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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 60258" data-attributes="member: 23">To wrap up Season One I watched Carter and Doug Cramer's audio commentary for The New, Original Wonder Woman.While I dare say there's a bit of Hollywood flannel here and there, it does serve as a sort of time capsule conversation about the show. They cover a lot of familiar ground: Carter's lack of acting experience and her having $25 in her bank account when she was cast; Cramer talks about showing the catfight sequence to the Dynasty team to convince them to get Joan and Linda to do it.They discuss the SFX: the little explosive in the bracelet set up used to simulate the bullets hitting; the men crawling on the floor carrying Waggoner on a board to make it look as though Carter is effortlessly carrying him; and the hell reigned down by the studio when Carter did her own stunt by hanging onto the bottom of an airborne helicopter for that scene that ended up in the titles.The feminism of the show is also spotlit. The powers that be wanted to shorten a speech given by Diana about sisterhood and there was a fight to keep it in. Cramer observes that all great shows have a lot of fights, and many not so great shows are a result of people not fighting enough. It's an interesting outlook and one that made sense as I heard him say it.Some of the behind the scenes friction bubbles under the surface. Cramer - having worked on Batman - talks about enjoying the camp comic book angle of the show, while Carter talks about wanting it to be straighter. She suggests that this could only happen by moving the show away from the 1940s period (I don't agree with this at all). Cramer implies that Cloris Leachman was a nightmare to work with and refused to take any direction (Lynda, it seems, was just in awe that she was working with Cloris and wanted to be good enough to share a scene with her). Carter mostly avoids talking about Lyle Waggoner but at times her silence on the issue speaks volumes. She does concede that he looks in great shape in his shirtless recuperation scenes, but there's also a telling little moment over the credits where Cramer says how Waggoner hated the cartoony sparkle that was added to his grin. After a brief pause, Carter flatly responds "I bet he did."</blockquote>

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