OT: WKRP Turkey drop Update

[MichaelP]

Just came in at number 31 of the 100 most unexpected moments in TV on TV Land

It is still up for vote for Sunday's top 10 Holiday moments at TVLand.com

[Ganassifan]

"We will make gobbler history."

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."



I have every episode of WKRP, in order of airing, on DVD.

Now THAT's entertainment.

[Snakepit Dave]

Les Nessman forever! How did you get everything over to DVD? I have gathered they have had some problems with the original episodes being released because of copyright laws on the music contained in the episode. If you have original episodes on DVD guard them, apparently episodes available commercially will be doctored to some extent.

Was it just me, or was Bailey (the beautiful Jan Smithers) hot?

[sf-indy-fan]

Oh, I see a banner, and it reads, 'Happeeeee.....Thanks......GIVING!!'"

[MichaelP]

Oh, I see a banner, and it reads, 'Happeeeee.....Thanks......GIVING!!'"

...from W.........K.........R............................. ..........P!!!!!

[SonofSooner]

Is there a DVD set of WKRP episodes out somewhere???

I'd kill for some of those. That's my all time favorite sitcom

[Ganassifan]

Late last summer, I did a search on Amazon for WKRP. TV sucks so bad anymore that we have taken to collecting DVD's of our old favorties, like WKRP, the original Bob Newhart Show, things like that. I got a hit on a collection...now, it looks like someone taped all the episodes and they moved them to DVD, but (I think this number's correct) there were a total of 90 episodes made.
Some do not remember this, but the show actually debuted on Monday nights in 1978 at 8pm, but did not do well, but did get some good reviews for the "Turkeys Away" episode. The show was actually taken off the air for a while, then brought back that following January of 1979 and was put in right after MASH.
The set came in three containers, and there are a total of 18 DVD's. I bought them from a company in Ontario.
I have not looked for WKRP on Amazon lately, but I also recall that there were sets of episodes available. The entire set may also be available.
It was called, "The WKRP in Cincinnati Collectors Edition". I can sit for a couple of hours and watch them one after the other. And I still laugh at the characters.

I understand that the hangup (as I think someone mentioned already) is with licensing and copyrights of the rock music that they played during the episodes. Even if it was a couple of seconds, somebody gets paid. My copy appears to be the originals that got moved to DVD from a collection of VHS copies. It's the same music. For example, in the "Turkeys Away" episode there is a classic scene where the "Big Guy" goes into the booth and Fever is on the air playing Pink Floyd....and Carlson asks Fever, "Do I hear dogs barking?" And Fever says, "I do".

Besides "Turkeys Away", I loved the episode where Herb dresses up as the WKRP Carp and gets into a fight with the WPIG pig in the men's room...or the episode where Johnny tells everybody to throw their garbage on to the steps of City Hall? Or their first concert sponsorship, and the group was called "Scum of the Earth"...or the show where Les mispronounces Chi Chi Rodriguez, and says he won at 8 under par. "Let's hope Mr. Rodriguez can be up to par next time."

The Silver Sow award. The Buckeye Newshawk award.

"Oh my God they're turkeys!"

"They're falling to the ground like bags of wet cement!" Les doing the event imitating the Hindenburg broadcast "Oh the humanity..."

But this show sort of, for me defines how much times have changed. Remember how Dr. Johnny Fever ended up at WKRP? He got fired in Los Angeles for saying "booger" on the air.
And that was in 1978....

Yeah...and Jan Smithers was smokin'

[Sea Fury]

Besides "Turkeys Away", I loved the episode where Herb dresses up as the WKRP Carp and gets into a fight with the WPIG pig in the men's room...or the episode where Johnny tells everybody to throw their garbage on to the steps of City Hall? Or their first concert sponsorship, and the group was called "Scum of the Earth"...or the show where Les mispronounces Chi Chi Rodriguez, and says he won at 8 under par. "Let's hope Mr. Rodriguez can be up to par next time."

"Chy-Chy Rodra-gweeze!"

[indyracefan]

I have every episode of WKRP, in order of airing, on DVD.

...that's cool!


I loved the original Bob Newhart show. I have several VHS tapes each containing 6 hours of the shows.

[Grover]

Yes, Bailey was hot.

I fear the Buckeye Triangle.

Gordon Sims? No, no, that's not going to work, his real name is Venus Flytrap.

...the phone cops are out to get me, man.

I always thought the first "rock" song the station played was Layla, but saw a link claiming it was Ted Nugent.

[athos1172]

After reading all the above, I ventured to amazon.com and did a "WKRP" dvd search.

I got this:

"Availability: This title will be released on December 31, 1969. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JO43/qid=1134239340/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/102-4790672-5580949?n=130

[billf]

After reading all the above, I ventured to amazon.com and did a "WKRP" dvd search.

I got this:

"Availability: This title will be released on December 31, 1969. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...-5580949?n=130

1969? Are they releasing through a time warp?

[Sea Fury]

And now for something completely different.

The Ministry of Silly Walks.

The Lumberjack Song

[fivehundred2go]

It finished second in the Holiday Specials Top Ten List on TV Land right behind A Charlie Brown Christmas.

[BrianEricson]

As legendary in it's own right as is the infamous "As God as my witness...I thought Turkey's could fly.," episode is...

My personal favorite 'KRP episode was with the dueling WKRP Carp against the WPIG pig fighting in the bathroom.

If anybody knows of where or how to get WKRP on DVD, I'd appreciate the info. Last time I looked I couldn't find them on DVD.