That clip gives me the same sort of fidgety awkwardness I get when watching new episodes of Saturday Night Live.

Oh my god, that is one of the crappiest things I've ever seen. You really weren't kidding about that bit with the mirror being the longest minute of my life. Jesus woman, get over yourself. You're not even hot.

Thank the gods this never got made into a series.

I will admit though, it's always awesome to hear that guy who did the 60's Batman series narration. That was the only good part of the entire clip. I think every show should have that guy do narration. He makes everything better.

Makes Electra Woman and Dyna Girl look like high art, this does. Oh, my GOD how horrible.

I like to pretend this doesn't exist. Why, oh why did you have to find it...

What the Hell was that?
My eyes! My Eyyyyyyeeeeeees! ....and my ears too!

Ouch!

I think this is the one where her reflection in the mirror is played by Linda "Nova" Harrison?

I have read about this before and seen pics but never actually seen the pilot. Wow, was that ever bad. I guess they were trying to recreate the camp success of Batman but thankfully they never did. And yes ABS, her reflection is played by another, prettier actress, although you can't make it out since the quality is so poor.

What do you mean, no one knows how to make Wonder Woman work? Justice League did a pretty bang-up job, and the new Wonder Woman DVD is fucking incredible. She beheads Ares!

This pilot needed more thunder sound effects.

Sooo....I'm the only one who kind of liked it? I thought it had a certain campy charm. Hell, it's better than most of the reality shows on tv right now.

omg just when i think the most evil crap of tv and movies have been found this thing shows up. as for no one knowing how to make her work Bruce timm does animated wise and Gail Simone does in her book. and joss weadon tried with her movie

Why does she fail at reading the newspaper?

Yeah, good to know the fate of the free world rests in the hands of a woman who can't even get up off a couch.

And what's with the mother's last line, "Don't forget to visit Uncle Amos, you know how much he likes you!" That's a FFF waiting to happen, right there.

I seriously think this vid opened a small portal to hell.

Although I've had that man conversation with my mother plenty of times, so I feel her pain.

This is NOTHING compared to the super hero "roasts" that were on in the 60s and 70s. Whoa, were those bad!

Suffice to say, I think this is clear proof no one has had any idea how to make Wonder Woman work, ever.

Well, in all fairness to everyone, ever, it's not like "Wonder Woman" is really a workable concept in the first place (as has been pointed out on this site at length). It only really holds together if you don't start looking at too closely and/or expecting it to make some sort of sense.

Virgin Mary in an abortion clinic, if that didnt spark womens lib, I dont what did "I got to save the world, mum" "Oh a mirror........................................................................................................oh ya the world" "wyuliewhoop"

She didn't even have gauntlets! They looked like sweat bands....

at first it seemed kinda charming in an old fashioned tv show way. and whats with her falling over trying to read the paper? but yeah then the mirror scene started up and went wayyyyyyyy to long in a creepy/chaunavistic style (she thinks she pretty but get this SHES UGLY HAHAH). and that sound effect? thats the sound of the creators of this show trying too hard

Dear God, this is even worse than the Cathy Lee Crosby movie from the 70s.
Anyway, I have to second the praise for the recent Wonder Woman animated DVD. I was totally unprepared for just how enjoyable that was. Almost as unprepared as I was for just how dreadful this thing was.

What exactly was wrong with the Linda Carter Wonder Woman? It had WWII intrigue, then modern spy intrigue, reasonably awesome use of her odd arsenal of powers, some good villains (including Donnie and Marie Osmond), freakin' Debra Winger as Wonder Girl, a hot theme song, and Linda Carter was not only convincing in the role, but one of the finest women ever. If that ain't right I think I want to be wrong.

Goddammit! Why didn't that come with a warning like: "MAY MAKE YOUR EYES BLEED AND BRAIN CELLS COMMIT SUICIDE!!!"

It was almost like they wanted us to think the girl was demented and not really Wonder Woman. So, the campy WW is insane?! WTF?! And that last sound effect after the "whullywhoop" was actually the LIS Jupiter 2 take-off...

Well thank you, 60s television. You managed to suddenly make me feel like defecting to the Soviets, even after all these years. Rodina slyshit!

'Glad to hear that was actually supposed to be a gimmick with the mirror, though. I thought I was just imagining the reflection not synching up completely, and/or the director had some kind of weird mirror fixation. (Gee, a weird fixation behind a depiction of Wonder Woman, and by the creators of the 60s Batman, to boot? What're the odds?)

What...what was the purpose of the mirror gimmick? What?!?

I think I've contracted brain AIDS after watching that

Even got the reflection in the mirror wrong!! When she turns one way, the reflection turns the opposite.

Kinda like what this vid does to your stomach. Horrible. Just horrible.

Wow..this series would of been terrible, but it was cool to hear the batman announcer again. The thing that strikes me odd is that Wonder Woman to me has never been real "womanie". I could never see the Gail Simone's or Bruce Timm's standing in front of a mirror like that. All in all there is something nerdily hot about this wonder woman...I would do her..well back then..if I was around...you know what I mean.

Needs more bondage to be a real Wonder Woman series.

"Even got the reflection in the mirror wrong!! When she turns one way, the reflection turns the opposite."

Holy shit. That's some brain-bending stuff.

"I could never see the Gail Simone's or Bruce Timm's standing in front of a mirror like that. "

The JLU one had a couple of moments that were kind of like that ("Maid of Honor", etc.), just not nearly as transparently awful.

Why DID she fall off the couch? I thought her mother didn't know and it was a goofy hit-you-over-the-head-with-the-Secret-ID thing like all these 60s shows, but that wasn't the case. And it's not to show off her ass, since they spend about two minutes ogling it later.

On the other hand... they beat George Perez to "screw the plane, just let her FLY!" by 20 years.

HO! LY! CRAP!

May God, that's shitty...

Oh, the pain!!! I would have been better off not knowing this thing existed.
The only redeeming thing was the narrator from Batman, and I thought the revolving door/quick change thing was kinda neat. Oh GOD, I need to vomit......

I did a quintuple-take with the flying sound effect at 4:35. I had to play it five times in a row before I could believe it!

I'm probably just imagining it, but I think Wonder Woman's mother also used her power of super-nagging to drive her husband, Harcourt Fenton Mudd, to abandon her her for a career of space-pimping and con artistry.

...Saw a 16mm copy of this at a convention over 25 years ago. Still provokes the same amount of nausea, but nowhere near as much as the Cathy Lee Crosby version from 1974, featuring the flattest chest Wonder Woman has ever experienced.

...Sode note: Ellie Wood Walker never acted again after this clip, and like Maren Jensen no one knows what trailer park she wound up in after her career died a quick death.

By 20th Century Fox...Well that explain everything