Is your radio station accepting applications? 😎 just kidding, I'm disabled and can't work. But, damn, how cool is it working at a place like WKRP??!! Lucky.
This was my favorite show back in the 70s. I was in high school and loved every episode. Hell, I still love every episode. Anytime I come across a show I have to stop what I'm doing and watch. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
I remember the episode where they had a cop in the studio do a demonstration of the effects of alcohol on reflexes. It was supposed to be to discourage people from driving drunk. The problem was that Johnny Fever's reflexes got faster with each drink.
I was just thinking of that episode, I can still see Johnny Fever, (I think they had to hit a bell or something) responding very fast. I still laugh when I think of this.
When Les was mad he didn't have his own office, so he put tape on the floor defining where the walls and door were supposed to be...then he made people knock and open the imaginary door.... classic!!!
WKRP was so far ahead of its time. I have recently been rewatching the series, and I cannot think of any other 70s sitcom whose humor has aged as well as WKRP. I also love how the show tackled serious issues so brilliantly without losing its comedic edge
One of the most brilliant pieces of satire ever was the episode with Rev. "Little Ed" Pembrook offering things like Dead Sea Scroll Steak Knives and The World Is Coming to an End Lawn Furniture in exchange for your donation. I worked at a Christian radio station for a while and was both amazed and disgusted at how men who were supposed to be ministers of the Gospel were in effect nothing more than glorified pitchmen begging for money and getting it from poor widows who really couldn't afford those "donations". Little Ed captured their spirit perfectly.
I remember when my second wife and I were driving thru the Cincinatti area on our way to pick up my kids for the summer. As we were driving thru downtown Cincinatti I exclaimed, "Look, there is the WKRP building", to which she replied, "Where"? I thought I would die laughing.
My favorite episode was “The Consultant” it was when Mrs Carlson hired a consultant to improve the station’s ratings. That’s when Andy has the staff act in a different personality. It was hilarious! Bailey was drug addict, Jennifer was a dumb blond when she actually runs the office and so on. I could watch that episode over and over again.
I remember the episode where the terrorist group blew up WKRPS transmitter and Les Nesman continued to do the news. When they asked Les if he knew their transmitter was blown up, he said "of course, that was my lead story". classic
My all time favorite show! When ever I’m feeling blue I just pop in a dvd of these guys and instantly feel happy again! Not one but all of them are my favorite! You just can’t top this show!
The episode where Venus goes back to his previous chemistry teacher self and teaches a young man about the atom is terriffic -- and makes it understandable for the rest of us, too!
I use to sell electronics at a place called Roberds Grand in Cincinnati back in 1996-97. Gordon Jump came in as the Maytag Repair man for the Appliance section. One of the nicest guys you would ever meet. Was great talking to him, he told us about living in Dayton, and that he was staying with family while in Cincinnati for the week.
Yes, and originally the network didn’t want them to do it. Hugh Wilson got the support from civic leaders in Cincinnati and convinced the network heads that as a rock radio station in Cincinnati they couldn’t ignore it. Too bad that the Astroworld promoter never saw that episode.
@@chrissett4245 After the Who gig, in the Washington, DC area, the Capital Centre in nearby Landover, MD immediately banned festival seating concerts. I don't blame them one bit.
If your in Cinni, I guess I'm not telling you something you don't already know, but they're coming back for the 1st time in May '22 since the disaster. Was my fav band, & fav show growing up, seriously thinking about making a trip down from Toronto for the show, I'm sure it'll be emotional reunion between Roger, Pete & the city. 😎👍
I was an entertainer at Mammoth Mountain, California working at the Ski Lodge as the Pub Guitarist and Singer. One night Frank Bonner walked in and sat down, and when i took my break I went over to talk to him, not knowing it was actually HERB from WKRP...so I opened with, "You won't believe this, but you look just like Herb Tarlick of WKRP in Cincinnati!", and very much like Herb, he looked up and said. "...that might be because I AM Herb Tarlick!" There was no mistaking that voice. We became fast friends and went out skiing the next day. Because I was living there and Frank was new to the Mountain, I explained to him that if we took the tram to the peak, and if we got into a racers stance going down the slope, we could actually get enough speed to go up to the top of the next run without having to take the tram. Frank agreed. We had just gotten into the racing stance flying down the run when I looked over and Frank had bailed out. I already had too much speed to just bail, so I kept the course. When my skis suddenly angled up, and I realized that I was unintentionally doing an airborne back-flip. All the trees were upside down, up was down, and I had just enough time to realize there had been an avalanche and a big chunk of the run was just missing. With arms and legs going in every direction, I dropped about 30 feet and landed on my head. I just laid there for a minute when I heard Frank laughing!! He held out his hands to help me up...which was good...I was sure i was dead. So we skied several more runs before I realized my neck was pulling to one side....Turns out my neck was broken. Not good. Frank was very cool about spending some more time with me to make sure i was alright. If you can picture this...Herb Tarlick was in the room, and I was playing guitar and singing with a neck brace, in front of a room full of skiers that had come up for the week end and a good time. Not a good picture. I was told by the Manager that they loved what I was doing but the whole neck brace thing wasn't a good look for the first time skiers. Good point. There is more t the story with Frank, but this already looks like a small book...if you want the rest of it...drop me an email and I will send it to you. I like what you are doing...sorry for the length of this. The rest involves his most embarrassing moment ever...and I would rather talk with him first, before I repeat it...it's a very funny story.
I'm a radio personality and was for a few years a Program Director of KSKQ 89.5fm and 94.1fm in Southern Oregon - Community Radio. This show and the New WKRP- is very accurate to the wild experiences and challenges in radio... and each personality is quirky as ever. Yes- tis true. As a kid (born in 73), I watched these episodes (likely re-runs) and never thought one day I'd be on the airwaves and in Radio. Alas, here I am, and it is a joy and pleasure every Friday morning to be on air. Save and preserve Community Radio!! Keep it alive- it is an invaluable resource. A treasure to be kept in the world. I'm re-watching the eposides with new eyes as an adult and on air personality. Thanks for this video. Brought tears to see where everyone is now. ♡
I was born in Covington KY went to Boone Co HS & listened to WKRQ (real station) & adored this show. Hard to choose just 1 episode. So many good ones! I recall more of the great lines there were throughout the series. Like Johnny's 'phone cops' & in desperation he shouts he'll play The Carpenters & Manilow. And Jennifer tells Herb to go to the parking garage, find some seat covers he loves & wear them home referring to his tacky suits. Too funny!
I actually bought a Maytag washer because of those commercials. I still have it 22 years later and he was right. Just last year was the first time i needed a repair.
I always liked the one where they had to do a commercial for Ferrieman's Funeral Home. The Jingle was cute, with Fever rattling off the Ad like a Machine Gun I also liked Flytrap's Intro one time after the News, "It 's time for more Music, and less Nessman", or something to that effect. I too, thought Bailey was the Hot One, just like Maryann on Giligan's Isle Carlson beating his feet because they became Numb after he rubbed Cocaine on them, was also quite funny
@@mysavedvideos11 That episode saved the show from cancellation, they were on hiatus and taped it, and everyone was talking about around the water cooler the next day about it.
Excellent episode! I apologize if somebody already mentioned it, but Tim Reid also had a show called Frank's Place, iirc. Great actor who gave Venus Flytrap a lot of depth and dimension.
My favorite character was Bailey. I wanted to be like her. Have that kind of job in radio. My favorite episode, other than Turkeys Away, is the one about the tornado. Johnny’s story of surviving a tornado as a kid and Jennifer giving Andy mouth to mouth are just 2 of the highlights. Classic episode!
I also loved how Les gave the reports about the "Godless, Killer Tornadoes", substituting "Tornadoes" into some kind of report/story he had written about the "Godless Russians" - hilarious!!!
I think my favorite was when Nessman went on a date with the receptionist. His closing line was, "She doesn't have a round bed. It's rectangular like everyone else," thoroughly ticking off Herb Tarlik!
WKRP is a great show. I was able to get my hands on a dvd collection which contains most, if not all, the original rock gems they used in the course of the show. All the characters were well acted and the writing was so funny. Best episode features "Scum of the Earth", the up and coming band with a penchant for chaos and destruction.
I read an article that said that about 85% of the music and dialogue had been restored to the video releases. Some of the rights just couldn't be renegotiated.
@@larrylamphear8473 That's true, particularly for the first several years in which WKRP was released as video cassettes and later dvds. A company named Shout painstakingly got as much of the rights to the original music from WKRP as they could. I have rewatched many episodes on my set and so far, have not noticed any glaring examples of generic session studio music replacing the original songs. Music rights are very expensive for most published music. I have a friend, who with his wife, has done a lot of karaoke over the years and it's a somewhat similar situation. There are a few musical artists who won't allow the rights to their entire song catalogs to be released to karaoke music companies, or in some cases the rights are way too expensive to purchase. The three biggest examples he gave me were The Eagles, The Stones and The Beatles.
It was handled with class and respect. I saw the Who shortly after in Toronto and the organizers were spraying water hoses at the crowd to get them back from the stage and threatening to shut down if they didn't. The show addressed a multitude of social issues without being critical or accusing. From gangs to drugs, Mr Carlson "having a monkey on his foot" was hilarious.
One of my favorites is the episode where Les unwittingly dates a call girl. When he's informed that she practices "the oldest profession", Les, with a confused look, replies, "...she's a farmer?"
The most amazing thing about that episode, however, is that we learn she asked Les out again, stating that he was the only man she had ever met who just wanted to talk.
@@jamescasselbury6710- Great point! That extra level of quality, character driven writing really sets WKRP apart from a lot of sit-coms, before and after! I think that's one of the reasons it has aged so well.
I loved this show it was so much fun to watch . The cast was Fantastic . One of my favorite episodes besides Turkeys away , was Scum of the Earth , I liked when they did the show about the WHO concert. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next on the show . I bought the Complete Series on DVD a couple of years ago just so I could ENJOY it all over again !
WKRP's original airing pretty much spanned my high school years. That may be the reason why I have been in the radio business for almost 30 years now. As to its authenticity, that is best summed up by a former co-worker of mine who said, "When I first saw it, I thought WKRP was a farce. Since getting into the business, I realize it is a documentary."
I loved Les using tape to mark out where his office walls should be and insisting that people pretend to use its door. I also loved the episodes with Herb’s wife, her accent was hilarious. There was a Christmas episode modeled after the Christmas Carol, and Johnny made a great ghost! So many laughs.
I don't know why Jan quit acting but unfortunately at the time she ended her career The New WKRP was on tv. Neither Jan and Gary Sandy were on the sequel. Loni and Tim appeared briefly. Howard Hessman kept appearing as a guest all the time. But Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner and Richard Sanders all returned as regulars with new folks.
56 years as a broadcaster and I knew all these people several times. Almost every sales Mgr was Turlock and every DJ was dr Johnny one way or another. I still love it!
Haha! There's a DJ on the local radio station who came on after they switched formats (just a little from oldies 60's to 80's to 70's to 90's). The original DJs who retired were a little more mellow in the morning. When he came on, it was JUST LIKE Johnny Fever in his enthusiasm and hyperness! All I can say is "BOOOOGER!" Cheers from Canada!
Watching WKRP and listening to Wolfman Jack (recordings of him, not live), and even the Wolfman’s role in American Graffiti always made me want to be a DJ. I’m not, far from it, but it just seems so great to play music you like for people. It’s like you’re hosting a party!
I watched because this is my hometown. The producers did a great job of making the characters and episodes very believable. WKRP in Cincinnati, was Cincinnati. No one would debate the reality of this. I loved season 1 and season 2 very much.
I always loved the scene where Johnny is listening to Dogs by Pink Floyd, and Carlson walks into the booth. His reaction to the Dogs howling was hysterical
I loved the show and kinda felt a connection to it, being from Dayton myself. My favorite was the turkey drop, but the most profound episode was the Who concert episode, S2E19.
The episode when all those who fans were crushed to death really sticks to me . Even today i can remember watching that episode before going to work. Rest in peace rockers 🤘🤘
My fav episode is the 1 where Bailey helps out a Russian looking for asylum. Has a Elton John song in it. Not really the funniest 1 but made some good points so the writing was great there.
Johnny Fever was my favorite character, I can relate to him best. I've even considered myself the Dr Johnny Fever of the office I work in. My favorite episode (hands down) is the one in which they were hired to sing the jingle for a funeral home (bye-bye....)
I had a boss who mannerism and character were a double for Jonny Fever . First time I watched an episode the resemblance was uncanny in look s and mannerisms lolol
My dad was a rock DJ in Detroit, WRIF, in the 70s and early 80s. Me and my sister grew up in radio stations. This show was on the air at tha time, and we always watched it with my did. He was a single parent. The show was pretty accurate. To an extent. A compressed and more dramatic account so to speak. My dad had a big rock and roll afro, and his shirt buttoned down with a gold Scorpio emblem on a necklace. This was the disco era. So he was into motown, rock, but went to discos and cool parties. It always felt cool when we'd be out shopping and radio listeners would recognize him from live broadcasts and promotional events, and want to meet him. Sometimes he'd put me and my sister in commercials if it called for children's voices. Once we were cruising in his 1970 Cadillac, and our commercial came on the air. We felt really proud and like a brief moment of fame. Dad taught me how to cue up records and start commercials on tape. Sometimes if he had a stretch of music, what you heard on the radio was little boy me who picked Kiss, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, RamJam, etc. Great times. I miss the 70s and 80s.
Wish we have a time machine- WKRP IN CINCINNATI was a great show- back in the 70s-80s actors are real-they gave 120per-cent and the smile in there face show-we all miss you- thanks-greetings from england
Loved the show spent about 18 years all total in radio and TV and worked at least two stations that could have been the character blueprint for the series. Those years of my life were some of my best memories and yes I'm now in my 70s.
I can never describe the one about Ferryman's Funeral Home to anyone. I always end up saying "No, it's funnier than I am saying." I loved some of the lines "No...I want something light and bouncy. Remember boys, keep it hip." And Andy's "Herb, Imma gone come in there an punch you!" Ooooh bye bye.
‘’Hey! You’re young and swinging! No time to think about tomorrow! But one thing, you can’t deny it! Someday you’re gonna buy it!’’ That jingle they wrote was priceless!
A great show with one of the best ensemble cast's of all time. One of the best episodes was from the second season entitled "Jennifer's Home For Christmas". Everyone brings Jennifer a Christmas tree because they thought she would be all alone for the holidays. Very good little Christmas tale.
I ordered every episode from the original show a couple of years ago. All four seasons on dvd 86 episodes . I binged watched for about a week straight. Great way to spend 7 days.
I love the episode when there was a tornado warning and Les had prepared a list of what to do in case the Russians attacked, so Carlson told Les that where the list said "Russians" to insert "tornado'...'if any enemy...tornados..." Cracked me up!
My favourite was when Johnny and Venus were doing a sobriety test. Fever kept getting faster hitting the button the drunker he got, which pissed off the law officer conducting the test. Venus meanwhile got slower and acted like, well like a drunk would. Funny!
My favorite character by far was Les Nessman! My favorite female by far was Jan, the natural look...it was a great show with great characters where you rooted for all of them!
@@DavidB45Mustard Frank's Place was brilliant! Another show with a wonderful blend of unique characters. The storylines were off-beat, absurd, and hilarious, but always showed humanity.
I used to do voice over commercials in the late 60s for two San Diego radio stations. One was a mainstream AM station and the other was an "underground" FM station. The AM station had a "Herb, a Jennifer and a Baily." The FM station had a "Johnny Fever and a Venus", so YES the peeps on WKRP were super close to the real thing. Just LOVED this show as it brought back so many memories. Frankly, WKRP is my all time favorite show. Besides "Turkeys Away" my other fav show was the State Cop measuring reflexes having Johnny and Venus take shots of whisky and then test their reflexes. It was hilarious. Thanks for posting your video. Cheers!
Yes! Agreed. I can still vividly picture Venus drawing on the board and tying it all together at the end, telling the guy that that's the atom. Great writing by the writers and especially great delivery by Tim Reid.
Yeah the pilot was going crash and kill them both because nobody was honking. Andy called all the other stations and asked them to get their listeners to honk. They said they didn’t care if the guy crashed. Losing Les was nothing to them. Then Andy said, ‘’If they kill Les, we’ll have to hire a real newscaster’’. They all got on the bandwagon then. Priceless!
Having worked at a 1000 watt am station (WGSW) in the 50s, it is so easy to identify with all the characters. Our station had all of them...just different names. WKRP remains a classic that epitomizes that era of radio. Thanks for the memories. Bob Blake
I was a radio DJ for 20 years. About half way through I got a new job but had to change my name. I had always liked the name Christopher so I decided on Chris as a first name. It was almost time to go to work but I still hadn’t come up with a last name. I was watching WKRP in the episode where Bailey was supposed to go on a date with Johnny but got stood up. I thought “hmm. Bailey”. From that day until I retired my on air name was Chris Bailey thanks to Jan Smithers. It’s true that the WKRP characters were realistic. I have known each one from the cute receptionist to the whacky news director. Never all at the same station. I always fancied myself as more of an Andy Travis. Such nice memories 🤓
The Consultant was great. For as cold as Momma Carlson seemed, she had a lot of feelings and respect for Jennifer and Bailey, so when he attacked the two of them as bimbos, it was like he had attacked her.
I was a kid in the 70s and tuned in every week to watch WKRP. My favorite episode was one where Johnny Fever's apartment was being fumigated for Lizards. I haven't seen it as an adult yet, but I remember that as being the funniest episode. Turkeys was my #2.
As someone who has been working in radio for over 20 years now, I can say that this show is very accurate!! Long live WKRP
Is your radio station accepting applications? 😎 just kidding, I'm disabled and can't work. But, damn, how cool is it working at a place like WKRP??!! Lucky.
This was my favorite show back in the 70s. I was in high school and loved every episode. Hell, I still love every episode. Anytime I come across a show I have to stop what I'm doing and watch. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
I read: I was high in school. 🤣
@@daphne4983 That too
So it was your favorite show only for the first 2 seasons?
@@E-BikingAdventures No, it was my favorite show for it's entire run.
@@VoicesfromtheSwamp . You said 70s. The second 2 seasons were in the 80s.
RIP Herb, you brought so much joy and laughter!!!
I remember the episode where they had a cop in the studio do a demonstration of the effects of alcohol on reflexes. It was supposed to be to discourage people from driving drunk. The problem was that Johnny Fever's reflexes got faster with each drink.
I was just thinking of that episode, I can still see Johnny Fever, (I think they had to hit a bell or something) responding very fast. I still laugh when I think of this.
Hilarious!!
"There's a giant pig in the lobby..." My favorite episode as well.
That was one of the best episodes
Yes, yes!
Jan Smithers was most of the reason I tuned in every week.
I agree. She was much hotter than Loni Anderson.
You and about a half a million other teenaged boys.
( myself included of course )
Yes she was hotter. I think she had the same appeal as Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island.
Bailey was incredibly sexy. Jennifer was more weird looking than anything.
@@rockettcustoms6266 TO ME Loni looked like she had a frog face
When Les was mad he didn't have his own office, so he put tape on the floor defining where the walls and door were supposed to be...then he made people knock and open the imaginary door.... classic!!!
Yup, he was the original inventor of "social distancing ".
He was such a funny character.
There were sooo many memorable moments, and that was definitely near the top!
Hog reports
Carlson leaning in on the imaginary doorjamb ...
One of my most favourite shows growing up. An incredible cast with impeccable chemistry.
WKRP was so far ahead of its time. I have recently been rewatching the series, and I cannot think of any other 70s sitcom whose humor has aged as well as WKRP.
I also love how the show tackled serious issues so brilliantly without losing its comedic edge
One of the most brilliant pieces of satire ever was the episode with Rev. "Little Ed" Pembrook offering things like Dead Sea Scroll Steak Knives and The World Is Coming to an End Lawn Furniture in exchange for your donation. I worked at a Christian radio station for a while and was both amazed and disgusted at how men who were supposed to be ministers of the Gospel were in effect nothing more than glorified pitchmen begging for money and getting it from poor widows who really couldn't afford those "donations". Little Ed captured their spirit perfectly.
I remember when my second wife and I were driving thru the Cincinatti area on our way to pick up my kids for the summer. As we were driving thru downtown Cincinatti I exclaimed, "Look, there is the WKRP building", to which she replied, "Where"? I thought I would die laughing.
My favorite as well, you could visibly see Mr. Carlson growing a spine as he stood up to the reverend.
My favorite episode was “The Consultant” it was when Mrs Carlson hired a consultant to improve the station’s ratings. That’s when Andy has the staff act in a different personality. It was hilarious! Bailey was drug addict, Jennifer was a dumb blond when she actually runs the office and so on. I could watch that episode over and over again.
Just watched it. You’re a naughty boy. Very good!
The one with Del's Stereo and Sounds remote was great. Love this show.
I remember the episode where the terrorist group blew up WKRPS transmitter and Les Nesman continued to do the news. When they asked Les if he knew their transmitter was blown up, he said "of course, that was my lead story". classic
"The Phone Cops" coming to get Johnny is what saved his life! That was one of my two most favorite and funniest episodes!
It was the phone cops, man!
Phone COPS!!!
Les Nesman was the Frank Burns of radio!
This is also one my fave episodes where Johnny thinks the "Phone Cops" are after him...😂
Jan had the best “walking away “ jeans ever!!
Oh Yeah she did....
@@PfalzD3 Add me to the list too ! Bailey is my kind of girl.
@@montygreen6228 My Man. *Fist Bumps you*
My all time favorite show! When ever I’m feeling blue I just pop in a dvd of these guys and instantly feel happy again! Not one but all of them are my favorite! You just can’t top this show!
The episode where Venus goes back to his previous chemistry teacher self and teaches a young man about the atom is terriffic -- and makes it understandable for the rest of us, too!
Wow! Forgot that one. It was brilliant. Thanks!
Yep. I still remember the components of an atom because of that
@@byronmurrill6742 Oh the Pro's and the Elected ones......
YES! Brought me to tears- as education is so important- I get Atoms too now. ;)
That was a great episode!
I use to sell electronics at a place called Roberds Grand in Cincinnati back in 1996-97. Gordon Jump came in as the Maytag Repair man for the Appliance section. One of the nicest guys you would ever meet. Was great talking to him, he told us about living in Dayton, and that he was staying with family while in Cincinnati for the week.
The show after The Who concert tragedy in 1979 in Cincinnati, well done
Yes, and originally the network didn’t want them to do it. Hugh Wilson got the support from civic leaders in Cincinnati and convinced the network heads that as a rock radio station in Cincinnati they couldn’t ignore it. Too bad that the Astroworld promoter never saw that episode.
It is a great show...
Yes that Who gig was tragic I'm glad they had the guts to do it. I remember it well
@@chrissett4245 After the Who gig, in the Washington, DC area, the Capital Centre in nearby Landover, MD immediately banned festival seating concerts. I don't blame them one bit.
@@rockvilleraven I agree also.. 😎
If your in Cinni, I guess I'm not telling you something you don't already know, but they're coming back for the 1st time in May '22 since the disaster. Was my fav band, & fav show growing up, seriously thinking about making a trip down from Toronto for the show, I'm sure it'll be emotional reunion between Roger, Pete & the city. 😎👍
The Turkey episode was the funniest ever! (In shock) "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
And " OH THE HUMANITY "...Les Nessman on the scene report...
@@ddclaud1116 😂😂😂
Over the Top I Could See It
I once heard a rumor that this episode was inspired by true events.... seems legit lol
The only Turkey-related thing that will ever be funnier is the Mr. Bean Thanksgiving episode with the Giant turkey on his head!
I was an entertainer at Mammoth Mountain, California working at the Ski Lodge as the Pub Guitarist and Singer. One night Frank Bonner walked in and sat down, and when i took my break I went over to talk to him, not knowing it was actually HERB from WKRP...so I opened with, "You won't believe this, but you look just like Herb Tarlick of WKRP in Cincinnati!", and very much like Herb, he looked up and said. "...that might be because I AM Herb Tarlick!" There was no mistaking that voice.
We became fast friends and went out skiing the next day. Because I was living there and Frank was new to the Mountain, I explained to him that if we took the tram to the peak, and if we got into a racers stance going down the slope, we could actually get enough speed to go up to the top of the next run without having to take the tram. Frank agreed.
We had just gotten into the racing stance flying down the run when I looked over and Frank had bailed out. I already had too much speed to just bail, so I kept the course. When my skis suddenly angled up, and I realized that I was unintentionally doing an airborne back-flip. All the trees were upside down, up was down, and I had just enough time to realize there had been an avalanche and a big chunk of the run was just missing. With arms and legs going in every direction, I dropped about 30 feet and landed on my head. I just laid there for a minute when I heard Frank laughing!! He held out his hands to help me up...which was good...I was sure i was dead.
So we skied several more runs before I realized my neck was pulling to one side....Turns out my neck was broken. Not good. Frank was very cool about spending some more time with me to make sure i was alright. If you can picture this...Herb Tarlick was in the room, and I was playing guitar and singing with a neck brace, in front of a room full of skiers that had come up for the week end and a good time. Not a good picture. I was told by the Manager that they loved what I was doing but the whole neck brace thing wasn't a good look for the first time skiers. Good point. There is more t the story with Frank, but this already looks like a small book...if you want the rest of it...drop me an email and I will send it to you. I like what you are doing...sorry for the length of this. The rest involves his most embarrassing moment ever...and I would rather talk with him first, before I repeat it...it's a very funny story.
Great story. Did this happen during the run of the show?
I'm a radio personality and was for a few years a Program Director of KSKQ 89.5fm and 94.1fm in Southern Oregon - Community Radio. This show and the New WKRP- is very accurate to the wild experiences and challenges in radio... and each personality is quirky as ever. Yes- tis true. As a kid (born in 73), I watched these episodes (likely re-runs) and never thought one day I'd be on the airwaves and in Radio. Alas, here I am, and it is a joy and pleasure every Friday morning to be on air. Save and preserve Community Radio!! Keep it alive- it is an invaluable resource. A treasure to be kept in the world. I'm re-watching the eposides with new eyes as an adult and on air personality. Thanks for this video. Brought tears to see where everyone is now. ♡
RIP - Frank Bonner, shocked to hear yesterday that he had passed.
I was born in Covington KY went to Boone Co HS & listened to WKRQ (real station) & adored this show. Hard to choose just 1 episode. So many good ones! I recall more of the great lines there were throughout the series. Like Johnny's 'phone cops' & in desperation he shouts he'll play The Carpenters & Manilow. And Jennifer tells Herb to go to the parking garage, find some seat covers he loves & wear them home referring to his tacky suits. Too funny!
I adored that show as a kid! Such good memories 😊
Gordon Jump also did a stint as "The Maytag Repairman"
He played this character from 1989 to 2003.
I actually bought a Maytag washer because of those commercials. I still have it 22 years later and he was right. Just last year was the first time i needed a repair.
My dad worked for a family owned and operated appliance store they had(still do) a cardboard cutout of him !!
Gordon Jump bumblingly referred to himself in Soap as
“Piece of Chelief” Tinkler.
@@charlesbaldo I worked on them for ten years. I don't have a maytag.
I always liked the one where they had to do a commercial for Ferrieman's Funeral Home. The Jingle was cute, with Fever rattling off the Ad like a Machine Gun
I also liked Flytrap's Intro one time after the News, "It 's time for more Music, and less Nessman", or something to that effect.
I too, thought Bailey was the Hot One, just like Maryann on Giligan's Isle
Carlson beating his feet because they became Numb after he rubbed Cocaine on them, was also quite funny
Great show with NO Bad Actors...perfect mix...really miss it !!
“I got a monkey on my foot!”
There will NEVER be a funnier episode on ANY series like the one "Turkeys Away!". Still my favorite of all time.
" as God is my whitness,I thought turkeys could fly!!!!!!!!!
I was laughing hysterically just thinking about it. It may have been the funniest 2 minutes in TV comedy history.
We Thought They Could Fly
Turkey's away is a Thanksgiving Classic - replay it EVERY year
@@mysavedvideos11 That episode saved the show from cancellation, they were on hiatus and taped it, and everyone was talking about around the water cooler the next day about it.
The episode involving a funeral home was hilarious!
One of my favorite episodes is when Johnny thought the phone company was trying to kill him.
Those phone cops are relentless...
"Those phone cops play hardball"
phone cops 😂😂🤣🤣
Excellent episode! I apologize if somebody already mentioned it, but Tim Reid also had a show called Frank's Place, iirc.
Great actor who gave Venus Flytrap a lot of depth and dimension.
I loved that Nessman’s office was walls of tape and you had to Knock!🤣🤣🤣
Tim Reid should've received an award for his acting in the episode where he taught the cleaning lady's gangster son...beautifully played.
The Turkey episode is STILL a classic! Everyone on the show was flipping on point. One of the greatest shows of the late 70's!
Its required viewing at thanksgiving at our house. It's equivalent to "It's a wonderful life!"
HILARIOUS....by the way.....Turkeys CAN and DO FLY as they roost in trees every night. CHICKENS CAN and DO fly...just not very far and not very high
I want to cry right now I loved the show when I was a small child
My favorite character was Bailey. I wanted to be like her. Have that kind of job in radio. My favorite episode, other than Turkeys Away, is the one about the tornado. Johnny’s story of surviving a tornado as a kid and Jennifer giving Andy mouth to mouth are just 2 of the highlights. Classic episode!
What about when Johnny lost his nerve and couldn't go on the air? Bailey had to help him by saying, "just talk to ME." He sure did!
I had Bailey's job.. I loved every minute of it... Now I work in television... I would go back to radio in a heartbeat...
I also loved how Les gave the reports about the "Godless, Killer Tornadoes", substituting "Tornadoes" into some kind of report/story he had written about the "Godless Russians" - hilarious!!!
The fact that they used a script for a military invasion as the basis of the tornado reports was hilarious! Oh Those Godless Tornadoes!
I think my favorite was when Nessman went on a date with the receptionist. His closing line was, "She doesn't have a round bed. It's rectangular like everyone else," thoroughly ticking off Herb Tarlik!
Thanks for all the great laughs, Dr. Johnny Fever
WKRP is a great show. I was able to get my hands on a dvd collection which contains most, if not all, the original rock gems they used in the course of the show. All the characters were well acted and the writing was so funny. Best episode features "Scum of the Earth", the up and coming band with a penchant for chaos and destruction.
I read an article that said that about 85% of the music and dialogue had been restored to the video releases. Some of the rights just couldn't be renegotiated.
@@larrylamphear8473 That's true, particularly for the first several years in which WKRP was released as video cassettes and later dvds. A company named Shout painstakingly got as much of the rights to the original music from WKRP as they could. I have rewatched many episodes on my set and so far, have not noticed any glaring examples of generic session studio music replacing the original songs. Music rights are very expensive for most published music. I have a friend, who with his wife, has done a lot of karaoke over the years and it's a somewhat similar situation. There are a few musical artists who won't allow the rights to their entire song catalogs to be released to karaoke music companies, or in some cases the rights are way too expensive to purchase. The three biggest examples he gave me were The Eagles, The Stones and The Beatles.
"Scum of the Earth" now describes movie and TV actors with egos the size of Jupiter.;(
@@Otokichi786 Don't forget politicians! Of course, the majority of them have always been scum of the earth.
The episode when they addressed the Who concert disaster in Cincinnati was particularly poignant.
Indeed I must say.
It was handled with class and respect. I saw the Who shortly after in Toronto and the organizers were spraying water hoses at the crowd to get them back from the stage and threatening to shut down if they didn't. The show addressed a multitude of social issues without being critical or accusing. From gangs to drugs, Mr Carlson "having a monkey on his foot" was hilarious.
I went to school with Kiva Jump. Her father Gordon Jump directed our 5th grade musical, Casey At The Bat.
Were you in it and meet him?
Amazing how much we change between the years of 40 - 60.
One of my favorites is the episode where Les unwittingly dates a call girl. When he's informed that she practices "the oldest profession", Les, with a confused look, replies, "...she's a farmer?"
Hahahaha , that's funny, yeah I loved this show .
😅😅👏🏼
LMAO
The most amazing thing about that episode, however, is that we learn she asked Les out again, stating that he was the only man she had ever met who just wanted to talk.
@@jamescasselbury6710- Great point! That extra level of quality, character driven writing really sets WKRP apart from a lot of sit-coms, before and after! I think that's one of the reasons it has aged so well.
I always think of Andy Travis (Gary Sandy) as the perfect role model for leadership and communication. The way he talks and listens just inspiring
Best comedey ever...so well done!
I loved this show it was so much fun to watch . The cast was Fantastic . One of my favorite episodes besides Turkeys away , was Scum of the Earth , I liked when they did the show about the WHO concert. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next on the show . I bought the Complete Series on DVD a couple of years ago just so I could ENJOY it all over again !
The turkey one was my favorite "oh the humanity'
I grew up watching WKRP - Just loved it! All the actors were liked by me - I Especially liked how Herb was so Cool!
I LOVED this show as a kid! I loved each character in their own way
This was a great show. I hated when it was cancelled.
You can't get it on DVD because of the music rights. Same with _Miami Vice_
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Sadly, I think you can only see Season 1 on Hulu, nothing of the remaining seasons anywhere...
@@highlanderknight sadly I only have season one on DVD too. The music thing is a shame
The sequel was decent. Ran 91 to 93.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver They have the complete series of WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD all four seasons plus a bonus disc.
WKRP's original airing pretty much spanned my high school years. That may be the reason why I have been in the radio business for almost 30 years now. As to its authenticity, that is best summed up by a former co-worker of mine who said, "When I first saw it, I thought WKRP was a farce. Since getting into the business, I realize it is a documentary."
I actually lol'd at that
When I was a DJ inthe 90's and early 2000 - I was stunned after rewatching episodes that it was soo true!
Lol I went into radio because of this series ...... and the movie FM! Cheers!
Same
I loved Les using tape to mark out where his office walls should be and insisting that people pretend to use its door. I also loved the episodes with Herb’s wife, her accent was hilarious. There was a Christmas episode modeled after the Christmas Carol, and Johnny made a great ghost! So many laughs.
Andy raising guard dogs in New Mexico ...
His pretend office and the Hog reports
Jan Smithers for me is the Loveliest of them all just Beautiful in every way
I wonder how many girls are named Bailey after her character?!
I don't know why Jan quit acting but unfortunately at the time she ended her career The New WKRP was on tv. Neither Jan and Gary Sandy were on the sequel. Loni and Tim appeared briefly. Howard Hessman kept appearing as a guest all the time. But Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner and Richard Sanders all returned as regulars with new folks.
I so crushed on her
@@alanvallazza9781 , was it any good?
This is my all time favorite sitcom.
56 years as a broadcaster and I knew all these people several times. Almost every sales Mgr was Turlock and every DJ was dr Johnny one way or another. I still love it!
Haha! There's a DJ on the local radio station who came on after they switched formats (just a little from oldies 60's to 80's to 70's to 90's). The original DJs who retired were a little more mellow in the morning. When he came on, it was JUST LIKE Johnny Fever in his enthusiasm and hyperness! All I can say is "BOOOOGER!" Cheers from Canada!
@@briansauer6695 There was a CFCH-AM 600 sticker on Andy's bulletin board!
Watching WKRP and listening to Wolfman Jack (recordings of him, not live), and even the Wolfman’s role in American Graffiti always made me want to be a DJ. I’m not, far from it, but it just seems so great to play music you like for people. It’s like you’re hosting a party!
Tarlek .........Turlok was probably on some Star Trek episode. Lol
I never missed an episode. Loved this show.
I watched because this is my hometown. The producers did a great job of making the characters and episodes very believable. WKRP in Cincinnati, was Cincinnati. No one would debate the reality of this. I loved season 1 and season 2 very much.
Do you remember how long it was after the Who concert that they did the episode about it?
I always loved the scene where Johnny is listening to Dogs by Pink Floyd, and Carlson walks into the booth. His reaction to the Dogs howling was hysterical
Yes! Unfortunately Shout wasn’t able to get the rights to that song when they released the dvd and its generic music on the disc.
Do I hear dogs barking on that thing?
@@davemichaels6180 I did .
I love it how Johnny's playing that on AM radio at 9:15 on a weekday morning ....
Great show!!! I just wish there was shows like that today!!!
I loved the show and kinda felt a connection to it, being from Dayton myself.
My favorite was the turkey drop, but the most profound episode was the Who concert episode, S2E19.
Fellow native Daytonian here! Have lived overseas for 32 years. Greetings from Sydney, Australia!
@@TheLadyDiazepam why did u move to Australia ?
It was a good show loved all the characters.
The episode when all those who fans were crushed to death really sticks to me . Even today i can remember watching that episode before going to work. Rest in peace rockers 🤘🤘
Red Wigglers the Cadillac of worms. Sooo many great episodes.
Herb Tarlek's selling life insurance and he's headed this way!
One of my favorite shows growing up , even my mom mentions it when we talk about the television shows we use to watch .
“Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of worms!” Best radio spot ever!
One of the funniest most under appreciated shows ever shown on TV. Loved every episode and Bailey quarters was a total Fox! Boogers!
Bailey was Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My fav episode is the 1 where Bailey helps out a Russian looking for asylum. Has a Elton John song in it. Not really the funniest 1 but made some good points so the writing was great there.
@@sparkyguitar0058 , Tiny Dancer.
@@sparkyguitar0058 Les gets chewed out for being a spreader of propaganda!
Johnny Fever was my favorite character, I can relate to him best. I've even considered myself the Dr Johnny Fever of the office I work in. My favorite episode (hands down) is the one in which they were hired to sing the jingle for a funeral home (bye-bye....)
I had a boss who mannerism and character were a double for Jonny Fever . First time I watched an episode the resemblance was uncanny in look s and mannerisms lolol
R.I.P HOWARD HESSMAN (DR . JOHNNY FEVER)!
My dad was a rock DJ in Detroit, WRIF, in the 70s and early 80s. Me and my sister grew up in radio stations. This show was on the air at tha time, and we always watched it with my did. He was a single parent. The show was pretty accurate. To an extent. A compressed and more dramatic account so to speak. My dad had a big rock and roll afro, and his shirt buttoned down with a gold Scorpio emblem on a necklace. This was the disco era. So he was into motown, rock, but went to discos and cool parties. It always felt cool when we'd be out shopping and radio listeners would recognize him from live broadcasts and promotional events, and want to meet him. Sometimes he'd put me and my sister in commercials if it called for children's voices. Once we were cruising in his 1970 Cadillac, and our commercial came on the air. We felt really proud and like a brief moment of fame. Dad taught me how to cue up records and start commercials on tape. Sometimes if he had a stretch of music, what you heard on the radio was little boy me who picked Kiss, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, RamJam, etc.
Great times. I miss the 70s and 80s.
Wish we have a time machine- WKRP IN CINCINNATI was a great show- back in the 70s-80s actors are real-they gave 120per-cent and the smile in there face show-we all miss you- thanks-greetings from england
Favorite episode is the one where Johnny & Venus do the sobriety tests on air while DJing. Hysterical.
Let's you and me switch hats
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It was once more of a hobby, I
once thought about skipping the Olympics and turning Pro! Dr. j Fever
Loved the show spent about 18 years all total in radio and TV and worked at least two stations that could have been the character blueprint for the series. Those years of my life were some of my best memories and yes I'm now in my 70s.
Comedies were great back in the day! WKRP was high on my list of my favorites.
Bailey Quarters was way hotter than Loni. They just kept her covered up.
I agree! They always pushed Loni as the bombshell, but I always thought Jan was MUCH more attractive.
Sort of like Charlies Angels pushing Farrah Fawcett when Jaclyn Smith was way hotter.
Disagree
@@shakey27 agree! Nod to Kate Jackson as well.
@@chriscanada175 Yep. Kate, man. Kate.
I can never describe the one about Ferryman's Funeral Home to anyone. I always end up saying "No, it's funnier than I am saying." I loved some of the lines "No...I want something light and bouncy. Remember boys, keep it hip." And Andy's "Herb, Imma gone come in there an punch you!" Ooooh bye bye.
‘’Hey! You’re young and swinging! No time to think about tomorrow! But one thing, you can’t deny it! Someday you’re gonna buy it!’’ That jingle they wrote was priceless!
I still sing that song sometimes. "Hey, you're young and swinging, no time to think about tomorrow..."
"As you get older, you might ask, 'what if I can no longer feed myself ...?'"
I love the episode where venus fly trap teaches a high school dropout about the atom
A great show with one of the best ensemble cast's of all time. One of the best episodes was from the second season entitled "Jennifer's Home For Christmas". Everyone brings Jennifer a Christmas tree because they thought she would be all alone for the holidays. Very good little Christmas tale.
Jan Smithers with those glasses and long hair - Beautiful!
The episode, when the radio station had a bomb threat, and Johnny's line about the phone police.
I absolutely loved Bailey Quarters thanks for the walk down memory lane
I ordered every episode from the original show a couple of years ago. All four seasons on dvd 86 episodes . I binged watched for about a week straight. Great way to spend 7 days.
I was a bit too young to appreciate this show during its original run. But I got into it later and love this show
I love the episode when there was a tornado warning and Les had prepared a list of what to do in case the Russians attacked, so Carlson told Les that where the list said "Russians" to insert "tornado'...'if any enemy...tornados..." Cracked me up!
Carlson: I learned some Japanese in the War ... Te o agete!
Wasn't that the episode with the "phone cops" too? LOL
just bought the series to binge watch.....................
Bucky Dornster drinking beers at the WKRP picnic!
"Haven't you too many of those?"
"Absolutely. _barrrp"_
My favourite was when Johnny and Venus were doing a sobriety test. Fever kept getting faster hitting the button the drunker he got, which pissed off the law officer conducting the test. Venus meanwhile got slower and acted like, well like a drunk would. Funny!
That episode was the absolute best! Loved it! That one and when Johnny babysits "Scum Of The Earth."
I like the episode, when they was fighting the punk rockers.
My favorite character by far was Les Nessman! My favorite female by far was Jan, the natural look...it was a great show with great characters where you rooted for all of them!
Tim Reid was also great on That 70/s Show!
And remember, he also was in several Perry Mason made for TV movies. Great range for an actor.
Tim Reid left Simon & Simon to star in his own show. Called Frank's Place. It was great. Didn't last long. The show was also created by Hugh Wilson.
@@DavidB45Mustard I remember that.
@@DavidB45Mustard Frank's Place was brilliant! Another show with a wonderful blend of unique characters. The storylines were off-beat, absurd, and hilarious, but always showed humanity.
Tim Reid was in the ensemble of the miniseries “It,” based on the Stephen King book.
I used to do voice over commercials in the late 60s for two San Diego radio stations. One was a mainstream AM station and the other was an "underground" FM station. The AM station had a "Herb, a Jennifer and a Baily." The FM station had a "Johnny Fever and a Venus", so YES the peeps on WKRP were super close to the real thing. Just LOVED this show as it brought back so many memories. Frankly, WKRP is my all time favorite show. Besides "Turkeys Away" my other fav show was the State Cop measuring reflexes having Johnny and Venus take shots of whisky and then test their reflexes. It was hilarious. Thanks for posting your video. Cheers!
One of my all time favorite shows!
My favourite is when Venus explains the atom .
OutSTANDING episode
That episode is how I learned about the atom.
beest ever.........venus was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes! Agreed. I can still vividly picture Venus drawing on the board and tying it all together at the end, telling the guy that that's the atom.
Great writing by the writers and especially great delivery by Tim Reid.
@@chaitea9448 Reid was at his best,right here..............tremendous asset to the show!
The episode where Les Nesman hires a crop duster and on Veterans Day gets Cincinnati to honk in remeberence for Armistice Day.
Yeah the pilot was going crash and kill them both because nobody was honking. Andy called all the other stations and asked them to get their listeners to honk. They said they didn’t care if the guy crashed. Losing Les was nothing to them. Then Andy said, ‘’If they kill Les, we’ll have to hire a real newscaster’’. They all got on the bandwagon then. Priceless!
"As God is my witness...I thought turkeys could fly." Television history. I loved this show!
We watched them all. The episode where Les Nessman caught the ball in the outfield was poignant.
I don't know what's worse 'brah' or 'poignant'.
The Contest Nobody Could Win. Love that one.
My most memorable scene other than the reoccurring turkeys away every Thanksgiving was when Venus flytrap educates a troubled teen on the human cell
Wasn't it on the atom?
That was the atom th-cam.com/video/hhbqIJZ8wCM/w-d-xo.html guess it wasn't that memorable.
@@diegosuarez1563 ... I disagree regardless of not getting what the lesson was about correct ... It was a memory that remained significant to me
@@robinjames1718 Sorry, wasn't trying to ruin the memory for you. I liked that one too. Maybe your confusing me with the other comment from John?
How do you get paint off a frog?
Having worked at a 1000 watt am station (WGSW) in the 50s, it is so easy to identify with all the characters. Our station had all of them...just different names. WKRP remains a classic that epitomizes that era of radio. Thanks for the memories.
Bob Blake
for some reason I always remember the Christmas Carol episode when I think of this show
I was a radio DJ for 20 years. About half way through I got a new job but had to change my name. I had always liked the name Christopher so I decided on Chris as a first name. It was almost time to go to work but I still hadn’t come up with a last name. I was watching WKRP in the episode where Bailey was supposed to go on a date with Johnny but got stood up.
I thought “hmm. Bailey”. From that day until I retired my on air name was Chris Bailey thanks to Jan Smithers.
It’s true that the WKRP characters were realistic. I have known each one from the cute receptionist to the whacky news director. Never all at the same station. I always fancied myself as more of an Andy Travis. Such nice memories 🤓
My uncle was a radio legend in Louisville and he used the pseudonym Bill Baily.
I liked any scene with Carol Bruce (Moma Carlson)...two that come to mind are "Mama's Review" and "The Consultant"
The Consultant was great. For as cold as Momma Carlson seemed, she had a lot of feelings and respect for Jennifer and Bailey, so when he attacked the two of them as bimbos, it was like he had attacked her.
And her butler would leave me in tears. He was brilliant
@@dirtysouth5038 Comes out sharpening a gigantic knife!
@@tommissouri4871 She was also very fond and protective of Carmen, Carlson's wife.
Great chemistry... So well casted.
I was a kid in the 70s and tuned in every week to watch WKRP. My favorite episode was one where Johnny Fever's apartment was being fumigated for Lizards. I haven't seen it as an adult yet, but I remember that as being the funniest episode. Turkeys was my #2.