Electra Woman and Dyna Girl 

The adventures of two female superheroes.

Creators:

Joe Ruby, Ken Spears

Stars:

Deidre Hall, Judy Strangis, Norman Alden

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Deidre Hall	...	Electra Woman / ... 16 episodes, 1976
Judy Strangis	...	Dyna Girl / ... 16 episodes, 1976
Norman Alden	...	Frank Heflin 16 episodes, 1976
Marvin Miller	...	Narrator 11 episodes, 1976

Storyline

Electra Woman and Dynagirl are gorgeous superheroes who battle a bevy of costumed villains. They wear skintight outfits with capes, and operate out of the secret Electrabase, which is headed by Frank Heflin, who designed and built the heroines' sophisticated equipment.

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Plot Keywords:

non comic book superhero | character names as series title | electra woman character | dyna girl character | 1970s | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally aired as 16 serialized installments on The Krofft Supershow (1976), each concluding with a preview of the next show. In the 1980s, they were re-edited as 8 stand-alone episodes, which went on to sporadically air on TV and blip on home video. In several instances, the original "Supershow" edits were longer, and in some, they were shorter to accommodate the various Krofft segments.

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Quotes

The Sorcerer: Your attention, my kilowatt cuties!

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Connections

Referenced in Sicko-Psychotic: This Old Shack (2016)

User Reviews

Deranged 70's Cheese Fun

One of three segments presented on the 70's Saturday morning kidvid THE KROFT SUPERSHOW; The others were 'Wonderbug,' a Herbie The Love Bug knockoff, and 'Doctor Shrinker,' about a mad scientist who shrinks three teens. All three, if I remember right, were dumped in favor of new short features when the SUPERSHOW came back for a second season, though 'Wonderbug' might have stayed around. Only eight episodes of 'Electra-Woman And Dyna-Girl' were produced, but they're vividly, and sometimes even fondly, remembered by Generation Xers. A weird, low-budget pastiche of the campy 1960's BATMAN with a bit of Lynda Carter WONDER WOMAN thrown in, the show starred Deidre Hall and Judy Strangis as 'Lori' and 'Judy,' two magazine writers who, when trouble strikes, usually in the form of a flamboyantly costumed, wildly overplayed super-villain, become super-heroines Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl. They battled evil using their 'Electra-comps,' clunky-looking devices worn on their wrists that allowed them to fire various types of low-budget rays and kept them in communication with Frank, the crusty scientific genius who invented the Comps and manned the 'Electra-base' in Lori and Judy's basement.

What makes the show interesting and fun, if not exactly good, is the bizarre sense of conviction most of the actors bring to their roles. They all overact wildly, especially Judy Strangis, but seem perfectly attuned to the claustrophobic confines of the bizarre little world they inhabit. Despite looking like it was made in someone's basement, the show did its best to ape the fantastic comic books it copied, sending its heroines through time, into alternate dimensions, etc. Admittedly, it did it all with apparently two sets, a maximum of six actors, and a budget of twenty dollars, but it could be seen as trying to bring back the spirit of the old CAPTAIN VIDEO-type shows. Or not.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 1976 (USA)

Also Known As:

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

Filming Locations:

The Lot - 1041 N. Formosa Avenue, West Hollywood, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min (8 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1