{"id":1212,"date":"2017-07-13T12:42:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2021-07-02T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T11:37:11","slug":"episode-63-lynda-carter-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1212","title":{"rendered":"Episode 66: Lynda Carter Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week join Jonathan, Steve, and Andrew as they sit down together to discuss a listener-suggested topic &#8211; Lynda Carter&#8217;s fifth and final television variety special: Body &amp; Soul (1984). The guys discuss the special within the context of the time period, why Lynda Carter didn&#8217;t become a &#8220;mega star&#8221; even though by the &#8220;rules of Hollywood&#8221; she possessed the correct formula, and a little behind-the-scenes talk about slotting in advertisements in the regional vs. national markets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-11-e1499802939742.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-11-e1499802939742-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-11-e1499802939742-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-11-e1499802939742-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-11-e1499802939742-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-11-e1499802939742-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-11-e1499802939742.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/podcast_tv_studio-3-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lynda Carter &amp; Ben Vereen - I&#039;ve Got a Girl in Kalamazoo (Body and Soul - 1984)\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tR-JKxg5p6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lynda Carter&#039;s Rock &#039;n Roll Fantasy 1980\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jBWm9yQXlc0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fan-made ALL-ACTION Intro for the Fictitious Wonder Woman Season Four:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wonder Woman Lynda Carter &quot;Season 4&quot; Opening-Intro\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PFfBtN63NAs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1212 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1219'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cathy_lee_crosby_WW-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1219\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1219'>\n\t\t\t\tCathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman from the March 12, 1974 ABC TV movie\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1224'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wonder-woman-1975-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1224\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1224'>\n\t\t\t\tLynda Carter as Wonder Woman in the original November 1975 pilot TV film\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1226'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WONDER-WOMAN-1977-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1226\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1226'>\n\t\t\t\tthe classic Lynda Carter Wonder Woman look from 1977\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1221'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lynda-kenny-rogers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1221\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1221'>\n\t\t\t\tLynda singing with country star Kenny Rogers on her first special from January 12, 1980.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1222'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lynda-second-tv-special-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1222\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1222'>\n\t\t\t\tLynda sings in her second TV Special Encore! from September 16, 1980.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1223'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/partners-in-crime-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1223\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1223'>\n\t\t\t\tLynda Carter and Loni Anderson in the short-lived 1984 NBC series Partners in Crime\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1225'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wonderland-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1225\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1225'>\n\t\t\t\tLynda Carter modeling a very &#8217;80s style from 1985 (attribution Wonderland: the Ultimate Lynda Carter Site)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1220'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/closer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1220\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1220'>\n\t\t\t\tLynda poses with her most famous wardrobe (attribution: Closer). \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1218'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/at-last-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1218\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1218'>\n\t\t\t\tLynda Carter&#8217;s 2009 album At Last. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week join Jonathan, Steve, and Andrew as they sit down together to discuss a listener-suggested topic &#8211; Lynda Carter&#8217;s 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