WKRP scene

The News Guy wrote:

Yes, funny how we remember little thing from tv shows 10 years ago! Do you remember the episode when--I forgot his name--said to Les Nessman figuratively: "Les--go into your office and look up the word "PLAGIARISM"! and Les says, "OK!" Then later when we forget about him but he suddenly comes back with his dictionary and says, "....plagiarism..let's see....'That which is plagiarised...the act or state of plagiarizing...something plagiarized'...". and Les snaps the dictionary closed and walks out.....I remember that scene as one of the funniest jokes on the show---I've used that joke over the years whenever someone asks me to look up a word. I love making people laugh with that joke....Does anyone remember this?

Yeah, I do. Les with the dictionary was great. I also loved the episode where Carlson's son came to the station and told Les that Mother Carlson thought he was obtuse (and charged him I think $5 for the info). Les pulled out the dictionary and read: "Greater than 90 degrees, but not exceeding 180 degrees. Rounded at the free ends. Dull." Then his face fell and he slammed the dictionary. Later on he was talking about what a pain the kid was and said "I just paid $5 to find out I'm rounded at the free ends."

Shannon

HA! Very good. I think Les was my favorite character on the show. I occasionally think of the lines on the floor of his "office" when I am sitting in my cubicle at work....

Dave Block ([email]) wrote:

Hahaha! I loved it when he'd "open the door" going in. Les was the best.

There's a commercial on here in Ontario for some AM radio station out of Toronto and Herb (the real guy - Frank Bonner, I think) is in it. It has the two morning people for the starion walking through the lobby and they bump into Herb. He's wearing the same stuff he wore on WKRP (white belt, etc) One of them says "Hey, aren't you..." and Herb says "Yes, I'm the new advertising director" The two people look at each other and smile. Herb then goes on about all the new promotions they are going to do, and the last one he says is to get a plane full of live turkeys and drop them into the Skydome. It was great!

Count me as one vote for alt.tv.wkrp!

Simon

[email] (Simon Brown) wrote:

I have been enjoying these posts. Count me in too.

[email] (debbie) wrote:

Although this probably isn't the place for it, count me in too.

Don Schaaf

Yep! I remember it all! Speaking of Less Nesman, after the "Oh! the humanity", he hides in a phone booth (reference to "the birds" of Hitchcock). Great show!!!

BTW, we often speak of the great dynamic between the characters of Seinfeld. I think that WKRP had the same dynamic between it's characters.

Comments ?

On 16 Mar 1997 19:58:26 GMT, [email] (Phaneuf Jean-Charles) wrote:

	I think you may have something here.  Seinfeld & WKRP are a
few of the sitcoms that I laugh out loud at even tho I've seen the
episode several times in syndication.  Most tv comedies don't hold up
to repeated viewing very well at all.  To be honest I'm ashamed to
admit I watched 'Different Strokes' or 'Charles in Charge' when I was
younger-definately couldn't stand them now 2nd time around.  But I'd
jump right into a discussion about my favorite ep of Seinfeld/WKRP I'd
put Andy Griffith Show in the same category-very character driven
humor, no stupid tag lines for laughs ('whatch u talkin about
Willis'...'Dyyynomiiite'...etc).
	Dee

[email] (Dee) wrote:

I never thought about this before, but you're absolutely right! I LOVED WKRP when it was on, and watched it frequently in syndication, laughing every time. Even though it seems sooooo 70's/early '80s, it transcends its time frame. I think it's time for a WKRP newsgroup. . . .

[email] (ChiGirl676) wrote:

WKRP was before my time (I'm 17), but I would like to brag that I once saw a taping of "The New WKRP," which most people never heard of. Many of the old cast members were there. The show was not terribly good, though.

	Dr. Johnny Fever + Venus = Kramer.   The K man has Venus' way
with the ladies, & has Fever's  hipster dufus insanity ('phone cops' =
'pig man!').  Elaine has a bit of Bailey & Jennifer in her .  The
closest to Jerry would be Andy Travis- the normal in the midst of
chaos.
	Dee

Which would make George's equivalent... Carlson? Child-like guy who lives with parents...

On Sun, 23 Mar 1997 16:51:26 -0600, Andrew Hicks wrote:

	George is hard to pin down.  Carlson has some of the same
henpecked/resigned to his fate attitude, but Herb Tarlec (sp?) has the
same clueless 'ladies man'  qualities.  Les Nessman is somewhat of a
nebbish... so maybe George has a little of Carlson,Tarlec, & Nessman
in him
	Now, who is the Newman on WKRP?  8-)
I think the comparisons might be a little thin but both shows have a
great ensemble (sp?) cast.  WKRP has a slight advantage in having a
larger base group of characters, but Seinfeld has a lot more
secondaries-George's parents, Jerry's parents, J. Peterman, Mr. Pitt
etc.
	Dee

The station manager from WPIG.

On Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:58:22 -0600, Smokey wrote:

	To me the crew of WPIG seems more like the gang at Garys'
Old-Time Tavern on the show Cheers.  WPIG was always getting over on
WKRP the same way the crew from Garys' harrassed & pranked Cheers. Now
we could start comparing the cast of Seinfeld/Cheers/WKRP.
Newman-Claven, Elaine-Rebecca, Kramer-?
	Dee

[email] (Dee) wrote:

I think Herb Tarlec is like George in many ways, dont you think? Or I should say that people react to him the same way as George. And sometimes George doesn't realize how exasperating he is.

[email],NewsGroups writes:

My personal favorite line was....."Herb Tarlek is selling life insurance....and he's headed this way!!!!"

Dard

Quoth [email] (Dard M. Mason): :

Didn't Mr. Carlson follow up Les' "humanity" line with something like, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

[email] wrote:

Yes, but it was not immediaely after - remember he was up in the 'copter. He said it at the end of the show after the reaction to the killing of the birds - It was a very funny episode.

[email] wrote:

Yup. Very last scene of the "Turkeys Away" episode, as I recall. He uttered it right before retreating into his office.

Shannon

Yes, I remember Les's dictionary... With all the agreement and reminiscing on this site the past week, maybe they should create a WKRP newsgroup. I know I'd subscribe!

From: [email] (Cal Sharp) Newsgroups: alt.tv.seinfeld Subject: Re: WKRP scene Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 07:11:31 GMT Reply-To: [email] References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 34

[email] (Dave Block) wrote:

Andy said this to Les. I think it was the episode where Bailey wrote an article about a sick kid in the hospital and Les appropriated it as his own and read it on the air.

Cal Sharp

"Booger!"

We don't have airships today? Um, check the skies at the next sporting event you attend. Them huge thingies up there that look like big ol' cigars? Guess what? We call 'em 'blimps' today.

Right we have Helium airships not Hydrogen airships - helium don't burnnn.

On Thu, 20 Mar 1997 20:13:06 -0500, The news guy wrote:

	Plus a blimp doesn't have a rigid frame like a Zeppelin (sp?)
they're just a funny-shaped balloon with engines.  You could fill a
blimp with hydrogen- would be cheaper and have more lift but there's
that Hindenburg problem.  I think the Navy still uses blimps for
coastal defense-observation etc, cheaper than keeping planes in the
air 24/7.
	Dee

Dee wrote:

The navy scrapped their lighter-than-air program around 1961. Its too bad because I remember as a little kid watching the Navy blimps from Lakehrst when I went to Point Pleasant, NJ on a trip to the shore. Actually, the Navy always used helium in their rigid Zepplins, and almost all helium is produced in the US. The government banned exports of helium in those days for defense reasons (German zepplins bombed London in World War I), so German airships had to use hydrogen. I think the big zepplins were tossed around in storms like feathers, and most Navy zepplins crashed in the 1920's and 30's. Goodyear built most Navy blimps, so they kept the concept alive until the present. They are an awesome sight.

From: [email] (Cal Sharp) Newsgroups: alt.tv.seinfeld Subject: Re: WKRP scene Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:03:56 GMT Reply-To: [email] References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 39

[email] (ChiGirl676) wrote:

Yes, WKRP, Seinfeld, and Andy are the best sitcoms ever, and it's time for a WKRP newsgroup. Count me in. Y'know, WKRP is on five days a week at 1:30 AM and 6:30 AM CST on E.

Cal Sharp

[email]. wrote:

This got me singing the theme song "Baby, if you've ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me, I'm livin' on the air in Cinncinnati, Cinncinnati WKRP, I'm at WKRP in Cinncinnati."

Where did this sitcom take place? hahahahahahahahaha

On Wed, 19 Mar 1997 14:17:38 -0500, kAThrYN dUDleY wrote:

Got kinda tired of packin' and unpackin' Town to town, up and down the dial Maybe you and me were never meant to be, But baby think of me once and a while,

Fever : "Wake up suckers!!! It was the phone cops!!!"

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! alt.tv.WKRP (When!!! When i say???)

Well, how do you go about doing it? I mean let's say we decided to create the alt.tv.WKRP

How is it done? Does anyone know?

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