WONDER BROAD

(THE NEW ADVENTURES OF) WONDER WOMAN
1975-1979 ABC/CBS

WONDER BROAD
Goose #3, December 1976
artist and writer unknown

Like with the masthead, none of the staff of Goose is listed except for being credited as “A Bunch of Dirty Old Men”. The lettering looks like it may have been Tony Tallarico.

Wonder Woman was one of many TV shows GenXers like myself saw when placed in front of.what was then called “the electronic babysitter”. It was co-developed by Stanley Ralph Ross, who created the comics camp look for the Batman series the network was hoping to duplicate here. It was based on the comic that had existed since 1941. She and her alter ego of Diana Prince were played by Lynda Carter, who became one of TV's sex symbols of the 70s.

She had a magic lasso and was from Paradise Island, which she traveled to in her invisible plane. Her mother was Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons (played by Cloris Leachman, Carolyn Jones, and Beatrice Straight in different seasons. This could be either one of them, since it doesn't look like any of them)

BLUNDER WOMAN
Sick #122, August 1978
w: Arnold Drake
a: Jack Sparling

Chapter in a longer story called Plan X From Planet Nerd.

WOMAN WONDER
MAD #10, April 1954
w: Harvey Kurtzman
a: Bill Elder

This parody of the comic is ironically more faithful to the TV series than those other two parodies, despite being tenty-one years before the show, and before most people even had television.

Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner) is Diana Prince's boyfriend.

No comment about that last panel in re: how women were treated in the 50s (let alone the 70s or now even). They attempted to sell this to television using a different approach. This pilot was written by MAD's Larry Siegel.

WKRAP IN CINCINNATTI

WKRP IN CINCINNATTI
1978-1983 CBS

WKRAP IN CINCINNATTI
MAD #218, October 1981
w: Arnie Kogen
a: Angelo Torres

Sitcom about a radio station converting to a rock & roll format in their quest to climb from their spot as the lowest rated station in Cincinatti. It was managed by Arthur Carlson (Gordon Jump), who brought in Andy Travis (Gary Sandy) to be the new programming director. Their secretary Jennifer Marlowe (Loni Anderson) was lusted after by everyone else in the office. She was the smartest and highest paid person there despite doing the least amount of work and having several conditions.

The two disc jockeys at the station were Dr. Johnny Fever (Howard Hesseman) and Venus Flytrap ((Tim Reid). Andy's assistant was Bailey Quarters (Jan Smithers). Two holdovers from the station's earlier format were ad salesman Herb Tarlek (Frank Bonner) and news reporter Les Nessman (Richard Sanders).

Les Nessman upset that he didn't have his own office was one of their recurring features.

Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Ed Asner, and Gavin MacLeod were all in the cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and co-incidentally WKRP was from her production company.

WARP IN CINCINUTTY
Crazy #71, February 1981
w: Murad Gumen
a: Kent Gamble

John Travolta was in Urban Cowboy around then.

WKRAP IN SINSINNATTI
Sick #13o, December 1979
w: Arnold Drake
a: Jack Sparling

And if you're still with us, here's a TV Guide cover by Jack Davis.

Bananas did WKLOD in Cincinatti which I used to have somewhere but can't seem to find. But remember, the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

WELCOME BACK, KUTTER

\WELCOME BACK, KOTTER
ABC 1975-1979

Yesterday was a look at MAD and Cracked's take on Welcome Back, Kotter, now we'll see Crazy and Sick's versions...

A CRAZY LOOK AT THOSE KOOKY KOTTER KIDS
Crazy #29, September 1977

WELCOME BACK, KUTTER
Crazy #18, July 1976
w: Len Herman
a: Ernie Colon

This sitcom was a vehicle for stand-up comic Gabe Kaplan, who had a show based on one single routine he did a few months earlier. The premise was that Gabe Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) is now a teacher and has returned to the school where he grew up ten years earlier, and now teaches the gang of juvenile delinquents that he once belonged to known as The Sweathogs. The principal of James Buchanan High School was Mr. Woodman (John Sylvester-White)

The Sweathogs were Vinnie Barbarino (John Travolta), Freddie “Boom-Boom” Washington (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), Juan Epstein (Robert Hegyes), and Arnold Horshack (Ron Palillo)

WELCOME BACK, KNOTHEAD
Sick #110, June 1976
a: Dick Ayers

One thing Crazy didn't use was Gabe's at-home life with his wife Julie (Marcia Strassman)

“Up your nose with a rubber hose” was one of their catchphrases. More of their catchphrases and recurring motifs are in the video above.

WELCOME BACK, KRUDDER
Sick #115, June 1977
w:Arnold Drake
a: Jack Sparling

Gabe telling one-liners to his wife at the beginning and end of each episode was another regular theme. Charlie Tuna was the mascot for Star-Kist tuna and their catchphrase was “Star-Kist wants tunas that taste good”

The Sweathogs were always dropping in on Mr. Kotter at home, usually climbing into his window.

As a palatte cleanser, here's a TV Guide cover by Jack Davis.