Showing posts with label Joanna Pang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joanna Pang. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Isis episode "No Drums No Trumpets" airs 1975


One of my favorite episodes of Isis, No Drums, No Trumpets, first aired November 15, 1975. I like it because the climax isn't Isis saving a dopey teenager from doing something stupid.  That's actually how the episode begins, which is a strange but welcome turn.  The episode ends with Isis actually using her powers to fight crime.  Watch the episode below!

JoAnna Cameron appears as the goddess Isis, with Brian Cutler, and Joanna Pang. Mark Lambert plays the sore loser of the high school's science fair.  Actress Christopher Norris, who had a supporting role in the episode, would appear in another superhero show.  She appeared in the final episode of the first season of Wonder Woman.


Sunday, December 13, 2020

The Secrets of Isis episode "Dreams of Flight" debuts 1975


The fifteenth episode of the first season of The Secrets of Isis, Dreams of Flight, aired December 13, 1975.  It features the story of a Hispanic girl, who designs model airplanes.  She wants to enter a contest at the school but the favorite to win and her brother both try to discourage her from trying.

It is a good lesson against arrogance, bigotry and racism.   

Joanna Cameron starred as Andrea Thomas and Isis.  Brian Cutler as Rick Mason and Joanna Pang as Cindy Lee were the rest of the regular cast.  Cynthia Avila appeared as Chela Montoya.


Sunday, September 6, 2020

"The Secrets of Isis" debuts 1975



A brand-new superhero debuted in her first episode, Secrets of Isis, September 6, 1975.  Gorgeous Joanna Cameron appeared as a science teacher (Andrea Thomas), who inherits the power of the Egyptian goddess Isis.  She uses those powers to fight evil.

The Lights of Mystery Mountain, the first episode also starring Brian Cutler and Joanna Pang, had Miss Thomas and Isis investigating UFOs in the mountains above Los Angeles.

The Secrets of Isis lasted for just 1 1/2 seasons before being inexplicably cancelled, despite its popularity. 

It was the first television series to feature a female superhero as the main character, airing just a few weeks before Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter in November 1975.

Also, Isis was not a superhero that had appeared in DC Comics, Marvel Comics or any other publication prior to the show.