Series Run: September 13, 2004 - Present.
Broadcast Network: Syndicated.
Hosts: PAT O'BRIEN.
Co-Hosts: Lara Spencer, Kathie Lee Gilford, Ananda Lewis, Victoria Recaño, Steve Cojocaru.
Directors: Miguel Enciso, Robin Radin, Canaan Rubin.
Executive Producer: Linda Bell Blue.
Producer: Kristie Griffith.
Associate Producer: Angel C. Kim.
Segment Producer: Molly Chance.
Director of Photography: Phil Browne, Jeremy Settles.
Editors: Andrew Bartlett, Justin Curran, Tad Dennis, Michael B. Klein, Sebastien Roche-Lochen, Alex Salmona, Matthew P.B. Smith, Arthur Springer, Mike Trahan.
Art Direction: Scott Cobb.
EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Being Hollywood stuntwomen in a male-dominated industry can have its challenges. The new documentary, "DOUBLE DARE", chronicles the struggles both Jeannie and Zoë face as they pursue careers in this tough and dangerous world. For Jeannie, stunt work is in her blood. The Epper family has been in the business for four generations, starting with her father, and Jeannie herself is something of a veteran. "I've been doing stunts for almost 50 years," she says. "It's all I really know, outside of being a mom and a grandma. Retirement is not for me." In fact, after decades of doubling for the likes of SHIRLEY MacLAINE, KATHLEEN TURNER and, most notably, LYNDA CARTER on the TV series "WONDER WOMAN", the 64-year-old Jeannie continues to work on a regular basis. While Jeannie has been dragged around the block a few times, Zoë on the other hand, is a relative newcomer. She only recently got in on the action in her native New Zealand a few years ago when she became the primary double for "Xena: Warrior Princess" star LUCY LAWLESS.
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RUNNING TIME: 00:50:00 [60 minutes including commercials]. VHS: Not available on commercial video. DVD: Not available on commercial video. INFO: LYNDA CARTER is featured on a report about "DOUBLE DARE".
TRIVIA:
[•] "They're famous," says Spielberg of the Epper clan. "They've taken stunt work to the next level. They're real pioneers."
[•] "I didn't plan to be a stuntwoman," says Zoë. "In fact, I didn't know you could be a stuntwoman in New Zealand until basically I stumbled upon it."
[•] While Jeannie finds herself continually fighting the aging process and the lack of older female roles in Tinseltown, she has no intention of slowing down. "I feel great. And as long as I'm feeling good, why shouldn't I be out there working?"
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