WKRP in Cin-ci-naaat-tiiiii....

I love the callback in the "Real Families" ep when the PETA rep condemns them for both the turkey drop and Herb's unseen later "Dancing Ducks" promotion.

yes that was great!

the dancing ducks promo description was so vivid i feel like we DID see it

confession: years of hearing about the turkey episode & always led me to picture the turkeys being frozen (no idea why)

imagine the carnage from THAT 😂

Highly recommend the podcast Hold My Order, Terrible Dresser, which does WKRP episode recaps as a springing board for chat about 70's culture, politics, conspiracy theories, all sorts of esoteric sociological stuff - it feels very ILX.

Might have to check that out.

Years later, Richard Sanders tossing stuffed turkeys...

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lol <3

it was weird when Sanders showed up on Loni Anderson's late-'80s series Easy Street playing the BTK Killer

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Les Nessman: Motherfucker With Dark Secrets.

O_O

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<3

that ad came up on my FB feed and i was like FINALLY the algorithm gets me

"The turkey's are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement!"

Don't forget the Dancing Ducks...

http://youtu.be/1Tk6NpIncXg?t=1084

rewatched the turkey bombing tonight
still excellent

"As God as my witness..."

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/frank-bonner-dead-wkrp-in-cincinnati-1234999322/

so sad, he was the fucking best. Herb was so iconic!!!

i can still hear his voice when i read old quotes, his timing was so good

Les:
What is an executrix?

Herb:
I don't know. High heels and a whole lot of leather, something like that

never forget the dancing ducks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tk6NpIncXg

BIG SNAKE SALE
SSSSSAAVE
SSSSSAVE
SSSSSAVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGdWnCB5NFM

Great physical comedy from Bonner in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kalVG4XgIDM

Yeah, I was one of the viewers who laughed HIS ASS off at this episode. But also, I'd like to add, I was six years old when I first saw it.

I'll always remember Herb's dad telling him he had cancer... then telling him it was a joke... then saying he really DID have cancer... then telling him it was a joke again.

lol

Wish I could find the clip but someone telling Herb he didn't know they still made suits like his and Herb replying that there was one pro shop in Kentucky is a great line delivery.

^^That's from "3 Days of The Condo", the one where Johnny wins a lawsuit and buys a...wait for it...condo.

Speaking of Johnny, tonight Decades reran a Dick Cavett from 1969 featuring The Committee with Don Study aka Howard Hesseman.

This bit forecasts some of his scenes w/Reid at the KRP. Hesseman even drops a 'fellow baby' line!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA3YXa_kLqg

And here Cavett and fellow guest Janis Joplin join the troupe for A Symphony of Emotions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qJdNx8veDc

Fast Forward to 1:37 to see Hesseman respond to wiseguy in the audience.

"WKRP - The station with more music... and Les Nessman"

Buckeye News Hawk™️

The Coveted Silver Sow®

The Sneaky Snooper.

Les Nessman, award-winning journalist. pic.twitter.com/Dxomv3ZWLX

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 7, 2021

Anyone know an old folks' home with any openings for me? pic.twitter.com/zH3qbMftEk

— becca (@magicjewball) October 5, 2021

It was only minutes ago, after several decades of apparent semi-consciousness, that the joke hidden in WKRP finally dawned on me.

Crap or Karp?

Karp wouldn't all that much of a joke tbh.

Not that much WKRP material but the Tim Reid interview on Marc Maron's podcast has really interesting stuff about his 60s-70s work as part of a travelling interractial comedy duo. (Apparently he ripped off a joke from Howard Hesseman and had to apologize when they met at the beginning of KRP)

Baby, if you've ever wondered, wondered what ever became of Gary Sandy...

https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/stage/2021/10/25/theatre-aquarius-hamilton-wkrp-in-cincinnati-gary-sandy.html

It is funny that the guy is basically in the suburbs of Cincy.

Been thinking a bit about "In Concert" today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSeWECDb3YM

love that episode so much ;_;

Many sad parallels. Like in Cincinnati, the Astroworld cops, security, and organizers -- that is, everyone supposedly trained in crowd management -- are all rushing to put all the blame on the fans. Obviously there were some asshole fans, but the situation was beyond out-of-control before those fans made things worse.

Chet Flippo's RS piece showed how fucked up the situation with cops and security in Cincinnati was, and this reminded me of the Travis Scott fans trying to get security and camerapeople to stop the show:

He couldn’t find his wife. He ran to the first policeman he saw and shouted, “What are you doing? People are getting trampled up there.” The policeman looked him over and asked, “What do you do for a living?” Klopp replied, almost in shock, “Working on a Ph.D. in language.” The policeman said, “Well, you just used a dangling participle.” Klopp, caught up in the absurdity, said, “I think I know more about language than you do.” The policeman smiled: “Well, don’t tell me how to do my job, then.” Klopp lost his temper: “People are getting hurt.” The policeman said, “Well, we can’t do anything.” Klopp finally got inside and found his wife.

A few feet away, Mark Helmkamp was pleading with a policeman to do something. He said to the cop, “Here, take my ID and bust me for false information if you don’t believe me.” He said the policeman told him to move along.

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/rock-roll-tragedy-why-11-died-at-the-whos-cincinnati-concert-93437/

Today in 1979, Dr. Johnny Fever shows up at WKRP hung over and just does whatever the fuck he wants. pic.twitter.com/wLdo8HXxxZ

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) October 14, 2021

My man would've been around 39 years old in that shot.

He and Richard Sanders are/were basically the same age.

Aaaaand Gordon Jump was 47 in '79. Goodnight everyone!

Hesseman almost six months older than Sanders!

Held his own at the table with Jack and Kathy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bywUe7ZBAtU

RIP Johnny Fever

Only discovered this show in the last year, it’s so great. I kind of don’t want to watch all the episodes too quickly.

savor them like malt liquor

Black Death Malt Liquor!

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