. But I like that these two will come together!!!!
Putting the late great Oliver Nelson on sound track duty RIP along with Lee Majors Football athletics back ground he made the action look cool and easy .
One of the earliest episodes and also one of the very best
I loved this episode early in the series showing how the cold was Steve's & Jaimie's kryptonite to their bionics.
The only thing missing is the bionic sound effect. The beating heart is great though.
Love how the whole time he's disabled and stumbling, then running, then running with the post, somehow he maintains a perfect outfit look with his shirt tucked in and the belt.
Oh but he had sweat on his shirt. You did'nt notice that? Oh well : (
They should not have packed that van with explosives.
Never have Hollywood design your bag guy vehicle.
It will inevitably explode like it's full of gasoline and TNT.
Basically, Steve Austin threw a 200 pound cement javelin which is going to make short work of anything that is at the receiving end!😊
Old good day's, six million dollar man gave me six million ideas, thank you
My childhood TV series 😊
From 'Population Zero'', my fave 6Mill episode; freaky when he goes all frosty-faced in the freezer!
You can tell this was 1st season. The "dodododo" bionic sound was not in use yet. As i recal the sound was used with the 1st appearence of one of the androids (played by john saxon i think).
You can always tell the early episodes by the lack of the sound effects.
This was one of my favorite scenes of Steve Austin running. The heartbeat made it even better.
This scene was also used a promo it is the best thank you.
Classic TV 📺 hit.
I was only 9 years old when this first aired back in 1974! My family and I watched this show every week commercials and all. As a kid I didn't understand why after Steve threw the pole he didn't cover both of his ears as he waited for the impact but now I realize that he didn't use his right (Bionic) hand to cover his ear as he might have accidentally crushed his skull. Good attention to detail on the part of the writers.
They don't make shows today like they used to. I'm reminded why I used to watch so much TV when I was a teenager. Now the military does have a similar weapon using microwaves, but it flash fries people.
This episode is called "Population Zero ". It was the first one i saw as a little kid. 😁🇺🇸
I just watched it the other night.
The truck has the technology equivalent to a cellphone nowadays! 😅
Not sure how the computerized truck immediately went ablaze and blew up? I can understand an electrical fire when the cement-based pole crashed into the computerized truck, but it looks like it completely blew up. Perhaps the fuel line contributed as an accelerant with the electrical fire.
@@waynemurphy8293 There was a fuel line leak that allowed vapors inside. When the concrete penetrated the metal sides it created a spark, and kaboom.
@@waynemurphy8293 Hit the fuel tank.
I was not even 8 years old when I saw this, perhaps my first episode watched. I was sold.
Gidget's dad gone bad!
In colder temperatures, his bionics become useless. In warm weather, he regains his bionic strength with help from the Sun.
Roger that Steve. It’s a direct hit. 😂
Good show, well made and acted, with many human elements mixed with the fantasy and technology in its day. Truly missed! Peace
Lee Majors ( bionic man) was cool and took care of business back in the day
To bad we dont have honest heroes like lee majors to look to up to he was the man
He still is the man !
Steve threw the F outta that fence post
He turned a fence post into a missile. Classic!!
Nothing says 70's sci-fi than a bunch of toggle switches, push buttons, and hand dials!
This was scene in that was going to make you watch or not watch the series!! Awesome show !! The heartbeat pulse was epic!!
loved this scene. Loved the heart beat..better than that corny sound effect they put later on
I remember watching this I believe they are working to make a movie already the script is all set any ideas who would play Steve Austin. Thank you for sharing this.
Awesome show!
Now that's a Post it note!
Always loved the show - but it's nothing without the sound effects!
The lighting was sooo good on film bacc then
The teaser of this episode showed a motorcycle cop driving into a small town, apparently its citizens dead. He takes off his helmet, puts his ear to a man's chest, then clasps his ears and begins screaming wildly. The cop screams into his mike shouting, "Stay away! Don't go near this town!" before lapsing into unconscious! That scene alone told me this was going to a great show. And I was RIGHT!
I have a computerized prosthetic leg should have been using it over the past several months
excelente capitulo, la serie fue muy famosa aqui en Argentina. Aun espero la remake.
I wished a network would bring back a new version of the bionic man with today's effects. Can you imagine the human bot episodes and the Bigfoot episodes in today's time. With inflation, it would be the 6 trillion dollar man, 😂.
How to wipe out a truck with a giant cotton bud.
I didn't know concrete on the end of a metal pole could be turned into a explosive warhead.
Without a bionic shoulder he'd have serious rotator cuff issues!
Hey Hollywood, get off your ass and give us a theatrical movie.
It's been considered, I think. If you're a fan of Lee Majors though, you can see the theatrical adaptation of another one of his series right now. It's really good! I highly recommend!
Hollyweird wouldn't redo the 6 million dollar man they would remake the Bionic woman with an " alphabet it" and push every new age agenda known to man as a PSA instead of a movie.
Your complaint is 50 years too late
They did do a remake series of the Bionic Woman, with Michelle Ryan and Miguel Ferrer in 2008 very different from the orginal but still Jaime Sommers, still was a good show. Its on Dvd if you can find it.
My favorite and most remembered scene. Steve Austin... stone cold killer.
Darn it Gidgets Dad, trying to take out a whole town of folks!!
Notice Steve only covered 1 ear, not both, like everyone else
The era of TV where everything blew up whether there was an fuel or explosives or not.
0:33 Esse vigilante derrubado pela porta é o dublê do Lee Majors nessa série.
Apparently the van was made out of explodium.
I always wondered when he had the bionic back installed!
In the pilot movie they specified that they reinforced his spine and skeleton to take the strain of the bionic limbs.
When are villains going to learn not to fill their command post vehicles with dynamite and gasoline?
Weird how your memory works - once you see something! Meatballs now I remember this almost like yesterday when I watched it! Oh wait that was 50 years ago! Holy Meatballs lol
Que recuerdos lindos de la infancia 👍🏻👍🏻
Fried bacon...? :D
@4:20, incredible core strength, given that his midsection is not bionic!
We are missing the sound effects here. 😥😥😥
The bionic sound effects wouldn't be introduced until "Day of the Robot", three episodes later. Even then, they weren't used for Steve's bionics.
The heart beat sounds pretty good when he is running. Probably better than the bionic sound that later came.
I remember sitting around waiting for the newspaper truck to drop off the papers we had to deliver one summer day in the 70s. The stop sign we were waiting next to was loose and I pulled it out of the ground just like Austin did here and even lifted the whole thing like I was going to throw it.
Bad guys never knew what hit them.
You know how hot that truck would be? I’d be mad too
Every monday waiting in My Home other chapter the six million dólar man and the music running in slow motion Is magnífic after now forever one Big hock from Santiago Chile Marcelo Blum
Outstanding tv program. In a time of many. TV today sucks.
The cement shrank. What gives? Budget cuts? I use to watch this every week as a kid.
absulut classik.
Not sure why that made the truck explode into flames, but take that evil villains!
No ‘bionic’ sound effect in this episode, I noticed…
Lee majors has come along way since the TV show big valley rest in peace to a great actor
He is not dead
Do your homework before commenting in error..
Didn’t you see his cameo in “The Fall Guy” (2024)? 😜
He's still alive
I just saw him at the Indianapolis comic con. Aging gracefully and very cool to talk to.
Steve Austin cannot even walk right and has only one arm!😂
TV heroes back in the day during a time where the good guys in the world knew how to deal with 4$$H---$ :)
What's truly sad about this is missing bionic sound effects running,etc
well they are dead they could not escape that
Why wasn't he covering his right ear after he threw it?
the OSI were really scary..
Is the guy in the truck with the suit Gidget's dad?
Yes.What would Gidget think? What would she do
As some of the kids of recent years might say YEET!
ON YOUR FEET STEVE AUSTIN!
Look at Gidgets dad being evil!
Evil 😈 Dr. Bacon 🥓: Boo 👻
As a kid, I grew up watching the Six Million Dollar Man and enjoyed every bit of it. But now, what would of happened if they made both his left and right arms and hands bionic instead of just his right hand and arm?
That’s Barney Hiller, the second bionic man
@@SergioGomez-qe3kn"It's wild Steve, it's wild!!!"
@@jameshendricks2197I always wondered how Barney would have faired against Bigfoot.
@@habib8961He would have been better equipped due to having two bionic arms but Steve was a much better problem solver. My money would still be on Steve...
@@jameshendricks2197 Great evaluation James👍I agree.