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"FORMICIDA" Air Date: November 3,1978. Wonder Woman
seems to have met her match in "Formicida," when she
goes up against a woman who has the proportionate
strength of an ant (about ten times her body weight)
and has developed the ability to communicate with,
and take command of, ants. This results in her
ordering the insects to destroy the laboratory and
research of one Dr. Doug Radcliffe, whose
revolutionary insect pesticide has turned out to be
more toxic than he's been willing to acknowledge.
The genetically altered Formicida, whose goal is
purely ecological, ultimately must turn to Wonder
Woman to help achieve her goals. "SKATEBOARD WHIZ"
Air Date: November 24, 1978. "Skateboard Whiz"
begins with Diana Prince heading out to visit
friends in southem California. and quickly finding
herself crossing paths with corrupt businessman Evan
Donelson. Donelson, it's revealed, is planning on
opening a number of illegal gambling operations, a
plan that is threatened by the photographic memory
of Diana's young friend (and skateboarding whiz from
the episode's title), Jamie O'Neill, who
inadvertently stumbled upon their operation.
Donelson puts the word out that Jamie is to be
killed, and it's up to Wonder Woman to stop him. To
do so, she dons a stylized skateboarding outfit and
performs some spectacular moves that would even
impress Olympic champions. *** "Formicida" featured
guest stars Robert Shields and Lorene Yamell as,
respectively, Dr. Radcliffe and Formicida. The duo
were better known in the 1970s as the famous mime
act, Shields & Yarnell. Actor Eric Braden, whose
credits include television's The Rat Patrol and such
feature films as Escape From the Planet of the Apes
and Colossus: The Forbin Project, guest starred in
"Skateboard Whiz" as Donelson. This was during a
period in which Braden, currently seen on the soap
opera The Young and the Restless, found himself
stereotyped as the "villain of the week".". |