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Don't Touch That Dial · October 24 · 16 min

Dial It Up: Bionic Men, Monsters and Bond

Don't Touch That Dial for October 24, 2026: Dial It Up: Bionic Men, Monsters and Bond. 11 pieces (songs and theme tunes, vintage commercials and promos, short pieces): The Six Million Dollar Man, Cap'n Crunch, The Munsters' Theme and more, with Ricky Voltage. In this episode: 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you 1:16 The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) — The Six Million Dollar Man was an American science fiction and action series that aired on ABC from March 7, 1973, to March 6, 1978, starring Lee Majors as former USAF Colonel Steve Austin. After a serious injury in a NASA test flight crash, Austin receives bionic implants that grant him superhuman strength, speed and vision, and he is then employed as a secret agent by the fictional OSI government office. The series was based on Martin Caidin's 1972 novel Cyborg, which served as the working title during pre-production. 2:16 Cap'n Crunch (commercial, 1973) 2:48 The Munsters' Theme — The Munsters was an American sitcom that ran on CBS from 1964 to 1966 about a monster family living together. The show starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as vampire wife Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa, Beverley Owen as niece Marilyn, and Butch Patrick as werewolf-like son Eddie, with a fire-breathing dragon named Spot as the family pet. 4:59 Help! (radio spot) — Help! is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 August 1965 by Parlophone as both a film soundtrack and standalone record. Seven of the fourteen tracks, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride", appeared in the film and comprise the album's first side, while the second side features "Yesterday", described as the most-covered song ever written. The album received positive reviews and topped the charts in Australia, Germany, Britain and America. 5:52 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 6:02 Pontiac GTO (commercial, 1968) 7:01 The Fall Guy (TV theme, 1981) — The Fall Guy is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC from November 4, 1981, to May 2, 1986. The show stars Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who also work as bounty hunters. 9:43 Wendy's (commercial, 1987) 10:14 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 10:23 The Pink Panther Theme — "The Pink Panther Theme" is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written for the 1963 film The Pink Panther. The theme was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins. The Pink Panther cartoon character, created by David DePatie and Friz Freleng for the film's opening credits, was animated to the music, with Plas Johnson performing the tenor saxophone solo. …and 4 more. The whole running order: Don't Touch That Dial Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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Don't Touch That Dial for October 24, 2026: Dial It Up: Bionic Men, Monsters and Bond. 11 pieces (songs and theme tunes, vintage commercials and promos, short pieces): The Six Million Dollar Man, Cap'n Crunch, The Munsters' Theme and more, with Ricky Voltage.

In this episode:

  1. 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you
  2. 1:16 The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) — The Six Million Dollar Man was an American science fiction and action series that aired on ABC from March 7, 1973, to March 6, 1978, starring Lee Majors as former USAF Colonel Steve Austin. After a serious injury in a NASA test flight crash, Austin receives bionic implants that grant him superhuman strength, speed and vision, and he is then employed as a secret agent by the fictional OSI government office. The series was based on Martin Caidin's 1972 novel Cyborg, which served as the working title during pre-production.
  3. 2:16 Cap'n Crunch (commercial, 1973)
  4. 2:48 The Munsters' Theme — The Munsters was an American sitcom that ran on CBS from 1964 to 1966 about a monster family living together. The show starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as vampire wife Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa, Beverley Owen as niece Marilyn, and Butch Patrick as werewolf-like son Eddie, with a fire-breathing dragon named Spot as the family pet.
  5. 4:59 Help! (radio spot) — Help! is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 August 1965 by Parlophone as both a film soundtrack and standalone record. Seven of the fourteen tracks, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride", appeared in the film and comprise the album's first side, while the second side features "Yesterday", described as the most-covered song ever written. The album received positive reviews and topped the charts in Australia, Germany, Britain and America.
  6. 5:52 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato
  7. 6:02 Pontiac GTO (commercial, 1968)
  8. 7:01 The Fall Guy (TV theme, 1981) — The Fall Guy is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC from November 4, 1981, to May 2, 1986. The show stars Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who also work as bounty hunters.
  9. 9:43 Wendy's (commercial, 1987)
  10. 10:14 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato
  11. 10:23 The Pink Panther Theme — "The Pink Panther Theme" is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written for the 1963 film The Pink Panther. The theme was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins. The Pink Panther cartoon character, created by David DePatie and Friz Freleng for the film's opening credits, was animated to the music, with Plas Johnson performing the tenor saxophone solo.

…and 4 more. The whole running order: Don't Touch That Dial

Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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