William Dozier's Wonder Woman Pilot 1968

[Wee67]

Maybe this is common knowledge, but I had no idea that 60's Batman TV creator William Dozier tried to pitch a Wonder Woman pilot back in 1968. Its a VERY different take. Diana lives at home with an overbearing mom and WW is not the looker we knew with Ms. Carter.

YouTube - ORIGINAL Wonder Woman Pilot


The story-
IGN: Hidden Heroes: The Wonder Woman You Never Saw

[Marvelmania]

I have this along with the Batgirl ERA commercial on VHS somewhere.

[Mawni]

OMG! That is so terrible. Bleah!

[The Toyroom]

Yeah the camp approach that worked for Batman doesn't seem to hot for Wonder Woman. But just think if it had....we could all be sitting around complaining and "wondering" why the '68 Wonder Woman series isn't out on DVD yet.

[garagesale]

I've not seen this before... it is very stange...

JamesD

[txteach]

Gee James I thought strange would be right up your alley.

[Captain]

(as the narrator of the old Batman show might say)

"If ever a time called for it, if ever a matter warranted it, only one mighty phrase could sum up this dire situation....EGADS!!!!"

[HardyGirl]

Oh that was just awful! I couldn't even bear to watch all 5 mins. YUK!

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Oh hahaha, that reminds me of my Mum trying to get me to eat...

We can't be too harsh on it, it was 1968, and I don't think anyone can rival Lynda Carter to this day, in fact, this poor lass reminds me of Ugly Betty.

Very interesting anyway...thanks Bill!

[Mikey]

Very funny and very 60's "camp".

Looking at it today, you have to put yourself in late 60's shoes--- when superheroes were considered oldhat slapstick comedy.

When Vietnam was raging in full force--- and the country knew superheroes were nothing more than a 40's pipe dream........ It was this decades way of degrading the older generations "fake heroes".

This pilot is quite predictable, for it's time.

[ramsey37]

What a stupid POS. Blarrgh!
George

[The Toyroom]

Wonder Woman (not Diana Prince) was played by Linda Harrison (Nova of the Planet of the Apes) in this pilot.

[saildog]

That's awful.

Thankfully, our memories of Wonder Woman are made of this:
YouTube - Lynda Carter Wonder Woman Tribute

[mitchedwards]

If that ever made air, it would have rivaled "My Mother the Car" for the worst TV show ever

[jds1911a1]

I think this is actually worse than all the other failed Pilots for super hero shows I've seen except SUPERPUP and that includes the 1990's JLA show with MAJ wincester as Jonn Jonzz