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Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Re: Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Post by mixdup »

bookofjoe wrote: post #10
alsobrsp wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I watched it. I am not dead, in a nursing home, nor retired.

Single-question aptitude test: choose one a. dead b. in a nursing home c. retired d. one of the above e. none of the above

Calm down with the questions, he's not the President

Re: Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Post by mauvehaus »

PyWoody wrote: post #4
vibrio wrote: post #3

I can’t wait until Thanksgiving.

As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

They can, but they don't gain altitude so good. I had one fly across the road at top-of-windshield level. Since I figured it would just clear or just glance off, I did nothing to avoid it.

Unfortunately, I had a roof rack on. Fortunately, I was able to find replacement parts for the rack on eBay.

The turkey didn't appear to be harmed. After tumbling ass over teakettle to the ground, it walked into the field on the side of the road looking for all the world like a cat that wanted you to forget you'd just seen it do something beneath its dignity.

Re: Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Post by PyWoody »

mauvehaus wrote: post #12
PyWoody wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

They can, but they don't gain altitude so good. I had one fly across the road at top-of-windshield level. Since I figured it would just clear or just glance off, I did nothing to avoid it. Unfortunately, I had a roof rack on. Fortunately, I was able to find replacement parts for the rack on eBay. The turkey didn't appear to be harmed. After tumbling ass over teakettle to the ground, it walked into the field on the si…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg

Re: Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Post by skeeter2020 »

alsobrsp wrote: post #7
comrade1234 wrote: post #2

I think I'm getting this show mixed up with another. I thought that Phil Hartman was in it but looking at the wiki page he's not listed... ah, Phil Hartman was in News Radio. WKRP was almost 20 years earlier. Everyone that watched it is probably dead or in a nursing home.

I watched it. I am not dead, in a nursing home, nor retired.

I watched and (apprently!) still know the entire theme song, which is wild because they stopped making new episodes when I was a toddler. Must have been in reruns; I wonder if it was that after school / pre-dinner time slice when we watched Happy Days and 321 Contact?

Re: Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Post by bookofjoe »

mixdup wrote: post #11
bookofjoe wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Single-question aptitude test: choose one a. dead b. in a nursing home c. retired d. one of the above e. none of the above

Calm down with the questions, he's not the President

Where's my Xanax...

Re: Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Post by bityard »

comrade1234 wrote: post #2

I think I'm getting this show mixed up with another. I thought that Phil Hartman was in it but looking at the wiki page he's not listed... ah, Phil Hartman was in News Radio. WKRP was almost 20 years earlier. Everyone that watched it is probably dead or in a nursing home.

The last episode of WKRP was 44 years ago. What age do you believe people die or go into a nursing home?

Re: Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

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Post by PaulHoule »

bityard wrote: post #16
comrade1234 wrote: post #2

I think I'm getting this show mixed up with another. I thought that Phil Hartman was in it but looking at the wiki page he's not listed... ah, Phil Hartman was in News Radio. WKRP was almost 20 years earlier. Everyone that watched it is probably dead or in a nursing home.

The last episode of WKRP was 44 years ago. What age do you believe people die or go into a nursing home?

Reruns were on for a long time after that. I remember the show fondly even though I was 8 when it ended.
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