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Date and Issue: Volume 4, Number 1, 1977.
In spite of the glitter and the glamour, there are still some Hollywood couples who believe in good old-fashioned romance. To the Redfords, the Stallones, the Newmans, the Aldas, the Majors, the Samuels and the Franks, marriage is not an ugly word or an obsolete institution. It's love?
Wonder Woman Lynda Carter and Super Manager Ron Samuels, are Hollywood's latest dynamic duo. In high school, Lynda Carter was too tall to be a pompom girl-in fact, she was taller than most of the guys in her class. She felt awkward and out of it. But when she won the Miss World-U.S.A. beauty contest, she realized that tall was beautiful, and after her reign, she was off to Hollywood in search of a big break. Meanwhile, Warner Communications had bought the Wonder Woman comic books and was preparing to do a TV series based upon the forties comic strip. A delicate blonde was cast in the pilot, and when that didn't take off, they decided they had picked the wrong girl.
Producer Douglas Cramer said, "We'll get a dark-haired girl who looks like the girl in the strip. She should be built like a javelin-thrower, but with the sweet face of a Mary Tyler Moore." There were a lot of jokes about the new Wonder Woman who would have to look like a cross between Olga Korbut and Godzilla, but Cramer was able to find just the girl he was looking for-and she looked nothing like Godzilla.
Lynda Carter has been described by writer John J. O'Connor as "a sweet little girl disconcertingly trapped in the body of a potential Fellini sexuality symbol." And, indeed, Lynda is quite a sight to behold. She is tall and voluptuous and has the face of an angel.
Ron Samuels is a brilliant thirty-four-year-old manager whose specialty is getting good deals for pretty actresses. Among his clients are Jennifer O'Neill, Lindsay Wagner, Jaclyn Smith and of Course, Lynda Carter. Lynda considers her husband an absolute genius in his field-and he well deserves the title. Last year ABC aired eleven "Wonder Woman" shows. This year Samuels convinced CBS to pick up the series for a full season of twenty-six shows to be aired during prime time. He also got a good deal for "Bionic Woman" Lindsay Wagner-a five million dollar, five-year contract. And for Jaclyn Smith he got a giant salary increase and a TV movie.
Ron knows he excels at what he does. "In all modesty," he said, "I'm the best at what 1 do. I'm No. 1." And although Samuel, is a tough critic, he also appreciates his wife's talents. "She has a lot more dimension than you see on 'Wonder Woman,' " he boasted. "She has an IQ of almost a genius and she is one of the best singers in the world." Ron and Lynda met at the studio. tie asked Lvnda for a lunch date and she asked if it was business or pleasure. Ron's intentions were purely social, and he admired Lynda for her openness. The couple married on May 28, 1977, and it's been a constant honeymoon. Ron showers his wife with diamond jewelry he designs himself and a profusion of 'I love you.'
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