39 Years Ago: A (Small) Bullet DeflectedTitled Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? it's a minor bullet we (for once!) dodged by being in this timeline.
Ah, and please note that the would-be star of this show, Ellie Wood Walker - went on so such stellar roles as "Woman on freeway", "Mime #3", and who can forget her scene-stealing presence as "Adult Friend" in Shattered Spirits?
Next year's the 30th anniversary of this would-be media tragedy.
Okay, "tragedy" is quite a bit strong, but, think about it: Would there have been a Linda Carter/Wonder Woman? Okay, it wouldn't have had much impact on me, but there are no shortage of people for whom the show was a significant source of super-soft-core porn, with dominance and bondage themes.
Also, think of all the home-made movies where someone spun around in place and transformed into someone. A world of essential crap, lost!
Speaking of Lynda Carter obsessions, I don't believe there are people more obsessive than those at Wonderland.
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For the record, I never liked the REAL tv show of Wonder Woman. When I was a ki I remember getting angry that everyone had long, 1970's hair and sideburns when it was supposed to be during World War 2. That still annoys me to this very day...
Brad: To be fair, the 1967 pilot of a pilot was done to be intentionally campy. What Dozier at least didn't understand was that playing it for laughs almost always means the jokes drop like lead weights. The whole Batman craze had largely run its course by that point, and since The Green Hornet was failing in the ratings this pitch was all but lost to the ages for decades.
I wouldn't be surprised if the fashion mis-fits between the 40s and the 70s wasn't part of the reason they only spent the first season in WWII and did seasons two and three in the then-present.
If I ever saw any of the show while it was in first-run I don't believe it was in more than short bursts. I was aware it was out there, but indifferent at best. Still, it loomed large in some peoples' lives based on the reactions Lynda Carter gets even now.
I loved the first season of the Lynda Carter WW show. It had all the soft-core elements you mentioned, and it hit the airwaves around the time I was in sixth grade. Puberty was never sweeter.
When they bumped it up to the modern age, I lost interest.
As for the hairstyle and clothing violations, you'll notice that a lot too in Happy Days, as the seasons progress. The initial season was really 70's free, but each year after that they seemed to let more modern things slip in.
Mike Leuszler
I don't know what the combination of things were, but aside from knowing that Wonder Woman was on the air sometime during those years I just never watched it.