Amazon Hot Wax (16 Feb. 1979)

Director:

Ray Austin

Writers:

William M. Marston (characters), Stanley Ralph Ross (developer),

Stars:

Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Michael G. Botts

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Lynda Carter	...	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
Lyle Waggoner	...	Colonel Steve Trevor, Jr.
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael G. Botts	...	Kim
Curtis Credel	...	Eric
Robert F. Hoy	...	Marty
Gene Krischer	...	Jim the Engineer
Sarah Purcell	...	Barbi Gordon
Judge Reinhold	...	Jeff Gordon
Martin Speer	...	Billy Dero
Rick Springfield	...	Anton
Danil Torppe	...	Jerry
Katherine Woodville	...	Kobler

Storyline

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 February 1979 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 12, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bruce Lansbury Productions, Douglas S. Cramer Company, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lynda Carter flexes her vocal talents by singing a couple songs, one from her solo record album "Portrait". The music centered episode also spoofed then current artists by having the Judge Reinhold and Sarah Purcell characters resemble the group Captain & Tennille and showing the Kiss look-alike band "AntiMatter".

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Goofs

Wonder Woman's lasso moves from around Kobler's henchman's upper right arm to down near his wrist between shots.

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Quotes

Barbi Gordon: What are you, staring at?
Jeff Gordon: [Referring to Cathy Meadows'/ Diana Prince's look] She's a very, attractive woman, Barbi.
Barbi Gordon: I want to know, what song, she does.

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Connections

References American Hot Wax (1978)

User Reviews

Wonder Woman the musical

Amazon Hot Wax Very much a case of 'Lynda Carter's got a great voice and artistic timing so let's do a musical episode '. But it's still pretty good, I really like the idea that they can find out the disappeared popstar's hideout through interpreting his album cover, more music folks should do that today (anyone else 'Quest for the golden hare?). Such a shame that this occurred in the era before mainstream TV series were obliged to do a musical episode (Xena, Buffy, Scrubs, Ally McBeal etc), some of which were pedestrian and obligatory, some of which were exemplary and superlative. Also we have 'Beverley Hills Cop' star Judge Reinhold in his first ever role as the lesser evil part of the evil duo. A hugely different image for Diana, no longer the Sarah Palin lookalike but actually someone whom you could believe was a popstar back in the 70s. Kinda weak excuse that an organisation like the IADC would be involved with something so minor as extortion in the music business, they seem to be a combination of the FBI/CIA able to operate on both US territory and foreign soil (or at least as long as the stock footage lasted). Rick Springfield once again in a very different role to what we've seen him in before. Steve relegated to the DC office, very much a bit player from now on which frankly I see as something of a shame, Wonder Woman would have been so much better if we'd have had some sort of romance in our favourite Amazon's life rather than have her as some sort of ultra-hot glacial eunic, just because she doesn't need men or women doesn't mean she shouldn't want them. On a more prosaic level Eric seems to hope to use the casting couch to begin a relationship with Diana but never even gets a look in, at least he appears to be placated by the magic of Diana's voice in the studio. A pretty good ep, Lynda Carter maintaining a career through her music specials long after Wonder Woman was cancelled. You often think that she was a musician who fell into being an actress than the other way around (the anti-Elvis?). The group Anti-Matter with all it's gimmicks kind of resemble the 70s supergroups KISS, Earth, Wind and Fire and The Bay City Rollers. 7/10