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Revision as of 03:50, 1 November 2010

“Love Song for Tanya”

S3 E19

Production 43008
Original Airdate: February 15, 1976
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Episode-at-a-glance.
Teleplay by
David H. Balkan
Alan Folsom
Directed by
Phil Bondelli
Guest Cast
Guest Star(s)
Cathy Rigby as Tanya Brevski
Terry Kiser as Alexis Branovich
Special Guest Star(s)
Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers
Co-starring
Alan Mason as Andre
Walker Edminston as Ivan
Kurt Grayson as Uri Gargon
With
Curtis Credel as Director
Sheila Wills as Saleslady
Michael Cartel as Guard
Elizabeth Treadwell as Waitress
Broadcast Order
Season 3
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Summary

Steve is asked by Oscar Goldman to escort pert gymnast Tanya Breski, star of the touring Soviet troupe, during her stay in the United States. Steve's assignment turns out to be a tough one; he must deal tactfully with Tanya, who develops a schoolgirl crush on him and wants to defect, while protecting her from a subversive group which plots to do away with her--putting the blame on the United States and thus badly damaging US-USSR relations.

Novelization

"Love Song for Tanya" is one of several episodes whose storylines were combined by Mike Jahn for his Six Million Dollar Man novel, International Incidents. Jahn makes a significant change to the ending of the episode for his adaptation by having Austin kill Andre with a CO2-powered poison dart gun concealed in his bionic hand -- a weapon used by Martin Caidin's literary version of Steve Austin but omitted from the television version of the character.

Deconstructed

Quotes

Jaime: Why do you suppose Oscar wanted us to meet him here?
Steve: I dunno. It was nice spending the afternoon with you, though.
Jaime: I was just gonna say that.
Steve: You can still say it.


Oscar: Steve, I want you to meet Tanya.
Steve: Sure.
Oscar: You're going to be her official escort while she's in the United States.
Steve: Escort? Why?
Jaime: Hm. Why me indeed? I mean, you just happen to be handsome, eh, famous, and terribly charming when you wanna be.
Steve: Now wait a minute.


Jaime: Oh Oscar, if you happen to have any eh, handsome male Russian dignitaries to come over here and need an escort, you do know where to find me, right?
Oscar: I know where to reach you. Ojai.


Steve: Hey, last night you tried a hamburger. What do you say today we try a hot dog?
Tanya: I have heard of them. I have mine with the works.
Steve: Well, the works you get.


Uri: Where is your boyfriend, your big American hero?
Tanya: Uri, go play with your dumbbells.
Uri: You would not have spoken to me like this before you met the American.
Tanya: You are silly fool.
Steve: Am I interrupting something?


Trivia

No Special Effects
  • After the Soviet weightlifter drops the barbells while trying to taunt Steve about the upcoming 1976 Olympics, Steve uses one arm to lift the heavy barbells to put onto the rack. Neither slow motion nor sound effects were used in the very effective shot, intended to be seen merely from the weightlifter's and Tanya's viewpoint.
Real World
  • Guest star Cathy Rigby, who plays Russian gymnast Tanya, was herself a popular American gymnast and Olympian. A photograph of her doing gymnastics is included along with hundreds of other photographs depicting life on earth that were placed on board the Voyager space probes.

Gaffes

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