Another hysterical outing from Season 1 that has more holes than Swiss cheese. Greg Morris (of "Mission: Impossible" fame) crash lands his US spy plane somewhere in a hostile section of Africa and Steve Austin is sent to rescue him. Along the way Steve enlists the aid of two nuns, rebuilds the wrecked plane using his bionic abilities and a car engine (I didn't know they taught that in the space program), eludes some very American-sounding African soldiers, and hurls rocks that whistle like incoming mortar shells. All the while he never breaks a sweat or dirties his leisure suit.
Here are some more enjoyable tidbits: Africa looks suspiciously like California. And in several scenes you can see the actors' breath as they breath. Steve parachutes into "Africa" wearing a black jumpsuit. When he emerges from the bushes after burying his gear he is clad in a nifty leisure suit (complete with corduroy jacket) a la James Bond in "Goldfinger." And he's supposed to be in sweltering Africa. Someone is constantly wheeling a gimpy Greg Morris around the hostile countryside on a donkey cart and they never get spotted. At one point Steve is supposedly using his bionic running abilities to propel them but the sped-up photography resembles a Benny Hill skit. The top belly laugh occurs late in the episode when Morris, having witnessed endless examples of Steve's self-proclaimed "improvements", inquires "Do they come in black?" Hilarious.
Here are some more enjoyable tidbits: Africa looks suspiciously like California. And in several scenes you can see the actors' breath as they breath. Steve parachutes into "Africa" wearing a black jumpsuit. When he emerges from the bushes after burying his gear he is clad in a nifty leisure suit (complete with corduroy jacket) a la James Bond in "Goldfinger." And he's supposed to be in sweltering Africa. Someone is constantly wheeling a gimpy Greg Morris around the hostile countryside on a donkey cart and they never get spotted. At one point Steve is supposedly using his bionic running abilities to propel them but the sped-up photography resembles a Benny Hill skit. The top belly laugh occurs late in the episode when Morris, having witnessed endless examples of Steve's self-proclaimed "improvements", inquires "Do they come in black?" Hilarious.