Here we go, TVWriter™’s latest look at our 5 most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:
Month: January 2017
Herbie J Pilato: The Glory of Wonder Woman
by Herbie J Pilato
Her name is Lynda Carter, and on November 7, 1975, this former Miss U.S.A. debuted as Diana Prince in the TV-movie, The New, Original Wonder Woman.
This was the second take on the comic book character that was first brought to the small screen the previous year in a failed contemporary take on the concept which featured Cathy Lee Crosby as a blond Wonder Woman in a modern world, alongside Kaz Garas as love-interest Steve Trevor, and Ricardo Montalban (Kahn from the original and future Star Trek, and soon-to-be Mr. Roark from Fantasy Island) as the main villain.
Penned by John D.F. Black (another original Star Trek veteran), and directed by Disney veteran Vincent McEveety, this first edition of Wonder was similar to the powerless “I Ching” Diana Prince of the late 1960s but set in the then-current era of the 1970s.
“Are You Still Working on ‘The Inspector’ Movie?”
Yo, Community fans!
Remember Inspector Spacetime, the show within a show created by and starring Travis Richey? A clever Doctor Who parody, it became a very hip and trendy hipster cult obsession for awhile, and it’s still around on YouTube in various forms, including several that have nothing to do with Community because Travis, like, owns this motherfucker, see?
We admit that we are among the aficionados who miss the show and have always hoped it would come back, which is why we so happy to receive the following message from the Travster (and hope you are too):
From Craigslist’s Lips to God’s Ears
Looking for a young, like minded and talented writing partner to write a pilot with me for a show concept I have based on high school. Please feel free to text or email if you have any questions.
Here’s the LINK as, once again, a brave soul advertises for a TV writing partner on Craigslist, this time in the San Francisco Bay Area. And this time, as with all other times, our heartfelt advice if you’re thinking of answering is: Be careful.
And, of course, we’d really like to hear from you about how this turns out if, in fact, you contact the like-minded advertiser.
Did you know that nobody has ever told us what happened when they’ve responded to a Craigslist “writer of whatever kind wanted” ad? LB says that must be because they’ve all been eaten. What d’you think? (And yeppers, this is a question you can answer without responding to the ad.)
Very Good Words to Use Instead of Very
Does this qualify as a meme? It’s an image, right? With info that’s vastly important to writers young and old. Especially those who don’t know what a thesaurus is:
