Cathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman (1974)

So, basically, she is a glorified Olympian?

I loved this movie when I was little.

She looks like some sort of futuristic stewardess.

Her means of transportation wasn't exactly an invisible plane, just a tiny burro.

It really wasn't that far removed from the depowered Wonder Woman comics of the day.

Diana flew in the Invisible Jet in the 1974 TV-Movie. Remember? Her plane was just "that much faster" than Ricardo's.

R2, me too.

R7 , Oh okay I saw that. They didn't actually show the invisible plane, they just showed a point-of-view shot from a helicopter, more than likely.

This TV film traumatized me in my youth. Wonder Woman has been my favorite comic book superhero since childhood. I was expecting Wonder Woman and I was like 'who's this powerless bitch'. Granted, I get they were trying to do the powerless WW but fuck all that for her first TV appearance. God bless Lynda Carter always. Those first 2 TV films and that first season set during World War 2 more than made up for that Cathy Lee Crosby shit.

Diana got her powers back in 1972, so she was already back to her super-powered self for over a year when the 1974 TV-Movie aired. They chose to go with the non-powered Diana, which was fine by me.

CLC's Diana definitely has Diana's spirit, warmth and wit. She is a Wonder Woman in every way except for the gods' blessings of superhuman powers.

Anitra Ford is terrific as the rogue Amazon! Her battle with Diana is pretty cool!

Of course, the incredible 1975 "The New, Original Wonder Woman" is like having the 1941 origin story come to life, but the 1974 version is still good and fun in its own right.

Plus, this movie did excellent in the ratings which made the 1975 version possible.

If anyone ever wondered what Sour Humorless Lesbian Face is, refer to OP’s photo.

Lynda Carter and the 40s fighting the Nazis version was really well-done for what it was trying to be. And of course, she WAS Wonder Woman. Perfect casting, even down to Beatrice Colen as Etta Candy. AND THAT THEME SONG!! Charles Fox Singers sang the shit out of it.

The 70s version was boring and the plotlines were worse.

They should bring back Wonder Woman fighting the Nazis, White Supremacists, Trump Supporters, and Russians. I'd watch it.

Ellie Wood Walker as Wonder Woman back in 1967.

Angela: "Oh, I WILL take your life."

Andrew Prine was smarmy and a little sexy, too.

Fun!

I blacked this out from my memory!

I like how Ellie Wood Walker has a very authentic costume for 1967!

Wonder Woman had returned to the boots that year, so maybe this was conceived before the return of the boots instead of the sandals.

The eagle and white belt are fabulous!

Lynda Carter had bigger boobs. That’s why she was the better Wonder Woman.

I wish they had these kind of special effects back in the 70s when Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman, because I'm not that big of a fan of Gal Gadot.

1968-72 era New Wonder Woman had more of a mod, Emma Peel vibe.

I didn't really care for Cathy Lee as WW. She had a very mean, hard look, and looked nothing like the New Wonder Woman comic that they based her character on.

Anitra Ford would have been a great Wonder Woman but luckily she was cast as the villain otherwise we might never had gotten Lynda.

I remember watching the Cathy Lee Crosby WW as a gayling of 12 when it first aired in 1974. I HATED it. LOATHED it. Felt so betrayed since this was not the Wonder Woman I loved. Was so happy a year later when Lynda and WWII version of Wonder Woman aired.

And yes, I did realize at the time, 45 years ago, that they were essentially doing the non-powered version of the WW comic book with the Cathy Lee Crosby version. I also HATED the non-powered comic book version.

Gaylings were unhinged even in 1974 over a TV-Movie.

Add me to the list of upset gaylings when this aired. And I was only 6! I had just started reading comics and watching SUPER FRIENDS, and WW was my favorite. My older brother had been telling me all week there would be a Wonder Woman movie coming on, and I could not wait. I even had a couple of nerd friends over to spend the night and watch it. We were all like, "Who is this bitch pretending to be Wonder Woman!!!???" My brother was an asshole, and I think he played it up knowing I'd be disappointed.

That said, it was sort of campy fun, in parts. When the REAL WW appeared in the form of Lynda Carter, I was a very happy little gay.

This gayling loved it in 1974.

CLC had Diana’s spirit and warmth.

Okay, I even had my Grandmother make a CLC-style Wonder Woman costume for one of my sister’s blonde Barbies. She was a seamstress with an eye for detail, so the outfit was flawless!

Grannie even made a small eagle pin out of gold thread like on Cathy Lee’s costume. I wish I still had it.

BTW, the Lynda Carter version is incredible and I love her Wonder Woman, too, of course.

Cathy Lee then and now

Here's an outfit I doubt we'd ever see Lynda in.

Lynda Carter from Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw.

I'm geeking out!!!!!!!

This would be incredible to own!

It’s a very weird take on the character. I know about Diana’s depowered period in the comic. This wasn’t that. It’s just weird. The Lynda Carter version was no Shakespeare, but it was so faithful to the source material that it couldn’t help but to attract her built in fan base.

Adapting a superhero for the screen does not require reinventing the wheel. Stick to the source material, at least for the character’s basic components. This is why the Batman TV series worked so well, despite being a radical, comedic departure otherwise. It’s also why Halle Berry’s Catwoman is such a failure.

And yet, Cathy Lee Crosby's Wonder Woman was a spectacular success in the ratings which made the Lynda Carter version possible.

And yet, Cathy Lee Crosby's Wonder Woman is largely forgotten 45 years later, and only remembered as an oddity for it's unnecessary deviations from the source material, which was served so much better by more faithful adaptations such as Lynda Carter's and Gal Gadot's.

She looks like a flight attendant for Fascist Airlines.

Just a reminder that DL fave, Andrew Prine, had something about him the DataLounge just loved.

[quote]And yet, Cathy Lee Crosby's Wonder Woman was a spectacular success in the ratings which made the Lynda Carter version possible.

It was a spectacular success because people knew the name Wonder Woman. They were familiar with the character and tuned in to see the character they liked.

I sincerely doubt the show would have been a ratings success if they'd called it Daring Damsel or Amazing Amazon.

Cloris Leachman was a horrid Hippolyta. As was Carolyn Jones.

Cathy Lee's Hippolyta was more regal.

[quote]Diana got her powers back in 1972, so she was already back to her super-powered self for over a year when the 1974 TV-Movie aired. They chose to go with the non-powered Diana, which was fine by me.

What I could never quite get about the Lynda Carter version was how inconsistent it seemed to be with regard to Diana's powers. Whenever you would see her on Paradise Island with all of the other Amazon women, they could all do these incredible feats seemingly just naturally, yet when Diana went to America, she could never do anything without first spinning around and turning into Wonder Woman -- i.e., as Diana, she just seemed to be a mere mortal and nothing more.

I seem to recall several episodes in which Diana would be taken hostage and tied up but didn't seem to have the strength to break free and you would sit there wondering "Why the hell can't she just bust through the ropes?" (Even when not dressed as Superman, Clark Kent always had his powers.) They always had to find a way for Diana to get untied first so she could turn into Wonder Woman and then she'd have her powers -- yet let her visit Paradise Island and she like all the other women could do all of these superhuman things. It just made no sense to me.

The Seventies-set CBS seasons had Diana powerless in her non-costumed identity for whatever reasons. I guess to make it more exciting when she because Wonder Woman.

However, as cool as the 1940s-set ABC episodes were, they were the ones that came up with the wretched weakness whenever Wonder Woman's belt was snatched off her so easily. Every Nazi and criminal knew to rip off the easily-ripped off Velcro-ed golden belt in order to take away her powers. It was ridiculous and clearly the worst part of the ABC episodes.

I also hated how the Feminum was a natural shield for bullets, negating what was supposed to be Diana's super-speed. When John Sexy Saxon took over Paradise Island, the Amazons were powerless without their bracelets. But if they even had one, they just had to hold it up and the Nazis gave up, knowing no bullet would ever get past the bracelet.

But Diana winning The Contest was decided by her superior speed in deflecting bullets actively, not just holding up a bracelet.

ABC was great but far from perfect.

Lynda Day George WAS perfect as Fausta Grables, though!

Kaz Garas was certainly no Lyle Waggoner.

Cathy Lee didn't have Debra Winger playing Drusilla.

I would love to know what Debra Winger would say about those episodes now.

Probably something cunty...

About 15 years ago, Winger dressed as Wonder Girl on Letterman, so she has a sense of humor about it. She has said bad things about Lynda Carter being not very nice on set.

Wonder Woman was created by psychologist and swinger William Marston. He was married and in a polyamorous relationship with a woman named Olive Byrne, who was rumored to be the inspiration for WW. He believed in the superiority of women and was also into bondage, which explains the magic lasso.

The many moods of Cathy Lee Crosby:

I was hesitant about Gadot but she really squashed that. The accent, the look, everything about her WW is perfect.

That’s Incredible!

[Quote] They should bring back Wonder Woman fighting the Nazis, White Supremacists, Trump Supporters, and Russians. I'd watch it.

The CW would make a mess of it.

I would not watch Black Lesbian Etta Candy.

[Quote] I would not watch Black Lesbian Etta Candy.

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The 2016 DC Rebirth newest origin of Wonder Woman turned all of the women in the cast into lesbian-leaning bisexuals - ALL of them. CW would certainly play it this way.

And Etta Candy was turned Black and into a lesbian Amanda Waller clone.

I did NOT give my approval for Cathy Lee Crosby to portray me! At least Lynda Carter asked for my advice when she played me later.

Oh, that last film? They didn't involve me AT ALL, and I'm FUMING over it. Such disrespect!

R53 I'm not seeing the problem but you're right. The CW would definitely go in that direction.

I'm tired of CW Lesbians.

I'm tired of DC turning all of its straight female characters into bisexuals or Lesbians while the straight males remain straight.

When Nightwing and Arsenal "turn" bisexual, then I won't be sick anymore of DC's Parade of Lesbians.

Cathy Lee Crosby was a high level tennis player back in the day which means she was no stranger to the lady pond...

That's what you get with inferior actresses

The epitome of everything wrong with taking a well fleshed out story and totally re-writing it - ala Bryan Singer.