When actress Lynda Carter got the good news that she had landed the starring role in the television series Wonder Woman, she was apparently dead broke and had already made the decision to move back Phoenix, Arizona. For the first movie-length episode of season one in 1975, The New Original Wonder Woman Carter donned a long blonde wig and a barely there white dress with her other female pals on Paradise Island—a dreamy sounding mecca inhabited only by women.
In the episode, the blonde Amazon we come to know as Wonder Woman, demonstrated her exceptional skills and abilities during an Olympic-style gaming events. She ties for first with another Amazon. The tie-breaker involved the two women shooting at each other in a challenge called the “bullets and bracelets” event. The one being shot at must deflect the bullets with her bulletproof bracelets.
The tricky blonde wins. Once she removes her disguise it’s revealed to be Diana. The blond woman wins the event, superficially injuring her opponent’s arm. When she is pronounced the winner and allowed to go to America.
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