Yep. It’s true…
19 April 2008 - 15 ניסן 5768 by Huw
I just purchased the entire first season (1976) of Wonderwoman off of the iTunes Music Store. 14 hours of Classic TV for $24 isn’t too bad. Lynda Carter… in her satin tights, fighting for our rights. I was a devout watcher of this show when I was in Jr High School. We won’t get into the True Confessions aspect but suffice to say that in 1976, everyone should have known.
A Desktop image for your amusement:
A writer once theorised that gay kids preferred Bewitched to I Dream of Jeannie. Strangely enough nearly everyone on Bewitched was either queer or involved in queer-activism in the 80s and 90s. I liked the Jeannie show too because it involved Astronauts - I wanted to be one when I grew up.
Anyway, I digress. I think all my friends, gay and straight, had an attachment to Lynda Carter. (And yes, Lyle Waggoner was pretty hot.)
Yeah, Wonder Woman was hot! But Paradise Island was even hotter!11!1! Perhaps not for you, but for some…
And yes, I way preferred Bewitched to Jeannie, although I watched both. They both had that annoying pattern of a super-woman seemingly voluntarily enthralled to sort of a loser guy, but Samantha’s family was just far too entertaining and irrepressible…. they weren’t going to let her get away with being a mere mortal.
While Uncle Arthur was entertaining, I was always fond of Dr Bombay and Aunt Agatha.
I’ve been enjoying Season 1: Debra Winger had her premier on there, and Lyle Waggoner is Shirtless in the Pilot Episode (no pun intended).
Don’t forget twin sister Serena!
And let’s all be glad our mothers aren’t named Endora (after the witch of Endor, I suppose)…
I’m pretty amazed at the realistic and blatant feminism of the show - realistic meaning not all men are evil, not all women are good, etc. It’s very progressive - and horrid acting. It’s good tv.