# The Six Million dollar Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729 "2000-02-09T21:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Miss\_Gretchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gretchen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/1 "2000-02-09T21:33:00Z")
Anyone know where I can find tapes of “The Six Million Dollar Man” or “The Bionic Woman”? I recently found a “Bionic Woman” vinyl wallet that I had when I was 6 or 7. It was empty except for my “Official ABBA fan club of Canada” membership. Now I’m all nostalgic. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/2 "2000-02-09T21:41:00Z")
I think your best bet is to get cable and hope they show reruns on Nick at Night. Not every TV program has a cult following that justifies a home video release. Hang on to the Abba card, word is they won’t get back toether for a billion (thousand million for you brits) dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/3 "2000-02-09T21:42:00Z")
I’m amazed you haven’t needed that membership card before now. 🙂 Your tapes may have been hard to track down in earlier years, but rejoice! Now we have E-bay, world headquarters for camp crap like that. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/4 "2000-02-09T22:19:00Z")
I always thought it would be so cool to have your own, personal sound effects… My sister still has her Bionic Woman lunchbox, Gretchen. I’m jealous! 😉 * * * “Universe Man - He’s got a watch with a minute hand, millenium hand and an eon hand and when they meet it’s a happy land - Powerful man, Universe Man” -TMBG ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/5 "2000-02-10T00:07:00Z")
for some reason i think the Sci-fi channel has both shows i could be wrong * * * I’m pink therefore I’m Spam ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/6 "2000-02-10T01:16:00Z")
The Sci-Fi Channel had them for awhile as part of their daytime programming, but I don’t think they are carrying it currently. Wait a while. I’m sure they will be back. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/7 "2000-02-10T02:23:00Z")
**NASA:** -it looks good at NASA one **Steve:** -Roger **NASA:** -BCS arm switch is on **Steve:** -Okay Victor **NASA:** -Lining rocket arm switch is on **Steve:** -Here comes the throttle **NASA:** -Circuit breaker’s in **Steve:** -We have separation **NASA:** -Roger **Steve:** -In port and out ports are on **NASA:** -Come in forward with the slide stick **Steve:** -Looks good **NASA:** -Ah, roger **Steve:** -I’ve got a blowout in damper three **NASA:** -Get your pitch to zero **Steve:** -Pitch is out! I can’t hold altitude! **NASA:** -Direction Alpha hold is off…turn selectors…emergency! **Steve:** -Flight Com! I can’t hold it! She’s breaking up, she’s break… Got this from _Don’t Play Ball in the House, and Other Stuff We Learned from TV_, by David and Joe Borgenicht. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/8 "2000-02-10T02:35:00Z")
The lifting body seen in the titles for _The Six Million Dollar Man_ was flown by a pilot named Peterson (or Petersen). He survived, but lost an eye. The first lifting body was built with a frame by NASA and a wooden body by a glider maker about 40 miles south. Its first flights were made by towing it behind a hot-rodded Pontiac, and later it was hauled aloft by a C-47. Lifting body technology was used in the design of the Space Shuttle. OARN: We would have had a reusable spacecraft before the 70s had we not been in a “space race” with the Russians. The X-15 made it to the “edge” of space. ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/9 "2000-02-10T02:35:00Z")
“Steve Austin, astronaut, a man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first Bionic Man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster.” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/10 "2000-02-10T03:20:00Z")
I was always a fan of the fembots. Remember them? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/11 "2000-02-10T05:43:00Z")
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Six Million Dollar Man: [The Bionic FAQ](http://www.scifi.com/bionicrod/faq/frames.htm) * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “I’m a god. I’m not _the_ God–I don’t think.” --P.C. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/12 "2000-02-10T05:53:00Z")
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Six Million Dollar Man: [The Bionic FAQ](http://www.scifi.com/bionicrod/faq/frames.htm) * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “I’m a god. I’m not _the_ God–I don’t think.” --P.C. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/13 "2000-02-10T05:59:00Z")
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Six Million Dollar Man: [The Bionic FAQ](http://www.scifi.com/bionicrod/faq/frames.htm) * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “I’m a god. I’m not _the_ God–I don’t think.” --P.C. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/14 "2000-02-10T23:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Bricker: > **I was always a fan of the fembots. Remember them?** Yes, created by Dr. Franklin, John Houseman Prof. Kingsfield of Paper Chase fame. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/15 "2000-02-11T00:38:00Z")
How could the bionic woman hear a conversation a half a block away yet not be blasted away by a car horn? And shouldn’t Steve Austin have had 2 bionic legs? Wouldn’t one just make him run in circles? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/16 "2000-02-11T00:44:00Z")
Steve Austin: 2 legs, one arm, and one eye are bionic. Jaime Sommers: 2 legs, one arm, and one ear are bionic. At least that’s the way I remember it. Wasn’t there also a bionic dog and a bionic big foot in there somewhere, as well? ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/17 "2000-02-11T01:16:00Z")
IIRC (which I usually don’t), Bigfoot wasn’t bionic- he was just Bigfoot. I have many fond memories of going over to my friends house to watch S.W.A.T. followed by the 6 Million $ Man. Memories… ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/18 "2000-02-11T10:33:00Z")
Remember Friday nights around 1974? First was the Planet of the Apes TV series at 8:00 PM, the Six Million Dollar Man at 9:00 followed by Kolchak: The Night Stalker at 10:00. With no school the next day and a TV line up like this it was heaven. Contrast this to Sunday nights with at least in my part of the country Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. When Marlin Perkins came on you knew your weekend was over and school beckoned. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/19 "2000-02-11T12:31:00Z")
Forget Friday nights! Saturday nights were the best. The Carol Burnett Show, Police Woman. (We’ve sure come a long way - Can you imagine a show called “Police Woman” today? Or how about “Fireman Woman”?) I’m sure there was another show in there somewhere, maybe Columbo, but I can’t remember what it was! ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729/20 "2000-02-11T19:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by PunditLisa: > \*\*How could the bionic woman hear a conversation a half a block away yet not be blasted away by a car horn? > > And shouldn’t Steve Austin have had 2 bionic legs? Wouldn’t one just make him run in circles? > > :)\*\* That kind of hearing technology is a reality. I have a pair of electronic shooter’s earmuffs that amplify normal sounds to a desired level but compresses the dynamic range so gunfire sounds like it does on TV but I can carry on a conversation in a normal tone of voice. With the volume cranked all the way up I can hear faint sounds I would not normally but the loud sounds don’t cause discomfort or damage. FWIW I thought Steve had two bionic legs and one arm. FWIW again when I wa in High school, '78, the band went to Universal Studios Hollywood. On the sound stage a volunteer got to try the blue screen special effect to “jump” over an airplane complete with SMDM/BW sound. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/13729.md?page=2)