90s

Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane in the New Adventures of Superman had the same issues with script readings as her predecessors did... 'Oh look, Lois get's tied up again'. With the exception of Desperate Housewives, to the best of my knowledge as I no longer own a television, it seems Ms. Hatcher was often getting the 'treatment'... Tango & Cash being another example. Now... David Lynch was the mind behind Twin Peaks as well as other oddities such as Blue Velvet and Naked Lunch and was quite an artist visually even if you never knew what the hell was going on and that is what I think Twin Peaks was all about. Sherylin Fenn had a look that was ripped out of film noir from the 50s and is note worthy as a damsel in distress/femme fatale. That brings us to Dana Scully and the X-Files.. another series that made no sense but looked great photography wise. Dana was written well as a character.. her no nonsense approach as a scientist makes me think of the song 'Short Skirt Long Jacket'. Those tailored business suits and moody lighting made sure it wouldn't be long before she got the 'treatment' which she did several times. Fun with fantasy and vampires were in the cards during the 90s with Buffy and her crew. Vampire series have hung on ever since. If memory serves and often it does not, it seems the whole crew spent time in restraints at least once or twice... Sarah was no stranger to it having being bound in soaps prior. Sit-coms had their tongues firmly in cheek when we saw Peg Bundy tied up... anything to shut her up was welcome. That show was spandex and nylon heaven but it in my opinion lowered the IQ of the western expectations for entertainment and look what we are left with now.
Movies had their share of damsel 'treatment' too. The Batman franchise of films was disappointing for me, visually it had lots of great cinematic scenes but came off flat as a product. But at least Nicole Kidman looked great even if her bindings could go up for the 'loosie' awards. Candyman is added here if only because it may be the first time to my knowledge of the use of a ballgag head harness in mainstream media. I might be wrong.
'#59 Ransom Drop' is the title of this pic. The subject is kept in simplistic bondage as I feel it does not always have to be complex to be effective.. I don't care much for the style of gag I used, however I have tried to include every style as I go along..... E.

80s... or the bigger the hair the closer to God.

The 80s.. where to start? Yes it was the land of big hair, squared shoulder pads, more make-up than a clown car could hold, the mini skirt came back and nylons were still mandatory as part of the look.
I think the 80's at first was only an extension of where the 70's left off but ended abruptly on December the 8th 1980 when Lennon was shot. It took on new avenues at that point I think. I digress...
By mid '83 I had finished high school and hit the road full time and coast to coast as a lighting director for recording acts ( I shall not name drop as this is not relevant ). These tours that lasted four years brought me into contact with people out on the town for a good time every night and the ladies were tip top, unlike the overly casual flip flop wearing crew in the bars today. TV and movies got better, the cop shows were in full swing and so was sit com television. Obviously for me I only saw what I saw from a hotel TV or much later in syndication. Stephanie Powers was back looking better than ever since her April Dancer days.. bigger hair, classier clothes and finding peril every so often with elegant sophistication. Other highbrow shows like Dallas even got in on it. TJ Hooker had Heather Locklear, Fall Guy had Heather Thomas which is where we finally get to see Erin Grey get the treatment albeit brief. Simon and Simon tied ladies up like buzzards on a picnic. My all time fave had to be Stephanie Kramer in Hunter. Her character and the studio's wardrobe made her the poster girl for 80s look... never mind that she often had her cover blown and the bad guys grabbed her. There were guest characters that got the business as well. Even Matlock for the tea toddler set had a very well groomed Nancy Stafford... she once got captured and tied by two baddies and I'm not so sure she was acting when one put his hand on her silky knee.. she looked like she was going to be sick. Movies that stand out too included 'Big Trouble in Little China' with Kim Cattrel and along the same theme in I think the same year...'The Perils of Gwendoline' with Tawny Kitean. This as you may know was a watered down live action version of John Willie's 50's comic serial and bondage studies. I'll  throw in a Willie-esque tribute sometime. Oh and now that Gene Simmons of KISS has finally agreed to marry Shannon Tweed, it has to have mention here of her series of bodice ripper movies that came around in the day... seems the gall likes to be tied up... Gene, why din't ya say 'I do' a long time ago? I 'am so glad I lived in the 80's and got to witness such fun....
The final pic I made like many others but I think captures the 80's feel. I guess I'm a product of that time and my illustrations may all reflect an 80's look. I don't apologize.      El.

70's

Detective and adventure shows throughout the 70's and early 80's boasted a bevy of beauties in bindings.
Charlie's Angels was ripe for a good scene and the pic is from an episode called 'Marathon Angels' that found these two blondes swiped up by the baddies. I believe all the Angels took a turn at being tied but Kate Jackson was by far the one most likely to get trussed up. Later in Scarecrow and Mrs. King she was found to get tied as I recall. The pinnacle superhero of the time was Wonder Woman. The producers and writers got Lynda Carter going both ways, first as Wonder Woman and again as Diana Prince. She must have read the scripts in advance and just rolled her eyes. "Yep, tied up again". I included Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke even though I only recall her being bound twice. She wore those killer nylons and made short shorts into "Dasiy Dukes"..now a household name. Her sister Barbara did a magazine expose after finding fame as a Bond girl. That expose hinted at light bondage theme now that I think on it..... 'hmmm'.
To go along with this episode's theme the last pic is called 'Shameless' mostly due to her tee-shirt being a shameless plug for yours' truly. The run in her pantyhose may also be the reason. Seeing a trend here?

The 60's

'Gotham Librarian' was inspired from 60's tv shows and not just Batman and Robin. There was oodles of shows that paved a path of damsel in distress.. Man from Uncle or Girl From Uncle even more. Stephanie Powers as April Dancer was a milestone. Steph would spend the better part of the 60's and late 70's-80's in Hart to Hart tied up. Even Gilligan's gals had headhunter problems. The Avengers was a staple to the genre going back to the very early 60's and all the way through varied incarnations to the mid 70's. Linda Thorson as Tara King was a fave, although Diana Rigg as Mrs. Peel was dipped in leather and had the 'can do' attitude of a closet dominatrix. Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 blew my mind as a tyke too.. why did a pretty lady in a sleek dress and sheer nylons look so amazing all tied up? That brings us to the very campy, tongue in cheek, tights lovin', homo-erotic soft core porn half hour of all time.. Batman. There was always a bevy of strange dressed bad guys to toss the boys in to soft core bondage.. all very colorful and odd. By the second season Neil Hamilton knew he better add a hot Batgirl to round out the fun. Yvonne Craig fleshed out many a young boy's fantasy. Hell, her opening scene was her getting kidnapped by the Penguin and tied to a chair in an abandoned apartment. Frank Gorshen's Riddler still can't be beat for mania, he freaked me out as a kid. Add in a fear of clowns, a Catwoman doniatrix and the recipe is set in stone. It took Jim Weathers and his Bondage Cafe to figure it all out in recent years via his masterpiece 'O-Girl' series and to mix in a large dash of fetish, an all girl cast, sheer pantyhose (more on that later), hitachi vibrators ... and I can't look away.
That said, I present "Gotham Librarian"