I’m still decompressing from my little jaunt to the missus’s homeland, and my brain is still trying to adjust to the fact that Minneapolis needs a little more piss in its urban personality:
“Pedestrians always have the right-of-way, even when you have a green light.”
“All our gasoline is free trade.”
“My rank scent and face pustules mean I don’t condone the killing of bacteria for any reason.”
Ugh. It makes you want to smack a terminally ill child in a wheelchair as a political protest against this kind of smug, narcissism. I imagine this is what Hell’s like. Or at least Seattle and Portland.
This means I’m pretty useless when it comes to writing anyting worthwhile now. Plus, I have a few things to catch up on before I travel to Indiana to see my son’s baseball game. (His first game was over the weekend, and he pitched five innings, allowing a hit and a walk, and striking out 12 batters.)
Instead, I’m going to show a little bit of TV history that found its way on Topless Robot recently. It’s the unaired pilot for a 1960s-era Wonder Woman TV show created by the guys behind the 1960s-era Batman TV show. There’s no Lynda Carter or Lyle Waggoner here. Hell, there’s not even a Cathy Lee Crosby in sight. Just Ellie Wood Walker (as Diana Prince) and Linda Harrison (as Wonder Woman, but only as the reflection in the mirror–yeah, it makes no sense, just watch). Harrison would go on to star as Nova in two Planet of the Apes films as well as marry Hollywood producer Richard D. Zanuck. Walker, however, still had her worst role ahead of her: Mime #3 in Easy Rider.
That’s really all the set up you need. Anymore explanation will ruin the surreal joy of this five-minute featurette.
(Thanks to Topless Robot for the video, and IMDb, Wonderland: The Ultimate Wonder Woman Site and the Hidden Heroes feature at IGN for help with the background information.)
Joe Vince
