Richard Anderson Dead at 91 - TV's Oscar Goldman. Steve's, Jaime's, and Dr. Rudy Wells's boss.
Though, I admit as a kid I always wanted "Less Oscar; more Bionic stuff."
But it was the first TV series to series crossover that I really cared about. It blew my mind when Steve Austin wasn't going to be the only bionic hero (Max the bionic dog didn't count); his fiancee was now ALSO bionic.
When was my bionic chance coming, Dr. Rudy Wells? How many brushes with a steep hill, ramp and death must I take before I go FULL BIONIC?
(topic for another time),
Anyways this was one of the first shared TV universes I can remember and I loved it. I mean, I wasn't as fond of Bionic Woman's regular adventures as a reluctant spy/public school teacher. Of course, I watched it anyways. (Fembots!)
Oscar Goldman was the constant in both shows. Stern, caring, had the money and the missions... kind of like a dad. His "action" figure even had a briefcase like my dad used every day. (Non-exploding; more Corporate Tax accounting documents; ZERO bionic data)
I watched a few early episodes recently and found it was more spy-mystery than I remembered as a kid. Again I only remembered the sensational episodes: Bigfoot, Probe tank(?), John Saxon (aka Mask-a-Tron), More Bigfoot...
Again many thanks for a series and actor that brought me so much inspiration and joy.
(Though I eventually I had to unlearn that running in slow-motion wasn't actually running faster... )
Though, I admit as a kid I always wanted "Less Oscar; more Bionic stuff."
But it was the first TV series to series crossover that I really cared about. It blew my mind when Steve Austin wasn't going to be the only bionic hero (Max the bionic dog didn't count); his fiancee was now ALSO bionic.
When was my bionic chance coming, Dr. Rudy Wells? How many brushes with a steep hill, ramp and death must I take before I go FULL BIONIC?
(topic for another time),
Anyways this was one of the first shared TV universes I can remember and I loved it. I mean, I wasn't as fond of Bionic Woman's regular adventures as a reluctant spy/public school teacher. Of course, I watched it anyways. (Fembots!)
Oscar Goldman was the constant in both shows. Stern, caring, had the money and the missions... kind of like a dad. His "action" figure even had a briefcase like my dad used every day. (Non-exploding; more Corporate Tax accounting documents; ZERO bionic data)
Again many thanks for a series and actor that brought me so much inspiration and joy.
(Though I eventually I had to unlearn that running in slow-motion wasn't actually running faster... )
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