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4/16/2026 11:28:57 PM EDT
I thought I'd just drop this here.  It seems appropriate.

Amazon Prime has Sea Hunt, the late 1950's TV show starring Lloyd Bridges as "Mike Nelson".

I always liked it as a kid.  I've watched a bunch of episodes and I can say I still like it.
4/17/2026 1:41:02 AM EDT
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Yep, dated by today's standards, but it was an after-school staple for years for me.
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4/17/2026 5:34:11 AM EDT
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Remember when it came on during Prime time on one of the two stations we could get.
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4/17/2026 9:29:36 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Gopher:
Yep, dated by today's standards, but it was an after-school staple for years for me.
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+1. Loved that show.
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4/17/2026 9:29:36 AM EDT
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Double tap.
"I carry a gun because it is my responsibility alone - not that of the police, nor the government, nor the community - to defend the precious lives that God has entrusted to me."
Will Dougan, writing in gomemphis.com 08/17/03
4/17/2026 12:14:42 PM EDT
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It's on one of the over the air antennae channels. Not sure which one, but I watch it when there's nothing else on.
4/17/2026 3:00:00 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Redman556:
It's on one of the over the air antennae channels. Not sure which one, but I watch it when there's nothing else on.
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It's currently showing on Prime and on YouTube. It's been on MeTV before, and knowing them will come back into their rotation one day.
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4/17/2026 3:10:43 PM EDT
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"Everybody gotta die sometime Red."
4/18/2026 1:55:46 PM EDT
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Why is there always some chowder head who feels they have to come into even the simplest of threads and trash them?

Hmm,... why is that?
4/19/2026 7:44:18 PM EDT
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Sea Hunt was the reason I became a diver.

I even learned on similar gear to what was used in the show (double hose regs and J-valves).
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4/21/2026 1:40:38 PM EDT
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Last night, I found a 1987 version of Sea Hunt, also on Amazon Prime.  

They have only one season but it is 22 episodes.  I'd never before seen nor heard of this show.

It features Ron Ely (TV's Tarzan) as Mike Nelson.  

It is shot in color and of course, features modern dive gear for that time.
4/28/2026 9:37:40 AM EDT
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Some of us still dive like Mike

I watched it growing up, but JYC was my inspiration to go dive.
4/28/2026 10:30:06 AM EDT
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Loved that show as a kid, I wanted to be him or Jim West.
5/9/2026 12:27:40 PM EDT
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I had never heard of it until my instructor mentioned it during my open water cert.

It feels like an adventure show that wants to be a cop show. Nostalgic, but a very strange balance.
8/23/2026 11:21:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By geegee:

+1. Loved that show.
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Originally Posted By Gopher:
Yep, dated by today's standards, but it was an after-school staple for years for me.

+1. Loved that show.

+ 1. I’ve watched a few episodes on Amazon Prime Video. Brings back memories.
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