I miss the days when a radio station was locally owned and employed local DJ’s that cared about the music and the community.

@pickeljarsforhillary102

6 жыл бұрын

It was a joyous day when iHeartMedia declared bankruptcy.

@reginakilgore5338

5 жыл бұрын

I was very, very fortunate to work at a family owned station, well actually, group of stationd, which has been number one in our market for at least 30 years.a wonderful atmosphere.

@ShiftingDrifter

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, before the age of "playlists."

@Pb-ij4ip

5 жыл бұрын

A horse with No Name tell me about it! I can think of one particular St. Louis station that had a proud history...now just a memory. They had a noteworthy T.V. station as well which suffered a similar zombification.

@thebeststooge

5 жыл бұрын

When this series came on I was 13 and the next year I was 14 and in a local (medium at the time market) AM radio station (860 on the dial) doing a once the week gig. I loved this show and one time I called them on the telephone to tell them they were not doing something right as DJs do it differently and what stuck with me since then is they answered the phone as WKRP in Cincinnati. Good show at the time before syndication made them (due to costs) remove the real music and replace them with nonsense.

That is one of my all-time favorite lines when Johnny says that "this is so warped that even I get it".

Carol Bruce played mama Carlson. She was a good friend of mine. She was a star on stage and screen. Wonderful singer too.

Moral of the story is: Don't f*ck with someone who has nothing to lose. Proud of ya' Johnny!

@BBAKER22

Ай бұрын

Lol..WTF is WRONG with you? It's just a TV show

@davidgoza5620

Ай бұрын

@@BBAKER22 You mean this wasn't a documentary??? I never knew!

Gordon Jump was a treasure. What a brilliant performance on that show.

Nothing nearly like this can be found anymore on broadcast TV. The characters, dialog, situations and imagination were matchless. Touching, funny, personal, and outlandish as well. One of my all time favorites. Rip WKRP.

@jerikropp6394

3 жыл бұрын

I know a lot of people go on and on about "Cheers" and "Taxi" but I never liked them, much preferred "WKRP" and "Wings".😁🎭🛩

@BrotherPatriot

Жыл бұрын

@@jerikropp6394 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...for me, all 3 are great memories. Not so much for Wings.

@theprogram863

Жыл бұрын

@@jerikropp6394 Cheers was great, too. That said, I can't even find this stuff on streaming, except reruns from earlier eras. It's all so micro-targeted. Stuff for adults feels the need to weigh in on gratuitous adult content. Stuff for kids often includes jokes for adults, but it's still mainly for kids. There's still drama content out there that's good, but comedy? The idea of a show that everyone can watch, something that rides on wit and characters, meant for adults but appropriate for kids, I just don't see stuff like that anymore. (It works the other way, too. In the broadcast era, kids would turn on the TV and watch adults acting like adults. They had role models, a sense of how to be an adult. Now, they only see stuff meant to show them how to remain children.)

@tbone1574

Ай бұрын

Today's TV shows suck...

RIP HOWARD HESSMAN you will be missed

Scenes like this are why I purchased the entire 4 years of the original WKRP on DVD’s. I wanted to be able to physically hold all 80 plus episodes of this gem of a series. The cast will live with me until the day I die.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

2 жыл бұрын

Jc, does the library have it? You can request they buy it, just for the record. So to speak. Lol

@miracas1206

Жыл бұрын

I too have the entire seasons, love this show!

@SilentKnight43

Жыл бұрын

Likewise, bought the box set on DVD years ago. I've only ever bought one other box set of a TV series - Kolchak Night Stalker...and WKRP. They don't make shows like these anymore.

@BrotherPatriot

Жыл бұрын

You too, Michael? ;)

@PrairieMidwester

Жыл бұрын

This was the end of the series. Shame.

I never missed it. WKRP was one of the best shows ever written.

@hankkingsley2976

4 жыл бұрын

And what's funny is all the classic ones were from season 1

@MrAudienceMember2662015

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Sandy in those jeans! The hair! Excuse me, I need a moment...

@ericbarash6842

4 жыл бұрын

Atticus it was real like the movie FM.

@IamThePedestrian

4 жыл бұрын

And perfectly cast. =^..^=

@kellikwindshawne7515

3 жыл бұрын

Beats Green Acres. I mean, really Green F Acres :(

Howard Hessman stole every scene he was in on "WKRP in Cincinnati."

@jonathantullin2990

5 жыл бұрын

He was the best. Love him in this and Head Of the Class. Right after this.

@jaywilson4520

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know - that cast was made up of scene stealers.

@TechTVusa

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaywilson4520 Less, Herb, Bailey, Venus, Mr. Carlson, Andy were all great.

@scottdavidson7001

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaywilson4520 I understand why u say that. The characters in this show and the actors that played them were brilliant.

@jwim3969

5 жыл бұрын

Hersch the Butler was pretty good too.

As a DJ in the 70s & 80s,I totally got this show.It was right on,created by a guy that was in the business.Most stations were owned by people with bigger companies & used radio as a tax write off & didn't care about ratings or the incomes of the people that worked there,so they either changed the format or closed them.That's how I lost my last radio job.I went through a lot of the situations they did in this show & applaud the creators for showing what radio stations were like then(and probably now).

@gbonkers666

5 жыл бұрын

"used radio as a tax write off..." like major league sports teams

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Town to town, up and down the dial ... you didn't get into breeding guard dogs, though, did ya?

Hirsch - "A very interesting turn, don't you think..." I loved the character Hirsch. (Ian Wolfe) The writing was brilliant, and the delivery could not be better.

@kerryedavis

Ай бұрын

"Mr. Atoz" the librarian from Star Trek... Mr A To Z! (Also Septimus from "Bread And Circuses.") After this video cuts off, I believe he comes back to discuss his next raise.

Show was so brilliantly written, with actors that delivered things perfectly. Amazing program.

She was also very right about the direction AM radio was taking. Now if she wanted her son to feel like a success she could have split WKRP into two: WKRP-FM for the rock music, WKRP-AM for the talk format

So Johnny Caravella - who was 'saved' by WKRP - ends up saving WKRP. This - to me - was WKRP at it's best...both serious and funny at the same time. For those who don't know, this was the second last scene in the last episode of the series.

@SKBottom

3 жыл бұрын

Booger...

@kevinthetruckdriver353

2 жыл бұрын

Then came the two seasons in the nineties of the syndicated *The New WKRP in Cincinnati* series. It wasn't as good as the original. But it didn't suck either until they got desperate for ratings. And brought in the old cast as guest stars.

@sealyoness

2 жыл бұрын

Ah. Part of why it was cancelled. I had heard that 'Dr. Johnny Fever' or Howard Hessman had expressed some views that got TV execs panties in a bunch, so they dropped the show. It never recovered. Sad.

@LBF522

2 жыл бұрын

Really. Thanks for the information. She was awful.

@Gutts31

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Howard Hesseman - aka Johnny Caravella

Carol Bruce was wonderful as Carlson's mother. She had quite the career over the years! RIP Howard Hesseman, he's so great in this scene.

@kencarlson3710

2 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful scene. The connection between Fever and Mrs Carlson, the subtle reaction to his threat to divulge her true intentions...symbolic of the program's quality.

@brucehanson6427

2 жыл бұрын

Carol Bruce was an absolute knockout in her younger days. Stunningly gorgeous with a sultry voice. Yowza yowza yowza

@kennethcrist443

2 жыл бұрын

Can't have Carol Bruce without Ian Wolfe as Hirsch!

@Jwdude123

2 жыл бұрын

RiP Hessman 2022

@Mike14G

2 жыл бұрын

Carol Bruce was not the original mother of Carlson. I don’t know who it was but I remember I shorter lady.

The butler killed me every time, he was never afraid of her

@reginakilgore5338

5 жыл бұрын

RJ 1999 he was so awesome. Made me love the show even more when someone had to go visit Mother Carlson. 😂

@LordZontar

5 жыл бұрын

Hirsch, played by the veteran character actor Ian Wolfe (who appeared twice in Star Trek, more famously as Mr. Atoz the librarian in "All Our Yesterdays") and one of those figures in movies and television who always seems to be somewhere between 50 and 200 in age going back even to the 1940s.

@brookeking8559

5 жыл бұрын

Like Robert Guillaume as Benson on Soap.

@Geerladenlad

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Atoz.

@revertinotse8582

5 жыл бұрын

Hirsch was a Genius. Late Actor Ian Wolfe

Rest in peace: Dr.Johnny Fever. Booger

It was a huge shock when WKRP got canceled. No one saw it coming. I was 16 in 1982 and everyone I knew watched this show: all my friends, parents, grandparents, teachers and on and on. It really was a show that had something for everyone. It could be really hilarious, and be really hard hitting. The show stands out in my mind was when Venus Flytrap refused to have his picture taken for promotional purposes, and it seemed bizarre because you would think he’d love that. It turned out he had run away from the military because he was so traumatized by what he’d seen and done in Vietnam.

@susanbutler3102

2 жыл бұрын

I loved this show and was very disappointed when it was canceled.

@cammy85

Жыл бұрын

@night rider No, they were live turkeys until they hit the ground.

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

nobody saw it coming…except anyone who saw the ratings tumble

@Sr.ChilePepper

Жыл бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 The ratings tumbled because CBS kept moving its timeslot to help as a lead-in to less popular sitcoms. In fact I recall reading an interview with one of the cast members and they noted that by the last season even they didn't know what day the show was on. Unfortunately WKRP was a victim of its success.

@josephcontreras8930

Жыл бұрын

I can understand why he did that. Even if his "father " didnt....😂

RIP Johnny...2022...All that kinetic energy!!!!!!!!!!!! Miss him already...

I have been in radio broadcasting over 30 years. I have been at stations in several states and formats. Live local radio has and will always be the way to go.

@janetduncan87

4 жыл бұрын

Tell us why, radio stations play the same songs, over and over, daily..even ones who play the oldies??? It's no wonder people make their own playlists.

@Drakijy

4 жыл бұрын

@@janetduncan87 As a former radio broadcaster at a small, live/local station hub, I can tell you that it's because of money. Sure, payola is illegal, but commercials are king. And people don't want to pay for commercials when no one is listening. So, how do you get them to listen? Pay for the right to play the "most popular" songs and play them every hour and make sure that people who listen to that garbage also hear the advertisements so that they, in turn, go buy that crap so the people buying advertisement time have to pay more to have their ads played because people are buying their crap. Management isn't going to pay for the right to play a song that won't help the sales department sell air time so you hear the same songs played over and over again every day.

@MikinessAnalog

4 жыл бұрын

@@Drakijy I have to "like" your comment, that doesn't equate to my wanting it to be true : ( Remember when people used to listen to the radio to hear the new stuff? The same people that would sit with their cassette players on pause until AFTER the DJ ceased talking & then played it back for friends? Even here in Japan it was the same. I miss the old days of radio

@rvnmedic1968

4 жыл бұрын

@@janetduncan87 Don't get me started on that! LOL There's an "independent" station in Utica, NY, that prides itself on that. But they sound exactly like the rest of the FM stations anywhere you go. I'll turn FM off and put on AM, even with the static.

@painkillerjones6232

4 жыл бұрын

Too bad it's on it's way out. And I also was in the biz...the best days are behind us.

I don’t think this was intentionality designed as a series finale, but it worked as one perfectly.

@kennethcrist443

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly, much the fictional station, the show cracked the Nielsen Top 10 at #7 but CBS cancelled it.

@ssjjggjj5561

4 жыл бұрын

These have always been the best kind of series finales...not ones where every single person’s whole life is tied up with a bow, but ones that make us believe those people and places are going on.

@snoproblem

2 жыл бұрын

@@ssjjggjj5561 Sometimes living to fight another day is victory enough.

For four years, it was a cold war between Andy and Mama Carlson, with Andy managing to outmanoeuver Mama at nearly every turn when she tried to interfere with the station. Even when Andy managed to derail the unionisation effort, at Mama's behest, his cooperation came at a heavy price to put in improvements and better the working conditions. At last, at long last, she had Andy right where she wanted him, was about to screw up the station so it could become a huge tax write-off, and here it's Johnny who gets Mama over a barrel by threatening to expose the old bat to her son. One of my favourite Johnny Fever scenes in the whole series.

@greedyd5524

5 жыл бұрын

I’m tired of your crud

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

@@greedyd5524 "I've got four things to say to you. Number two..."

Oh, if we we were only allowed to be funny again!!! Think how much happier we would all be, despite the way the world is today! I miss these shows

Frank Bonner died last month and I only found out because I looked it up today. But still, the main cast has done a great job of staying alive. Gordon Jump died long ago but he was older than the others, and of course Carol Bruce (Mama Carlson), who was already in her sixties when this show aired. But there are six members of the main cast still living. That's pretty good for a show that started over 40 years ago.

@stratmaster5

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the original Mrs. Carson in the first 2 episodes

@finscreenname

2 жыл бұрын

And we lost another a couple days ago. The Doctor is out. 😢

R.I.P. Dr. Johnny Fever. Rock on wherever you are.

WKRP was always my favorite. That scene where Less Nessman, the weather man had the turkeys thrown out of the helicopter thinking they could fly was perhaps the funniest scene ever in any series. The looks on everyone's faces standing on the ground were priceless as the turkeys fell and slammed into the pavement.

@serpentisma

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny: "Hello Les? Les! Les, are you there? Les Isn't there... Thanks for that on the spot report, Les. Folks if you're just tuning in, the Pines Dale Shopping center has just been bombed with live turkeys. Film at eleven..."

@robertmurdock1848

3 жыл бұрын

I can never hear "Hot Blooded" without thinking of Les putting on his ascot and wig.

@hurleymacmaster8262

3 жыл бұрын

A class act!

@janetd443

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Thats-Mr.Cat-to-you

2 жыл бұрын

"Oh, the humanity!"

I swear this is how the Toronto Maple Leafs are run.

@mrg8581

3 жыл бұрын

Detroit Lions are run the same way.

@6828Lu

3 жыл бұрын

Cleveland Browns for sure.

@OptimusWombat

3 жыл бұрын

The Leafs suck on the ice, but they're one of the most profitable NHL franchises.

@mrg8581

3 жыл бұрын

@@OptimusWombat That is because Toronto fans support the nonsense. Just like Detroit Lions fans do! Though I am done watching sports due to the pandering for Black Lives Matter. Let them kneel for criminals and pander to Marxists all they want! I refuse to support woken BS.

@OptimusWombat

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrg8581 edgy.

Doctor Johnny Fever has left the booth. Rest in peace.

1. I love that the actress playing Mrs. Carlson leaves space for the “number six?” joke to breathe. 2. The randomness of the pointillism painting on the wall.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

I bet it was ad-libbed!

@peggyarnold4333

2 жыл бұрын

And 2:32-2:38 Johnny trying not to laugh.

Hirsch is one of the best WKRP Minor recurring characters.

@Slicksterzz

5 жыл бұрын

Hirsch was comedic gold. Only a few appearances, he wasn't even introduced until late Season 3 I believe, but he made the absolute most of every moment he was given.

@LarryLeeMoniz

4 жыл бұрын

He steals the show every time!

@rogermurph101

4 жыл бұрын

I just realized that Hirsch may have been the inspiration for the character Woodhouse on Archer!

@LarryLeeMoniz

4 жыл бұрын

@@rogermurph101 Good call!

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Wolfe and Carol Bruce were a great comedic duo in this show.

The best series ending ever. Classic stuff, no vulgarities needed, just good clean comedy.

@Nirky

Ай бұрын

Nothing beats Newhart, but this was excellent. Also Mary Tyler Moore finale was right up there.

RIP Dr. Johnny Fever🙏🏿🕊️

I worked with Howard for 4 years on "Head of the Class". He is and will be missed.

@jamesrawlins735

2 ай бұрын

I'm guessing you had zero idea how Dan Schneider would turn out...I'm still stunned. Did you also work with Billy Connolly? He seemed to be an interesting guy as well.

Sadly, this ended up serving as the finale of the entire series... but what a great episode to go out on.

@JadenKaye

4 жыл бұрын

Which is why this show's cancellation remains unforgivable. I remember the announcement, up there with the Hindenburg. It was the same week ABC promoted Loni Anderson in two of their Saturday evening shows. See the irony?

@janetmiller175

4 жыл бұрын

It was a great series and a great episode.

@wannawatchu66

3 жыл бұрын

It's spelled "finale."

@LarryLeeMoniz

3 жыл бұрын

@@wannawatchu66 Thank you, I corrected it :)

@guysky3873

3 жыл бұрын

Finally 😱

Damndest thing is that Mrs C. here is about ten years ahead of 24 hour CNN, FOX, and even most of the news-esque opinion radio shows like Rush or Hannity. It really was a good market to emerge into during the early 80's. AM is no good for music, especially rock and roll, as it's transmitted mono, while FM can send stereo broadcasts. Had she gone ahead and been the FIRST AM news/talk/opinion station in the freaking OHIO/KENTUCKY market during the Reagan era, she would have been a trendsetter.

@jimmiller5600

2 жыл бұрын

Especially once they deregulated how many stations you could own and then spew forth profitable propaganda to the gullible.

@njebei

2 жыл бұрын

The problem back in the 1970s and early 1980s was an FCC rule called the 'Fairness Doctrine'. 'It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters.' It was repealed in 1987 by Reagan's FCC. Congress passed a bill to reinstate the fairness doctrine but Reagan vetoed it. Almost immediately saw the rise of AM stations centered around right wing politics most notably, Rush Limbaugh. The country lost something with the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine been its time was limited. The FCC's rule pertained to broadcasts over the public airways on TV and radio. It had no control over cable or the internet since these are 'broadcast' over private networks people pay money to view/hear.

@jimmiller5600

2 жыл бұрын

@@njebei Excellent history lesson. "mainstream" media continues to "show both sides", even when one side is abjectly lying, leading to "the Trump era".

I was fortunate to work for a radio station that was locally owned. I started in radio in the late 80's, and can say that I was one of the last group of announcers that spun vinyl.

@hauntedhouse7827

2 жыл бұрын

I miss the human touch in modern radio

@dannyd1572

2 жыл бұрын

@@hauntedhouse7827 Radio lost their special touch when they took away that.

@paulastiles5507

Жыл бұрын

I got to spin vinyl for a college station back in the 80s. Got back into the game about ten years ago as a sales rep, but quit two years later because closing sales just isn't my thing. A lot had changed. Damn, I miss this show.

@dannyd1572

Жыл бұрын

agree....spontanaety (sp) was an important part of radio. Voices are now pre-recorded which means you have the chance to go over if you don't like what you said or how it sounded.

Missed the best part of the scene Hirsch" it is Dr Johnny Fever isn't it?" Johnny "yes" Hirsch " madam your physician is here"

@bodyloverz30

3 жыл бұрын

I remember that, "oh Fever its you?"

@eligebrown8998

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

HIRSCH! Phone! _marches in, twists phone around, marches out_

I loved this show and never missed an episode, what a wonderful mixture of actors and writers and directors.

c. 1:15 Gotta love Hirsch. Ian Wolfe was such a great character actor.

Gordon Jump played Arthur Carlson perfectly. It is so funny to watch his fuddled ways as the head of the station.

This scene is one of my absolute favorites of this show. I STILL remember it clearly even before I watched the video. Such pleasant nostalgia.

Damn...seeing this makes me wanna cry... for this generation

johnny fever is so smart even though he never looks it

@pauljohnson3340

3 жыл бұрын

You had to figure that he had been in multiple markets and figured out how everything worked.

@JrGoonior

3 жыл бұрын

@@pauljohnson3340 He's been there, done that. Real world experience can beat college education many times.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

@@JrGoonior Johnny went through Princeton once. In a car. A police car ....

I remember the quote, "More news... with Les Nessman."

@MrBonners

4 жыл бұрын

Who is this 'Ness' guy that nobody wants much to do with?

@lilorbielilorbie2496

4 жыл бұрын

kenneth gomberg how about when Less mispronounced Chi Chi Rodriguez,s name.?

@hankkingsley2976

4 жыл бұрын

@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Terry howute

@hankkingsley2976

4 жыл бұрын

@Ken Lompart I think it was WKRP with more music and Les nessman

@paulsoxl7739

4 жыл бұрын

kenneth gomberg He won the Buck eye News Hawk Award and the Sliver Sow and invented eye witness weather

Sadly for the bulk of this clip we see 3 people who are now gone. Mama Carlson, The Big Guy and Johnny Fever.

"It's not the plus and minuses that count, it's the plus and plus, IF the minuses are placed correctly" That's actually great advice in bothbusinessand life., take a couple of minuses and place them to equal a plus. One of the things I loved about WKRP, it was a comedy, yes. But it was intelligent as well.

@snoproblem

2 жыл бұрын

Not a bad description for an unintuitive concept.

@kaihanrahim3322

4 ай бұрын

The earliest finance lesson I ever received.

Mama Carlson's butler was totally formidable! Talk about "holding the Pimp hand!"

Love Gordon Jump and all. What a show. I was 17 then and think I took this show for granted. Man, there is nothing like this anymore. What a loss. RIP Gordon, Howard, and Frank.

The casting of this show was brilliant

Buy the box set, with most of the correct music cues (just a few they couldn't negotiate on, darn it, but they worked their tails off to get this as right as it could be!) from the wonderful folks at Shout! Factory. That's where I got mine, fellow babies!

Local radio used to rule the day. I wish it still did.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

When you could hear things like 'the Top 7 at 4'

Hearst was one of my favorite characters on the show. And I like the way he stood to Mother Carlson.

I still remember looking forward to watching this show as a kid.

I counted myself fortunate to have ridden out the 'good old days' of radio before it got the Corporate America Enema ('92-'02).

@pcbacklash_3261

3 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree. I'm so freaking sick of these cookie-cutter corporate stations with hack DJs who laugh at their own jokes, play the same 300-400 songs over and over again, and bombard you endlessly with little blue pill commercials where they repeat the phone number six times. With the exception of a few local radio stations that are real gems, radio today is a vast wasteland of mediocrity.

@SteveGamlin

3 жыл бұрын

@@pcbacklash_3261 Exactly!

yeah, this was the series finale. WKRP was finally gonna be a success, and she needed a tax shelter that would lose money. I really wish they would have done more seasons, this show was awesome..

@mattm7798

4 жыл бұрын

Can you explain the tax shelter? I get a business can write off losses, but wouldn't it be cheaper never to buy the company in the first place? How would a company net a profit from writing off losses?

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattm7798 It works when said company is part of a larger conglomerate owning multiple businesses. Assuming that the net losses from the "loser" divisions of the conglomerate do not exceed to a great extent the profits from the "winner" divisions, the resulting losses can be claimed for deductions that in the end add up to a larger overall post-tax profit, either through the writeoffs or by pushing the conglomerate into a slightly lower bracket as a result.

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

@@jumblejumbo Except it is not fraud. The law does not require that you run a business to guarantee a profit from its operation, and it does not disallow changes in how a business is run. To establish fraud, it would be necessary to produce evidence that assets were being deliberately hidden, that false records were being kept to mask asset concealment, that false tax deductions were being claimed, that the business was not delivering the product promised to its customers or the general public. You would have to establish intent, which is in itself extraordinarily difficult, particularly if the decisions and actions of the business owners can be explained as perfectly legal operations and logical consequences of said operations --- such as changing the broadcast format of a radio station, for example. Now, a grey area can be said to exist when one or more divisions of a conglomerate are being used in a scheme to lower the conglomerate's overall tax burden or to garner windfalls from losses. But so long as tax law (which itself is ever changing and is the reason why whole armies of tax lawyers are perpetually kept on retainer) allows loopholes, allows the recovery of business losses through the tax code, and nothing which is actually illegal is being committed, then the actions of, say, Carlson Industries are held to be above-board and in compliance with the law.

@finscreenname

4 жыл бұрын

@@jumblejumbo You can write off 100% of your losses. When you make money you only get to keep about 50%.

"I almost forgot fellow babies - BOOGER!"

😍 Loved the show. RIP Dr. Fever. 😢

Hessman was just brilliant in every scene he was in. WKRP was a great example of just how good tv used to be back then- shows that developed characters over time and got their audiences invested in them, who they were and what they did. They got their audiences the best way there is- through good writing, good casting and faith in both. Now if something isn’t an instant hit, it’s gone. WKRP, Cheers, Seinfeld, Taxi- all iconic groundbreaking shows that are remembered and quoted and totally unable to be duplicated today because they wouldn’t have had a decent chance today.

WKRP,Taxi,MASH and many other great shows of that era good times even if I was too young to remember.

Ah the days when radio meant something. To me, it WAS the social media of our times...live DJ, music, requests, telephone party lines (talking to friends while listening to the latest hits on the radio) etc. "You had your time; you had the power; you've yet to have your finest hour; Radio" And now because of social media, internet, smartphones, ipods, satellite etc. etc. etc. Radio will NEVER get to have "...it's finest hour..." because today on radio: "All we hear is radio ga ga; Radio goo goo"

Gordon Jump had such timing. Dead pan. Fantastic.

I loved this show. The characters were the best.

Similar plot point of "Slapshot" with Paul Newman. Good stuff.

I didn't appreciate at the time ,but, I had the rare opportunity to work at a family owned Country music station in Penticton,BC, Canada in the early 1990's. It was the last of the independent commercial radio stations. It's now owned by Stingray Music (?), which means all the quirky local character has been sucked out of it. That's why I volunteer at a community/listener-sponsored station like Co-op Radio in Vancouver. I get to play what I want and be my usual offbeat self. Not a robot shill for an industry which gave up on music ages ago. I even resurrected the warped fairy tales of 'The Story Lady' for my Radio Bandcouver show. A segment I used to include on my late night 'Night Owl Sessions' at Great Valleys Radio at around 1:30 in the morning.

@richardkey4289

4 жыл бұрын

There is a new stn.in Penticton " the fuzz" , it has an independent_alternative vibe to it. CFUZ peach city radio

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

2 жыл бұрын

I go to country when I want to play 2 chord songs on guitar. Allll my exes live in Texas...and Texas is a place, I'd really love. To. Be...but alllll my exes live in Texas, therefore I reside in Tennessee...! Ok, I lied. That one has...let's see. A E (IOU? no...chords) a diminished A7 in the chorus...a differently fingered A an A6. And the weird bar chords at the end. 3 of those. So...8, then. Lol

@philgunter5855

2 жыл бұрын

Brother I concur 100%. Community radio is all that is left. Best days of my radio life was 4am shift at KVMR-FM in Nevada City, Ca. playing whatever came into my head and dancing in the dark studio with the music cranked up. Total freedom and complete joy!

Gordon Jump was so great! The entire cast was perfect.

That was a great Show. There were several great shows from that Era, unlike the crap that floods the market these days

We didn't get to see enough of Mrs. Carlson's butler. I'll bet the stress of working for that woman aged him so much he looked 80 but was actually 40.

The laid-back Dr. can be a hardball fighter when necessary!😀

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

Johnny Fever, ",BOOGER!!!".

@reginakilgore5338

5 жыл бұрын

Peter K 😂😂😂😂

@boataxe4605

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when I saw ‘Format change ‘ I thought it would be that episode.

@xaenon

4 жыл бұрын

"And by the way, fellow babies...... BOOOGER!" That was a ringtone on my phone for over a year.

@mikebeacom4883

4 жыл бұрын

It's the phone cops!

@rustykoehler2789

3 жыл бұрын

This was a great show. Does anyone recall the episode where they dropped frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving.

The acting is spectacular in this scene.

@LBF522

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Mrs. Carlson knows that if her son finds out that she set him up to fail, he will cut her out of his life.

Smartest thing Johnny ever did!

Pay attention kids, this is what killed our music industry.

@htos1av

4 жыл бұрын

Yep! When digital recording went from costing $50k/channel to $0.50 overnight. We were toast.

@seththomas9105

4 жыл бұрын

@@htos1av I have a friend who was in the radio industry from 1984 to the 2000's and I remember us having the conversation back in the 90's about radio de-regulation and how he predicted the industry would fall. He was 100% right.

@finscreenname

4 жыл бұрын

@Aaron Morris and streaming killed the video star.

@tonymadia4554

4 жыл бұрын

yep wkrp predicted a lot of stuff....

@doublestrokeroll

3 жыл бұрын

@phosphorescent wave Completely depends on their record deals. Look up "360 deals". You'll see that plenty of bands don't get much of their concerts or youtube revenue either. You simply can't make generalizations like that. In the end though people like to complain about the big bad record industry, but nobody put a gun to the artist's heads and made them sign a bad deal. If bands are getting ripped off by their labels it's mostly likely because they were too stupid to hire a lawyer to read their contracts before they signed them.

I just realized that Mrs Carlson is Mom from Futurama

@britgilbert8736

3 жыл бұрын

Lol your right

Johnny Fever wasn't afraid of her. Love it!

It is such a fantastic program. Two words; "Phone Cops!"

The greatest moment in television explaining the truth about profit and loss in big business.

So deeply warped even I understand

I have the WKRP First Annual Turkey Toss t-shirt. One of my favorite episodes!

And then she went on to own the Cleveland Indians in Major League.

@gordongo7919

5 жыл бұрын

Margaret Whitton owned the team in Major League. Carol Bruce was Mama (Lillian) Carlson

@boataxe4605

4 жыл бұрын

Gordon Go The OP was referring to the fact that both entities were supposed to lose money.

@TheDizzleHawke

3 жыл бұрын

Giada_De_Low_Rent_Tits nailed it.

@cityhawk

2 жыл бұрын

@@boataxe4605 With different motives though.

The doctor ruled.

I love this scene, especially the conversation between Johnny and Mrs. Carlson. Fantastic.

that was smart tv. i miss those days. it's amazing how much things have changed.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

I think _30 Rock_ had some of it.

I trusthe Doors are doing well...probably the best line from a show that was full of 'em

Mama Carlson knew if her son knew of her scheme, he would never forgive her.

Glad I have the complete series with all original music on dvd. And Jan Smithers, eeeYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW

@jbmbryant

6 жыл бұрын

Biff Roberts Understatement of the millennia dude...

@biffroberts1007

6 жыл бұрын

Hey what can I say? She's a HOTTIE N a half!!!!! Just watch the episode "Rumors" when Fever moves in with her. Damn, she even looks good in the morning!!! lol

@tonkaranger1091

6 жыл бұрын

Biff Roberts How did you score the music. I heard the Dvd was lacking music due to copyrights. Something about elevator music or free use crap in place of original.

@biffroberts1007

6 жыл бұрын

You would have to ask my cousin that one. She's the one who bought it for me on her 2nd honeymoon after she & her hubby flew back on one of his planes from Germany. Lets just say we had an understanding of don't ask, don't know, & we just left it at that. She did the same thing with BJ & The Bear. I have a complete dvd set of that show Ala bootleg. And I don't even wanna know how she scored that one. Guess she has some connections. lol But thanks to her, I now have Jan Smithers aka Bailey Quarters 24/7 as she's all MINE!!!!!!!!!! She is a real HOTTIE!!!!! lol

@tonkaranger1091

6 жыл бұрын

Biff Roberts no need to ask, I am familiar with outside sources. Enjoy

this is the last show. a pretty good episode

She looked pissed when she heard a mother's love. LOL

Hessman should have won an Emmy, just for this one scene

thanks for the upload. this show was so awesome back in the days of when real sitcoms were funny.

One of a few shows cancelled while still in the top shows I heard different rumors why. Too bad whatever the reason. We lost out with the cast, writing. And acting. We were lucky to have the few years we had

That Episode was to Priceless. 👌👌

"Believe me, this is so deeply warped even I get it." ...truly a man speaking to my soul.

My Wife's Brother worked for a radio station in Jackson, Ohio. So I can relate to this show. It would have been on longer if they had left in one time slot.

Mrs Carlson is exactly the way corporate America is.

This was the best lesson on economics I ever had.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

2 жыл бұрын

Have you not seen Trading Places, then...? Or Back to school, where Rodney Dangerfield takes a business class when he's HAD a very successful business for many years. So, he's arguing with the professor on the realities of business. Lol.

One of my favorite episodes as a kid

It is always hell when the smart one finally gets SOBER. RIP Dr .Fever

Dr. Johnny Fever--my 2nd favorite smart weirdo. After myself of course.