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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 264803" data-attributes="member: 23">Having nothing else to do today I’ve now enjoyed three of the four audio commentaries from Season One (if you count the initial SMDM story as two, that is). When I watched Kenneth Johnson’s audio commentaries for a couple of key The Incredible Hulk episodes - probably around a decade and a half ago by now - I remember greatly admiring his ethos and approach in filming the episodes for complete realism, and the fact that he continues to carry the torch for his series in a way that only a few special producers do (Barney Rozensweig springs to mind). That comes across strongly in his audio commentary for the SMDM two-parter The Bionic Woman. Back when I started watching, I commented that:I was very happy to learn that the writer himself showed a disdain for this, which he felt required to do as part of the expected SMDM formula. Throughout the episodes he mocks the scenes with the “bad guys in white suits” led by Malachi Throne, making comparisons with Austin Powers, Dr Strangelove and even, over a scene in which Jaime and Steve are greeted by Malachi, Hansel and Gretel:He also had a few things to say about the wallpaper Steve hung in his new kitchen, pointing out that set designer Bert Allen had previously worked on Batman and Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, and wondering if the wallpaper was left over some of those garish Sixties productions. It’s interesting to learn of the evolution of the scripts over three different versions, with Jaime being telekinetic in the first, and having a career as an Ojai real estate agent in the second. While I’d spotted a number of the Universal backlot locations when watching, I had no idea the woodland locations used for the car chase were also part of Universal’s backlot at the time (later built on as the studio was developed and expanded). Kenny also shares stories about being chewed out for writing the Ice Tunnel into the Bigfoot episode… until he pointed out that it already existed and wouldn’t have to be built. Richard Anderson, he says, was “famous for not putting his socks on” which, having watched a couple of featurettes, is not the first time I’ve heard this. I think it was Lindsay in one of the featurettes who said about him getting out of a helicopter at a rugged location wearing loafers and no socks. And then there’s the business with him tanning at the slightest hint of sunshine, with the aid of a reflective board. Another thing he has in common with Roy Scheider. Perhaps this is a key reason why I sometimes find them so similar in the looks department. It all conjures up images of a guy who's much more laid back than Oscar. Kenny’s knowledge of the series is second to none, and he speaks in glowing terms of everyone. It comes across that the team largely knew each other well and I get the sense that many of thos relationships have continued since (and indeed, he mentions knowing some of them well before the series even began. </blockquote>

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