July 30, 1976
Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner have the TV parts of Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers in the shows "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman." They play the parts of people with artificial bionic parts. (Bionic parts are electronic and controlled by the body.) They both have legs that enable them to run as fast as 60 miles an hour. They each have a strong bionic arm. Steve Austin has a bionic left eye that enables him to see in the dark and to focus close-up from a great distance. Jaime Sommers has a bionic ear (right) that enables her to hear a whisper a mile away. Lee Majors warns kids not to try to copy their tricks. "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman" are just TV shows. "Remember, it's all make-believe," he says. The amazing tricks they do are created by the slow-motion camera. The special-effects departments of the studios create the seemingly impossible feats. Both stars have rough shooting schedules. "It is rough. We film six days per episode and a good part of the shooting is on location," says Lindsay Wagner. Lee Majors' day begins at six in the morning and ends anytime between six in the evening and midnight, five days a week, nine months a year. Many people think he can do the things that "The Six Million Dollar Man" can do. For example, he used to play in golf tournaments, but had to stop. Everyone expected him to hit the ball a mile and never flub a shot!
Betty Bednam
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