They can try all they want, but TV like this was and remains inimitable. There's a reason they're called "the good old days" and shows like this will always be apart of them.
Yeh! You can't remake old t.v programs because it was the actiors that mede the shows what they where (aswel as the writes and production ofcourse, but these can be replaced or REMADE rather in this case)
Still the best intro and concept for a television show ever. Ever. I still have my Six Million Dollar Man poster. Brings back a lot of good memories of me and my father. We never missed an episode.
Im so glad I was born in the 70's and grew up in the 70's and 80's. These shows are so timeless to me.. They take me back every time I look at the them. I get that same nostalgic feeling when I see it! :)
I was thrown half a block behind the car. The police report said "fatal." I broke my leg and had a concussion. I had temporary blindness and was in a coma for 3 weeks. On the way to the hospital (which was an hour and a half away), my heart stopped several times. My mother said she could feel me dying over and over, and each time she looked back, the paramedic would begin heart compressions. I had my leg in traction for about 6 weeks, with a pin through it and missed 6 mos. of school. :)
I was in a body cast from the waist down. Oh. I had a tutor, so I didn't actually miss school. I was hit the day before school started, so I didn't have regular attendance for most of that school year. The concussion caused me to become angry after the accident, and as I've gotten older, my memory and other functions have gotten messed up. I don't have a limp, but my right leg is just a little shorter than my left because the bone didn't heal exactly straight. I have knee problems. Ack. lol
I had a really bad splinter once, but what was really bad was the place; it was in the bottom of my foot. Let me tell ya, it was a pretty sight getting that out.
Thank you, I grew up on this stuff, brings back all them memories off old, I actually cut tha fuck out of my knee because i thought I was this guy, jumping off big dirt hills...lol...anyway time to go look at the Incredible hulk intro and tha dukes of hazzard, might throw Dallas in to, can anybody remember the spinoff of Dallas,....Knots Landing.... its just usless things that i know Holla...
Hear in the beginning...that's my brother before he was my brother....oops. Shouldn't talk like that? But why would anyone want to follow that sort of activity unless building people is a real project.
What the hell is your problem? Answer the question because that reply is retarded you stupid motherfucker. Don't comment if you don't want replies fuckin idiot.
Listeh hear you sorry motherfucker. Answer the original question what shows are better. Cause you don't have an answer do you except on how to be a punkass looser you little rude ass bitch. Make more money than your little faggot ass so take youreslf back to the gay strip bars.
Bar none one of the greatest openings ever put on film for a tv show. I dont know what it is about it but it simply captures the science, intrigue and space age coolness of a regular guy becoming a super hero on the operating table. Still one of my favorites.
I agree great opening its a shame the show like a lot of 70s shows suffered from SSS (stupid script syndrome). And they should have shown his entire backbone being replaced too otherwise his back would have snapped trying to lift a car or whatever.I know nitpicking. This definitley a show they need to remake.
When I was about 8 I could recite every word of this intro :-) Yeah, it was good to be a kid and watch TV back then, very special time in America, especially for a kid.....good memories.
Wow what a great intro (haven't seen it since 78' when I was a kid!). Too bad TV is filled with bad reality shows and second rate sitcoms today. We had all these awesome original shows like Three's Company, 6 Million Dollar Man, In Search Of, and way too many others to mention. They couldn't make shows like this today because most people under 30 don't have enough charisma or uniqueness of personality to make these kind of shows work.
What? I mean I somewhat agree but you can't generalize EVERYONE in that age group... I know PLENTY of 40+ who watch Big Brother and Survivor (mind numbing).
Every kid in the U.S. wanted to be the $6 million dollar man back in the day. He was like superman but built by NASA. Back when kids had good idols and great inspirations, not Cow and Chicken and Ritalin.
Such a cool beginning for a cool show! I can remember as a kid making sure I was at the TV to see the beginning of each SMDM every week, we well as the rest of the show.
Thanks for posting! Welp, back to reality TV! Blah..... :( -LOL
So what if it was the 70s? They were sending men into space in the 60s and the first man on the moon was 1969. Sounds like pretty good technology to be able to do that.
dude, u need computers to make a cyborg. its just how it is. back in the 70's computers had like 32KB of ram, 500 KHz CPU, no way to store data in a small area.
trust me if your gunna have machines monitoring all of your nerves, your gunna need like 10 Yotta Bytes of storage to do that.
Cini, in 1960 most table radios,tv's etc had tubes in them...the biggest rocket of that time had about 76,ooo lbs of thrust.
In 10 short years (1970) we had intergrated circiuts which allowed a computer to go from the size of a small house to the size of a briefcase, a rocket that developed almost 8 million lbs of thrust--our overall technology jumped 1000 times in that short span.
Considering the afore mentioned its no suprise that by 73' the premis of this show seemed at least semi plausible
Calculations regarding joint strength, muscle & tendons, balance plus a host of other factors would have to be delved into to replicate let alone enhance them however the number crunching needed for the enitire Apollo program was at the very least far more complex then designing replacement prosthetic limbs.
A faster computer is just that-faster.
A modern computer is much quicker with higher memory but the calculations for prosthetic design could still have been done correctly years ago.
Yes, yes. I remember this well from my childhood. The modern Frankenstein (although in this instance minus the downside). I must say though, $6 million for that kind of technology sounds like a real bargain nowadays.
Def the coolest intro known to the history of tv. I bought 2 dvd sets of this show on ebay last year. Would be willing to part with 1 for a fellow smdm diehard fan. Email me.
Dare i say it but i believe this to be among the top 3 television intros EVER. The sense of intrigue is beyond palpable in this. Even though it is 30 odd years old it STILL feels high tech. One of my favs.
I loved this show when I was a kid. A classic. Original. My favorites were the "Probe" episodes. This show was great until it jumped the shark with bionic bigfoot and the aliens.
Just imagine... If they'd REALLY made a bionic man out of 1974 technology his bionic eye would have been as big as the average modern-day washer machine, lol. That might have hampered Steve Austins cool style. Luckily, it predates the Windows O.S. so Steve would never have suffered blindness due to a sudden and unexpected Blue Screen crash.
I love the show though. It first aired the year that I was born but I lived on the reruns as a kid growing up. Awesome show.
im a little to young to remember this (only 16, so a lot young to remember, i guess) but my parents loved it. i wish it were still on so i could check it out...
this opening theme was from the 3rd season. I have the 1st 2 seasons on dvd and i have a Region free dvd player so even though the boxsets were from the UK, they are still full complete episodes from the 1st 2 seasons
Lee Majors is now a professional eater of fine Japanese food! he has his picture in TWO nearby Japanese restaurants up here in DC and he has a pic of him in a Japanese place in Orlando.
I wonder does anybody remember the seven million dollar man? His name was Barney Miller (not to be confused with Hal Linden) I vaguely remember that episode. What type of injury did he suffer to requrire seven million dollar bionic surgery?
I am assuming that the voice of narration on this intro is Richard Anderson. As a child I never gave this much attention, but did it sound like he mumbled on "capability"? For years I could not make out that one word. It sounded more like capeabilly. That slip up could have used a retake.
I never really watched this show, but I absolutely LOVE the intro. Even today, it's so powerful and perfectly paced. The editing, sound and voice is done just right. I haven't seen any recent intros as good as this one, which is over 30 years old...
Anoneeemouse, when someone starts coming up with some new and original ideas maybe we won't need so many remakes. Most ideas are rehashed from old ones, there are only so many story groups before you run out of new ideas to keep peolpe happy. Why else are our screens full of reality shows these days. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see some new and original shows, tv just bores the hell out of me lately.
Yeah...would not want to make NEW and INTERESTING shows...they should just remake the same shows over and over again. I bet you would like to see The Love Boat remade amirite?
I saw that the first episodes did not have the computer that shows what parts of him were bionic. It might have started in the 3rd of 4th season of the series.
britfrenir im not sure if it is venus probe,only way i can describe its like a ufo tank thingy(sorry but thats only way i can describe it)i think there was 2 eposide with the tanks both different though!
fallguyman...yeah finally found out the name on google..(its not on youtube tho)and can only find 2 pictures of the death probes on google,how sad do i sound lol..but as a kid i used to love this show,bloody hell im 38 now!!
I am 37 and I still watch the episodes off and on and never get tired of it. Better than the stuff on now IMO. This and Major's other show Fall Guy, 2 great shows by a tv icon for over 30 years.
The Crash in the intro was Bruce Peterson in the M2F2 lifting body. It was May 1967. He survived and recovered but he lost an eye from an injury received during the accident. The eye they gave Bruce was not as good as the one Steve A. received.
Hands down, the greatest intro to any TV show ever made.
I loved this show in my youth (born 71) & this intro can be watched over & over & is still brilliant.
The electronics, communications, little noises, the footage & then the narration. "Steve Austin, Astronaut...A Man, barely alive...we can rebuild him...we have the technology"
I hadn't seen this intro in years but it still stands up to this day.
If they made a movie it could still be used for the trailer without blinking an eye.
lastmo!!!! well done, i recall seeing a clip where rudy wells mentions his skeleton is reinforced with cereasium (dont know if that is the correct spelling), i am pretty sure this is mentioned in the pilot episode.
If this opening were released today i would still think it is insanely cool. It just has a palpable sense of intrigue to it. It has a slow build to some incredibly amazing high tech stuff. They completely succeeded in getting that twinge of shiver up the spine. An alltime classic.
whoa! Great shades of childhood! This is one of the tv shows that made childhood in the 70s GREAT! I was sooo there for this one - I even had a six million dollar action figure with the red jumpsuit!
Those were the good 'ole days. I feel like a kid again in my parents living room running around like I was 5 or 6 years old. Man, how good I had it then. Nothing to worry about except eating snacks and playing.
I took my girlfriend to Taco Bell, but then I had a blowout. There were some vapors, but I couldn't hold it. Now she's breaking up, she's breaking up with me.
O..M...G!! The HOURS and HOURS I spent watching this and the Bionic woman!! lol I would go around making the sound they made when they would run or jump! lmao
is he bionic or the bounty hunter from the fall guy! lmao! i like his acting skills! too bad that he didn't have a part with the charlie's angels with farra! lmao(glenn)
The crash scene in the introduction was real. It was caused by pilot error. The test pilot survived the crash. During an interview on tv, in the 1970`s, he said everytime he saw the opening scene it was like being in the crash every time.
As much as i love this show and intro if you pause to contemplate the physics of his bionics they are impossible. His arm would only be as strong as the connection to his shoulder joint. Lifting a boulder would rip it out at the connection. Still one of the best openings in TV history.
True roquefortfiles, and also I don't think his normal (left) arm would have been able to move back and forth fast enough when his legs were propelling him at 60 mph. I'm sure there were lots of other logical flaws as well.
oh my gosh...love this show and now in my 40s' i want to get the dvds...um just a question..lol..how in the world did he survive that crash? No way in the world! When i was younger it didnt even come to mind..but now...hehehehehehehee
Favorite part of that CLASSIC intro was when they showed him running with his Bionic Legs ACTUAL speed! Oh and Count me as one of the kids who had the action figure...
("Looking through" his Bionic Eye and rolling up the fake skin on his right arm...=)!
This is still a blast over 30 years later. Load of old cock and bull of course, but I rank this as one of the best intro's of its type. Then we got Man from Atlantis, the invisible man, Wonder Woman, Incredible Hulk...
I remember getting the soundtrack on vinyl and being SOOOOOO disappointed because it wasn't the real thing, it was just other people pretending to be him and the cast and the soundtrack itself was just a cover tune.
wow...i used to have the bionic man doll and the oscar goldman doll....yeah the intro is still good after 30 plus years !!! anyone remember the viewmaster they had also?
Lol, Yes, I also had the Martel doll. Got it for Christmas in 1976 or 77. I wore out his bionic arm in less than a week. Never had the view master, although I did have the view master slides for Gerry Anderson's UFO series.
With today's money, if you want to build a bionic soldier, 6 million, psh, that would only finance one foot toe!
amazingdany 3 years ago 2
They can try all they want, but TV like this was and remains inimitable. There's a reason they're called "the good old days" and shows like this will always be apart of them.
MetuNtr 3 years ago 3
Yeh! You can't remake old t.v programs because it was the actiors that mede the shows what they where (aswel as the writes and production ofcourse, but these can be replaced or REMADE rather in this case)
One of the greatest iconic t.v intros ever.
galuidi 3 years ago
This and Lee's show FallGuy were the shit and ruled the glory days of 70's and 80's tv.
retromann1 3 years ago
Still the best intro and concept for a television show ever. Ever. I still have my Six Million Dollar Man poster. Brings back a lot of good memories of me and my father. We never missed an episode.
pharze 3 years ago 2
just the badddest freaking coolest ass show ever
bishop2553 3 years ago 2
Feel like a kid again....
shpeke 3 years ago
One of the best TV intros ever!
CArchivist 3 years ago 3
My hubby loved this-said it took him way back. :-) Thanks for posting.
hiveof5 3 years ago
I dont get it. Was this a show or a movie??
taijutsu36 3 years ago
TV show
Roncace 3 years ago
Ah, the good old days when going really fast meant running really slow.
stuttsburger 3 years ago
Im so glad I was born in the 70's and grew up in the 70's and 80's. These shows are so timeless to me.. They take me back every time I look at the them. I get that same nostalgic feeling when I see it! :)
Mahlercougar 3 years ago 3
Dig the music at the end.
toptierproduction 3 years ago
I was hit by a car when I was 7 and had an out-of-body experience in the emergency room following that.
The beginning of this show used to freak me out because of the huge multi-lights the doctors use.
It took me forever to connect the 2. lol
Crazy, huh?
GoddessFourWinds 3 years ago
Oh. And Lee Majors was THE best looking man on TV at the time. Unless Tony Orlando was on at that same time? lol
GoddessFourWinds 3 years ago
i bet that did freak you out, were you hurt real bad or what happen to you
gregdog550 3 years ago
I was thrown half a block behind the car. The police report said "fatal." I broke my leg and had a concussion. I had temporary blindness and was in a coma for 3 weeks. On the way to the hospital (which was an hour and a half away), my heart stopped several times. My mother said she could feel me dying over and over, and each time she looked back, the paramedic would begin heart compressions. I had my leg in traction for about 6 weeks, with a pin through it and missed 6 mos. of school. :)
GoddessFourWinds 3 years ago
I was in a body cast from the waist down. Oh. I had a tutor, so I didn't actually miss school. I was hit the day before school started, so I didn't have regular attendance for most of that school year. The concussion caused me to become angry after the accident, and as I've gotten older, my memory and other functions have gotten messed up. I don't have a limp, but my right leg is just a little shorter than my left because the bone didn't heal exactly straight. I have knee problems. Ack. lol
GoddessFourWinds 3 years ago
I had a really bad splinter once, but what was really bad was the place; it was in the bottom of my foot. Let me tell ya, it was a pretty sight getting that out.
mcquaidster 3 years ago
Thank you, I grew up on this stuff, brings back all them memories off old, I actually cut tha fuck out of my knee because i thought I was this guy, jumping off big dirt hills...lol...anyway time to go look at the Incredible hulk intro and tha dukes of hazzard, might throw Dallas in to, can anybody remember the spinoff of Dallas,....Knots Landing.... its just usless things that i know Holla...
Txslabhurta 3 years ago
This intro is powerful. Man, that music is so hip:)
jarbon5 3 years ago
I wonder if they got this idea from LANCER star James Stacy who lost his arm and leg in a cycle crash
shirazhound 3 years ago
wanananananananaaaa
Victory1990 3 years ago
Best T.V intro EVER...
KrispyWeasel 3 years ago
Cool theme/cool show/cool decade.
goldengirl67 3 years ago
BEST show ever on TV. Lee was the greatest.
signmanj 3 years ago
This and Fall Guy.
fallguymann 3 years ago
thank you for posting bring good old memories thank you
hawkman672 3 years ago
wasted- cartwheeled 132 times.
Steve is not to be overlooked. May have the best strong man sound effects since Ornochaedies.
Recommended.
8laneblacktop 3 years ago
To hell with the haters this is classic.
badbill1971 3 years ago
Forget that ghey Mustang kitt. They should bring back this show!!!
Suprahajimoto 3 years ago
Yeah, but they tried to bring back The Bionic Woman and that didn't work out.
speedbuggy 3 years ago
Hear in the beginning...that's my brother before he was my brother....oops. Shouldn't talk like that? But why would anyone want to follow that sort of activity unless building people is a real project.
enjoixander 3 years ago
"Gentlemen We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man"
That's my dad, alright!
ADAM and EVE (the bionic woman)
enjoixander 3 years ago
first off there r better shows than this..
who8allthegabagoo 3 years ago
Where?
badbill1971 3 years ago
take a look in front of yur eyes stupid bitch
who8allthegabagoo 3 years ago
What the hell is your problem? Answer the question because that reply is retarded you stupid motherfucker. Don't comment if you don't want replies fuckin idiot.
badbill1971 3 years ago
listen here bitch you'll never have a million dollars so go back to mom and dads house and live off minimum wage CAN I GET AN AMEN!? XD!
who8allthegabagoo 3 years ago
Listeh hear you sorry motherfucker. Answer the original question what shows are better. Cause you don't have an answer do you except on how to be a punkass looser you little rude ass bitch. Make more money than your little faggot ass so take youreslf back to the gay strip bars.
badbill1971 3 years ago
Bar none one of the greatest openings ever put on film for a tv show. I dont know what it is about it but it simply captures the science, intrigue and space age coolness of a regular guy becoming a super hero on the operating table. Still one of my favorites.
roquefortfiles 3 years ago 2
I agree great opening its a shame the show like a lot of 70s shows suffered from SSS (stupid script syndrome). And they should have shown his entire backbone being replaced too otherwise his back would have snapped trying to lift a car or whatever.I know nitpicking. This definitley a show they need to remake.
Eric13Bravo 3 years ago
thanks for the nice memory! I lived for this show when I was 10
chrisfostermusic 3 years ago 4
When I was about 8 I could recite every word of this intro :-) Yeah, it was good to be a kid and watch TV back then, very special time in America, especially for a kid.....good memories.
IQ186 3 years ago 3
when i was still a little boy,,i remember running and making that "bionic" sound while running and jumping. awesome show way ahead in its time.
crumblingtown 3 years ago 2
God they don't make tv shows like this anymore..this was such a great show! And I love the spin off The Bionic Woman.
Maxamillion777 3 years ago
this was my favorite show when i was a kid wow!
steve austin better! stronger! faster! those were the days its nice 2 go back in time
ryancowart22 3 years ago
Wow what a great intro (haven't seen it since 78' when I was a kid!). Too bad TV is filled with bad reality shows and second rate sitcoms today. We had all these awesome original shows like Three's Company, 6 Million Dollar Man, In Search Of, and way too many others to mention. They couldn't make shows like this today because most people under 30 don't have enough charisma or uniqueness of personality to make these kind of shows work.
simoncowellscores 3 years ago 4
What? I mean I somewhat agree but you can't generalize EVERYONE in that age group... I know PLENTY of 40+ who watch Big Brother and Survivor (mind numbing).
nremtbrandon 3 years ago
I used to watch on Sunday nights if my memory serves me correctly.
SidJustice1 3 years ago
Better! Stronger! Faster!
treebella23 3 years ago
How cool is this? Plus the fact of being able to watch the episodes whenever I can.
fallguyman 3 years ago
what is this show?
bananaman1234445 3 years ago
Every kid in the U.S. wanted to be the $6 million dollar man back in the day. He was like superman but built by NASA. Back when kids had good idols and great inspirations, not Cow and Chicken and Ritalin.
Rockgenious 3 years ago
You are joking?
badbill1971 3 years ago
i win pwn noobz all day mfr stupid noob omfg u r a nooooob
who8allthegabagoo 3 years ago
My favorite action figure when I was a kid
crispywan 3 years ago
Such a cool beginning for a cool show! I can remember as a kid making sure I was at the TV to see the beginning of each SMDM every week, we well as the rest of the show.
Thanks for posting! Welp, back to reality TV! Blah..... :( -LOL
onedead 3 years ago
I know, this is like my favorite intro for a show, along with Hawaii 50...
SpikeMichaels 3 years ago
epic
efil4aggin92 3 years ago
Six million dollars seams very reasonable for a full rebuild, I wonder how much they'd charge for a new nob cos this ones well worn out.
andrew07885 3 years ago
lol
MightySaturn5 3 years ago
che nostalgia.....
fantomas7montecrist 3 years ago 2
This was the many shows to watch that were sooo great when I was a kid.
shugo29 3 years ago
I like Richard Anderson's flat forehead personally.
jamessmedley82 3 years ago
I like the beat personally
IAMAJAMMA 3 years ago
Seeing as most fans of this show all agree it has one of the best openings in tv history. What is it about it that everyone likes?
roquefortfiles 3 years ago
I still think about this show every time I go to the dentist.
jinn13 3 years ago
God I miss that show
RegularFool 3 years ago
bullshit "we have the technology" lol its the fucking 70s.
i think the fastest computer during the time was about 1.2 MHz
CiniCraft 3 years ago
So what if it was the 70s? They were sending men into space in the 60s and the first man on the moon was 1969. Sounds like pretty good technology to be able to do that.
starwarsrebel2006 3 years ago
dude, u need computers to make a cyborg. its just how it is. back in the 70's computers had like 32KB of ram, 500 KHz CPU, no way to store data in a small area.
trust me if your gunna have machines monitoring all of your nerves, your gunna need like 10 Yotta Bytes of storage to do that.
CiniCraft 3 years ago
Cini, in 1960 most table radios,tv's etc had tubes in them...the biggest rocket of that time had about 76,ooo lbs of thrust.
In 10 short years (1970) we had intergrated circiuts which allowed a computer to go from the size of a small house to the size of a briefcase, a rocket that developed almost 8 million lbs of thrust--our overall technology jumped 1000 times in that short span.
Considering the afore mentioned its no suprise that by 73' the premis of this show seemed at least semi plausible
MightySaturn5 3 years ago
but still u NEED a very advanced computer to make a human faster and stronger.
after all, computers and the way your brain works have a lot in common.
those briefcase sized computers are equivalent to a calculator u can get for free today.
CiniCraft 3 years ago
Calculations regarding joint strength, muscle & tendons, balance plus a host of other factors would have to be delved into to replicate let alone enhance them however the number crunching needed for the enitire Apollo program was at the very least far more complex then designing replacement prosthetic limbs.
A faster computer is just that-faster.
A modern computer is much quicker with higher memory but the calculations for prosthetic design could still have been done correctly years ago.
MightySaturn5 3 years ago
MY fave TV show of all time :D I LOVED the intro!
FetidToecheese 3 years ago
It's disappointing that the music kicks in so late. It's one of my favorite tunes.
EternalGuardian07 3 years ago
hes running like usain bolt!
morrisseyfan64 3 years ago
Yes, yes. I remember this well from my childhood. The modern Frankenstein (although in this instance minus the downside). I must say though, $6 million for that kind of technology sounds like a real bargain nowadays.
adam1545 3 years ago
I used to have this on my iPod. I played it whenever I was at the gym...
Bladerunner93 3 years ago
The show itself didn't exactly deliver what the intro promised, but still. I loved this show.
RetroVGamer 3 years ago
I know he never ran fast like that! It was always boring slow mo...
Devilbat 3 years ago
Def the coolest intro known to the history of tv. I bought 2 dvd sets of this show on ebay last year. Would be willing to part with 1 for a fellow smdm diehard fan. Email me.
lunnsworld 3 years ago
Dare i say it but i believe this to be among the top 3 television intros EVER. The sense of intrigue is beyond palpable in this. Even though it is 30 odd years old it STILL feels high tech. One of my favs.
roquefortfiles 3 years ago
Cool! Thanks for posting!
greymilton 3 years ago
I loved this show when I was a kid. A classic. Original. My favorites were the "Probe" episodes. This show was great until it jumped the shark with bionic bigfoot and the aliens.
Arctic49519 3 years ago
Just imagine... If they'd REALLY made a bionic man out of 1974 technology his bionic eye would have been as big as the average modern-day washer machine, lol. That might have hampered Steve Austins cool style. Luckily, it predates the Windows O.S. so Steve would never have suffered blindness due to a sudden and unexpected Blue Screen crash.
I love the show though. It first aired the year that I was born but I lived on the reruns as a kid growing up. Awesome show.
Dozirulf 3 years ago
im a little to young to remember this (only 16, so a lot young to remember, i guess) but my parents loved it. i wish it were still on so i could check it out...
Jeffreylabbe 3 years ago
that intro has been drummining in my head and on desks for years! now I know why.
67mctl 3 years ago
Thankyou for showing this clip. I enjoyed the series very much when I was a kid. Pitty they don't make shows like this anymore!.
starquant 3 years ago
this opening theme was from the 3rd season. I have the 1st 2 seasons on dvd and i have a Region free dvd player so even though the boxsets were from the UK, they are still full complete episodes from the 1st 2 seasons
KidAJonni 3 years ago
Lee Majors is now a professional eater of fine Japanese food! he has his picture in TWO nearby Japanese restaurants up here in DC and he has a pic of him in a Japanese place in Orlando.
avengerberetta 3 years ago
One of the most badass intros EVER!
OscarTheSchwoogie 3 years ago
a cult classic.
stephenm6100 3 years ago
I remember this when I was a kid, I had the toy
jesiahbailey 3 years ago
who didnt have the toy with the "bionic grip"?
jahreel 3 years ago
I wonder does anybody remember the seven million dollar man? His name was Barney Miller (not to be confused with Hal Linden) I vaguely remember that episode. What type of injury did he suffer to requrire seven million dollar bionic surgery?
barefootpoet24 3 years ago
it was a motor racing accident.the episode is called the seven million dollar man series 2.he got two legs and two arms all for 7m quid
stephenm6100 3 years ago
I never missed an episode of this when I was a kid. Unfortunately, now I can't hear the opening without thinking of the trading card game Shadowfist.
One of the cards is The $10,000 Man. The flavour text on the card: "We don't have the technology, but what the heck. Let's rebuild him anyway!"
XD
IsawaMitaka 3 years ago
I am assuming that the voice of narration on this intro is Richard Anderson. As a child I never gave this much attention, but did it sound like he mumbled on "capability"? For years I could not make out that one word. It sounded more like capeabilly. That slip up could have used a retake.
barefootpoet24 3 years ago
I never really watched this show, but I absolutely LOVE the intro. Even today, it's so powerful and perfectly paced. The editing, sound and voice is done just right. I haven't seen any recent intros as good as this one, which is over 30 years old...
Joelomite 3 years ago
I absolutely LOVED this show.
Reminds me of my childhood, never missed an episode. Lee Majors is the best!
Arcticclaws 3 years ago
Anoneeemouse, when someone starts coming up with some new and original ideas maybe we won't need so many remakes. Most ideas are rehashed from old ones, there are only so many story groups before you run out of new ideas to keep peolpe happy. Why else are our screens full of reality shows these days. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see some new and original shows, tv just bores the hell out of me lately.
Ronans5 3 years ago
i love this show when I was a little kid, the six millon dollar man it is really my hero!
Fornax2008 3 years ago
where is the nananananaaaaaaa part?
dabigjoe 3 years ago
The show was canceled due to funding. The money to rebuild Steve Austin was needed to rebuild Lee Majors after his break-up with Farrah Fawcett.
ralphieboogerbottoms 3 years ago
raphieboogerbotttoms- The breakup was 2 years after the series.
hulkwolf1971 3 years ago
I realy hope they remake this show one day, and do it properly, not like the recent Bionic Woman effort. Lee Majors - my hero when I was a kid..
Ronans5 3 years ago
Yeah...would not want to make NEW and INTERESTING shows...they should just remake the same shows over and over again. I bet you would like to see The Love Boat remade amirite?
Anoneeemouse 3 years ago
The Love Boat sucked big fat donkey balls. It shouldn't be touched with a barge pole, let alone remade.
DevilMaster 3 years ago
Cheesy
cspence1970 3 years ago
I saw that the first episodes did not have the computer that shows what parts of him were bionic. It might have started in the 3rd of 4th season of the series.
britfrenir 3 years ago
Now a re-make of the 6 million dollar man would be interesting!
DARickster777 3 years ago
can anyone remember the eposide when he fights that strange looking tank...cant find it on youtube!
mikefranky 3 years ago
Is it that venus probe you are talking about?
britfrenir 3 years ago
britfrenir im not sure if it is venus probe,only way i can describe its like a ufo tank thingy(sorry but thats only way i can describe it)i think there was 2 eposide with the tanks both different though!
mikefranky 3 years ago
at one time there was a clip of that epi on here
shieldsuma 3 years ago
mikefranku-Death probe.
fallguyman 3 years ago
fallguyman...yeah finally found out the name on google..(its not on youtube tho)and can only find 2 pictures of the death probes on google,how sad do i sound lol..but as a kid i used to love this show,bloody hell im 38 now!!
mikefranky 3 years ago
I am 37 and I still watch the episodes off and on and never get tired of it. Better than the stuff on now IMO. This and Major's other show Fall Guy, 2 great shows by a tv icon for over 30 years.
fallguyman 3 years ago 2
that takes me back!! Does anyone remember the t-shirt and the doll??
PEWACK38 3 years ago
I got the doll for Christmas.
britfrenir 3 years ago
Does anyone know who wrote this theme?
Maxamillion777 3 years ago
Oliver Nelson
pipedreamer1023 3 years ago
i hope hes not using vista operating system!
madhobbit 3 years ago
he really got fucked up in that crash!!!!!!
gasman396 3 years ago
The crash footage used in the intro was real and the pilot survived.
pipedreamer1023 3 years ago
Cool! I grew up with this! excellent!
TerryTAnderson 3 years ago
I totally agree.
mowm88 3 years ago 2
無敵鉄金剛，正！
vespamania 3 years ago
At 0:37 seconds the scene is taken from Columbo: A Stitch in Crime.
Arcadeblaster 3 years ago
The Crash in the intro was Bruce Peterson in the M2F2 lifting body. It was May 1967. He survived and recovered but he lost an eye from an injury received during the accident. The eye they gave Bruce was not as good as the one Steve A. received.
warkillspeople 3 years ago
i have the entire series on dvdr if anyone wants to buy them..contact me
lunnsworld 3 years ago
Are the original closing logos intact?
britfrenir 3 years ago
Hands down, the greatest intro to any TV show ever made.
I loved this show in my youth (born 71) & this intro can be watched over & over & is still brilliant.
The electronics, communications, little noises, the footage & then the narration. "Steve Austin, Astronaut...A Man, barely alive...we can rebuild him...we have the technology"
I hadn't seen this intro in years but it still stands up to this day.
If they made a movie it could still be used for the trailer without blinking an eye.
USCFlash 3 years ago 6
Man you said it all in this post... : )
solgoode1 3 years ago 2
lastmo!!!! well done, i recall seeing a clip where rudy wells mentions his skeleton is reinforced with cereasium (dont know if that is the correct spelling), i am pretty sure this is mentioned in the pilot episode.
nvidiagraphicsby 3 years ago
HES ALSO A NORSEMAN!!!
JURGENELL 3 years ago
If this opening were released today i would still think it is insanely cool. It just has a palpable sense of intrigue to it. It has a slow build to some incredibly amazing high tech stuff. They completely succeeded in getting that twinge of shiver up the spine. An alltime classic.
roquefortfiles 3 years ago
whoa! Great shades of childhood! This is one of the tv shows that made childhood in the 70s GREAT! I was sooo there for this one - I even had a six million dollar action figure with the red jumpsuit!
minharts 3 years ago
And BW had a blue one!
Ahh the 70s...great tv and AWESOME toys!
MsTexas73 3 years ago
Those were the good 'ole days. I feel like a kid again in my parents living room running around like I was 5 or 6 years old. Man, how good I had it then. Nothing to worry about except eating snacks and playing.
schmied777 3 years ago 2
You got it Beatlestone except for the good shows of the 80's.
hulkwolf1971 3 years ago
I took my girlfriend to Taco Bell, but then I had a blowout. There were some vapors, but I couldn't hold it. Now she's breaking up, she's breaking up with me.
TJOPootertoot 3 years ago
HA!
MsTexas73 3 years ago
and that's the bottom line cause stone cold says so, dont make him give ya the bionic stunner
abSOULuteD 3 years ago
O..M...G!! The HOURS and HOURS I spent watching this and the Bionic woman!! lol I would go around making the sound they made when they would run or jump! lmao
nicksmom02 3 years ago 2
Cool!! I feel like being 6 y/o again! I had the action figure and space capsule. The action figure was huge maybe 18"!
cmsahe 3 years ago
is he bionic or the bounty hunter from the fall guy! lmao! i like his acting skills! too bad that he didn't have a part with the charlie's angels with farra! lmao(glenn)
airforce428 3 years ago
Lee is both and he is legend.
hulkwolf1971 3 years ago
The crash scene in the introduction was real. It was caused by pilot error. The test pilot survived the crash. During an interview on tv, in the 1970`s, he said everytime he saw the opening scene it was like being in the crash every time.
47166 3 years ago
As much as i love this show and intro if you pause to contemplate the physics of his bionics they are impossible. His arm would only be as strong as the connection to his shoulder joint. Lifting a boulder would rip it out at the connection. Still one of the best openings in TV history.
roquefortfiles 3 years ago 2
True roquefortfiles, and also I don't think his normal (left) arm would have been able to move back and forth fast enough when his legs were propelling him at 60 mph. I'm sure there were lots of other logical flaws as well.
bus114 3 years ago
Actually, they forget to mention it, but in the book, his entire skeleton is reinforced to withstand the strain of lifting...
Just thought I would share that!
lastmo2004 3 years ago 2
oh my gosh...love this show and now in my 40s' i want to get the dvds...um just a question..lol..how in the world did he survive that crash? No way in the world! When i was younger it didnt even come to mind..but now...hehehehehehehee
mssolitare 3 years ago
Only through the miracle of million dollar medicine ;)
ACriminalMind 3 years ago
Favorite part of that CLASSIC intro was when they showed him running with his Bionic Legs ACTUAL speed! Oh and Count me as one of the kids who had the action figure...
("Looking through" his Bionic Eye and rolling up the fake skin on his right arm...=)!
Bamfism 3 years ago
Great opening, indeed. Of course wasn't TV AND most of the opening themes so much better in the 70's than the garbage today??
stlramsfan21 3 years ago
Is there a better intro in all of 70s history?
Man I loved this show....
sralmy 3 years ago 3
Remember the action figure?
Live4Britain 3 years ago
YES!
cmsahe 3 years ago
Better stronger faster
ccheath776 3 years ago
this always bring back great memories
mowm88 3 years ago
I can't wait for this to come out on DVD in the United States.
jocephus38 3 years ago
Can we say movie-waiting-to-happen?!
stansell1 3 years ago
This is still a blast over 30 years later. Load of old cock and bull of course, but I rank this as one of the best intro's of its type. Then we got Man from Atlantis, the invisible man, Wonder Woman, Incredible Hulk...
80skiwi 3 years ago
I remember getting the soundtrack on vinyl and being SOOOOOO disappointed because it wasn't the real thing, it was just other people pretending to be him and the cast and the soundtrack itself was just a cover tune.
TommyLent 3 years ago
the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5916michelangelo 3 years ago
wow...i used to have the bionic man doll and the oscar goldman doll....yeah the intro is still good after 30 plus years !!! anyone remember the viewmaster they had also?
clev9980 3 years ago 4
Lol, Yes, I also had the Martel doll. Got it for Christmas in 1976 or 77. I wore out his bionic arm in less than a week. Never had the view master, although I did have the view master slides for Gerry Anderson's UFO series.
80skiwi 3 years ago
'When remembering this brings your childhood back in an instant." To A Criminal Mind thanks Brother..With warm regards,Jack
frankeinstein1 3 years ago
The greatest t.v. intro EVER!!!!!!!!!!
rosario508 3 years ago 3