Welcome to the 6th episode of the 15th season of the Retroist Podcast. Today’s episode is all about the Seventies sci-fi classic, The Six Million Dollar Man.
At the start, I share a story about a great couple of hours I got to spend playing with my cousin’s amazing and ignored toy collection. Whenever I think about toy collections or picture toys on shelves, I can’t help but think of his room. The place looked like a great hits selection from the Sears catalogs of the era. It was remarkable.
Then I move onto the show itself. I talk about the Cyborg books, the show’s production, plot, characters, cast, music and more.
The Six Million Dollar Man is iconic. Spoofed, parodied and beloved, it is well-remembered by millions of people. At the time, it was the most successful superhero TV shows ever made. It even spawned a successful spinoff and managed to survive in TV movie form for a decade after the show was canceled.
So, it is a show worth your time. Either just to know a little more about or perhaps to check out on physical media, a retro TV channel, or streaming service.
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Production Notes
This is episode 279 of the Retroist Podcast.
Music on the show is, as always, by Peachy.
6th episode of the new season.
I planned on releasing this episode a few months from now, but got interested in moving it up after starting to re-read Cyborg.
Consequence of moving it up? I didn’t have enough time to get a top 5 list from metagrrrl.
I covered The Bionic Woman a few years ago.
I had more about The Bionic Woman in this episode, but cut it all out since I had covered it earlier.
Opening story was about a minute longer, but lots of unnecessary details removed.
Adjust for inflation, The Six Million Dollar Man would be The Forty Million Dollar Man. Still seems like a bargain.
Removed some filmography stuff from the bios.
Had a section where I discussed some of my favorite episodes. Felt like metagrrrl territory, so I cut it.
My section on merchandise involved me looking through an old catalog. I wasn’t happy with how it turned out. I cut it out. I might re-record it and release it as a bonus track.
I was more terrified during the stuff that happened in the story that I let on. Also, we laughed A LOT afterwards and I was welcomes as a member of the crew after that.
The new song in this show by Peachy is back (again). Check it out during the credits.
Cut out a little bit of bio stuff on a lot of people. It was just too much.
I reduced my summary of the show. It dragged.
Some retro audio featured. I removed the bumpers again. Still not sure which people prefer.
I worked for Kevin Smith in the 90s and I actually asked him about this script at the time after reading about it. He wasn’t too chatty about it. He was a great person to work for.
Novelizations have really gone up in price over the last few years. I wonder if that is connected to the podcasts related to them or vice versa?
Thanks for listening to the show and I hope you have a great weekend.
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