Lemondrop

For our money, there's only one LC on TV worth watching -- Lynda Carter.

We recently spoke to TV's "Wonder Woman" -- who served as a role model to innumerable girls in the 1970s and '80s -- about her own multiple identities.

She may be most well-known for her acting, but music and civil rights activism are also among her passions. She told us about life as a superhero, anti-Prop-8 crusader and cabaret singer ... and how hard it is to find Underoos in mint condition.

Lemondrop: When I told some friends I was doing this interview, I had at least three of them tell me, "Oh, I totally wore Wonder Woman Underoos." How many people have come up to you and told you about their underwear choices when they were children?

LC: Very many! The truth is, the stories that people have about that character and their own experience with it and how they felt is interesting to me. When my kids were born I started to collect memorabilia whenever I would come across it ... I had to go online to get some Underoos, and I had to pay a lot of money. And I had to get two pairs. Not that my son wanted any Underoos but, you know, they're going to have to divvy it up at some point.

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Lemondrop: Do you get men who were teenage boys in the 1970s coming up to you and telling you their adolescent fantasies?

LC: You know what? If anyone starts telling me about their fantasies when they were young men, I say, "Stop." These are the kinds of things you keep to yourself. You know, and to be honest with you, I never ever played that [role as] sexy.

Lemondrop: Tell us about your part in the Defying Inequality benefit (a performance for gay rights).

LC: It was great. I had the time and it was a great opportunity. I think there was so much complacency in the forward movement of civil rights in this country, particularly at a time [following] the election of the first African-American president, that a state like California would take people's rights away ... It gives religion a bad name ... I find it insulting.

Lemondrop: I have so many friends who can't get married and it's frustrating.

LC: Right! ... Ellen DeGeneres said, "You know, even with civil unions being on the books it's a step, but it's also a little bit like saying, "OK, you can ride the bus but you have to sit here." She was great.

Lemondrop: Your part in the benefit was your musical cabaret act. What attracted you to that genre?

LC: It's all performance. It's all the same thing. If there are 150 people or 15,000 people, I perform the same. I don't give any less.

Lemondrop: If you could only sing one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?

LC: Oh my God, I wouldn't! It's kind of like asking someone, "What's your favorite note?" I get tired of singing some songs, and I'm just at the point now where if I don't feel like singing it, I'll substitute something and mix it up and go from there ... I'm very confident in what I do. I've been doing it professionally since I was 14 years old.

Lemondrop: One final bit about Wonder Woman: the one thing I never understood was the invisible plane.

LC: Honey, I never did either!

Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman on the amazing and awesome television show of the same name. She recently toured in support of her CD, "At Last," which was released last month. You can stream it at her official Web site.