As a joke, Tartikoff offered them an idea of The Man of Six Words, a show in which the hero would speak only several phrases such as "Thank you!", "Freeze!" and "OK." while the rest of the talking would be done by his car. According to him, TV executives at the time complained about challenges of producing a show around the handsome male lead who couldn't act. Instead of a western, the show would take place in the modern day, with a lone hero fighting injustice helped only by his trusty ride.īrandon Tartikoff, the head of NBC programming at the time, tells a more entertaining version of this origin story. In early 1980s, Larson came up with an idea of remaking the classic movie and radio serial Lone Ranger for the contemporary audience. Larson created a number of classic TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Magnum P.I. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Hollywood producer Glen A.
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