Debra Winger as Wonder Girl (1976)

She was awkward and slow.

This two-parter was the best in the entire show, either the original 40s version or the season 2/3 70s version.

It had everything:

* lots of paradise island scenes

* Carolyn Jones as Mother/The Queen. (very campy)

* Flashback to when The Queen teaches Diana to SPIN into WW

*SExy guy as WOnder Girl's love interest/nazi

* Sexy John Saxon as nazi bad guy

* Origin story for FEMINUM.....the metal on WW's bracelts!!

R2 I agree!

I hated that her name was Drusilla instead of Donna. But otherwise I completely agree with R2. This one and the episode where Wonder Girl returns were the best of the entire series!

Go, Wonder Girl, go!

I loved the jazzy score they would play when WW was flying the invisible plane!

Memorable Letterman appearance.

I love thinking about how much she must hate that this video is so accessible.

Wasn’t she obsessed with Strawberry Ice Cream?

[quote]I loved the jazzy score they would play when WW was flying the invisible plane!

I loved how they stopped off (out of their way) to see the statue of liberty (NYC) from the air when flying from the Bermuda Triangle to DC, esp when they were in a rush to stop the Nazis!!

Debra's sensitive and subtle acting skills brought a patina of authenticity to this period piece. I'm not sure why she never became an Emma Thompson type, filling her resume with Edith Wharton or Henry James costume dramas.

[quote]r1 She was awkward and slow.

Shut it, Lynda.

I thought she was drugged.

I said [italic]shut it,[/italic] Lynda.

I never understood why women struggle to control their moaning during sex. I lived in a fraternity for 2 years and the womanly sounds of lovemaking haunt me to this day.

Turbulent!

Quite big tits.

Hilarious to think that in 50 years, despite all Debra's lofty, actorly ,Oscarly aspirations,attitudes and pronouncements she will be primarily remembered for the way her boobs and ass looked in red and blue,star spangled spandex.

I think she will be remembered more for Terms of Endearment than Wonder Girl.

Drusilla has a three way with Steve and the Nazi agent after Diana went to bed. My kind of gal!

buried the hatchet

She was inferior to Lynda Carter.

It is nice she and MacLaine are friends again, but boy her Wonder Girl spin was "special."

It’s like a retarded wonder spin.

"Drusilla..... you have NO grace! "

What was she thinking with that hairdo? It's so big and Stepford!!!

Whoever cast Cloris Leachman as a goddess was a dumbass. I guess her Oscar was the clincher. Did Beatrice Straight already have her Oscar when she played the role in Wonder Woman?

They should have picked Esther Rolle as the mother.

Florida Evans would have been a good Queen Hippolyte

Julie Newmar would have made sense. Or even Diana Rigg.

I remember watching it in 76 when it first aired. Fantastic!!!!!

What would Diana do?

MISCAST big time.

Perfectly cast. She was supposed to make me look better!

Christa Helm who played the bully in the beauty pageant episode was stabbed to death at the age of 27. A minor unsolved Hollywood mystery.

Wasn't the Helm murder linked to a serial killer? Thought that I read that somewhere...

I preferred the WWII episodes to the later episodes that were set in the 70s.

I agree. For one thing, WW2 Diana Prince was charming and had great chemistry with Steve. Modern Diana was jaded and not at all likable.

Didn't she say something nasty about Lynda Carter recently? What?

Gee Winger doesn't get along with anyone, Shirley, Richard Gere, John Malkovitch, David Mamet, insert more names here.

Lynda Carter said something to the effect of "well, Debra hates everyone she's ever worked with, why should I be any different?"

The WW2 episodes were better but my favorite stunt was in one of the early modern day episodes. WW, hanging upside down suspended by the magic lasso, stops the bad guy with her tiara! I always loved it when she threw the tiara (which was pretty rare).

Almost as rare as spinning into her motorcycle outfit.

Too bad Diana never got together with WWII Steve, who married someone else.

Debra’s Wonder Girl costume was weak.

Was Debra in the 70s version?

No, R44. It was a special, WWII moment...

No, the closest we got to having a Wonder Girl in the modern episodes was The Fucking Girl From Illandia 😑.

Debra, shut the fuck up and learn.

Kelly Garrett versus Wonder Woman!

Lynda and Lyle has great sexual chemistry!

Lynda had more baby fat in the beginning,

I loved it whenever she was in the glass plane!

Lynda parked her car right next to my trailer at Warner Bros. That was fun.

Any stories, r52?

R50- They were trying to get Lynda to slim down from the pilot on.

[quote]They were trying to get Lynda to slim down from the pilot on.

Yes, by the fist "flashing spin" episode she had slimmed down considerably.

first, I mean.

[quote]Debra’s Wonder Girl costume was weak.

And that fucking Marlo Thomas flip was a travesty. They should have called her THAT Wonder Girl!

The wig looked a LITTLE better on her second WW appearance, I GUESS.

I may be an unabashed gold star gay but Lynda's tits at R40 are GLORIOUS.

[quote]I think she will be remembered more for Terms of Endearment than Wonder Girl.

Not on the internet she won't!

Lynda went on a big diet and exercise regimen between seasons 1 and 2. She was thinner and more toned when season 2 started.

Liked the Season 1 cast of regular characters - Diana, Steve, Etta and General Blankenship (with Queen Hypolyta and sis Drusilla In recurring).

Once they switched to the 70s, it was just Diana, Steve Jr and some old guy. The old guy disappeared after a handful of episodes without mention, and Steve Jr was marginalized to the point of showing up at the beginning and/or end of each episode. They could no longer play up the romantic relationship between WW and Steve which likely contributed to the reduction of his role. I don’t think Lyle much cared for Lynda -and if her diva antics got his role reduced I can hardly blame him.

By the third and final season, it was pretty much Diana, the fucking IRAC computer and the robot dog.

Debi Wings is STILL going around town telling people that the only reason the Urban Cowboy Broadway musical failed was because she wasn't casted in it.

I liked WW2 Wonder Woman because it had panache!

“Fraulein Vunder Voman...vee have vays of making you talk!”

R61- Even before then, they told her to lose weight. There was a scene in the pilot, where they shot her sitting down because she had had too many donuts.

I remember watching the pilot episode when I was 3 years old.

Steve Trevor >>> Steve Trevor Jr.

Anyone remember the first Wonder Woman with Cathy Lee Crosby? I think it was sort of a modern take without the costume. I guess it wasn't any good.

R68 - LOL.

Steve Trevor was a BORING MANNEQUIN.

I hated the opening credits of Season 2 . They made cartoon Lynda look like SJP.

[quote]R26 Whoever cast Cloris Leachman as a goddess was a dumbass.

Believe it or not, Cloris was a Miss America contestant in her youth, a Miss Chicago.

(I don’t quite see it, either]

Well it was a long time ago r73. She looks pretty good here. (and Miss America's weren't always the most beautiful women around. They had to have talent too. I can remember lots of kind of normalish pretty women competing.) Miss USA was always the one where it was just looks.

Old cunt

^Cloris, Debra or Lynda?

Cloris

Debra looked like a midget troll next to Lynda Carter.

The original spin.

Even then, she was a cunt. "Debra doesn't like anybody."

She's still on the sauce, right?

My god, I'd forgotten how FAT "L'il Debbie" (as we all used to call her) was in those days.

Good times.

Lynda Carter had the best pair of tits in Hollywood.

I imagine young straight boys loved this shot.

I myself much preferred the bullet bra of Season One.

Lynda as WW was so fabulous that she takes the time to brush the hair out of her face at :20 and then keeps pushing the fuck out of the plane!

I owned this poster -- and I was a little gay college kid already experimenting. And watching the show to see Lyle Waggoner get tied up, mostly. But she was that beautiful. You know ethnic Debbie with her original nose could not stand to be next to this goddess. So she bashed her instead. What a cow.

Cloris played the Queen as Phyllis Lindstrom.

“Dear....dear, gullible, naive Diana...”

You bitches are slipping! Over 80 posts and NOT ONE OF YOU has referenced my time as a super smart, super secret identity crime fighting caper TV show.

i noticed that r85! Even as a child!

R79, interesting clip, not least because she ends up ungraciously holding her clothes after the spin. Someone made the wise decision that the clothes should just disappear, and that a big, fabulous flash should cover the moment. Inspiring a generation of boys of a certain bent to let loose on the playground...

i used to spin my ass off as a child. i was wonder woman, not some shitty wonder girl.

Most of you DL Bitches imagined you were Wonder Woman but in reality you were just KLUTZY Wonder Girl.

That Wonder Woman pilot with Cloris Leachman and Fannie Flag is a real camp fest.

Lynda Carter invented the spin. They were trying to figure out a way for Diana Prince to change into Wonder Woman, and Lynda thought it up on the spot on the set.

R88 and they did a new version.. Everything gets remade it seems.

The plot regarding Debra Winger’s first appearance on the show was the Nazis mistaking her for Lynda Carter. We’re the blind?

R69 - I remember watching that when it first aired and being so disappointed that she didn’t look anything like the comic book version- and she was blonde? (The bad guy henchman played by Andrew Prine, however, caused a stirring in my young loins.)

The recent comic series “Wonder Woman ‘77” had the two versions go up against one another.

I want the number of Lynda Carter's surgeon. She looks incredible for someone who's pushing 70.

Lynda claims she hasn’t had any work done.

I just can't believe that.

Maybe she looks so natural because she had a full face and cheeks even at her peak beauty. Those skinny bitches get haggard fast.

I attended a cabaret concert of Lynda's (front row) two years ago. She is a fabulous singer and still looked hot.

We are being very kind for DL. I remember her attempt at Rita Hayworth was considered a laughfest back then.

Whole movie. Somewhere in there is a dance number where she spins in circles and looks like she will fall off the stage.

Lynda married a very wealthy DC lawyer, they're still together.

Lynda’s should have let Lyle impregnate her. Their children would have been beautiful.

And now they have Donna Troy on Titans.

R80 is playing the president on Supergirl really any better?

Something strange about Debra Winger is that she has always looked different in every photo you see of her. Like a different person in every shot.

Eric Clapton is like that, too.

I wish we'd get another Wonder Woman show. Preferably not on the CW.

Superhero TV shows are 90% soap opera and 10% action now.

I used to play with myself when I'd see Lyle Wagoner on Wonder Woman. I was 5.

[Quote] Superhero TV shows are 90% soap opera and 10% action now.

Which is to be expected on a network like the CW. And i'm not expecting any different with Batwoman.

A Wonder Woman series would be awesome!

[Quote] A Wonder Woman series would be awesome!

A WW series was on the cards before they decided to do Supergirl instead. Probably not the worst idea since SG has only just recently improved thanks to adding Lex played Jon Cryer.

Me too, r112. The things I wanted to do to a tied up Steve Trevor!

Hello boys!

Too bad TV Steve & Diana never fucked.

Would Steve be able to handle it?

When I was a young gayling, I used to pretend I was wearing Wonder Woman's silver bracelets.

Eve Plumb appeared in the Season 2 episode called "The Pied Piper" (October 1977).

Eve is tiny.

r74 Young Cloris Leachman had quite big tits.

I’m really surprised that Lynda comes off a little drunk in the dr oz interview. I thought she had like 30 years sobriety?

^^Lynda allegedly quit drinking in the late 90s, but who knows. Celebrities lie about shit like that all the time.

I used to play wonder woman when i was a boy. my best friend and i would choose if we were ww2 wonder woman or 70s wonder woman.

I still need to get this comic. Did they ever have a crossover on the show?

Two different networks, I am pretty sure. WW = CBS, Wagner was on ABC. Or am I wrong?

WONDER WOMAN

WONDER WOMAN

WONDER WOMAN

Where is the love for Diana Prince?

WW started on ABC in its first season, then moved to CBS (and to a modern day setting) for two seasons before it was cancelled.

The Bionic Woman began on ABC and ran for two seasons, then moved to NBC for its third and final season.

Thanks, R130. I had no idea they did network switching back in those days. Guess it's not a new trend.

WW started as ‘specials’ that aired while Lindsay Wagner was recouping from an auto accident.

She seems under the influence here as well.

Drunk!

She does seem drunk in r133's vid. And rambling like a drunk, too. Oh, Lynda!

Oh hell what do u know!

She should have used the golden lasso on Les Moonves.

She may be drunk but she looks damn good being one.

Relapses are common with alcoholism. I hope she is ok.

Lynda's kids are grown and out on their own, maybe she's drinking again. It's very common for alkies to relapse once the kids leave the nest, because there's no reason to hide it anymore and no one there to bitch at them for drinking.

Still no love for me when I aced being Electra Woman?!

Fuck you guys... after the decades of of romance, drama and demonic possession, everything I've given you and I've got nothin from you in this thread! Nothing! What has Lynda or Debra that I ain't got, huh?

Screw you...

R130 thanks for answering.

r141, that shit was only a segment on a weak show. nice memory but not really a thing.

Ranking her looks during the run of the show.

I agree with the high ranking of the western look (#2) she had on the Roy Rogers episode. Simply fabulous.

Does the original paradise island costume look a little too tight?

Not at all.

Pic 10 of the link. It looks half a size too small.

Here

Sorry here. This one looks tight.

It was the 70s. Everything looked too tight.

LOL R150

The history of Wonder Woman's costume. A catalog of all the tweaks and changes to the costume since 1941.

my tits are bustin' loose and this time i'm gonna breast feed steve!

R147 i don't like the ones with the mask. But the skirt is pretty cute. I'm not sure what to make of [italic]this[/italic] one 😕

I like that one.

Me too! I wish she would have worn it more than once.

She wore the special western look because Roy Rogers, a good Christian man, would not agree to do the show if Lynda wore her regular, indecent costume. She covered up for the old coot.

The western look seemed lazy, like Roy pitched a fit the day of filming and the costume dept had to make a mad dash to Kmart.

Yes, Roy Rogers was an old tightassed prude. It did seem like the costume dept. just threw that outfit together on little notice.

I preferred the WWII episodes to the 70s episodes. I also liked the WWII-era costume better.

Lynda in the skirt shown only in the pilot episode. True to the original but not terribly flattering.

Lynda in full,formal regalia with the second skirt worn only during very special occasions. The angled star pattern was much more flattering and I like the clever design detail that when the skirt would blow open the star configuration of the revealed hot pants would match the star configuration on the skirt exactly.

Much prefer the Donfeld costumes(well maybe not the granny panties so much) than any subsequent redesign.

I think I prefer Lynda's skirt in comparison to the new one. Or maybe it's the length that's bothering me.

Why did they switch from WW2 to the 70s?

A fan created a Season 4 intro, with special guest stars Debra Winger, Caroline Jones, Beatrice Colon!

Lynda Carter >>> Gal Gadot

R166 well who would you have picked for the movie?

The first season ran on ABC, but for some reason they didn't renew it even though it was a hit. CBS picked up the series and ordered the time change to the then-present day. Since Wonder Woman is immortal (she's thousands of years old) the show jumped forward in time.

ABC's Wonder Woman was expensive to make since it was a period piece set in the 1940s.

R165 who is Ray Caspio "Wonderlad?"

Who was Dale Hawthorne? Her new boss in that last episode in LA?

r165 I believe he's a WW superfan.

Debra Winger had some gigantic titties. She makes Lynda Carter's look like chicken cutlets.

Debra has a nice pair of tits, but they weren't as bodacious as Lynda's.

And Winger knew it. Hence the hate.

I remember going to see the movie "Black Widow" in the theatre, and someone kept screaming, "You loved her as Drusilla in that two-part episode of 'Wonder Woman.' You will love her in 'BLACK WIDOW.'" Then there would be this roar of laughter.

Lynda was also about five inches taller and about the same weight. R173

What the Season Two opener might have looked like if they had stayed in the 40s.

DL HOMOS are obsessed with WONDER WOMAN. I prefer DIANA PRINCE.

[quote] Who was Dale Hawthorne? Her new boss in that last episode in LA?

The final episode has Diana moving to LA and working for the Hawthorne character (poor Lyle was notably missing from the credits of that episode so it was clear he wouldn’t be returning for S4 had the show been renewed). According to IMDB the actor playing Hawthorne was in “Bobby Jo and the Outlaw” with Lynda so maybe he was a friend?

It would have been funny if Miss Sarah Jane Wilder that NERD from Little House On The Prairie turned into WONDER WOMAN.

R180 That would have been similar to the 1967 screen test from the Batman producers.

Wonder Woman was still doing well in the ratings, I don't know why it was cancelled after the third season.

If it had been renewed would Bob Seagren have become a regular (and love interest for Diana)?

R183 maybe it's the picture but he doesn't look cute at all.

He was certainly no Lyle!

[quote][R183] maybe it's the picture but he doesn't look cute at all.

at the time he seemed "hot" and I imagined them having all sorts of superhuman sex!

R185 I'd take him over Chris Pine.

Who would have been good guests or recurring characters for the fourt season?

Girl From Islandia

Drusilla

The Boy Who Knew her Secret

Lynda was too tall and curvy to play Rita. To her credit, though she’s actually singing in that clip. But the dancing is so awkward. She lacked Rita’s lithe dancing body. And with those chipmunk cheeks, she looked as if she were storing nuts for the winter.

Lynda is taller than Rita, but not curvier.

The main problem is that Lynda's make up and styling is too natural looking. Rita had an extreme makeover and Lynda's styling should have been as extreme and old movie star like. The lighting was also wrong.

Who was that old blonde bitch that played Diana paradise’s pageant director?

AnnE Francis?

Debi Wings is know for her ginormous pahookas.

Wonder Family!

Jaime, Drusilla and Diana. My 8 year old self would have creamed his pants!

R196 that is too cute.

R197 [italic] And I've told you that men do a lot of things that aren't necessarily helpful.[/italic] Well ain't that the fucking truth!

Run Lynda Run!

Diana Paradise was the shit!!!

R200 I loved that outfit.

Clueless Steve

Here

Doesn't Debi Wings now work at the iHop on LaCienega Blvd?

Almost as bad. She's on "The Ranch" on NETFLIX. A fate worse than death.

r203 - YES! I ordered a 2 x 2 x 2 special from LaWings this weekend!! Elated!!!

Debra had better tits than Lynda.

Uhh am I imagining it or is this suit a little [italic] too [/italic] tight??

No R207

[quote]r139 Relapses are common with alcoholism. I hope she is ok.

Lynda's a g-damn lush. Always was.

Boozin' it up with the big boys while the rest of us got our beauty sleep's how she s̶t̶o̶l̶e̶ got jobs.

r208, that is the camel-toe from hell!

R211 that's for sure. How did Lynda not feel anything??

drunks don't feel

A clit made of Feminum!