What?... charm... poise... uh...yeah, sure! Poise, charm, of course, sure. That's ALL I think about when she shows up in her... tight... low cut... high cut... costuuuume, and boootsss....GASP! YEP! Poise. Charm. Nuthin' else! Nope!!!
Lynda Carter. Female perfection to this day. If I ever saw her in person, I'm pretty sure I'd have to look away, like looking at the sun. Much the way women are with Henry Cavill.
I met Carter in 2018, she is very beautiful but not very tall, which is why she wore heels on the show. she is sitill verry beautiful, but not very smart. She is very liberal and her daughter looks very much like her.
Casting seems like its easy to most people, but there are many examples of what happens when someone is cast who isn't right for the role. Wonder Woman definitely did a good job in that regard.
@@StamFine They actually had a tough time casting Wonder Woman, and Douglas Cramer really had to go to bat to convince the producers to cast her. He actually threatened to walk if they wouldn't use her.
@@Bushidobull She proved a lot of people wrong. I remember when they announced who was going to play WW on film, people were like going who's she? From Israel? Oh, no, but she did great.
I like to believe that most men and teenage boys were not discouraged at all by the cheesy stories as long as they could enjoy the awesomeness of Lynda Carter.
That's a fair point. That said, a lot of the real classics of the 70s-80s are as cheesy as WW- Knight Rider, Six Million Dollar Man, Buck Rogers, The A-Team. Of them, only Buck Rogers wears tights. And maybe Templeton Peck.
It was always a live action cartoon. A comic book come to life as the animated openings showed. Stills animated. Animation came to life. It looked like it was drawn. The movie and two specials of the first season were lifted straight from the comics with slight changes tied to real World War II history. The episodes of the two series continued that to some extent with some based on movies. A little comic book mixed with something real. It was never intended to be more than a fun live action comic book with a little "if you weren't careful you might just learn something". It was also designed to complement reading the comic books not replace it.
@@StamFine "Wonder Woman", on the other hand, was a family show from which everyone in the living room could find something to enjoy. Many of the action shows of the period and for some time afterwards was very much geared towards boys and younger men. Surely Wonder Woman's cross-appeal led to the show's endurance in a way that the other shows you mentioned haven't lingered in the public's memories.
Yeah there were a few stunts she did actually do herself, surprisingly enough! I remember an interview I think it was of her talking about the things she did that probably wouldn't have been allowed today, particularly climbing and dangling off of very high things. It happened a few times of them dangling actual Lynda off of high places, not her double.
@@brinmoody she wasn't really that high. Behind the scenes photos showed she wasn't higher than 20 feet with bags under her along with harness to keep her from falling
@@1969chgoodwin exactly, they judged it safe-enough at the time but nowadays, with the various broken ankles, legs, knees etc from things like that they don't even want to allow that. Even though every actor wants to do their own stunts, the studio doesn't like paying for convalescence time (nor the odd lawsuit).
@@brinmoody 20 feet with air bags under her isn't high. She had stunt double for almost every stunt including simple ones like flips. It was never her doing anything dangerous, her stunt double did almost every stunt. Don't believe all crap she says it's bullshit
I enjoyed the show much more when it was moved to a contemporary setting and the sci-fi elements became over-the-top. Linda Carter was so perfect for that role especially in terms of her physical appearance. Overall a very fond childhood memory.
Faithful to the source material, perfectly cast, high production values, played (mostly) straight, Wonder Woman provides the shoulders on which today's billion-dollar superhero movies stand on.
yeah, it was a pity that fewer comic book shows took off in US prime time in the 70's. The only other long running (marvel or DC) series was The Incredible Hulk.
This is an excellent, concise summation of the Wonder Woman tv series. Your insights as to what worked & what didn't are beautifully illustrated by well edited clips, not to mention a dry sense of humor! And just when I thought "well, the sparkling teeth gag is going to get old fast", it just kept on building & I just kept laughing. So thank you for this amusing retrospective, which was told with both an honest, critical perspective & a clear appreciation of the show & its stars.
I prefer the 1970s episodes. The Nazi enemy got too boring. I like the set-up for Diana as a confident agent rather than Yeoman Prince following dopey about. Lynda's performance just got better with every season. She did some of her own stunts, including the risky hanging from a helicopter, which she wasn't authorized to do. One of the stunt women couldn't perform the stunt (injured or something) and Lynda just did it to save time. She later got told off for it! You show the shot in video. Anyway, good overview.
Loved the show when I was a kid. Linda Carter will always be Wonder Woman. While Gal Gadot did an excellent job in the movies (haven't seen the new one yet) she's just not Linda Carter.
I fell in love with Lynda Carter as a kid. Now fast forward to the year, 2001, I had a girlfriend who looked a little like Lynda Carter, she had her eyes, her smile. Sadly, May of 2021 I lost her from a massive heart attack. She left behind 4 of her kids who were all married and have kids of their own, and her Mom that is still living. But in 2003 we broke up but in 2017 I found her again through Facebook and remain friends up until her passing. My life has not been the same since she's been gone, I still loved her and I think she was liking me all over again as well. So the television Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter will always be my favorite. Plus, Lynda Carter's birthday and mine are the same, July 24th. And my old girlfriend who past away, hers July 31st.
Don't forget Emma Peel, Honey West, Cathy Gale, Sheena- all in the 60s. Also, Cathy Lee Crosby's WW was taken from the comics when the character was de-powered and a spy with martial arts skills.
Love the this Wonder woman series but I really wished that Cheetah and Giganta could have appeared in it. There wasn't any of her arch foes in this show except the baroness the on she fought down the hill in the black dress.
I agree she probably could have, especially considering the more serious film roles she did following the end of Wonder Woman. The first one she did was sort of testing the waters and she did come across a little too overdramatic when reacting to situations (this film being The Last Song), but then Born to be Sold which was an incredibly serious topic that it covered she did well, and she did even better right after that with my favourite of her films, a mystery thriller called Hotline. Hotline in particular I highly recommend watching. I believe it's on TH-cam for free!
Well she did appear as the living inspiration of wonder woman in the wonder woman 84 movie which i thought was much better than most gave it credit for
I didn't remember the premise of the series but I like how they did a time jump between Season 1 and Season 2. It absolutely falls in with the idea of what we know about Wonder Woman in modern pop culture -- that she has been around the world of men for a long time.
This was one I watched along with The Incredible Hulk. Linda Carter was definitely worth looking at no matter what season of the show you are watching!
lyle waggoner was so underutilized on the show. I just found out that he died last year, and had a higher net worth than Lynda Carter. Good money management, bad health management?
When I was little, I thought the comic books were drawn to resemble Christopher Reeve as Superman and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. Those two seemed genetically created to play their roles. Cheesy? Sure. Preferable to the dour, humorless, colorless DC cinematic universe that keeps crapping out disappointment after disappointment? ABSOLUTELY.
@@osmanyousif7849 back then, and for the most part still today, movies were in many if not most cases vehicles to promote a particular actor or actress, not an ensemble. Also, far as I know, nothing like that had been done before except maybe dirty dozen, or magnificent 7. It wouldn't even occur to writers back then to make such a movie, not to mention the budgetary complications/special effects
@@ScottIngram I think SMDM will have some Bionic Woman stuff since Lindsay Wagner was originally Steve Austin's girlfriend. then killed off, then reincarnated for the spin off Bionic Woman show. A few eps had crossovers (like the DCTV stuff) and then they rejoined for the awful 80's telemovies.
Born in 67. Grew up with Bat Man 66 in reruns, watched the premier of The Incredible Hulk and Wonder Woman and then both series. Nicholas Hammond as Spider-Man! ! What a great time to be alive as a kid in the 70s!! Even better, living now, with the Marvel Universe and some of the DC Universe hitting it home!!
Roy Rogers did actually complain about Lynda's "bathing suit" hence why we get the WW cowgirl outfit (in addition to her motorbiking and skateboarding gear). Sure there's loads of bondage but also 'sleepy' fetish (because she's always being knocked out), mind control (the Japanese telekinetic/Pied Piper) gynophilia (the WW robot in Deadly Toys) and her being frozen in 'The Fine Art of Crime' basically kickstarted ASFR (youtube and Deviantart are full of re-edited clips where she realises she's been outsmarted and decides to genuinely surrender and become the villain's mannequin). Personally I far prefer the later seasons, the whole Nazi thing was getting tiresome and the WW outfits were much better.
When I watched the series, one thing I really noticed was the huge difference in Lynda Carter's acting as the show progressed. She seemed a little cold the first season but by the third season, she was so realistic. Her acting was amazing. I would've loved to see her in other post WW films after that, as she really developed the chops. I did see Hotline years later, I rather enjoyed that movie.
Wonder Woman's immortality must have rubbed of on Lynda Carter because she hasn't aged a day! I was glad to see the 2nd Wonder Woman movie pay tribute to Lynda Carter. Speaking of movies... Professor (William Moulton) Marston & the Wonder Women was a movie in 2017 that tells the tale of Wonder Woman's creator. It also explains why Wonder Woman was always being bound.
This was a wonderful video. I was so excited to see Wonder Woman in the original broadcast. Like you, I much preferred the 1940s setting. The contemporary version was kind of bewildering and silly. I only watched because I thought Lynda Carter was fabulous.
When Lynda Carter appeared on The View, the theme song came on, she entered and got a STANDING OVATION. A fitting honor to the actress who brought WW to life.
This was my favorite show as a child. I remember watching seasons 2 & 3, and then watching it all the time on reruns here in Chicago back in the early '80's. Thanks for the video.
You make a lot of really good points in this. First season always the best season. After that you can literally feel the studio and placement and all that. It gets in the way.
Lynda Carter was gorgeous as Wonder Woman, and (even though in her 70s today) still looks beautiful today. She turned up in _Wonder Woman 84,'_ which is cool even though the movie wasn't received as well as the previous. I want to do a full watch of the show when I catch up with my long 'To Watch' list. Oh! And Stam, you forgot something else that happens a lot in the show: Diana/Wonder Woman gets chloroformed a lot.
I used to nag my dad to let me watch 'The Six Million Dollar Man,' which was on the same time as 'Wonder Woman,' on the other channel. My mother would always insist my father give in to my eight year-old preferences and my father would grumble and put on Lee Majors, instead of Lynda Carter. Our relationship, to this day, has never recovered.
Didn't mention Wonder Girl was played by Deborah Winger. Also, Carter did her own stunt hanging from the helicopter without a safety wire at 11:36 just to get the episode done on time.
Lydia Carter was a great Wonder Woman. I grew up watching Wonder Woman as a kid in the kid in the 70’s. I was born in 1966. Wonder Woman was one my favorite superhero.
It's kind of weirdly fascinating to see that Lyle Wagners chest/underarm hair grew back after that one Carol Burnett sketch. As for "Not reading anything into it..." It's the truest thing to the source material. Wonder woman's creators, The Marsten's were kind of into that sort of thing. Read all you want into it. Wonder Woman was created as a bondage fetish super hero.
Enjoyed the video, sadly I am teeny bit disappointed that you do not include the scene at the end of Wonder Woman The movie 2 or whenever it's called where Lynda Carter saves the baby from the falling beam. That would've been a nice touch, but then again I think the movie was not out yet when you recorded this video. Missed opportunities just because of time. PS: Lynda Carter was my first TV girlfriend. And Lindsay Wagner, Marie Osmond, All of the Charlie's Angels, Erin Gray, Carrie Fisher, and the list goes on and on. It was good to be a adolescent boy in the 1970s. Cheers Dion
4:10 - actually, in the original TV series starring George Reeves, Clark Kent was an established character all his own, with friends, interests, and the respect of his colleagues. Something all later renditions of Superman have failed to do.
No, you have it backwards! In the comics, radio serials, movie shorts (Kirk Alyn) and the aforementioned George Reeves televsion series NEVER portrayed Clark Kent as a stuttering, timid, klutz. It was Christopher Reeve, taking inspiration for the character from Cary Grant in "Bringing Up Baby", decided to portray Clark Kent in that way. That was NOT comic book canon. So, all the actors who came before Reeve and after (Dean Cain, Tim Daly, Tom Welling, and Henry Cavill...) are portraying Clark Kent in the correct manner.
Great video! I loved how WW and that woman were fighting while rolling down that lawn all the way through (was the the house/lawn that portrayed Wayne Manor in the 60s Batman TV show?)
Lynda Carter was Most definitely The A+ aka Diana Prince/Wonder Woman! Loved Cathy Lee Crosby as well as her Beauty and Talent But the Original Wonder Woman Movie Could never take off for Her! Carter fit the part to a T! Season One Will always stand as my favorite 1940s WW2 Comic Book Era! Loved The Military Staff as Well as Lyle Waggoner aka Major Steve Trevor, Richard Eastham aka General Blankenship and Beatrice Colen aka Etta Candy! Season One's Villains and Characters for that Era was Pretty Cool as well! First of all Wish ABC would of stuck with and picked up on the Next Two Seasons! and Second That when CBS Picked up on and doing Seasons Two and Three That There Could of been Sixteen Years Age Gap Time Eras Storylines between the Three Seasons! Going Right Directly into 1977 Disco Era was so lame for the Show's run! Thank-You for Sharing!
"wonder woman gets tied up a lot" i wish, diana prince gets tied up a lot, after the first season, wonder woman barely gets into trouble.and become more of a weapon instead of a character
I'm loving your videos on both tv incarnations of the Amazing Amazon. Your respect and endearment for older shows comes through.--The first season certainly had lots of style, and the first half of the second season was loads of fun. Sure, the first half of the second season was very much Bionic Man-influenced, but some of those episodes were pretty well-written and dramatic (I'm thinking "Knockout" here, one of my faves of the entire series). Then, Bruce Lansbury, nephew of you-know-who, took over. He had pulled a stint on "Mission Impossible" for some time and changed the series up. From that point on, the series starts to lose its direction. Some of the episodes that followed were gems, for sure, but the quality writing became almost non-existent for most episodes. Honestly, the third season is mostly worth skipping altogether.
Absolutely NOTHING they did could be as terrible as Gal Gadot. Gal Gadot is an absolutely terrible actress and worse Wonder Woman unless you like broken English and baby talk sounding speaking. I wont even start in on the fact she is not even Caucasian but suppose to be from Amazonian descent.
Robert Wagner had let it be known he wouldn't be back for a season four, because he was sick of playing the "doofus in distress" that was always needing to be rescued by Lynda Carter. As it turned out, the show got cancelled anyway. You also forgot to mention that Lynda Carter did many of her own stunts, and that it was a requirement to get the part, because there weren't a lot of female stunt-women, and far fewer with Wonder Woman's looks, so producers didn't want an editing nightmare trying to not show the stunt-woman's face and having to splice in separate takes of the actress when it was necessary to show her face. Lynda Carter was and always will be the definitive Wonder Woman, even if the show didn't live up to that, much like Christopher Reeve with Superman. She's one of the most beautiful women to ever walk the planet, and she managed to convey all the positive aspects of women -- beauty, intelligence, compassion.
Wonder Woman reps the late 1970s big time. Lynda was so much better than the plots, really the only reason to watch was her and her stunts. Some of the stunts were so tough that guys had to do them for her, such as the famous motorcycle jump over the fountain. One of the best tv series intros, too. Lots to like, Lynda Carter is iconic.
All the "bondage" stuff was pulled directly from the original 40's comics. Look up Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston. He was very "progressive" for his era...
It's no accident that Wonder Woman's creator was the inventor of the polygraph, into bondage and had a threesome lifestyle with his legal wife and a polyamorous second woman. Both women influenced the development of the character.
No one can beat Linda Carter. Her charm and poise is unmatched .
i can think of current porn stars with more poise and charm unmatched
Truth.
What?... charm... poise... uh...yeah, sure! Poise, charm, of course, sure. That's ALL I think about when she shows up in her... tight... low cut... high cut... costuuuume, and boootsss....GASP!
YEP! Poise. Charm. Nuthin' else! Nope!!!
I'm sorry but Lynda Carter is BETTER than Gal Gadot.
No I'm sorry but as far as character and comic book accuracy she's not. Gal Gadot is more of an accurate portrayal
They're both amazing women.
Correct!
GAL sucks.
Lynda Carter. Female perfection to this day. If I ever saw her in person, I'm pretty sure I'd have to look away, like looking at the sun. Much the way women are with Henry Cavill.
I met Carter in 2018, she is very beautiful but not very tall, which is why she wore heels on the show. she is sitill verry beautiful, but not very smart. She is very liberal and her daughter looks very much like her.
You couldn't even get it up for her MAGA bro
Lynda Carter's smile could light up the eastern seaboard. Perfect casting.
Casting seems like its easy to most people, but there are many examples of what happens when someone is cast who isn't right for the role. Wonder Woman definitely did a good job in that regard.
I have them all until hardrive dies
That's what I thought, so I made a tribute video to it.
m.th-cam.com/video/uCRQuBBQ_b0/w-d-xo.html
@@StamFine They actually had a tough time casting Wonder Woman, and Douglas Cramer really had to go to bat to convince the producers to cast her. He actually threatened to walk if they wouldn't use her.
@@McMahonHater Lynda Carter is a blues singer not a dumb Rocker her slow songs are t die for
Lynda Carter is the best Wonder Woman of all time.
I can't argue with that.
Gal Gadot is pretty good as well.
@@lamarravery4094 She is OK.
@@Bushidobull She proved a lot of people wrong. I remember when they announced who was going to play WW on film, people were like going who's she? From Israel? Oh, no, but she did great.
Legal ótimo demais parabéns jóia muito bom mesmo bacana valeu show sucesso 😁😁😁🤍🤍🤍😆😉
I like to believe that most men and teenage boys were not discouraged at all by the cheesy stories as long as they could enjoy the awesomeness of Lynda Carter.
That's a fair point. That said, a lot of the real classics of the 70s-80s are as cheesy as WW- Knight Rider, Six Million Dollar Man, Buck Rogers, The A-Team. Of them, only Buck Rogers wears tights. And maybe Templeton Peck.
Guilty 🤚
It was always a live action cartoon. A comic book come to life as the animated openings showed. Stills animated. Animation came to life. It looked like it was drawn. The movie and two specials of the first season were lifted straight from the comics with slight changes tied to real World War II history. The episodes of the two series continued that to some extent with some based on movies. A little comic book mixed with something real. It was never intended to be more than a fun live action comic book with a little "if you weren't careful you might just learn something". It was also designed to complement reading the comic books not replace it.
@@StamFine "Wonder Woman", on the other hand, was a family show from which everyone in the living room could find something to enjoy. Many of the action shows of the period and for some time afterwards was very much geared towards boys and younger men. Surely Wonder Woman's cross-appeal led to the show's endurance in a way that the other shows you mentioned haven't lingered in the public's memories.
Lynda Carter did that amazing stunt hanging off a helicopter - no stunt double .
well, she was Wonder Woman.
Yeah there were a few stunts she did actually do herself, surprisingly enough! I remember an interview I think it was of her talking about the things she did that probably wouldn't have been allowed today, particularly climbing and dangling off of very high things. It happened a few times of them dangling actual Lynda off of high places, not her double.
@@brinmoody she wasn't really that high. Behind the scenes photos showed she wasn't higher than 20 feet with bags under her along with harness to keep her from falling
@@1969chgoodwin exactly, they judged it safe-enough at the time but nowadays, with the various broken ankles, legs, knees etc from things like that they don't even want to allow that. Even though every actor wants to do their own stunts, the studio doesn't like paying for convalescence time (nor the odd lawsuit).
@@brinmoody 20 feet with air bags under her isn't high. She had stunt double for almost every stunt including simple ones like flips. It was never her doing anything dangerous, her stunt double did almost every stunt. Don't believe all crap she says it's bullshit
Lynda Carter, just a shining example of genetic perfection
She's a Godess of Female Empowerment That's for sure....
looks better without the cosmetics
Still amazing!!
Yes and I was a teenager at the time, with a poster on my bedroom wall ......
@Michael McDade back and front 36 C 37-25-36 Brick house
gosh I loved Linda Carter as Wonder Woman.
Lynda Carter is absolutely physically flawless.
The best wonder woman by a million miles
Lynda Carter is just so hot
Im 55 this year. Lynda Carter/Wonder Woman was my first ever celebrity crush. Still dont think Ive ever seen a more beautiful woman since.
The two of them rolling down the hill had me in stitches, 😆
Lol!!
That looked like Wayne Manor in the background.
I enjoyed the show much more when it was moved to a contemporary setting and the sci-fi elements became over-the-top. Linda Carter was so perfect for that role especially in terms of her physical appearance. Overall a very fond childhood memory.
Faithful to the source material, perfectly cast, high production values, played (mostly) straight, Wonder Woman provides the shoulders on which today's billion-dollar superhero movies stand on.
yeah, it was a pity that fewer comic book shows took off in US prime time in the 70's. The only other long running (marvel or DC) series was The Incredible Hulk.
I agree, but don't forget George Reeves and Christopher Reeve they also showed that heroes can be played straight and yet still be fun !
For it's time, hulk was a great show, if only by virtue of bill bixby's fantastic performance
Condolences to Lynda Carter on the passing of her husband, Robert A. Altman, on February 3rd, 2021.
Sad news. RIP.
RIP
Wow! Who would've known!
Now maybe she can get someone sexier
@@frankpetersen3090 😂😂😂
We need a gorgeous girl someone who looks great in a bathing suit................ Steve Trever was blind as a bat.
Who didn't love Linda Carter as Wonder Woman. She was fabulous
This is an excellent, concise summation of the Wonder Woman tv series. Your insights as to what worked & what didn't are beautifully illustrated by well edited clips, not to mention a dry sense of humor! And just when I thought "well, the sparkling teeth gag is going to get old fast", it just kept on building & I just kept laughing. So thank you for this amusing retrospective, which was told with both an honest, critical perspective & a clear appreciation of the show & its stars.
Thank you for the kind words. Wonder Woman was a fun subject for a video as well as a fun show to watch.
Believe it or not there was a lot of bondage in Marston’s original Wonder Woman stories!
yes, quite a bit
Great Video! I met Lynda Carter several times, she's gorgeous!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
lucky
I prefer the 1970s episodes. The Nazi enemy got too boring. I like the set-up for Diana as a confident agent rather than Yeoman Prince following dopey about. Lynda's performance just got better with every season. She did some of her own stunts, including the risky hanging from a helicopter, which she wasn't authorized to do. One of the stunt women couldn't perform the stunt (injured or something) and Lynda just did it to save time. She later got told off for it! You show the shot in video. Anyway, good overview.
That's a good point. Glad you enjoyed.
That was the Best Stunt on the Show.
Loved the show when I was a kid. Linda Carter will always be Wonder Woman. While Gal Gadot did an excellent job in the movies (haven't seen the new one yet) she's just not Linda Carter.
That blue wetsuit she had when swimming
Gal Gadot should also use it.
I fell in love with Lynda Carter as a kid. Now fast forward to the year, 2001, I had a girlfriend who looked a little like Lynda Carter, she had her eyes, her smile. Sadly, May of 2021 I lost her from a massive heart attack. She left behind 4 of her kids who were all married and have kids of their own, and her Mom that is still living. But in 2003 we broke up but in 2017 I found her again through Facebook and remain friends up until her passing. My life has not been the same since she's been gone, I still loved her and I think she was liking me all over again as well. So the television Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter will always be my favorite. Plus, Lynda Carter's birthday and mine are the same, July 24th. And my old girlfriend who past away, hers July 31st.
A moving story. Thanks for sharing.
Condolences
I am so sorry for your loss. Keep her memories in your heart. 😢😿
Don't forget Emma Peel, Honey West, Cathy Gale, Sheena- all in the 60s. Also, Cathy Lee Crosby's WW was taken from the comics when the character was de-powered and a spy with martial arts skills.
Love the this Wonder woman series but I really wished that Cheetah and Giganta could have appeared in it. There wasn't any of her arch foes in this show except the baroness the on she fought down the hill in the black dress.
Almost zero references to comic characters other than her mother and Trevor.
Lynda Carter is Awesome in wonder woman.
yes, she is.
Lynda was great in this campy Wonerwoman but I believe she also could have pulled off a wonderwoman in a more serious vein.
She probably could.
I agree she probably could have, especially considering the more serious film roles she did following the end of Wonder Woman. The first one she did was sort of testing the waters and she did come across a little too overdramatic when reacting to situations (this film being The Last Song), but then Born to be Sold which was an incredibly serious topic that it covered she did well, and she did even better right after that with my favourite of her films, a mystery thriller called Hotline. Hotline in particular I highly recommend watching. I believe it's on TH-cam for free!
Well she did appear as the living inspiration of wonder woman in the wonder woman 84 movie which i thought was much better than most gave it credit for
I so wish that Lynda Carter had done a movie with Christopher Reeve before he died.
Lynda Carter is the best wonder woman of her own
It's hard to disagree
Things are fun until they get woke.
I didn't remember the premise of the series but I like how they did a time jump between Season 1 and Season 2. It absolutely falls in with the idea of what we know about Wonder Woman in modern pop culture -- that she has been around the world of men for a long time.
no women like sweet LC @ she defines sexy ! that spin never get old !
This was one I watched along with The Incredible Hulk. Linda Carter was definitely worth looking at no matter what season of the show you are watching!
Well, of course he couldn't recognize that she was really Wonder Woman. She was wearing eye glasses!
lyle waggoner was so underutilized on the show.
I just found out that he died last year, and had a higher net worth than Lynda Carter. Good money management, bad health management?
He did very well out of renting out trailers to movie and TV productions
I remember him most from the Carol Burnette Show. I was stunned to realize he was steve trevor all along! I guess I was too young to remember.
When I was little, I thought the comic books were drawn to resemble Christopher Reeve as Superman and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. Those two seemed genetically created to play their roles. Cheesy? Sure. Preferable to the dour, humorless, colorless DC cinematic universe that keeps crapping out disappointment after disappointment? ABSOLUTELY.
Good casting makes a massive difference. That applies to behind the scenes talent as well.
Shazam was a great flick aquaman was pretty good
Don’t forget Adam West’s Batman. Honestly, why Couldn’t they create a Justice League movie with all these actors at the time?
@@osmanyousif7849 back then, and for the most part still today, movies were in many if not most cases vehicles to promote a particular actor or actress, not an ensemble. Also, far as I know, nothing like that had been done before except maybe dirty dozen, or magnificent 7. It wouldn't even occur to writers back then to make such a movie, not to mention the budgetary complications/special effects
@@nomorerepublicans825 I mean, if they can bring King Kong and Godzilla into a crossover in 1962, anything could have been possible.
I really enjoyed the earlier seasons.. then it got silly - like bionic man and sasquatch silly. Lynda Carter is amazing though.
well, now that you mention it, a Six Million Dollar Man vid will probably happen later this year.
@@StamFine I can get behind that! Bionic Woman too?
@@ScottIngram I think SMDM will have some Bionic Woman stuff since Lindsay Wagner was originally Steve Austin's girlfriend. then killed off, then reincarnated for the spin off Bionic Woman show. A few eps had crossovers (like the DCTV stuff) and then they rejoined for the awful 80's telemovies.
@@StamFine I lived for those crossovers. I loved TV sci-fi back then.
Don't forget fembots in LAS Vegas classic
Born in 67. Grew up with Bat Man 66 in reruns, watched the premier of The Incredible Hulk and Wonder Woman and then both series. Nicholas Hammond as Spider-Man! ! What a great time to be alive as a kid in the 70s!! Even better, living now, with the Marvel Universe and some of the DC Universe hitting it home!!
Excellent documentary, I love this show.
I love Lynda Carter Wonder Woman, but also enjoyed Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman too.
Lynda Carter was cool when she was Diana Prince.
Lynda Carter is half-Mexican. Keep THAT out with your wall, will ya, Trump?!
Roy Rogers did actually complain about Lynda's "bathing suit" hence why we get the WW cowgirl outfit (in addition to her motorbiking and skateboarding gear). Sure there's loads of bondage but also 'sleepy' fetish (because she's always being knocked out), mind control (the Japanese telekinetic/Pied Piper) gynophilia (the WW robot in Deadly Toys) and her being frozen in 'The Fine Art of Crime' basically kickstarted ASFR (youtube and Deviantart are full of re-edited clips where she realises she's been outsmarted and decides to genuinely surrender and become the villain's mannequin). Personally I far prefer the later seasons, the whole Nazi thing was getting tiresome and the WW outfits were much better.
I agree the later, 70's outfit was better. For me, there's too much Diana in silly hats and less and less Wonder Woman in the later years.
LYNDA JEAN CORDOVA CARTER
lol. I see what you did there.
When I watched the series, one thing I really noticed was the huge difference in Lynda Carter's acting as the show progressed. She seemed a little cold the first season but by the third season, she was so realistic. Her acting was amazing. I would've loved to see her in other post WW films after that, as she really developed the chops. I did see Hotline years later, I rather enjoyed that movie.
LC gained more experience and confidence the longer the show ran, like any good actor.
Wonder Woman's immortality must have rubbed of on Lynda Carter because she hasn't aged a day!
I was glad to see the 2nd Wonder Woman movie pay tribute to Lynda Carter. Speaking of movies...
Professor (William Moulton) Marston & the Wonder Women was a movie in 2017 that tells the tale of Wonder Woman's creator. It also explains why Wonder Woman was always being bound.
This was a wonderful video. I was so excited to see Wonder Woman in the original broadcast. Like you, I much preferred the 1940s setting. The contemporary version was kind of bewildering and silly. I only watched because I thought Lynda Carter was fabulous.
She is sill gorgeous.
When Lynda Carter appeared on The View, the theme song came on, she entered and got a STANDING OVATION. A fitting honor to the actress who brought WW to life.
Good Lord is Lynda Carter gorgeous. Great casting!
The best and the only wonder woman. She's perfect. 🇧🇷
This was my favorite show as a child. I remember watching seasons 2 & 3, and then watching it all the time on reruns here in Chicago back in the early '80's. Thanks for the video.
no problem. glad you enjoyed it.
Those were the days, along with Buck Roger's, Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman.
Ah the tv program that introduced to me the concept of bdsm bondage :)
You make a lot of really good points in this. First season always the best season. After that you can literally feel the studio and placement and all that. It gets in the way.
Lynda Carter was gorgeous as Wonder Woman, and (even though in her 70s today) still looks beautiful today. She turned up in _Wonder Woman 84,'_ which is cool even though the movie wasn't received as well as the previous.
I want to do a full watch of the show when I catch up with my long 'To Watch' list.
Oh! And Stam, you forgot something else that happens a lot in the show: Diana/Wonder Woman gets chloroformed a lot.
She also appeared as the President in Supergirl ("You should see my other plane!" - though since it was invisible, presumably you wouldn't).
Some say that to this day Wonder Woman is still rolling down that hill......
I used to nag my dad to let me watch 'The Six Million Dollar Man,' which was on the same time as 'Wonder Woman,' on the other channel. My mother would always insist my father give in to my eight year-old preferences and my father would grumble and put on Lee Majors, instead of Lynda Carter. Our relationship, to this day, has never recovered.
Lynda Carter is the very best Wonder Woman. Nobody else can beat that. NOBODY!!!!👈🏼
I remember Back in The 70s It was the only show where Dads would watch with us
Best commentary on Wonder Woman ever. Linda Carter will forever be Wonder Woman.
Thanks!
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I loved Wonder Woman Lynda Carter was my first celebrity crush.
I only watched Wonder Woman, for the stories
of course.
Didn't mention Wonder Girl was played by Deborah Winger. Also, Carter did her own stunt hanging from the helicopter without a safety wire at 11:36 just to get the episode done on time.
This Wonder Woman and the JL JLU version are the best
Lydia Carter was a great Wonder Woman.
I grew up watching Wonder Woman as a kid in the kid in the 70’s.
I was born in 1966.
Wonder Woman was one my favorite superhero.
It's kind of weirdly fascinating to see that Lyle Wagners chest/underarm hair grew back after that one Carol Burnett sketch. As for "Not reading anything into it..." It's the truest thing to the source material. Wonder woman's creators, The Marsten's were kind of into that sort of thing. Read all you want into it. Wonder Woman was created as a bondage fetish super hero.
Enjoyed the video, sadly I am teeny bit disappointed that you do not include the scene at the end of Wonder Woman The movie 2 or whenever it's called where Lynda Carter saves the baby from the falling beam. That would've been a nice touch, but then again I think the movie was not out yet when you recorded this video. Missed opportunities just because of time. PS: Lynda Carter was my first TV girlfriend. And Lindsay Wagner, Marie Osmond, All of the Charlie's Angels, Erin Gray, Carrie Fisher, and the list goes on and on. It was good to be a adolescent boy in the 1970s. Cheers Dion
8:37 still rolling down the hill
I loved the second season.
The 1970s Lynda Carter WonderWoman TV Series is my 2nd Favourite TV Show Ever
4:10 - actually, in the original TV series starring George Reeves, Clark Kent was an established character all his own, with friends, interests, and the respect of his colleagues. Something all later renditions of Superman have failed to do.
Great Caesar's Ghost!
No, you have it backwards! In the comics, radio serials, movie shorts (Kirk Alyn) and the aforementioned George Reeves televsion series NEVER portrayed Clark Kent as a stuttering, timid, klutz. It was Christopher Reeve, taking inspiration for the character from Cary Grant in "Bringing Up Baby", decided to portray Clark Kent in that way. That was NOT comic book canon. So, all the actors who came before Reeve and after (Dean Cain, Tim Daly, Tom Welling, and Henry Cavill...) are portraying Clark Kent in the correct manner.
Great video! I loved how WW and that woman were fighting while rolling down that lawn all the way through (was the the house/lawn that portrayed Wayne Manor in the 60s Batman TV show?)
Wonder woman and baroness wrestling down the hill at 6:26
Cobra Commander is somewhere smiling.
I can’t unsee that toy plane prop with the small dolls inside 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
State of the Art Special Effects back then.
Gal Gadot is great as WW - but when I think of WW, it's always Linda Carter I think of!
Lynda Carter made the 1970's sparkle with that smile. That was the wonder of that woman.
I liked The 1940s Version of Wonder Woman & The Nazi Spies being foiled.
Lynda Carter was Most definitely The A+ aka Diana Prince/Wonder Woman! Loved Cathy Lee Crosby as well as her Beauty and Talent But the Original Wonder Woman Movie Could never take off for Her! Carter fit the part to a T! Season One Will always stand as my favorite 1940s WW2 Comic Book Era! Loved The Military Staff as Well as Lyle Waggoner aka Major Steve Trevor, Richard Eastham aka General Blankenship and Beatrice Colen aka Etta Candy! Season One's Villains and Characters for that Era was Pretty Cool as well! First of all Wish ABC would of stuck with and picked up on the Next Two Seasons! and Second That when CBS Picked up on and doing Seasons Two and Three That There Could of been Sixteen Years Age Gap Time Eras Storylines between the Three Seasons! Going Right Directly into 1977 Disco Era was so lame for the Show's run! Thank-You for Sharing!
As a kid, Lynda Carter was my first crush. She was just the total package. Those sparkling eyes and smile were too much
"wonder woman gets tied up a lot" i wish, diana prince gets tied up a lot, after the first season, wonder woman barely gets into trouble.and become more of a weapon instead of a character
I'm loving your videos on both tv incarnations of the Amazing Amazon. Your respect and endearment for older shows comes through.--The first season certainly had lots of style, and the first half of the second season was loads of fun. Sure, the first half of the second season was very much Bionic Man-influenced, but some of those episodes were pretty well-written and dramatic (I'm thinking "Knockout" here, one of my faves of the entire series). Then, Bruce Lansbury, nephew of you-know-who, took over. He had pulled a stint on "Mission Impossible" for some time and changed the series up. From that point on, the series starts to lose its direction. Some of the episodes that followed were gems, for sure, but the quality writing became almost non-existent for most episodes. Honestly, the third season is mostly worth skipping altogether.
Thanks. Lots of interesting details there.
Lydna Carter is perfection as Wonder Woman, but the show as a whole is not nearly as successful as its contemporary, The Bionic Woman.
Lynda Carter WILL always be Wonder Woman...Gal is. a good 2nd?? But still. Lynda has embraced the feminine icon and inspiration she is
I laughed every time the teeth sparkled...very funny. Well put together!
Thanks!
If you've played the videogame Fallout 4 then you've heard Lynda Carter sing some songs as Magnolia.
I Loved It.. Schmompelling Ashmipts & Schmazing Shmacting!
She was always my superhero and always will be nobody can take her place
Thinking back... sheesh... that was awful. Loved the diving suit and the cape though.
Absolutely NOTHING they did could be as terrible as Gal Gadot. Gal Gadot is an absolutely terrible actress and worse Wonder Woman unless you like broken English and baby talk sounding speaking. I wont even start in on the fact she is not even Caucasian but suppose to be from Amazonian descent.
Thanks for reminding me about what made Wonder Woman so great.
Robert Wagner had let it be known he wouldn't be back for a season four, because he was sick of playing the "doofus in distress" that was always needing to be rescued by Lynda Carter. As it turned out, the show got cancelled anyway.
You also forgot to mention that Lynda Carter did many of her own stunts, and that it was a requirement to get the part, because there weren't a lot of female stunt-women, and far fewer with Wonder Woman's looks, so producers didn't want an editing nightmare trying to not show the stunt-woman's face and having to splice in separate takes of the actress when it was necessary to show her face.
Lynda Carter was and always will be the definitive Wonder Woman, even if the show didn't live up to that, much like Christopher Reeve with Superman. She's one of the most beautiful women to ever walk the planet, and she managed to convey all the positive aspects of women -- beauty, intelligence, compassion.
I'll take Lynda Carter in her spangly uniform in any time period. She's a goddess.
Wonder Woman reps the late 1970s big time. Lynda was so much better than the plots, really the only reason to watch was her and her stunts. Some of the stunts were so tough that guys had to do them for her, such as the famous motorcycle jump over the fountain. One of the best tv series intros, too. Lots to like, Lynda Carter is iconic.
All the "bondage" stuff was pulled directly from the original 40's comics. Look up Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston. He was very "progressive" for his era...
The Real Wonder Woman.
Amazing healthy bronze skin. That's me keeping the comments clean.
Much appreciated
Great fun series for its time. I enjoyed all the seasons not just season 1. But Diana's transformations were more dramatic in 1 & 2.
It's no accident that Wonder Woman's creator was the inventor of the polygraph, into bondage and had a threesome lifestyle with his legal wife and a polyamorous second woman. Both women influenced the development of the character.