Sea Hunt

[Alex777]

<< It is also interesting as to how attitudes have changed since then ... >>

Yah, that's one of the fascinating things about watching these old shows. In one episode (in Vol. 1), an attractive woman tells Mike she wants him to teach her to dive. He replies, "Take a seat. Would you like a cigarette?"

These days, he wouldn't even be allowed on the dive boat ...

 

[Thalassamania]

<< It is also interesting as to how attitudes have changed since then ... >>

Yah, that's one of the fascinating things about watching these old shows. In one episode (in Vol. 1), an attractive woman tells Mike she wants him to teach her to dive. He replies, "Take a seat. Would you like a cigarette?"

These days, he wouldn't even be allowed on the dive boat ...

That's part of the joke in "Airport."

 

[Alex777]

 

[Thalassamania]

You just got it?

 

[tonka97]

http://home.houston.rr.com/thescubaguy/

"Bridges complained about the weight of the twin tanks on his back during endless topside re-takes, "Carrying those double tanks around all the time got to be a little rough on me". Harry Redmond had copies of the twin tanks made out of balsa wood and painted them silver. Except for episodes at the beginning of the first season, Bridges is seen walking around with balsa wood tanks on his back throughout the rest of the series."

"Most wetsuits of the time were black which was fine for the bad guys. Ivan Tors felt black was too villainous for Mike Nelson. Tors had twin brothers Bill and Bob Meistrell, owners of Dive 'n Surf at Redondo Beach (who custom made the wetsuits and were the founders of Body Glove), spray paint Nelson's wetsuit with gray paint (which appeared white in Black & White TV). Bill MeistrellAngered for being charged $100 for the paint job, Tors had Harry Redman paint the next wetsuit needed while being worn by Bridges' stand-in. The stand-in couldn't put his arms down before the paint was even dry. Redman's team had to cut the suit off of the stand-in. After that, Tors let Dive 'n Surf do the wetsuit painting."

Great trivia site....many new insights into Sea Hunt/Lloyd Bridges

 

[Thalassamania]

Two years after SEA HUNT wrapped-up production, the airline changed it's name from Avalon Air Transport to Catalina Airlines and the carrier would go on to operate until 1968.

I had no idea, I flew on that plane lots of times.