It's amazing as a 56 year old how comforting the Theme songs from the 70's and 80's are, as well as watching the shows. I miss the simplicity of being 10.
@@cut1986 Yeah, and 30 years from now, you'll be sitting around, coughing, cutting farts, peeing in a bag, and rhapsodizing about the artistic brilliance of Pokemon.
Black Death 1347 😂😂....U was hard on my Man....Damnnnnnn better not catch U on Bad day......I do agree with U there was nothing better than being a kid sitting in front of the TV watching Six Million Dollar Man.... then at school the next day standing around with five or six of your friends talking about last night's episode.
I miss being 7yrs old. I’m 57… only 3 years ago I lost my dad to cancer. The day before he passed I climbed onto his bed and he held me. That moment in time, I was 7 again. 💔😥 I love you dad! R.I.P
I was 14 ish when watching "The Bionic Woman", then "The Incredible Hulk", re-runs of "Lost In Space" 1965-68, the B9 Robot is my fave character! Then, "Six Million Dollar Man" throw in HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey".
I remember having a Bionic Man doll in the 70's. Theres a hole at the back of its head when you look thru it, it passes thru its left eye via telescope lens. Then you lift the rubber skin on its right arm and it reveals the wires of the bionic arm. Very cool toy.
I found one in perfect condition in a charity shop last year, had the skin on his arm and his socks were in perfect nick. When I asked to buy it the bastards said its to put on ebay. I was absolutely feckin gutted. I stood arguing with them but they wouldn't change their minds. Sons o bitchies! Same shop I found the original 1978 simon working for 4 quid.
@sjdrifter72 maskatron was brilliant, I also had Oscar Goldman. I had the full set. Shame I had a dodgy brother who swapped them for a bag of maccano. I was heartbroken. Nearly 45 years on and I still haven't forgiven him.
I have been a fan of this show via re runs in 1979. I was 5 years old and watched it before going to kindergarten and on sick days. I may have had to wait until 2012 to start buying it on DVD but it was worth it and I am glad I have the whole series
Phillip Cooper The best sound effect. I still love when Steve and Jaime would land and you could hear the sound of their shoes when they hit the ground. Such a great show with good stories, solid technology, and good audio and visual effects for the time.
If you are in your 50s or 60s, that intro plus theme must have given you some awesome chills & transported you back to a magical time when you were just a kid/ teen living your best life !
And even the silliest of TV shows then still seem better than a lot of them today. This was a time when each episode had only one story, not multiple side stories. That made the stories little bit more complicated. I watched a rerun of Rockford files a while ago and I really had to pay attention.
Yes, 55 year old here in England. I was always blown away by the American brilliance of intros such as this. Greatest memories of my life. Starsky and Hutch, Quincy, Rockford files too.
"We can rebuild him." - You say these words aloud, on a random Saturday in a grocery store, 4/5 people know you're talking about Lee Majors and the Six Million Dollar Man. That, friends, is iconic writing.
Yup. This, Dukes of Hazzard, Hulk & a bit ltr, Miami Vice. Nowadays, kids stay in all the time w/video games. At least parents know where they are. How'd WE ever survive childhood? ;-)
Stop living in the past man! . Actually, forget that, these shows were way better than the boring ideas of today (half the time they are just rehashing the stuff made from this era) .... I still wish I had my old Steve Austin doll haha :D
I’m a 55 year old and listening to that theme song bring back so many memories. I don’t know any kid that used to run track that would hum the 6 million Dollar Man theme song when they run.
The footage of the flight and collision is authentic. Test Pilot Bruce Peterson was the man flying the plane. He survived the accident, but lost the use of one eye. He continued working as a Test Pilot and lived to be 73 years old.
@@CrunchyNut7 ohhh gud ol days bro we as kids used to tell fake stories to each other about our secret bionic powers and share it in front of our female class mates😉😉😄
Re-enact the running scene, But going in slow motion wasn't bionic at all was it, in the dining area all it meant was nobody else got served for 2 hours? 🤣😂😂
To this day, there has not been a more exciting into, they did such a great job. Still gives me chills. I played this for my young son, and he just looked at me and smiled with eager excitement. Never felt so happy.
I sent this to my 68 year old brother. He is having( minor?) Brain surgery next week. He is a microbiologist, who once dreamed of being an astronaut. Hope he chuckles. This stuff is all real now, along with most of the tech from Star Trek, and Other Scifi. (Star Wars, etc). Yes. It's true. We masses don't need to know.
The running sequence at the end there was what every kid in the late 70's was thinkin whenever they started running. They'd imagine that theme song going in their head.
Yup! Felt the goose bumps! I was 5 yrs old when I watched it in the late 70’s. I jumped off a dining table thinking I was bionic and hurt my eye. My dad (the doctor) had to stitch me up. Good times!!!
Absolutely ! The intro still gives me the chills also, especially the footage of Steve wearing his red tracksuit and running at 60mph ! Great memories !!!
I must have said it a million times but this was the golden age of television. I was born in 1972 and I have so many great memories of these shows of my childhood. I had the Bionic Woman doll though!
1976 here. Saw all of these shows in syndication during the early 80s: Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, the 1960s Batman show. I loved all of them and still do!
This extended intro is a fantastic piece of storytelling. Superbly edited, moves from the benign to catastrophe, weaves in documentary style footage, uses sound design, effects and musical cues so effectively. Feels fairly modern and realistic, even today. Holds up beautifully.
The crash part was actual real footage from a test pilot, who actually lived believe it or not. The words that Steve Austin speaks were the actual words of that test pilot.
Hahahahah....I'm 48 now...I still run fast (in slow motion) to the car or wherever when my wife or kids ask me to hurry up . In the mall, at the roadside, in public...I don't care...I'm Steve Austin !!! 😃😄😍😄😍❗❗❗
Back when the themes themselves were worth watching as much as the show.For a young boy growing up in the 70s,this programme made my eyes light up and filled my heart with wonderment every week.
Oh yeah! I remember watching the end of a previous show to make sure I didn't miss the theme. The A team and Knight Rider were great too. But man when you heard Lee Majors turbo reving up during the theme you had to be there!
Me too. It was also very timely as the first heart transplant had taken place in 1967, closely followed by the moon landings so medical and technological advancements were a hot topic at the time. Brilliant tv.
Amazing how, as a 53 year old bloke, I can still recall most of the dialogue from this intro. “I can’t hold her…she’s breaking up.” Superb. Miles ahead of its time, still looks good now. Man, the 70s were a great time to be a kid.
As a 52 year old man, these 1970's things: toys, music and TV shows, are really making me nostalgic. I had a Steve Austin doll. I loved the show. I feel very far removed from the childhood cocoon, in which I once dwelt.
These kind of shows illustrate the thinking and energy of the US at the time, which was way, way ahead of its time. We used to watch these shows as kids back in Nairobi and we believed the US was the best and most innovative country in the world. All we wanted to do was come here. Today, that energy and boldness is not there any more. One doesn't feel it.
This had me absolutely ENTHRALLED as a kid. They must have had great technical advisors because it had aged really well. I also like that the whole series really reflects where we were in the Cold War at the time.
Hahaha your comment about the Cold War made me wonder: what if the Soviets had their own bionic programme? And the Russians wouldn't have waited for the man to crash; they would have commandeered his body and experimented on him.
I actually got chills watching this. I remember seeing the 1st episode on TV. I had the action figure. I asked my parents if i could get a bionic eye. Ah the 70s..... After posting this I went to read the comments. More chills and emotions. Amazing how much this show had an effect on us 50 year old guys.
Right. I was born.long agoo 1966.March.i will nevee forget gl8ry days led zeppelin steve Austin...arghhhh my ballss drink my son drimk mexican 🍺 beer.😱😹😹
Best tv series intro EVER. Hard to believe that pilot walked away from that crash in real life. His name was Bruce Peterson. He suffered facial injuries, a fractured skull, and the loss of one eye
Bruce Peterson HATED the intro of this TV show!!! 🤣 Who wants to be CONSTANTLY REMINDED of the WORST CRASH of their flying career, the accident that cost him an eye?!? Poor guy had to witness that film clip run on network TV for five years!!!!
Yeah I know, I remember watching this as a kid and thinking this guy is f***Ed and later on I found out it was a real life crash, scared the hell outta me!!!!!💯
I’m 52. This inspires me to this day. I miss the days when the world wasn’t insane and enslaved by technology. We will never get those days back but I feel blessed for being one of the last generations to have been alive since 1970.
I miss the good old days too. Technology was new and full of promise. Now we're so cynical an dependent on that same technology; barely treating each other like people. Do you remember book reports in high school"? I wrote a book report on the novel "Cyborg" by Martin Caiden that this series was based on. Got a B+. BTW, I bet you loved Knight Rider too.
All that technology was digital and had to get very advanced before it could translate into medical and materials sciences innovations, because the barriers to innovation after we'd picked all the low-hanging fruit 100 years ago were very high. Now we are at the inflection point of another massive wave of technological change, but people are freaking out instead of celebrating. Oh no, potential cancer drugs that took a decade to develop two years ago now take 30 days. Sucks! Humans are weird and in general impossible to satisfy.@@markmayhew7893
I love the whole military-industrial complex/Air Force atmosphere of this intro,the sense of testing out new aircraft and the tragic consequences of the crash,followed by Oscar Goldman’s voice vowing that Steve Austin can be rebuilt and made”better,stronger,faster”.
@@AudieHolland No. It actually was narrated by the actor who played Oscar Goldman. He did the second half while the producer Harve Bennett did the first half of the intro v.o.
The Bionic man vs Bigfoot fighting each other while space aliens were watching them on their flatscreen TV was the greatest moment in television history. I don’t think I slept that night. What a time to be a kid.
Yup. This intro is STILL spellbinding. Narration over kettle & snare drums w/few sound FX. The creative team who put this together had skill, but more importantly - damn good taste.
Epic and amazing. As a kid, this was out of this world and I feel sorry for kids that don't get a chance to feel the sheer excitment and fun that this kind of show promoted.
I'm 56, and thinking how due to inflation, he'd be more like the Twenty five million dollar man today. However his appendages would be far superior to 80's cyborg.
@luisalvarado463, YOU ARE! Every Kid growling up during the 70's watching The Six Million Dollar Man and pretended to be him, will always be him, living out our memories as Steve Austin, The Bionic Man! 💥👍😃❤
Thank God for streaming TV. I am 51. Now I can go back and see what I missed. I was 1 when this came out. As I got older, I watched re-runs. The opening is great. Miami Vice takes the trophy for best opening. This is the best for the 1970s. Shows like this plus tales from WW2 vets is what influenced me to go into the military. Been out 7+ years and miss it terribly.
This intro gave me chills every time I saw it. This is the kind of show that would project us in the computer era and all the technological stuff of the 80's.
I remember watching this as a kid... and the intro always freaked me out. The plane crash... the bionic eye... the bionic arm with the wires hanging out. I seriously thought it was real! Was still my favorite show.
I had a similar experience when I was reading an article in a popular science and history magazine. It showed a very vivid image, like colorized B&W photograph of "A martian warmachine destroys an earth gunboat in The War of the Worlds" (cue image taken from Jeff Wayne's fabulous musical version at the time). What was this War of the Worlds that I had never read or heard about before? And it looked like it happened just before or after WWI... It didn't last long but for some time I had a very creepy feeling. Because at the age of 12, I thought I knew all about WWI and WWII but this War of the Worlds?
The whole kid population of our Greek mountain village used to watch this fantastic series on the sole television set in town - a black-and-white 1968 model GRUNDIG 📺 - at the local general store every Wednesday evening in 1975-76. Magical times...thanks for the wonderful memories!
After all these years that opening scene is still cool as fuck. Every man of a certain age remembers going into school after watching the 6 Million Dollar Man and moving around in slow motion whilst humming " Der Der dah Der"
I got tears in my eyes reading your message. I haven’t laughed so hard. I got the “bionic” ring tone and I watch the re-runs on television. Still classic television.
I remember watching it on tv at 730 pm every Thursday. Rush inside after playing in the local street and switch on the tele. Next day at school, we'd all talk about it and re enact the fight scenes with mates including the sound effects and slow motion fist throwing. Time without iPads. Bliss.
@@zandorvorkov986 Hey Zandor, so like 3 years ago I learned that Bionic Woman (and parts of SMDM), and Incredible Hulk were basically all engineered by the same guy: Kenneth Johnson, so I reached out to thank him, had such an effect on my childhood
This still remains the king of all TV show intro and ending credits. The drum roll, the footage from NASA, the special effects, the 70s sci-fi, Oscar’s voice (Richard Anderson) and last, but certainly not least the AMAZING soundtrack! The band and orchestra combination was FANTASTIC! The violins and violas (possibly also cellos) were performing at almost warp speed along with awesome horns and a seriously smooth bass player. It is still exciting to watch this masterpiece. It is the GOAT of all TV show intros and endings.
Agreed, I just was thinking and commenting that the show effects were a bit of fakery but the intro stands out with a strong appearance of legit science and tech.
The real pilot, Bruce Peterson, who's crash is shown in the opening credits, and whose actual recording of the crash are used (re-recorded by Majors), was seriously injured in the crash to include, ironically, the loss of an eye. He hated having this broadcast every week for the four seasons of the shows run.
WELL HERE I AM 61 YEARS OLD AND STILL WATCH THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN I USED TO WATCH HIM BACK IN THE EARLY 70'S WHEN SHOWS WERE DECENT AND ALL THE FAMILY COULD WATCH ....!!!
This is one of the best openings in TV history. It's amazing, inspirational, tragic, dark and futuristic. I can't believe they still have not made a movie to this day. If they ever they better get no less than an Oscar winner, nominated or critically acclaimed actor.
You mean like Marky Mark? Yeah, i'm afraid he has apparently been involved in a remake for years. Though cynicism aside, he has the acting chops and charisma to possibly do a good job as Steve Austin... Don't hold your breath for anything of the sort anytime soon though :/
I am crying now. When I was a kid I loved this TV series to bits. While running to school would be humming the theme music to make me go faster! And I did!!!
The entire sequence is really a masterpiece. Notice how the explosion at 2:02 basically has 3 booms that occur in perfect time with the rhythm. The computer chirps at 2:32 are the same note and tease that magnificent bionic power up sound which is to happen at 2:38. Amazing pluck bass and theme music!
I was 10 when this show started to air. EVERY KID in my elementary school watched it every week. Everyone made that “bionic” sound whenever they could. What a time that was.
I watched this TV series in my childhood when I was a school going boy. I remember, I even used to copy Steve in our house and produced sounds from mouth while jumping and running like six million dollar man. What a wonderful days those were!!!
Loved this show as a kid. That opening was fabulous. My dad and I were once a week to view the next episode.....we would get to the TV 5 minutes early so there was time for the TV to warm up......vacuum tubes and all.
That's exactly how I feel, I remember watching the six million dollar man movies as a kid, watching Steve flip a car and thinking "this is how they should do Captain America" and when winter soldier came out I thought "they did it".
Yes you say it. In germany politician jens span WHOULD say... No impossible. An endoskeleton in germany cost 270.ooo ero.... And pepople can not do. Anything. In USA and Japan, an endoskeleton cost 4000 dolles an hey people move again. Jens. Spahn is Hitler
Nearly 50 years later since I first saw this awesome 70's t.v. show ,intro still gives me friggin' goose-bumps! I remember having lil boy man-crush on Lee Majors. Totally thought he was a stud!!!! (no . . . . . I'm soooooo not gay) haha. Close second fav, 'The Incredible Hulk'. Pure awesomeness!!!!!!! Love and Respect . . . . . mykey from toronto
Watching this video brought tears to my eyes remembering my childhood. Hurrying home from school to watch Masters Of The Universe and The Six Million Dollar Man. What once was, will never be. But the memories are priceless.
My childhood was hooked on this wonderful TV show back in the Philippines in the late 70’s! My sister who lives in the US back then even sent me a 12” Six Million Dollar Man Steve Austin action figure that came with a steel beem that Steve lifts it with his bionic right arm. Ohhh those days were the best and I’m just glad that I can go back in time listening to this intro whenever I feel like going back in for brief moment and relive my childhood days!
I was 10 when this premiered, i was blown away and watched the entire series from start to finish, religiously. In the summers, I'd let myself sink down to the bottom of the deep end of the pool, then bend my legs and propel up to the surface, 10 feet or so, and of course making that dit-dit-dit-dit-dit sound im my mind...glorious days, glorious show.
It's amazing as a 56 year old how comforting the Theme songs from the 70's and 80's are, as well as watching the shows. I miss the simplicity of being 10.
you touched a nerve there sir uk
Same . This was one of my favorite TV shows in the 70s when I was a kid. I'm 53yrs old and proud to be a generation X
So very true!! The theme songs from the '70's & '80's tv shows are LEGENDARY!!! Timeless classics!!
I knew I wasn't the only one...
Yep I remember when it first came on tv in the UK, loved it.
Still gives me chills 45 years later. Just that simple drum roll and narration is enough to make this intro a masterpiece.
literally got chills during the crash. I just came cause I heard a haunting "she's breaking up, she's breaking up." in the back of my mind...
@@Infictive23 great editing, mixing real world NASA footage with studio sets coupled with best soundtrack and fx from sci-fi in the 70s
Love the drum roll!!!!
Simple things, are difficult to come up with
Otherwise everybody could make a masterpiece
There was nothing better than being a kid and getting all comfortable and watching The Six Million Dollar Man.
It sounds like an old guy talking but we did live in the best days.
@@cut1986 Yeah, and 30 years from now, you'll be sitting around, coughing, cutting farts, peeing in a bag, and rhapsodizing about the artistic brilliance of Pokemon.
@@creepshowcrate Strange comment considering I am the old guy I was referring to and agreeing with your original comment.
@@cut1986 My bad, your OC lacked clarity for me. Playing a bit too much defense on YT today, as it turns out. Steve Austin 4 life, haha!
Black Death 1347 😂😂....U was hard on my Man....Damnnnnnn better not catch U on Bad day......I do agree with U there was nothing better than being a kid sitting in front of the TV watching Six Million Dollar Man.... then at school the next day standing around with five or six of your friends talking about last night's episode.
I miss being 7yrs old. I’m 57… only 3 years ago I lost my dad to cancer. The day before he passed I climbed onto his bed and he held me. That moment in time, I was 7 again. 💔😥 I love you dad! R.I.P
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I was 14 ish when watching "The Bionic Woman", then "The Incredible Hulk", re-runs of "Lost In Space" 1965-68, the B9 Robot is my fave character! Then, "Six Million Dollar Man" throw in HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey".
I bet you nursed a semi, you dir.. bas....🤣🤣🤣
We al turn 7 when our dad's pass brother. Same for me. Sorry for your loss
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I remember having a Bionic Man doll in the 70's. Theres a hole at the back of its head when you look thru it, it passes thru its left eye via telescope lens. Then you lift the rubber skin on its right arm and it reveals the wires of the bionic arm. Very cool toy.
I found one in perfect condition in a charity shop last year, had the skin on his arm and his socks were in perfect nick. When I asked to buy it the bastards said its to put on ebay. I was absolutely feckin gutted. I stood arguing with them but they wouldn't change their minds. Sons o bitchies! Same shop I found the original 1978 simon working for 4 quid.
I had that toy as well-quite remarkable and amazing.
I still have that toy, got it for Christmas in the mid 70's but I always wanted Maskatron to go with it so Steve Austin would have someone to fight.
@sjdrifter72 maskatron was brilliant, I also had Oscar Goldman. I had the full set. Shame I had a dodgy brother who swapped them for a bag of maccano. I was heartbroken. Nearly 45 years on and I still haven't forgiven him.
@BarryHart-xo1oy most toys were back then, way better than the crap they churn out nowadays. Bigtrak and Simon where my faves.
As a child of the seventies this was magic
I have been a fan of this show via re runs in 1979. I was 5 years old and watched it before going to kindergarten and on sick days. I may have had to wait until 2012 to start buying it on DVD but it was worth it and I am glad I have the whole series
Still is. 🙏
@@danielcastro8216 👍👍👍
Big time
Made you think you could jump off the roof!
Look, I’m in my 50s now and whenever I’m asked to find something in the supermarket etc, I do the bionic eye sound. My wife thinks I’m nuts.
AWSOME
😂😂love that sound as well!
Phillip Cooper The best sound effect. I still love when Steve and Jaime would land and you could hear the sound of their shoes when they hit the ground. Such a great show with good stories, solid technology, and good audio and visual effects for the time.
That's great and funny😛😛🇮🇹🇮🇹born in England live Italy same age
Need to download that sound fx and play it when I search for stuff while in Sam's Club.
If you are in your 50s or 60s, that intro plus theme must have given you some awesome chills & transported you back to a magical time when you were just a kid/ teen living your best life !
And even the silliest of TV shows then still seem better than a lot of them today. This was a time when each episode had only one story, not multiple side stories. That made the stories little bit more complicated. I watched a rerun of Rockford files a while ago and I really had to pay attention.
52 here
it has and now i want the muppet show and balaststar gallactica (they all came back to back when i was growing up)
I'm 50 yes you are correct 💯 the memories remind me of a wonderful childhood!👍
Yes, 55 year old here in England. I was always blown away by the American brilliance of intros such as this. Greatest memories of my life. Starsky and Hutch, Quincy, Rockford files too.
"We can rebuild him." - You say these words aloud, on a random Saturday in a grocery store, 4/5 people know you're talking about Lee Majors and the Six Million Dollar Man. That, friends, is iconic writing.
"We have the technology."
At least two of five in that random situation might be aware that we've almost made it a reality.
100%
Not only did I use that line in front of my kid about five minutes ago, I also nailed the theme music.
The REAL brain child here is DR Rudy Wells............
back in1977 at age of 8yrs old streets was empty when this show came on.
Yup. This, Dukes of Hazzard, Hulk & a bit ltr, Miami Vice. Nowadays, kids stay in all the time w/video games. At least parents know where they are. How'd WE ever survive childhood? ;-)
can't forget A-Team & Knightrider
@Martin Andersson: "knight rider,airwolf,a team,street hawk" - Ha!
"Automan," "Blue Thunder," "The Fall Guy," And, yes - even "Matt Houston." ;-)
Ah... u r of my age 1969
Guys, dont forget Chips, The Rockford Files, Buck Rodgers in the 21st Century, Spencer for Hire and most of all Starsky and Hutch !
I’m 57 and still get excited when I hear this Theme . Man how time has flown by.
Same age and same reaction. Some things never grow old 🙂
Stop living in the past man! . Actually, forget that, these shows were way better than the boring ideas of today (half the time they are just rehashing the stuff made from this era) .... I still wish I had my old Steve Austin doll haha :D
I’m a 55 year old and listening to that theme song bring back so many memories. I don’t know any kid that used to run track that would hum the 6 million Dollar Man theme song when they run.
60
53 yup
Tv's greatest intro of all time. Hands down. It's still frecking great in 2023. That's how great it is..
The footage of the flight and collision is authentic. Test Pilot Bruce Peterson was the man flying the plane. He survived the accident, but lost the use of one eye. He continued working as a Test Pilot and lived to be 73 years old.
Thanks for the insight. Cheers
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They rebuilt him. They had the technology.
Didn't know that was footage of an actual accident. Thanks for the history lesson.
@@rodkneed And if I'm not mistaken, this was part of the research for developing the space shuttle, after Apollo.
Man, all these years later and still one of the coolest intros to a show!
LIKE! OF ALL TIME!
I'm now 53 y old that time was the best in my life
Same for many of us! Best times ever
@@eightiesbabies1980s EXACTLY!!! Best times INDEED!!!!
I was Steve Austin and used to always make my little brother the crook
@@CrunchyNut7 ohhh gud ol days bro we as kids used to tell fake stories to each other about our secret bionic powers and share it in front of our female class mates😉😉😄
Mine too
Lee Majors had one the best athletic running gaits ever! And what an awesome name...Lee Majors!
His girlfriend was Farrah Fawcet, I'm mean, get the F out of dodge!
Probably the greatest intro to a series ever.I loved this in 1976!
What was your favorite episode?
Me in 1979
@@castrodan4983 didn't he fight Sasquash?
Io sono del 1976 wwwwww
This and SWAT. I was 10. I think it jumpstarted puberty for me. 😂
I used to re-enact the running scene when I was a little kid. Col. Steve Austin was, and is still, a badass.
No doubt
I used to run in slow motion in Dominican Republic 🤣 the show was given in Spanish
Re-enact the running scene, But going in slow motion wasn't bionic at all was it, in the dining area all it meant was nobody else got served for 2 hours? 🤣😂😂
The trick was to get your shoulders up as far as they could possibly go...
I run in slow motion now because I am 60 🏃🏃🏃🏃🦾🦿
Without a doubt, the greatest intro and theme in television history. Such good memories. Ah, 70s TV!
Spot on. The Sweeney, Doctor Who, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files. Well, the list goes on and on.
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I'd say SMDM, the A-Team, and McGyver's themes.
Magnum Pi. SWAT.
Not to forget Street Hawk and Stingray
Still absolute chills from the greatest opening to ANY show to date.
So true mate.
Love this entro
the Greatest opening , Second only to SWAT , opening!
Miami vice you can throw in there
Part of my childhood and running in slow motion around the school playground pretending we were bionic.
Lol
Me too
lol we all did it.
Bionic man v kung fu
@@f0urstr1ng The King Fu craze during the ‘70s
To this day, there has not been a more exciting into, they did such a great job. Still gives me chills. I played this for my young son, and he just looked at me and smiled with eager excitement. Never felt so happy.
Nice
Our generation got the winning lottery ticket when it came to shows like this.
" Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology "
A memorable line.
Those were the best of times, used to behave just so I could watch,
THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN!!!
I sent this to my 68 year old brother. He is having( minor?) Brain surgery next week. He is a microbiologist, who once dreamed of being an astronaut. Hope he chuckles. This stuff is all real now, along with most of the tech from Star Trek, and Other Scifi. (Star Wars, etc). Yes. It's true. We masses don't need to know.
" Gentlemen, we can rebuild him! Better, stronger, faster"!! Legendary!!
That line was said by harv Bennett..show runner...
Gives me goosebumps.... still today....man my childhood was so cool....😊
2024 now...can this cyborg be built?
But a boring actor
@@TavistockLiesBrainwashing then pls introduce the not-boring actors to us.
Man this gives me chills!! That intro is adrenaline! Growing up in the early 70’s and 80’s was the best!
Yes
Kids today have no idea how good it was
Growing up in the 70s and early 80s was pure magic ,bring back the good old days .
The good ol days ✌️✌️
The running sequence at the end there was what every kid in the late 70's was thinkin whenever they started running. They'd imagine that theme song going in their head.
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That and the lunch pale w/ Thermos and theme/bad ass picture☝️
the music of the shows are amazing too.
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the intro still gives me the chills like i was a 10 years old...
Oh yes, this theme song gives me great memories!
Juara Ekspres Yakin Sdn. Bhd. Me too 😎
Yup! Felt the goose bumps! I was 5 yrs old when I watched it in the late 70’s. I jumped off a dining table thinking I was bionic and hurt my eye. My dad (the doctor) had to stitch me up. Good times!!!
Absolutely ! The intro still gives me the chills also, especially the footage of Steve wearing his red tracksuit and running at 60mph ! Great memories !!!
Same here, always will.
I must have said it a million times but this was the golden age of television. I was born in 1972 and I have so many great memories of these shows of my childhood. I had the Bionic Woman doll though!
71 👍
1970, here.
1973 here. Another great show was The Incredible Hulk
1976 here. Saw all of these shows in syndication during the early 80s: Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, the 1960s Batman show. I loved all of them and still do!
1970 here. I had the Steve Austin "action figure" with the "bionic eye" (really just a hole in the head)
This extended intro is a fantastic piece of storytelling. Superbly edited, moves from the benign to catastrophe, weaves in documentary style footage, uses sound design, effects and musical cues so effectively. Feels fairly modern and realistic, even today. Holds up beautifully.
The crash part was actual real footage from a test pilot, who actually lived believe it or not. The words that Steve Austin speaks were the actual words of that test pilot.
Cheers for that bud! It was fun for sure.
This intro holds up so well even now after 40 years
A tad long though.
It never gets old.
Hahahahah....I'm 48 now...I still run fast (in slow motion) to the car or wherever when my wife or kids ask me to hurry up . In the mall, at the roadside, in public...I don't care...I'm Steve Austin !!! 😃😄😍😄😍❗❗❗
Perminderjit Singh 😂 LOL- how irritating for them to have to wait for you 😂
"Chaka chaka chaka chaka chaka chaka!!!!!!!"
E day
Lmao me too
Yes me 2 bud
Back when the themes themselves were worth watching as much as the show.For a young boy growing up in the 70s,this programme made my eyes light up and filled my heart with wonderment every week.
Oh yeah! I remember watching the end of a previous show to make sure I didn't miss the theme. The A team and Knight Rider were great too. But man when you heard Lee Majors turbo reving up during the theme you had to be there!
Me too. It was also very timely as the first heart transplant had taken place in 1967, closely followed by the moon landings so medical and technological advancements were a hot topic at the time. Brilliant tv.
Amazing how, as a 53 year old bloke, I can still recall most of the dialogue from this intro. “I can’t hold her…she’s breaking up.” Superb. Miles ahead of its time, still looks good now. Man, the 70s were a great time to be a kid.
No time was ever greater. I'm a bloke too fellow Brit.
The opening to this probably scared the shit out of me as a child but watching it now it was so ahead of its time.
As a 52 year old man, these 1970's things: toys, music and TV shows, are really making me nostalgic.
I had a Steve Austin doll. I loved the show. I feel very far removed from the childhood cocoon, in which I once dwelt.
Is that the doll where you look through the back of his head and see out of his Bionic Eye?
😁
Yeah, but did you have the Oscar Goldman doll?
@@patrickstewart3446 such memories are almost entirely fogged over just like the eye I remember you couldn't see jack from it 😁
@@ArmyJames Oscar Goldman action figures 😂
Evel Kneivel (accessories sold seperately)
I remember this show when I was a Kid those were the best times of my life
These kind of shows illustrate the thinking and energy of the US at the time, which was way, way ahead of its time. We used to watch these shows as kids back in Nairobi and we believed the US was the best and most innovative country in the world. All we wanted to do was come here. Today, that energy and boldness is not there any more. One doesn't feel it.
Happy 80th birthday Lee Majors🎂🎈🎉 April 23, 1939 Thx for the great memories.
Wow .
And he can still run faster than us because of his bionic legs.
@@ArcanePath360 And do his own stunts (remember the Fall Guy?).
@@1953beetle Ah yes. The unknown stuntman.
And at almost 81.This man is still gorgeous AsF😍😍😍
Did anyone have the action figure when they were younger?!
CJ yes.
@@jamesfrench7299, you're already cool with me, bruh, lol🤣👊!!
How about the Six Million Dollar Man lunch box , I was so jelous of the kids who had one
@@sdime9858, I had it, too!
I had the action figure!
This had me absolutely ENTHRALLED as a kid. They must have had great technical advisors because it had aged really well. I also like that the whole series really reflects where we were in the Cold War at the time.
I am very impressed with how well this intro has aged. I haven't watched it in decades.
@@PoutinePete You can get it off Amazon like I did
Hahaha your comment about the Cold War made me wonder: what if the Soviets had their own bionic programme? And the Russians wouldn't have waited for the man to crash; they would have commandeered his body and experimented on him.
Me Too. Some of the Special Effects if upgraded to 4K could look like CGI Now even if Made in 1976.
Man Donald, you are so right on that... Even the intro itself is awesome by today's standards
I actually got chills watching this. I remember seeing the 1st episode on TV. I had the action figure. I asked my parents if i could get a bionic eye. Ah the 70s..... After posting this I went to read the comments. More chills and emotions. Amazing how much this show had an effect on us 50 year old guys.
You simply didn't live in the late 70's unless you watched this.
Right. I was born.long agoo 1966.March.i will nevee forget gl8ry days led zeppelin steve Austin...arghhhh my ballss drink my son drimk mexican 🍺 beer.😱😹😹
Early through late 70's. '73-'78
Early 80s on rerun on Australian television. Happy days.
@@robertovalencia8713 Looks like you had a little too much of that Mexican beer when you typed your comment.
You said it.
Best tv series intro EVER. Hard to believe that pilot walked away from that crash in real life. His name was Bruce Peterson. He suffered facial injuries, a fractured skull, and the loss of one eye
wow!
Don't Worry....They Can Rebuild Him....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Bruce Peterson HATED the intro of this TV show!!! 🤣
Who wants to be CONSTANTLY REMINDED of the WORST CRASH of their flying career, the accident that cost him an eye?!?
Poor guy had to witness that film clip run on network TV for five years!!!!
@@AvengerII -- Well, he coulda turned the channel.
Yeah I know, I remember watching this as a kid and thinking this guy is f***Ed and later on I found out it was a real life crash, scared the hell outta me!!!!!💯
I’m 52. This inspires me to this day. I miss the days when the world wasn’t insane and enslaved by technology. We will never get those days back but I feel blessed for being one of the last generations to have been alive since 1970.
I miss the good old days too. Technology was new and full of promise. Now we're so cynical an dependent on that same technology; barely treating each other like people. Do you remember book reports in high school"? I wrote a book report on the novel "Cyborg" by Martin Caiden that this series was based on. Got a B+.
BTW, I bet you loved Knight Rider too.
Thank the Lord for memories!
Irony in your statement and the show being about a $6M technology man! Great show though
All that technology was digital and had to get very advanced before it could translate into medical and materials sciences innovations, because the barriers to innovation after we'd picked all the low-hanging fruit 100 years ago were very high. Now we are at the inflection point of another massive wave of technological change, but people are freaking out instead of celebrating. Oh no, potential cancer drugs that took a decade to develop two years ago now take 30 days. Sucks!
Humans are weird and in general impossible to satisfy.@@markmayhew7893
Agree, no stupid 'woke' culture with people being offended if you don't believe in more than two genders......
I love the whole military-industrial complex/Air Force atmosphere of this intro,the sense of testing out new aircraft and the tragic consequences of the crash,followed by Oscar Goldman’s voice vowing that Steve Austin can be rebuilt and made”better,stronger,faster”.
The intro's narration is not done by the actor playing Oscar Goldman.
It's clearly a black or African American man narrating.
@@AudieHolland No. It actually was narrated by the actor who played Oscar Goldman. He did the second half while the producer Harve Bennett did the first half of the intro v.o.
Who as kid pretended the slow motion run
de-neh-neh-neh-neh-neh ....
(my vain attempt at the bionics in action.)
David Frederick FrontRow LOL, we all did👍
I did
Me and my friend used to fight in the swimming pool because the water slowed you down and you could do the effect. Who was his nemesis? Rudy!
I used to drive my parents crazy slow motion running through the house. And yes, I always made the sound effect.
They don’t make shows like this anymore. How sad.
Good
It was shite when you watch it now
@@phantomsvideos Not as sh*t as your grammar.
@@edstar83 😂👍
The modern day shows have cheap intro's or theme songs
@@phantomsvideos What you enjoy today thinking they are the best ,these will be very unimpressive 30 years from now on
The Bionic man vs Bigfoot fighting each other while space aliens were watching them on their flatscreen TV was the greatest moment in television history. I don’t think I slept that night. What a time to be a kid.
Susquatch
Yep!
This scared me as a kid. And the faces being taken off from the Bionic Woman. I was horrified.
@@paulkazanjian9555 Yeah. I remember feeling very shocked and uneasy about the face thing. Definitely an element of horror in it!
Maskatron - Day of the Robot.
54 years old here. I loved my childhoid tremendously good times. This was an awesome show to look forward to. And so fun to imitate and a kid.
Its hard to put into words just big the Six Million Dollar Man was. He was a superhero of our day......
Wow, best intro to any show ever, and the 70s and 80s were FULL of great tv show intros!
It certainly made an impression on my 6 year old self.
Yup. This intro is STILL spellbinding. Narration over kettle & snare drums w/few sound FX. The creative team who put this together had skill, but more importantly - damn good taste.
i would give that title to UFO. best music of any tv show in history.
Yes because the creators and we ourselves weren't attached to media (phones, screens, social media) and became creative as a result.
I would have to say the original Thunderbirds is by far the best.
One of the best series I've ever seen!
From Iran.
Epic and amazing. As a kid, this was out of this world and I feel sorry for kids that don't get a chance to feel the sheer excitment and fun that this kind of show promoted.
Who now in their 50s, as a kid, hummed the theme tune when trying to run as fast as you could ?
I know I did.
Me too.
I'm 56, and thinking how due to inflation, he'd be more like the Twenty five million dollar man today. However his appendages would be far superior to 80's cyborg.
Or Humming it as you slow motion ran up the road lol
I'm 52 soon and this was so cool as well as the professionals 80 s the best
I don't dare try to run. But I make the bionic sounds when I walk. Is that okay?
With today's inflation six million dollars would just get him the eye
Yeah but you'd be able to use it as a wifi hotspot
Nah, they would use IPhone. Parts🙄
I don't think it would even get him the eye, just the surgery!
A 6,0 million dollar man in 1973 would be a 34,6 million dollar man in 2019.
www.usinflationcalculator.com/
I think six million might cover his copay for the initial doctor's visit.
I got so nostalgic watching this video that it literally brought me to tears. As a kid I had dreams that I was Steve Austin. 🥰🥰🥰
I even remember the Mad magazine satire of the series. They renamed him Steel Awesome.
@luisalvarado463, YOU ARE!
Every Kid growling up during the 70's watching The Six Million Dollar Man and pretended to be him, will always be him, living out our memories as Steve Austin, The Bionic Man! 💥👍😃❤
Me too
Thank God for streaming TV.
I am 51.
Now I can go back and see what I missed. I was 1 when this came out. As I got older, I watched re-runs.
The opening is great. Miami Vice takes the trophy for best opening. This is the best for the 1970s.
Shows like this plus tales from WW2 vets is what influenced me to go into the military. Been out 7+ years and miss it terribly.
I'm having a flashback watching this. I couldn't get enough of this intro as a kid. Lee Majors was the best.
This intro gave me chills every time I saw it. This is the kind of show that would project us in the computer era and all the technological stuff of the 80's.
Nope the 70s
agreed....in a way it didnt seem to beyond the whelm of reason.
I remember watching this as a kid... and the intro always freaked me out. The plane crash... the bionic eye... the bionic arm with the wires hanging out. I seriously thought it was real! Was still my favorite show.
I had a similar experience when I was reading an article in a popular science and history magazine. It showed a very vivid image, like colorized B&W photograph of "A martian warmachine destroys an earth gunboat in The War of the Worlds" (cue image taken from Jeff Wayne's fabulous musical version at the time). What was this War of the Worlds that I had never read or heard about before? And it looked like it happened just before or after WWI... It didn't last long but for some time I had a very creepy feeling. Because at the age of 12, I thought I knew all about WWI and WWII but this War of the Worlds?
Yes frankmat thought I was the only one hahaha! still freaky haha
One of the great joys of being a kid during that time!
frankmat what u think its same lije me.i really like n love this drama series...
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The whole kid population of our Greek mountain village used to watch this fantastic series on the sole television set in town - a black-and-white 1968 model GRUNDIG 📺 - at the local general store every Wednesday evening in 1975-76. Magical times...thanks for the wonderful memories!
As a kid he was my 1st superhero type and i even had a toy of him with the bionic eye.
+Bmw EM "arm lift action"
Angels On Fire and the button in the back you could push and lift a car engine!
one of my favorite toys, I played with it very much in my childhood in Venezuela, South America.
ok
jajajaja ..!! que si no !!!!!
After all these years that opening scene is still cool as fuck.
Every man of a certain age remembers going into school after watching the 6 Million Dollar Man and moving around in slow motion whilst humming " Der Der dah Der"
With all the sound effects
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one. And still do it w/ my kids.
@@isaiahgauthier2176
Haha nope you weren't the only one.
I agree and I've done it too!
I got tears in my eyes reading your message. I haven’t laughed so hard. I got the “bionic” ring tone and I watch the re-runs on television. Still classic television.
Honestly, the best TV show of all time. Kids, adults were all glued to the TV set when Steve Austin came on. He made sci-fi so homely.
I absolutely loved this series of the six million dollar man Lee Majors played the part so well as Steve Austin great times 👌
I loved this as a kid, back in the 70s...and I still love it in 2022.
Yeah kudos to NBC for bringing it back.
ME TOO!
The music and intro still seem awesome even for today in 2019!
2020..my son..😱😹👽
The intro to the hulk is a very close 2nd
Theme songs were BIG back then, I miss tv shows with good music & interesting intros.
I said the same thing!
Better, stronger, faster.
Those words from the best intro to a TV series ever stuck with almost every 6 through 10 year old boy.
Brilliant
Roger,Copy that!!Me too!👍👍💯
I remember watching it on tv at 730 pm every Thursday. Rush inside after playing in the local street and switch on the tele. Next day at school, we'd all talk about it and re enact the fight scenes with mates including the sound effects and slow motion fist throwing. Time without iPads. Bliss.
Were the times UK or US? I'm from the UK but maybe too young to remember the day and time... But it sounds familiar.
Malaysia time was 2.00pm-230pm if I am not mistaken during 80's
Every Sunday
Awesome!
I love that💪❤️
I’m 50 now and always looked forward to watching this on TV back in the 70’s.
I'm 49 and I looked forward to this and The Incredible Hulk, Lucan, Fantastic Journey, The Bionic Woman and soooo many others. TV today kind of sucks.
I'm 49, and what he said. God I miss those days , lol only occasionally
@@zandorvorkov986 Hey Zandor, so like 3 years ago I learned that Bionic Woman (and parts of SMDM), and Incredible Hulk were basically all engineered by the same guy: Kenneth Johnson, so I reached out to thank him, had such an effect on my childhood
52 here, best days for Tv
This still remains the king of all TV show intro and ending credits. The drum roll, the footage from NASA, the special effects, the 70s sci-fi, Oscar’s voice (Richard Anderson) and last, but certainly not least the AMAZING soundtrack! The band and orchestra combination was FANTASTIC! The violins and violas (possibly also cellos) were performing at almost warp speed along with awesome horns and a seriously smooth bass player. It is still exciting to watch this masterpiece. It is the GOAT of all TV show intros and endings.
Agreed, I just was thinking and commenting that the show effects were a bit of fakery but the intro stands out with a strong appearance of legit science and tech.
What about Hawaii-Five-O?
Wait a minute was Oscar MacGyver's dad????😮
I used to love this programme right back in the day remember having one of the action figures
Lee Majors, one of the t.v. greats! The Big Valley, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy. All great shows and great themes/openings!
and a wife beater?
Yes, I absolutely agree! All those shows were great, the music was great, and Lee Majors was fantastic!
There has never been a show to match the excitement this one gave me as a child. I loved every minute of every episode. What a great time!
Amen 🙏 😇
This intro still gives me chills to this day.
I was literally just thinking the same thing after watching this clip. I loved this show as a kid and still enjoy watching it to this day.
The real pilot, Bruce Peterson, who's crash is shown in the opening credits, and whose actual recording of the crash are used (re-recorded by Majors), was seriously injured in the crash to include, ironically, the loss of an eye. He hated having this broadcast every week for the four seasons of the shows run.
One of the best TV openings of all time.
WELL HERE I AM 61 YEARS OLD AND STILL WATCH THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN I USED TO WATCH HIM BACK IN THE EARLY 70'S WHEN SHOWS WERE DECENT AND ALL THE FAMILY COULD WATCH ....!!!
It's just pure awesomeness. To this day, and forever the absolute best opening of any show ever. Goosebumps every time.
This was a superb series, and Lee Majors in private life was also a great guy, a real gentleman.
Yes he was indeed❤
Sadly he was a controlled freak to his previous wife the late and stunning farrah fawcett majors RIP 🙏 🪦 😌
This is one of the best openings in TV history. It's amazing, inspirational, tragic, dark and futuristic. I can't believe they still have not made a movie to this day. If they ever they better get no less than an Oscar winner, nominated or critically acclaimed actor.
You mean like Marky Mark? Yeah, i'm afraid he has apparently been involved in a remake for years. Though cynicism aside, he has the acting chops and charisma to possibly do a good job as Steve Austin... Don't hold your breath for anything of the sort anytime soon though :/
There can never be a remake of the six million dollar man . Lee majors played him perfectly. In stature,looks the lot .
I am crying now. When I was a kid I loved this TV series to bits. While running to school would be humming the theme music to make me go faster! And I did!!!
You and I .....my friend.....you and I
Those were great times.....especially with my grey TRAX shoes on.....lol
daggenpaul1@gmail.com
And carrying my 6 Million Dollar Man lunch box.
The entire sequence is really a masterpiece. Notice how the explosion at 2:02 basically has 3 booms that occur in perfect time with the rhythm. The computer chirps at 2:32 are the same note and tease that magnificent bionic power up sound which is to happen at 2:38. Amazing pluck bass and theme music!
The six million dollar man intro was ahead of its time it looks like something out the present 2023! 😮
I was 10 when this show started to air. EVERY KID in my elementary school watched it every week. Everyone made that “bionic” sound whenever they could. What a time that was.
tch-tch-tch-tch (repeat and fade out)
I think the 1970's was the height of humanity. in so many ways its been downhill from there.
I was 6 and we did, too.
Yes, what a time that was…
by 2022 this year, you would be 58 yrs old now.
I watched this TV series in my childhood when I was a school going boy. I remember, I even used to copy Steve in our house and produced sounds from mouth while jumping and running like six million dollar man. What a wonderful days those were!!!
Even today, that intro still holds up. Brilliantly filmed, and the computer readouts on Steve's bionics are not gibberish....
懐かしいな〜！小学生の頃、日本でテレビシリーズが放送されていたのを毎週楽しみに見てました。
ターミネーターよりかなり前に、こんなかっこいいサイボーグがいたんです！
大好きでした。テーマ曲も懐かしい!
体育の授業で走るときは、この曲を歌いながら走ってました。
Loved this show as a kid. That opening was fabulous. My dad and I were once a week to view the next episode.....we would get to the TV 5 minutes early so there was time for the TV to warm up......vacuum tubes and all.
I can clearly remember how this intro effected me deeply as a child. Somehow, to me, it was the equivalent of 20th century "Captain America".
Never thought of it that way... but you I think you got something there!!😊👍
Not a bad analogy at all in fact
this is the fiture of mind control
Love this opening. Nostalgia.
That's exactly how I feel, I remember watching the six million dollar man movies as a kid, watching Steve flip a car and thinking "this is how they should do Captain America" and when winter soldier came out I thought "they did it".
Intro is insanely amazing..." Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology."
all time classic
This show was the Oscar Goldman show. He gave that show humanity, soul and authenticity.
Yes you say it. In germany politician jens span WHOULD say... No impossible. An endoskeleton in germany cost 270.ooo ero.... And pepople can not do. Anything. In USA and Japan, an endoskeleton cost 4000 dolles an hey people move again. Jens. Spahn is Hitler
If this was now he'd have a built-in cell phone.
Nearly 50 years later since I first saw this awesome 70's t.v. show ,intro still gives me friggin' goose-bumps! I remember having lil boy man-crush on Lee Majors. Totally thought he was a stud!!!! (no . . . . . I'm soooooo not gay) haha. Close second fav, 'The Incredible Hulk'. Pure awesomeness!!!!!!! Love and Respect . . . . . mykey from toronto
Many years later the phrase "Gentlemen we can rebuild him. We have the technology" is still inspiring.
In today's woke society it is sexist and misogynist.
Watching this video brought tears to my eyes remembering my childhood. Hurrying home from school to watch Masters Of The Universe and The Six Million Dollar Man. What once was, will never be. But the memories are priceless.
As a Kid of the 70's this Show was Everything! We use to Act out as the The Six Million Dollar Man in the Playground.
i did that too.
making that sound effect and running in slow motion.
My childhood was hooked on this wonderful TV show back in the Philippines in the late 70’s! My sister who lives in the US back then even sent me a 12” Six Million Dollar Man Steve Austin action figure that came with a steel beem that Steve lifts it with his bionic right arm. Ohhh those days were the best and I’m just glad that I can go back in time listening to this intro whenever I feel like going back in for brief moment and relive my childhood days!
The sound of the seperation at 1:39....... chills n memories
Best TV show intro.......EVER!!
Yep, I'm with you on that 👌
With You There. Quality
No
Well, Star Trek was right up there.
Definitely
This is one of the best TV openings in television and film history. Love you forever Lee.
Dang! To this day, I still make those sound effects, especially when playing with my grandkids 😁 70s was a great decade to be a kid!
I was 10 when this premiered, i was blown away and watched the entire series from start to finish, religiously. In the summers, I'd let myself sink down to the bottom of the deep end of the pool, then bend my legs and propel up to the surface, 10 feet or so, and of course making that dit-dit-dit-dit-dit sound im my mind...glorious days, glorious show.