Thatababy by Paul Trap for July 20, 2022

Chicken feed……

How much did they spend on the jumping sound effect?

The original novel was a lot darker. Also, $6 million in 1974 = $36,062,190.67 today.

…accounting for inflation.

YOU come up with six million before his parts start rotting away.

Yeah…a million dollars ain’t what it used to be.

$6,000,000 in 1974 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $36,062,190.67 today, an increase of $30,062,190.67 over 48 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.81% per year between 1974 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 501.04%.

Here’s the budget version – https://youtu.be/AOOqdPYGX1Q?t=1166

ABC occasionally kicks around the idea of a remake called the Six Billion Dollar Man. Seems like a hefty price hike to me, but we all know that $6 million will barely buy you a good bionic foot these days.

It was a different time when the dollar went further….

Well, adjusting for inflation that’s like 40 million

Chicken scratch. Russians just shot down one of their own warplanes which cost around $35 million! (Snicker)

If it was “The Electric Company”, it would be the Six Dollar and Thirty-Nine Cent Man.