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Revisiting ‘Surprise Lady’ Lynda Carter’s Bonkers Kiss Tribute


Ever wished to look at Surprise Lady cowl a Kiss tune?

That is precisely what occurred in 1980 when Lynda Carter, nonetheless using excessive off the success of her starring function within the Surprise Lady TV present, appeared in Lynda Carter Encore!, her second TV selection particular.

Throughout a very extravagant “Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy” sequence, Carter performs the Unhealthy Firm tune of the identical identify, Tina Turner‘s model of Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s “Proud Mary,” Bette Midler’s “Buddies” and maybe most bizarrely, Kiss’ disco-inspired 1979 smash “I Was Made for Lovin’ You.” The tune was one of many largest hits of the band’s profession, hitting No. 11 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.

Watch Lynda Carter Carry out ‘I Was Made for Lovin’ You’

How Gene Simmons Returned the Favor By Dressing Like Lynda Carter

Six years later, Kiss star Gene Simmons appeared within the 1986 film By no means Too Younger to Die as drag present star Velvet Von Ragner. As you may see within the video beneath, he wore an outfit nearly an identical to the one Carter wore throughout her “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” efficiency. “I did not design it,” Simmons later defined. “However on reflection, clearly it was impressed by Lynda’s Kiss factor.”

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Gallery Credit score: Matthew Wilkening

Watch Gene Simmons Carry out in ‘By no means Too Younger to Die’



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