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Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast

The Bionic Fan Network (bionicfans.net)

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Frequency: 1 episode/34d. Total Eps: 87

Lifelong Bionic fans John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson take an in-depth look at the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. It's a fun, lively, and informative discussion with fellow fans, including the web masters of popular Bionic fan sites, contributors to officially licensed Bionic merchandise, notable names in Geekdom, and authors of fantastic literature. They also interview the people involved in creating these two sci-fi classics, from actors to writers to producers. And they talk to the people who are creating new officially licensed merchandise, from comics to toys! So what are you waiting for? Subscribe to Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast!

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A Thing of the Past

Sunday, December 1, 2019 • Duration 01:28:04

Cyborgs returns with an ALL-NEW episode review! Host, Paul K. Bisson invites longtime Bionic fan, Rod De Luca, Jr. back to the podcast to take a swing at the fourth episode of the Bionic Woman: "A Thing of the Past." Originally broadcast on February 18, 1976, and guest-starring the legendary Donald O'Connor ("Singing in the Rain") as an Ojai school bus driver with a mysterious past. BONUS: James Sherrard of The Bionic Woman Files fan site stops by to "Declassify" some cool "behind-the-scenes" information about the episode! Listen NOW!

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Alan J. Levi: Case File 08

Friday, November 30, 2018 • Duration 01:30:00

Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast returns with ALL-NEW episodes — starting with our Case File interview with veteran TV director Alan J. Levi (The Invisible Man, Battlestar Galactica, The Incredible Hulk, Airwolf, Magnum P.I., Quantum Leap, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, ER, JAG, NCIS, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Paul K. Bisson talks with Alan about his life, career, and directing some of most memorable episodes of THE BIONIC WOMAN — including Angel of Mercy, The Deadly Missiles, Mirror Image, Road to Nashville, Sister Jaime, Biofeedback, Deadly Ringer, Beyond the Call, The Night Demon, Once a Thief, African Connection, and Escape to Love.

00:00:00 SHOW OPEN

00:01:15 Paul introduces Alan

00:04:25 Alan's beginnings

00:06:00 "Good News" / "Keep Your Spirits High"

00:10:20 Dick Powell / Seven Week Education / Dumbest Answer

00:15:35 June Allyson / Dick’s Death / Interesting Chain of Events

00:18:00 Stubborn / Richard Powell, Jr. / “I Have A Story to Tell You”

00:19:20 BREAK / Kenneth Johnson Bumper / Forgotten TV Promo

00:20:20 Heeding Dick’s — and Dad’s — Advice / Engineering First / Full Scholarship

00:23:10 Back to Saint Louis / Building a Car From Scratch / 2000 Hours of Live TV

00:25:15 “National Velvet” & “Father of the Bride” / Inventing VidiFilm / NASA

00:32:00 Leslie Stevens / Harve Bennett / “The Invisible Man” / “Gemini Man”

00:35:30 BREAK / Robbie Rist Bumper / Bionic Woman on DVD Promo

00:36:35 Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman / Steve vs. Jaime

00:39:45 Let’s Talk About the Bionic Woman / “Angel of Mercy” / Working with Lindsay Wagner / Holy Trio with Kenny Johnson, and James D. Parriot / Bringing in Enzo A. Martinelli

00:44:25 “The Deadly Missiles” / Lindsay’s Aches and Pains / Forrest Tucker: “I drink all day long.”

00:46:50 “Mirror Image,” “Deadly Ringer” / Screaming at Lindsay

00:51:35 “Road to Nashville” / No Lip-sync — Lindsay Sings Live

00:54:25 “Sister Jaime” / Out of Habit — Alan’s Faux Pas / “Flock Out of Here”

00:56:30 “Biofeedback” / Lindsay’s Transition / Lindsay’s Input

00:58:35 “Beyond the Call” / Lindsay’s Finesse / “The Night Demon” / Night Filming

01:01:20 “Once A Thief” / Crew Names / One of Alan’s Biggest Compliments / Style

01:05:20 “African Connection” / Inferior ‘Angel of Mercy’

01:07:35 “Escape to Love” / . . .

01:08:35 BREAK / Lee Majors Bumper / “Sharks” ABC Promo

01:09:10 “Sharks” (Six Million Dollar Man) / Lindsay’s Permission

01:11:15 “The Return of the Incredible Hulk” / Kenny Asks Alan to Direct

01:13:55 “Scruples” / Lindsay Gets Alan to Direct / Lindsay Goes to Bat

01:17:30 “The Last Song” / ‘Lynda Carter Is Terrific But Not My Best Work’

01:19:46 IMDb Roll-Call / “Bionic Showdown” / Sandra Bullock / The Kiss

01:24:55 IMDb Roll-Call Continues / Donald Bellsisario / “Quantum Leap”

01:25:30 The “J” in Alan J. Levi / “J-Gate”

01:27:00 Thank you, Alan J. Levi / SHOW OUTRO / Alan J. Levi Bumper

For more information about Alan J. Levi, visit his official website at alanjlevi.com.

Clips of Bionic Woman promos provided by James Sherrard. Watch them at his website, BionicWomanFiles.com. It's the longest-running fan site devoted to the Bionic Woman chock-full of Top Secret information about the show.

The “Escape to Love” cover music was performed by composer, Dimitri Dodoras.

All other non-original music and clips are copyright their respective owners and used in this podcast for criticism, comment, and review purposes.

Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast is a production of the Bionic Fan Network. Visit us at BIONICFANS.NET.

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Bionic Bytes: Tom Schanley

Friday, June 19, 2015 • Duration 04:58

"The Six MIllion Dollar Man was my favorite show." -- Tom Schanley during our Case File interview. Here are more highlights with the actor who played Michael Austin - Steve Austin's son in the 1987 reunion movie, The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman.

Listen to the full podcast review here:

DIRECT MP3 LINK: http://traffic.libsyn.com/cyborgs/Cyborgs_Case_Files_05_-_Tom_Schanley.mp3

READ OUR SHOW NOTES: http://abionicpodcast.wix.com/cyborgs#!case-file-05---tom-schanley/cs0o

iTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyborgs-a-bionic-podcast/id695405811

STITCHER: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/chronic-rift-network/cyborgs-a-bionic-podcast/e/case-file-05-tom-schanley-34270811

TOM SCHANLEY OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.tomschanley.com/

TOM SCHANLEY FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TomSchanleyActor

TOM SCHANLEY TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheTomSchanley

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Bionic Bytes: Dayton Ward on Steve Austin's Running Stride

Monday, June 8, 2015 • Duration 02:29

"Lee Majors has the most manly running stride in the history of running men." -- Dayton Ward during our podcast review of the five Bionic limb-rated episode, "Population: Zero" from The Six Million Dollar Man.

PLAY BIONIC BYTE: http://traffic.libsyn.com/cyborgs/bionicbytes_dayton_runnnig.mp3

Listen to the full podcast review here:

FULL SHOW DIRECT MP3 LINK: http://traffic.libsyn.com/cyborgs/004_-_Cyborgs-Population_Zero.mp3

READ SHOW NOTES: http://abionicpodcast.wix.com/cyborgs#!population-zero/cxo7

iTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyborgs-a-bionic-podcast/id695405811

STITCHER: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/chronic-rift-network/cyborgs-a-bionic-podcast/e/population-zero-30336938

DAYTON WARD'S BLOG: https://daytonward.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/population-zero-on-cyborgs-a-bionic-podcast/

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Bionic Bytes: Robbie Rist on "Big John Little John"

Saturday, June 6, 2015 • Duration 02:09

Bionic Bytes are short clips from the regular Cyborgs podcast. In this clip, Robbie Rist talks about his Saturday Morning TV show, "BIg John, Little John," in which he played "Little John, the 12 year-old version of Herb Edelman's "Big John." You can listen to the full Case File interview in which John and Paul discuss Rist's career at length.

Website: http://abionicpodcast.wix.com/cyborgs#!case-file-04---robbie-rist/c1wx

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyborgs-a-bionic-podcast/id695405811

Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/chronic-rift-network/cyborgs-a-bionic-podcast/e/case-file-04-robbie-rist-34099001

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Hocus-Pocus

Monday, May 25, 2015 • Duration 01:25:34

Robbie Lee (Big Bad Mama, Rainbow Brite, The Get Along Gang) reprises her role asAudrey Moss, last seen in "The E.S.P. Spy" and returns to help Steve Austin go undercover as a magician in order to retrieve a stolen Navy code book. Other guest stars include, Jack Colvin (The Incredible Hulk) and Pernell Roberts(Bonanza, Trapper John MD). John's favorite Bionic actor, William T. Zacha also makes an appearance. "Good eats."

Paxton Holley (of the Cavalcade of Awesome and the Nerd Lunch Podcast) helps us review this very magical episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. Robbie Lee was gracious enough to record our lead-in bumper. And we also offer a sneak-peek at our Case File interview with writer Bob McCullough ("In This Corner, Jaime Sommers," "Jaime and the King") who recalls how he wrote the original story treatment for "Hocus-Pocus" but never got credit!

Additional music provided by Robin Spanell.

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Welcome Home, Jaime Part 2

Friday, February 20, 2015 • Duration 01:42:01

"Lady Killer," Carlton Harris is back! But this time Jaime Sommers is ready for him! Devising a plan to expose his evil deeds once and for all, she must pretend to be his loyal ally, even if it means going deep undercover and severing her OSI lifeline. It's the Bionic Woman's first solo mission in "Welcome Home, Jaime Part II." Hosts John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson welcome back Betsy Dodd of BionicBlonde.com and James Sherrard of BionicWomanFiles.com.

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Welcome Home, Jaime (Part 1)

Thursday, February 5, 2015 • Duration 02:10:01

Jaime Sommers is back! And this time she's comig home to rebuild her life. After a sky-diving accident dropped her into a futuristic world of Bionics, and then a brain hemmorage left her dead, she was brought back to life through a revolutionary cryogenic procedure. But her memory was gone and with it her love for Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man. But now, after one final operation, who will she wake up to be? What kind of life will she have? And will Steve be a part of it?

Lifelong Bionic fans, John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson open the Top Secret file on the Bionic Woman's debut episode, "Welcome Home, Jaime." Joining them for for this special extended podcast (over two hours!) are two powerhouses in Bionic Woman fandom: first is James Sherrard, webmaster of The Bionic Woman Files and Betsy Dodd, webmaster of Bionic Blonde. If you love Jaime Sommers, this is duo to listen to.

As always, we've got lots to share as we explore this episode. Trivia, behind-the-scenes information, fashion breakdowns, and our ever popular rating system of 1 to 5 Bionic limbs. We've even got singing! So grab a phone book and some tuna salad, things are about to get wild. Thanks to the amazing Lindsay Wagner for giving us a breat send-off at the start of the show!

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The Winning Smile

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • Duration 01:35:01

The "Darling Effect" is in full effect as Jennifer Darling returns to guest star in a new adventure. Callahan has been accused of given OSI secrets to enemy agents, placing a noted scientist in danger. Is Callahan a spy or a a pawn in a bigger game? What ever else you can say, at least you know she has "The Winning Smile". Joining John and Paul to discuss this winning episode is thesix1973.com's webmaster, Joe Burns and Six Million Dollar Man Time Life DVD Collection chief consultant Matt Hankinson.

Purchase the season three Universal DVD release of The Six Million Dollar Man. In doing so, you help support the podcast.

RATINGS: 5 BIONIC LIMBS

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Critical Assignment 08: The Bionic Woman Preview

Sunday, January 4, 2015 • Duration 01:09:54

(RIGHT CLICK THE IMAGE TO SAVE THIS EPISODE TO YOUR COMPUTER)

John returns with another Critical Assignment as he is joined by Jim Sherrard, Betsy Dodd (The Bionic Blonde), and Rod De Luca to give our listeners a little preview of The Bionic Woman before John and Paul review the series. What should the two consider when it comes to reviewing this show? What episodes, besides the iconic ones, should the two look out for in terms of good or bad? What memories are there when it comes to this series? It's a little primer to get us all excited for the next phase of Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast.

James Sherrard is a first generation fan of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. A collector of all things Bionic as a child, his interest in the shows was reignited when the first Bionic reunion movie was produced in 1987. The following year he met stars Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson for the first time through Lindsay Wagner’s Official Fan Club. In 1998, James reworked the Bionic Woman episode guide booklet that he had produced for the club into The Bionic Woman Files website…the longest running Bionic Woman site on the web! Over the years, James has contributed his Bionic knowledge to various books, articles, websites, and television productions. He has also amassed an amazing collection of Bionic memorabilia, from common toys to one-of-a-kind production items. Most recently, James has contributed to the 2010 DVD releases of The Bionic Woman Season One and The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Collection. James resides in New York where he is employed by a non-profit organization.

From Betsy Dodd's page:

Growing up in a one-TV household, I had 3 brothers who surrounded me in age—who often teased me for being a “sissy”—and who usually controlled the voting majority for which channel to watch. Back in the 70s, our whirling TV dial was pretty much destroyed because we fought over it so often. One night while the substitute pliers were pointed to their choice of The Six Million Dollar Man(again), suddenly there was OMG ...cue angelic chorus... Jaime Sommers, the world’s first Bionic Woman. Yes!!! Score one for us sissies! I was totally hooked. And the love story between Jaime and Steve was the best. Ever. But then they killed her the following week.

I’m not sure, but when some members encouraged me to go start my own blog, I think it may have been the equivalent of being politely shunned by the Bionic Amish community— puritans of the franchise. (Really, I’m kidding. They’re all fun people and super nice. And they even let me use electricity to sign onto the internet.) Once about ten years ago, I belonged to an online fan “cult” that was framed in a similar style of farcical humor about The X-Files, so to me, this is all a completely normal approach to a television drama. These days, I am a freelance copywriter, graphic designer and video editor living in Tennessee. No, I am not a blonde, but I am threatening to become one soon if these little gray hairs don’t stop surfacing. I must confess I also did not actually keep a diary in the 70s, but wish now that I had, so I could remember the real reason why I missed so many episodes of my favorite 70s show. For now, I’m blaming my brothers. For everything. Rod De Luca is a long time Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman fan who runs the and pages on Facebook. Rod will be appearing on future podcasts discussing various episodes of both shows.

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