Lynda Carter - Battle of the Network Stars Part 1

[@tonlo92]

wish I could go back in time...my family would all watch this together, it was a big event in our house. Times are not the same. Kids now have nothing to look forward to, they get instant gratification with DVD's, DVRS, internet etc. These were the best years.

[@Narragansett55]

Lynda adjusting her suit at 2:12 has stayed with me for nearly 40 years. I watched it when it first aired and nearly jumped off the couch when she did that. God bless Lynda.

[@McElhinney65]

Neil Fidler Agreed.

[@twobeer3316]

Ditto !

[@bigmember5908]

I mean can anyone digitally remaster this

[@TheRanhughes]

Here it is again in a clearer, remastered version!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKuppqtqapxjkM0

[@justinmartyr4420]

*But NONE of you have a Personal, ReaL Life!!!*

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

TV shows were so much better back then. So were the stars. I want to go back in time. George Vreeland Hill

[@jesserothbeind950]

Wow Lynda Carter was my first screen crush!!! Now I remember why DAMN!!!

[@bluestate69]

+Jesse Rothbeind I couldn't decide between Lynda Carter or Epstein from "Welcome back Kotter". I was a confused kid.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

*blue state69* what is your orientation?

[@tmeo9712]

Wow, Lynda Carter was and still is just so beautiful to look at. Her smile is probably even more captivating than the rest of her.

[@monkeytrousers]

Amazing special! The golden age of television (for me personally).

[@THECLARENCES]

Such a simple, wonderful time! Thanks for posting! Miss those years very much! xoxo The Clarences (robert, erin & leslie)

[@jimdetroit]

god, i remember watching that with my mom when i was 12 or so and turning red! lynda cater and sdrienne barbeau together, wow!

[@keef67]

Damn.Would love to see Lynda in hi def

[@dk7934]

I remember these. They were lot of fun. ABC should re-release them in High Def.

[@mikkidee]

love Linda Carter!

[@BillyBongwaters]

This needs to be remastered in 4k

[@johnjenkins4392]

We in the UK had a show similar to this in the 70s and 80s called The Superstars, where stars from various sports would pit their wits against each other in all round competition. Those were the great days of television.

[@Corsairforu]

We had it in the US also.

[@atlan61]

The Music back then was so free and wild, i miss that.

[@brookeking8559]

Whoever at ABC thought of this brilliant tangent to ABC’s broadcast focus on sports deserved a bonus.

[@bannor99]

I've never understood Farrah's appeal but Lynda & Jaclyn Smith both made my younger self very, very happy.

[@lofasolo]

someone add more from the 8o's i loved it as child! please

[@laurenceslack2799]

Lynda Carter. The most beautiful woman in the world. I loved you back then and I love you now

[@Corsairforu]

Actually, her AND Lee Meriwether

[@MikeUIibarri]

Those were the good old days!!!

[@robfinlay8058]

I would say they should bring back Battle of the Network Stars. But there are really no TV stars anymore.

[@tinebino]

Those where great times with even greater stars - true - talented - nice

[@curlyfry44]

I loved watching this show....never missed an episode. I thought it was a cool idea to have network celebrities compete against each other, one of the first reality shows I guess....it's fun watching these old clips, bring back memories of 1977/78.

[@dj99surf]

it's from 1976,The Walter Murphy Band. The track is "Midnight Express" from the "A fifth of Beetohven" album. Very 70's disco. Walter Murphy does the score for the Family Guy these days. Hope that is helpful.

[@scarpfish]

Show was definitely way ahead of its time.

[@DK-jy4jb]

Damn! Why isn't this in HD?

[@gianinepreuss9999]

What a happier time!

[@Gunner192]

Wow, I think that really is NFL films legend John Facenda narrating.

[@Nummymuffincocobutter]

You can get these(or some of them)at 70s-tv dot com..Lynda was also in a show called PARTNERS IN CRIME with Loni Anderson and you can get it at the same website.Look for them in Groovy Dvd's..

[@valcannon]

I would also like to find the whole show. I was there and I'm trying to find myself in some audience shots.

[@teppie3000]

I love it!!!

[@dboy122660]

Wonder Woman was on ABC for its first season....but got cancelled... Then CBS picked up the show for its 2nd and 3rd season.

[@anders1685]

still a wonder woman, the most beautiful!!!!!!!!

[@xramblinxredxrosex]

does anyone have the whole Battle Of The Network Stars show??

[@antlovesmel]

Awesome! Nothing else to say. Thanks.

[@MsTexas73]

Nevermind...I couldn't wait for an aswer and looked through my archives of the Crusaders...yes that song I was referring to is called Spiral from their Those Southern Knights lp. I KNEW I had heard it before.

[@tujohnboy]

70's & 80's best of times.

[@ReeseMac]

2:08

[@MsTexas73]

I'm assuming the second lap for CBS was MacKenzie Phillips.

[@MsTexas73]

Do you know the song playing when they first show Lynda and Telly Savalas? it also sounds familiar.

[@iceblueeyes9455]

The good old days

[@LatinSith]

I had seen Hegyes on the 2011 "TV Land Awards" and he looked way different now than he did back in 1976.

[@taurnguard]

Welcome to Nipopolis and Cameltopia! ;)

[@earlpitsch2149]

And half linden checking out her caboose was good too!

[@oldiesgeek454]

Are there any shots of Cosell is swim trunks?

[@ashonteibilly]

3:13 someone (I think Richard Hatch) drops an F-bomb missed by the network censors. I need moar Lynda Carter in a bathing suit.

[@tonlo92]

good fun! we looked forward to this so much when we were little. now it's all silicone and cursing.

[@nadineparsons3963]

There is still great TV. One just has to be a little more selective... But I do remember these shows. I'm having a nostalgic moment. 🙂

[@TinyDancer500]

Pardon my girlish glee, but, thanks for the brief glimpse of Hal Linden in his shorts, yowza! You go, Barn ;-) I was about 12 when these guys were famous and everybody watched these silly battles, they were hot water cooler talk the next day, I tells ya true. How far we've come, eh? Thanks for the blast from the past!

[@MsTexas73]

I finally know the name of this song...It's Midnight Express by Walter Murphy *the guy who made a Fifth of Beethoven*...Now I'm trying to find out tat second song...sounds a bit like the Crusaders.

[@deanw0rmer]

It's sucks that she or Cheryl Ladd were never in the dunk tank

[@DK-jy4jb]

Four greatest moments in 1970s TV history: 1. "I, Claudius" on PBS; 2. "Roots" miniseries; 3. Jim McKay announces the death of Israeli athletes in '72 Olympics; 4. Lynda Carter adjusts swimsuit in "Battle of the Network Stars" swimming race.

[@omarswearingen7199]

Wow the past young stars

[@dunskie]

Cosell was the greatest ever. Made this sound as exciting as The Superbowl. I guess he didn't wear a tupee after all. Looked real when it was wet.

[@4seeableTV]

I was about 12 as well. I always wanted ABC to win because all my fav shows were on there.

[@MsTexas73]

Oops how did I miss your posts, dj99surf...you mean I could have BEEN had this song by now. LOL Anyways do you know the name of the song that plays VERY briefly after the first time they play Midnight Express, when Lynda is running through the obstacle course and then they show that quick glimpse of Telly Savales before the two cartoon helicopter collide? It sounds like the Crusaders.

[@nadineparsons3963]

Was that Joanie from Happy days ?!?????

[@Kakorot77]

There will never be another Howard Cosell

[@jamesd.wheeler6190]

thank god! He wasn't boring for sure!

[@Cola64]

And their will never be another You

[@dredbud9272]

Was so happy when he got fired.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Sorry, he made me puke.

[@Drknt93]

You got that right!!! I'm gonna play 212 in the pick 3, but I'd rather pick her two...

[@jcalhoun7501]

2:10-best tv moment ever.

[@taurnguard]

Was that the one of her standing in the middle of a country road tugging at her blue jeans in a tied top? I was at a crossroads at 14 deciding between that poster and the Cherly Tiegs pink bikini one. Ah, the good ol' days of K-Mart. :)

[@Mooncalf2012]

I learned two things from this video. One. Kaitlyn Jenner used to be a man. Two. Champagne is not for drinking, but for use as a hair product.

[@sr71ablackbird]

@GeorgeVreelandHill Yes, the shows were, and yes, the stars were as well. I want to go back also, because, just about everything about the present days sucks now !!!!!

[@dboy122660]

Of course he would look different... The man was 35 years older in 2011 than in 1976!

[@bwilliams13able]

I miss Howard! Lynda is still beautiful today.

[@KNS1996DFS]

I think you mean the cast of House, right?

[@LEIMALOCCA]

lol Lynda Carter was like "i didnt know Cosell was wearing a toupee..." really? who couldnt tell????

[@lycia69]

Woah, anyone have clean footage of Lynda messing with her bathing suit?

[@gc3k]

Why didn't HDTV exist back then

[@Craydon]

Adrien barbeau and Lynda Carter in swimsuits? *heads explode*

[@bonniebianco5918]

did epstein bring a note from his mother ? hahahahahaa!!

[@bonniebianco5918]

how sexy was wonder woman?

[@radioman970]

Linda jiggles, baby! Woooo! :p

[@AuntBarbara]

I was hoping to see Hal Linden in gym shorts before I died.

[@dycusburgkid]

What a 3 way

[@tooties545]

Ha ha ha ha ha...3 Networks.

[@cooch01]

dude drops an eff bomb at 3:12

[@flooodo]

Big deal

[@jaypaladin-havesmartswilll5508]

It all seems so innocent back then, nice clean sexy fun.

[@Cola64]

Cosell is lucky his rug didn’t get washed off with that champagne bath👨🏻‍🦲🤙🏼

[@curlyfry44]

What ever happened to Richard Hatch....he was such a cutie.....after BattleStar G......he literally disappeared.

[@MsTexas73]

OH Not on the toup!!! LOL!!! Yes, Lyda better had won her lap...she's WW after all. So what were the other team lineups?

[@marvinmcmiller6238]

Blast from the past.

[@scatman44]

NBC and ABC had to be well ahead going into the tug-of-war....CBS had the Hulk!

[@jamesbondero9148]

Howard cosell make dat shit. Where its somethin U gotta watch

[@TheLanard]

Oh, how I wish they had this today. But I'm sure today's "stars" wouldn't be as good. Or maybe they would.

[@RandolfPatton]

2:13..........the ssschluuurp heard 'round the world.

[@catrashoo]

hahaha!!!

[@earlpitsch2149]

Isn’t it funny that the first person you see is the lustrous Lynda Carter. Nobody mentions the bathing suit adjustment was nothing compared to her jumping up and down down facing front in that suit which there is no longer any footage of, now that had to be seen to be believed, I watched it in nov of 1976 damn awful shame so disappointing a sorrowful editing loss never to be seen again, should’ve put her in the dunk tank too! Damn it!!!!

[@giroitalia2082]

remember when the Palestinians killed that guy from Chips. The white one. That was sad.

[@mikehike596]

@@slobbernuckle The one who was blamed for RFK's death was a "Christian" Palestinian-American who was very likely set up by the CIA. There was an audio recording of the event, for one, with more gunshots than the kind of gun held by Sirhan Sirhan. An excellent documentary is "RFK Must Die"; I could not find the full version on KZbin, but here is the epilogue: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5OkoWmhl7GMock Other documentaries that have been posted on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onS4Y4B5rc90gJI kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYrSZmWLmNCJjLs _"Palestinians killed RFK too. Always terrorists."_ You are a highly prejudiced lad, aren't you, Slobby?

[@mikehike596]

By the way, the "white guy" from CHIPS (Larry Wilcox), as of March 2019, must have come back from the dead: www.imdb.com/name/nm0928243/

[@johnsarab4500]

Lynda did 75 feet in 18 seconds - fast.

[@bhaig1638]

I thought wonder Woman was a CBS show. Why is Lynda Carter representing ABC??

[@davidbatthews3811]

First season was on ABC.

[@assignmentearth2899]

"Thanks Adrienne", indeed. And Lynda Carter,....wow! If only this was in high def. Forget re-doing shows light Star Trek the Next Generation. This needs retro treatment.

[@oldiesgeek454]

Where's Bea Arthur? Shouldn't she have followed Barbeau in the swimming relay?

[@Nummymuffincocobutter]

I don't know.If they did,they would get reality stars,too and I think a lot of people are tired of hearing about them.Much less seeing them..

[@ucdante]

Simmons!

[@flooodo]

South Park brought me here xD from the Pokemon episode

[@takomaguy]

LOL!!!!!!!

[@kelvinkloud]

cosell was really good natured and funny here, miss the dude... howard got one up too on giff and dandy don when he had l carter go up & kiss him... cant even imagine the level of partying that nite that went on after this.. in the '70's in hollywood casting directors would hand you cocaine on a platter during readings.

[@robadams8057]

Karen Grasle is all grown up.

[@Nummymuffincocobutter]

I agree.Women today do look plain looking..If you're interested in movies with Lynda Carter,go to super strange video dot com..Also,you can get the complete series of PARTNERS IN CRIME with Lynda and Loni Anderson at 70s-tv dot com...

[@christopherdavis8248]

i saw this in better resolution than this and you can totally see wonder womans bush!!!

[@mikehike596]

Here is the "swimsuit adjustment" moment with greater clarity; you may have been referring to a different scene, perhaps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKuppqtqapxjkM0

[@sr71ablackbird]

@htrrz geesh, most of the shows on tv suck these days. NOTHING like it was back then. Heck, I hardly watch tv anymore it's got so terrible.

[@Tamrons]

The Coke. Think of the Coke.........

[@sammcbride2149]

Howard Cosell sounds so creepy.

[@kyyote1]

@Rodney21a I agree 101%, the directors/producers they knew what they were doing when these hot women were matched up with see-through wet suits. Nip-slips everywhere on that show. One of the most exciting reality shows back then. All natural TnA. Linda C. is a beautiful woman.