I remember watching Sea Hunt on Sat. nights with my brother, it was one of our fav. shows.
Once when I was misbehaving my Mom promised to buy me a gift if I would straighten up, I chose a sub toy that had several frogmen who could ride on it ....I played in the tub for hours with it. The dog finally chewed it up and I had to throw it away.
Then I got a mask for my birthday and a snorkel, we only lived about a mile from the beach on Lake Mich. ( the snorkel was about two foot long and had a curve at the end with a pingpong ball in it so water wouldn't go down the snorkel if you went too deep...it never worked very good). Anyway, Sea Hunt stilled ruled as I wasted myself in front of the TV, mezmerized by the adventures of Mike Nelson.
My fav. episode is one where a diver gets his foot caught in a giant clam ....HA , ha , ha, now I know this is an impossibility, but then this was serious business. Mike had to make a surface attempt and leave his tank with the diver....it's all kinda blurry after that!
After diving in Australia and PNG and seeing those beautiful giant clams I certainly realize how ludicrous that show was, but I loved it