Eldergays, Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman Arrives on HBO Max!

With Wonder Woman 1984 making its streaming debut on Christmas Day, HBO Max has decided to tease the film’s impending arrival – and to get you a little more geared up for the return of the DC Comics heroine – by adding the original 1970s Wonder Woman series to their catalog as well.

For those who don’t remember, never watched, or weren’t alive for this incarnation of Princess Diana, wherein Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman and Lyle Waggoner played Colonel Steve Trevor, allow us to remind you by offering up one of the most iconic opening credit sequences in TV history.

For those who’ve written off the ’70s Wonder Woman series as too cheesy to revisit, you’re missing out. While it’s not exactly the same type of camp that the ’60s Batman series delivered so successfully, it’s definitely a show that has its tongue in its cheek way more often than not. Take, for instance, the very first episode of the series: the lead Nazi villain is played by Kenneth Mars, best known for his work in Mel Brooks’ The Producers…and before you think that’s a coincidence, Mars’ Wonder Woman character pointedly references his love for his pigeons.

The writers and producers were clearly having a ball with this show, as were the actors who appeared as guest stars. It’s truly a “Who’s Who” of ’60s and ’70s TV, including – but not limited to – such folks as Gary Burghoff (M*A*S*H), Gretchen Corbett (The Rockford Files), Dick Gautier (Get Smart), Frank Gorshin (Batman), Robert Reed and Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch), Russell Johnson (Gilligan’s Island), Carolyn Jones (The Addams Family), Cloris Leachman (Phyllis), Dick Van Patten (Eight is Enough), Gavin MacLeod (The Love Boat), and – lest we forget – Martin Mull (Fernwood 2-Nite).