"Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" (1976) TV series

Creators:

Joe Ruby
Ken Spears

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Electra Woman and Dynagirl are gorgeous superheroes who battle a bevy of costumed villains. They wear skintight outfits with capes...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Superhero | Superheroine | Secret Identity | Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Deidre Hall	...	Electra Woman / ... (16 episodes, 1976)
Judy Strangis	...	Dyna Girl / ... (16 episodes, 1976)
Norman Alden	...	Frank Heflin (16 episodes, 1976)
Marvin Miller	...	Narrator (15 episodes, 1976)

Runtime:

24 min (8 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Quotes:

Dyna-Girl: Electra-close! But not close enough!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in VH-1 Where Are They Now: Superheros (2003) (TV)

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.