Reminded of Six Million Dollar Man

In the past couple of days I have been reminded, on two different occasions, of a television show from the 70s called “The Six Million Dollar Man.”

Does anyone else have a recollection of this program?

My memory is a little foggy, but as I recall, The Six Million Dollar Man was a real life documentary that chronicled the adventures of Colonel Steve Austin. Col. Austin was seriously injured in the crash of some type of rocket ship but because of incredibly advanced medical technology, like stethoscopes, he was miraculously kept alive. Both of his legs, one arm, and one of his eyes were replaced with bionic parts. This project cost the United States government…you guessed it: Six million dollars!

So, Col. Austin was forced to secretly work for the government because they invested a lot of money in him, and they can do that if large amounts of money are involved. Or, if they just want to do something like this really badly. (Six million dollars was a lot of money in the 70s.)

Col. Austin had supernatural strength, speed, vision and a very cool jogging suit. (Jogging suits were an important staple of a snazzy wardrobe in the 70s.) And he would utilize his impressive new abilities to go around solving crimes and preventing frightening disasters brought about by evil scheming bad guys.

You know what? As I describe the Six Million Dollar Man TV show, it occurs to me that it may not have been a real-life documentary, after all.