Serial and Year: ISBN 0-671-01427-7 / 1997.

Pages: 1 page.

Pictures: 4 small color pictures.

Article: Description of the episode in which Lynda Carter hosted the show.

Author: B. R. Hunter.

Publisher: Pocket Books / Melcher Media.

Country: USA.

	EPISODE 411
	Aired: February 6, 1981.
	Host: Lynda Carter
	Featuring:
	Charles Grodin profile, Gail Davies, Devo, Robert Hilburn interview with Devo, T. G. Sheppard.
	Hosted by the lovely Lynda Carter previously known as television's "Wonder Woman, this version of The Midnight Special featured more talk and less rock than virtually any other episode. Carter. having recorded an album of songs called Portrait after Wonder Woman was canceled in 1979, was also pursuing work as a Vegas nightclub act. Violating that cardinal rule about actors not singing. Carter offered several numbers on this show, including "Last Song" and "Tumble Down Love."
	Actor Charles Grodin. who played the doctor in 1968's Rosemary's Baby was profiled by Albert Brooks on this show. Grodin would go on to star in 1978's Heaven Can Wait and win an Emmy for writing The Paul Simon Special. He was promoting two 1981 films. The Great Muppet Caper and The Incredible Shrinking Woman, and would go on to author three books, including one

called It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here, and to host a popular and provocative talk show.

From a musical perspective, the focal point of the show was Devo. new-wave stars from Akron. Ohio. including college professors who formed the group on a dare. Their name was based on the tongue-in-cheek theory that human beings were in a state of genetic and cultural "devolution." but perhaps their success proved otherwise. "Whip It" provided one of new- wave's sharpest images-the band dressed in yellow radiation suits and using upside-down flowerpots for hats-not to mention a defining sound, futuristic, robotic beats, a bubbling bass line, and punchy 'keyboards. Their influence would extend into the '90s, as alternative bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden started covering Devo tunes.

The other musical guest on this episode was country singer and Tennessee native T.G. Sheppard, who would soon hit the pop album charts for the first time with his I Love 'Em All album. In 1984 Sheppard would score a minor hit with "Make My Day," a duet with Clint Eastwood inspired by Eastwood's movie Sudden Impact.

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