Flashback Friday

I grew up watching "Days Of Our Lives" - it was my Grandma's favorite soap. And until I discovered "All My Children", it was my favorite soap, too. Like millions of "Days" fans, my favorite character on there was Dr. Marlena Evans, played by actress Deidre Hall. In addition to her gig on "Days Of Our Lives", Deidre Hall also starred in another awesome show, which was also one of my favorites: "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl."

If you blinked, you probably missed "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl"; it only ran for 16 weeks back in 1976, and each episode was only 12 minutes long. But Sid and Marty Kroft sure packed a lot of action in those short 12 minute episodes. The program was a knock-off of Batman and Robin, and it followed the crime-fighting exploits of female caped crusader Electra Woman (played by Deidre Hall) and her teen sidekick Dyna Girl. In each episode, the duo (who worked in their off-time as reporters for a magazine) would don skintight spandex (in a bright flash of light called an "Electra-Change"), hop in the Electracar and use an array of technically advanced gadgets to fight an assortment of super villians. They were assisted by Frank, a scientist who stays at their "ElectraBase" (their version of the Bat Cave) while keeping in continual contact with the pair through their "ElectraComps" -- a communication device that they wore on their wrists. They could talk to each other like a two-way radio, but it also had video capabilities, too. Their crime fighting technology was cutting edge for back in the day. Their ElectraComps also could do just about everything - it had an Electra Beam, which would shine a beam that could push or pull objects; an Electra Strobe, which enabled them to think, act, and move 10,000 times faster; and my favorite, the Electra X, which would x-ray someone and reveal their identity underneath a disguise.

Like the Batmobile, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl also had the Electra Car, which also converted into the Electra Plane. And not to be outdone by Robin with his "Holy____, Batman!" phrases, Dyna Girl also would repeatedly say something was "Electra___". My favorites were "Electra Mess" and "Electra Far Out."