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#50YearsAgoToday The Saginaw News (MI) ran this blurb about the #SixMillionDollarMan ep "The Blue Flash" revealing a behind-the-scenes tidbit #RodneyAllanRippy's scene with #LeeMajors includes a hamburger because Rippy was famous for his Jack in the Box hamburger commercials. Published 11-15-1975.
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
#50YearsAgoToday The Saginaw News (MI) ran this blurb about the #SixMillionDollarMan ep "The Blue Flash" revealing a behind-the-scenes tidbit #RodneyAllanRippy's scene with #LeeMajors includes a hamburger because Rippy was famous for his Jack in the Box hamburger commercials. Published 11-15-1975.
#50YearsAgoToday More from #LeeMajors as he talks with Jerry Coffey of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) about all things #SixMillionDollarMan. Mentioned again is the #BionicWoman spinoff — he's not thrilled about it; "I may have to fight it. I have to protect myself." Published Thu., Oct. 30, 1975.
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
#50YearsAgoToday More from #LeeMajors as he talks with Jerry Coffey of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) about all things #SixMillionDollarMan. Mentioned again is the #BionicWoman spinoff — he's not thrilled about it; "I may have to fight it. I have to protect myself." Published Thu., Oct. 30, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday #LeeMajors himself revealed that #LindsayWagner was "involved" in an upcoming #SixMillionDollarMan spinoff. "Capricorn Man" was another spinoff in the works — which would become "The Ultimate Imposter." FYI Lee doesn't care for the idea "I can't help but feel it will hurt our show."
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
#50YearsAgoToday #LeeMajors himself revealed that #LindsayWagner was "involved" in an upcoming #SixMillionDollarMan spinoff. "Capricorn Man" was another spinoff in the works — which would become "The Ultimate Imposter." FYI Lee doesn't care for the idea "I can't help but feel it will hurt our show."
#50YearsAgoToday Published on this date 11-13-1975 in the Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), perhaps in contrast to Tuesday's posted article, Robert W. Little sees the potential of real #SixMillionDollarMan but also says, "We've already got a $6 million body, and we should be satisfied with it."
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
#50YearsAgoToday Published on this date 11-13-1975 in the Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), perhaps in contrast to Tuesday's posted article, Robert W. Little sees the potential of real #SixMillionDollarMan but also says, "We've already got a $6 million body, and we should be satisfied with it."
#50YearsAgoToday Francis Murphy of The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) used the recent airing of "The #Bionic Criminal" to call out #SixMillionDollarMan as "trash" and wondered why "the public loves this nonsense." Published on this date Wednesday, November 12, 1975.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
#50YearsAgoToday Francis Murphy of The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) used the recent airing of "The #Bionic Criminal" to call out #SixMillionDollarMan as "trash" and wondered why "the public loves this nonsense." Published on this date Wednesday, November 12, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday "In American medical laboratories the first steps have already been taken to transform the TV fantasy of the #SixMillionDollarMan into cold scientific fact." The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) featured this article on a real, imminent #CYBORG (!)
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
#50YearsAgoToday "In American medical laboratories the first steps have already been taken to transform the TV fantasy of the #SixMillionDollarMan into cold scientific fact." The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) featured this article on a real, imminent #CYBORG (!)
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November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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#50YearsAgoToday The Alberni Valley Times (Alberni, British Columbia, Canada) ran this #FunkyWinkerbean cartoon with a nod to #SixMillionDollarMan. Published on this date Monday, November 10, 1975.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#50YearsAgoToday The Alberni Valley Times (Alberni, British Columbia, Canada) ran this #FunkyWinkerbean cartoon with a nod to #SixMillionDollarMan. Published on this date Monday, November 10, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) declares: "Battle of the Bionics!" with "Guest star: Monty (sic) Markham" in their image promo for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The #Bionic Criminal" — a sequel to fan-favorite episode "The #SevenMillionDollarMan." #MonteMarkham #LeeMajors
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#50YearsAgoToday The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) declares: "Battle of the Bionics!" with "Guest star: Monty (sic) Markham" in their image promo for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The #Bionic Criminal" — a sequel to fan-favorite episode "The #SevenMillionDollarMan." #MonteMarkham #LeeMajors
#50YearsAgoToday The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) promotes #SixMillionDollarMan on CFTO-TV on Saturday, November 8, 1975. #LeeMajors
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#50YearsAgoToday The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) promotes #SixMillionDollarMan on CFTO-TV on Saturday, November 8, 1975. #LeeMajors
#50YearsAgoToday The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) ran this promo image for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The #Bionic Criminal" featuring #MonteMarkham and #LeeMajors as Barney (Miller) Hiller and #SteveAustin. Published Saturday, November 8, 1975.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#50YearsAgoToday The Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) ran this promo image for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The #Bionic Criminal" featuring #MonteMarkham and #LeeMajors as Barney (Miller) Hiller and #SteveAustin. Published Saturday, November 8, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday Published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL) 11-7-1975 this letter-writer wanted to know if #ElvisPresley and #LeeMajors were related. They weren't. But they were friends. They met on the set of #Clambake (1967) when Lee made a practical joke cameo as a background waiter.
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#50YearsAgoToday Published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL) 11-7-1975 this letter-writer wanted to know if #ElvisPresley and #LeeMajors were related. They weren't. But they were friends. They met on the set of #Clambake (1967) when Lee made a practical joke cameo as a background waiter.
#50YearsAgoToday Print error in the Danville News (Danville,PA) for a "Thursday" highlight for #SixMillionDollarMan "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing." But it already aired the previous Sunday. And no TV listing in this same newspaper. Those poor fans who thought they were getting a bonus airing!
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#50YearsAgoToday Print error in the Danville News (Danville,PA) for a "Thursday" highlight for #SixMillionDollarMan "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing." But it already aired the previous Sunday. And no TV listing in this same newspaper. Those poor fans who thought they were getting a bonus airing!
#50YearsAgoToday This letter-writer wonders if it's actually possible to make a #BionicMan The reply: "Someday, maybe. Not now." Published in the Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Texas) on this date Wednesday, November 5, 1975. #SixMillionDollarMan
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
#50YearsAgoToday This letter-writer wonders if it's actually possible to make a #BionicMan The reply: "Someday, maybe. Not now." Published in the Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Texas) on this date Wednesday, November 5, 1975. #SixMillionDollarMan
#50YearsAgoToday Looks like someone didn't like "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing." This unfavorable #SixMillionDollarMan review was published in the Fort Lauderdale News (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) oin this date Tuesday, November 4, 1975.
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#50YearsAgoToday Looks like someone didn't like "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing." This unfavorable #SixMillionDollarMan review was published in the Fort Lauderdale News (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) oin this date Tuesday, November 4, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday this full page #SixMillionDollarMan toy ad features the #BionicMan #actionfigure, Transport and repair station, board game, and jigsaw puzzle! Published on this date Monday, November 3, 1975.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
#50YearsAgoToday this full page #SixMillionDollarMan toy ad features the #BionicMan #actionfigure, Transport and repair station, board game, and jigsaw puzzle! Published on this date Monday, November 3, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday #LeeMajors made his directorial debut calling the plays for this season three #SixMillionDollarMan episode "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing." His team of guest players included #LarryCsonka, #DickButkus, and #CarlWeathers. Broadcast on this date Sunday, November 2, 1975.
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#50YearsAgoToday #LeeMajors made his directorial debut calling the plays for this season three #SixMillionDollarMan episode "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing." His team of guest players included #LarryCsonka, #DickButkus, and #CarlWeathers. Broadcast on this date Sunday, November 2, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) reported the tragic death of #SixMillionDollarMan composer #OliverNelson who died on Tuesday, October 28, 1975 of a heart attack at the age of 43. Published Wednesday, October 29, 1975.
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
#50YearsAgoToday The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) reported the tragic death of #SixMillionDollarMan composer #OliverNelson who died on Tuesday, October 28, 1975 of a heart attack at the age of 43. Published Wednesday, October 29, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday This #SixMillionDollarMan #actionfigure was "only 7.99" at the Bay department store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Published in the Calgary Herald on this date Tuesday, October 28, 1975.
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#50YearsAgoToday This #SixMillionDollarMan #actionfigure was "only 7.99" at the Bay department store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Published in the Calgary Herald on this date Tuesday, October 28, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday Low prices on #Halloween candy and costumes helped make the #SixMillionDollarMan costume a best-seller as reported in the Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York) on this date Monday, October 27, 1975.
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
#50YearsAgoToday Low prices on #Halloween candy and costumes helped make the #SixMillionDollarMan costume a best-seller as reported in the Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York) on this date Monday, October 27, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday some newspapers ran TV listings for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "Target in the Sky" which referenced the episode's plot. But other newspapers revealed a different episode title: "Steve Austin, Lumberjack." Which do YOU prefer? Published on this date Saturday, October 25, 1975.
October 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#50YearsAgoToday some newspapers ran TV listings for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "Target in the Sky" which referenced the episode's plot. But other newspapers revealed a different episode title: "Steve Austin, Lumberjack." Which do YOU prefer? Published on this date Saturday, October 25, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA) ran this letter from John Lindsey who stopped watching #SixMillionDollarMan because #SteveAustin let #JaimeSommers go at the end of "The Return of the #BionicWoman Part II." Published on this date Saturday, October 25, 1975.
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
#50YearsAgoToday The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA) ran this letter from John Lindsey who stopped watching #SixMillionDollarMan because #SteveAustin let #JaimeSommers go at the end of "The Return of the #BionicWoman Part II." Published on this date Saturday, October 25, 1975.
#50YearsAgoToday the Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) ran this profile on #RichardAnderson who is surprised and overjoyed at the sudden success of #SixMillionDollarMan "...we're all standing around staring at one another and wondering, "What did we do right?" On this date Saturday, October 25, 1975
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#50YearsAgoToday the Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) ran this profile on #RichardAnderson who is surprised and overjoyed at the sudden success of #SixMillionDollarMan "...we're all standing around staring at one another and wondering, "What did we do right?" On this date Saturday, October 25, 1975
#50YearsAgoToday the Daily News (New York, New York) ran this image of Leigh Christian from the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The Deadly Test" on this date Sunday, October 19, 1975. It's a poor scan but it does reveal an alternate episode title, "An Eye for an Eye."
October 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
#50YearsAgoToday the Daily News (New York, New York) ran this image of Leigh Christian from the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The Deadly Test" on this date Sunday, October 19, 1975. It's a poor scan but it does reveal an alternate episode title, "An Eye for an Eye."
#50YearsAgoToday The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana) ran this promo for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The Deadly Test" on this date Sunday, October 19, 1975.
October 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#50YearsAgoToday The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana) ran this promo for the #SixMillionDollarMan episode "The Deadly Test" on this date Sunday, October 19, 1975.