My SO gave me the Wonder Woman Season 1 DVD box set for my birthday, after months of “hinting” from me. We watched the pilot episode last night, and it was FABULOUS! Even better than I remembered. High camp and tons of fun, with several laugh-out-loud moments. Of course the camp had gone way over my head when I was a kid; hell, I thought the Batman TV show was Shakespeare. I have to give credit to Lynda Carter, she did a good job with the role. She’s a pretty decent actress, so I wonder why her career didn’t go further than it did.
Some of my favorite moments:
Wonder Woman needs money, so she’s persuaded by a talent agent to do her “bullets and bracelets trick” on stage. So she’s getting shot at by pistols and ultimately a machine gun, deftly deflecting it all with her bracelets – and presumably sending the spray of bullets ricocheting through a crowded theater, but no one seems to notice.
Upon finding the Nazi spy – Steve’s secretary Marcia – up to no good, the two of them have a long, drawn out tussle. Wonder Woman has already stopped a gang of bank robbers without breaking a sweat, but has inordinate difficulty with one unarmed woman. WW has superhuman strength and speed, and thousands of years worth of combat training, but has what amounts to a hair-pulling, rolling-on-the-floor cat fight with Marcia. Can you tell it was written by men?
At the end, after Marcia has been exposed as a spy, Steve and General Blankenship have an exchange that goes like this:
Steve: "From now on I want an ordinary secretary.
Gen. B: “Don’t worry, we found you one who’s duller than a fat hound dog after dinner.”
Steve: “Good, I’ve had it up to here with pretty girls.”
They enter Steve’s office, and the “hound dog” of a secretary is Lynda Carter in glasses. :rolleyes:
I know I’m not the only one who adores the camp extravaganza that is this show. Speak up! 
