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While filming The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 1 and Part 2 of ABC's The Six Million Dollar Man, several tourists watched as Andre the Giant (who played Bigfoot) threw a tree trunk at Lee Majors. One tourist on the Universal Studios set noted, "At first, I couldn't believe it when the tour guide told us that hair creature was Andre the Giant. I had just seen him wrestle in New York the week before and now here was again. Of course, makeup made it difficult to see Andre's face completely, but when he stood up, I could see how tall he was. Then I knew for sure it was Andre the Giant."Andre's makeup took three hours every morning of filming to apply. The crew noted that Andre was a pleasure to work with and The Giant had a lot of fun on set. While this was Andre's first foray into television, he was open to having his own show, but only if he didn't portray a monster.