Six Million Dollas ya’ll
Have not watched The Six Million Dollar Man since I was a kid. It’s on Peacock streaming service so I thought I’d give it another go. Lee Majors was one of my childhood heroes. I even had his action figure. We were quite low on the economic ladder, my father bringing in $20/week salary (plus trailer was included), but he did manage to find this action figure for me at a handy discount. It was either a return or damaged product. Maybe a yard sale find? Who knows. I remember it had no box that it came in. But there it was. Nestled on my pillow upon my return from 1st grade school that day. It included none of the spare parts that was supposed to accompany the action figure. But I could look through his eye from the back of his head and roll up his fake rubber “skin” to expose the nuclear powered cy’borg mechanics underneath. Steve Austin and I had many boy-hours of fun.
I don’t remember the pilot episode specifically, so it was a pleasant surprise. Then there was the guest appearance of someone else who I have not seen really since childhood. I had to look the character up on IMDB to realize it was another character I had watched as a kid with my father – Darren McGavin as Kolchak: The Night Stalker; also available on Peacock. I guess I have a couple shows to rewatch.
