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Date and Issue: September 4, 1979.
Lynda Carter is glad for the memories — but her costar Lyle Waggoner is even happier about burying the past . . . Richard Hatch is "extremely sad" ... while Paul Michael Glaser admits to mixed feelings. Those are just some of the widely differing — and some-times emotional — reactions from stars of TV shows that won't be back this fall.
"'Wonder Woman' was part of my life and it's sad it has come to an end. I'll always have wonderful memories of those four years," Gary will appear in four "M*A*S*H" episodes, then bow out with "Radar Goes Home."
Other familiar TV faces are also heading in new directions — but not because they wanted to. Elizabeth Kerr and Conrad Janis have been written out of their roles as the grand-mother and the father on "Mork & Mindy." "I still have trouble believing that said Lynda Carter, who will keep busy making specials for CBS and a film in Europe.
But Lyle Waggoner, who's making TV movies and will soon open a nightclub act in Las Vegas, told The ENQUIRER: "I was happy to get out of the mold of episodic TV. I was playing second banana to Lynda, playing a wooden, static character — and I wasn't making a ton of money."
In contrast, Richard Hatch regrets that the lavishly produced and strongly hyped "Battlestar Galactica" didn't get a second chance. "I'm extremely sad that 'Battlestar' wasn't given a second year because I think we could have made it to the top," lamented Hatch, who is taking acting classes and working in his own production company.
"Starsky and Hutch" star Paul Michael Glaser is looking forward to launching a movie career, but admitted: "I have split feelings now that the show is over. I'm sad be-cause it's like breaking up a family. But after four years anyone gets tired of doing the same thing."
Gary Burghoff, who played Radar on "M*A*S*H" for seven years, feels "sadness" about leaving, but wants to try his hand at live theater. He explained: "I have to go on to other things." However, its really over," Elizabeth confided. "I am frustrated, They seem to think that everybody except Mork was irrelevant and they didn't seem to need us."
Another whose contract was not renewed is Randall Carver, who played John Burns on "Taxi."
"I have a 'What, me worry?' attitude," he said, "and I also believe if anything an go wrong,.it will."
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