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New Original Wonder Woman - True Opening Titles and Comparisons

The story behind the Wonder Woman openings: Above, you see four versions of the pilot opening for Wonder Woman. Top Left is the DCUniverse HD version, Bottom Left is the USA DVD version, Top Right is from an original print of the pilot, Bottom Right is from a foreign video release (Netherlands, with Dutch subtitles - though my video says German) of the pilot. The New Original Wonder Woman aired on television on Friday, November 7, 1975 on ABC. The pilot telefilm was 74 minutes, and slotted into a 90-minute time-slot. The opening credits went from newsreel footage of FDR saying "the only hope for freedom and democracy is…" then an explosion of black-and-white live-action rocks, followed by a logo which said "The New Original Wonder Woman." Following that was a brightly-colored comic book-style opening. Said opening included a sequence (17 seconds in) where Wonder Woman jumped into frame, deflected bullets from some spies, and punched them out of frame. A starburst erupts from the punch, and the scene switches. The videotape release, DVD release, iTunes/Amazon HD release, and the DC Universe HD release (the latter presumably what they are using for the upcoming Blu-Ray version) all have a very different opening. In it, FDR says, "the only hope for freedom and democracy is…" then an explosion of colorful stars, followed by a logo which says, "Wonder Woman." At 17 seconds in, Wonder Woman jumps into frame, whirls her lasso, and throws it out of frame. A brief starburst erupts out of nowhere, and the scene switches. So, you can see that the differences are: 1 — the explosion changing from black-and-white rocks to colorful stars 2 — the logo changing from "The New Original Wonder Woman" to simply "Wonder Woman" 3 — the 17-second-in clip changing from deflecting bullets to throwing the lasso 4 — the starburst coming from a punch to the starburst just appearing The origin of the second credit sequence is easy; it was developed and used for the later airings of the ABC series. Two later specials were aired on April 21 and April 28, 1976, and when ratings continued to be good, ABC ordered a series of 11 episodes, beginning on October 13, 1976. Questions remain, however, and to the best of my abilities, here are the answers: ••••••••••• 1 — Why do some 16mm prints and the official home video releases of the pilot have the second credit sequence? I don't know the answer to that. My 16mm print has the second credit sequence, and is full-length, meaning it was offered to some ABC markets (or syndication) that way. It seems POSSIBLE that to make it match other upcoming episodes, they cut in the more common second credit sequence for the third airing just before the series proper started (see next answer). That may be the version in the best condition in Warner's hands, and thus (if they weren't aware of the minutia) was the one used for home releases. ••••••••••• 2 — Was there an alternate version of the pilot that used alternate footage, specifically for the "deflecting machine-gun bullets in the theatre" scene and the "showdown with Red Buttons and his goons" closing scene? Was the "Princess Diana meets nurse Diana Prince" scene in it? There was indeed an alternate version. When the pilot was rerun on ABC, it was cut to one-hour, meaning almost 30 minutes were cut out! The one-hour version aired on March 11, 1976 (delayed in some markets to April 4 or April 31, 1976). ABC restored the film to its original length for a third encore airing on September 11, 1976, shortly before the new season began. A Canadian version aired on January 22, 1976 and May 24, 1976, and both appear to be 90-minutes. Although the "Princess Diana meets nurse Diana Prince" was in the script, it does not appear in the filming schedule I have. The scripted scene would have been at 53:14, after Norman makes his phone call, but the earlier scene of the nurse would also have ended at 44:07, with Blankenship and Marcia exiting and the nurse being the real Diana Prince. As that scene doesn't cut as filmed and goes directly into the nurse revealing herself to be Princess Diana, I'd say it's a lock that this scene was never filmed. According to a couple of fans there were other elements different in an "alternate version" of the pilot, possibly in a supposed Australian cut. These include alternate camera angles, Red Buttons' expression, a different machine gun/stage angle, and a different nurse scene. As nobody has tracked them down or offered any kind of proof, and they are NOT in the original Paley Center version of the pilot, the foreign video, or my 16mm version, I cannot confirm them to be true. Read the comments for the rest of this article in Part II...