45 years later and it's still stunningly funny.

@Machine_Age

6 ай бұрын

No way 💀 long time

@danitaharris9919

6 ай бұрын

You took the words out of my mouth. Still funny as all get out 🤣

@ruthmarland835

6 ай бұрын

Thanksgiving 1978, I watched KRP @ 15 years young. This is still cracking me up as it did in 1978.

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

the good ol 1970s

@Maidenfan83

Ай бұрын

Still funny as hell today

RIP - Howard Hessman - January 29 2022. Your deadpan comedy was appreciated & will be remembered until turkeys can fly.

As God is my witness, I think this is still the funniest scene in any sitcom ever.

@mortb9

13 күн бұрын

Taxi's Yellow Light is pretty good, but I agree!

IT'S THANKSGIVING 2024, ANYONE STILL WATCHING THIS

@doughesson

4 жыл бұрын

Its not November yet.

@ronscurti1269

4 жыл бұрын

@@doughesson CLOSE ENOUGH

@danielstewart7163

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen it about 30 times and it's still funny.

@ronscurti1269

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielstewart7163 never gets old

@danielstewart7163

4 жыл бұрын

@@ronscurti1269 true, the classics have staying power.

Never gets old. One of the best written sitcom scenes ever.

@Stewz66

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, THE best...

@jeffreythornton428

4 жыл бұрын

Some of the best sitcoms of all time were produced in that era, WKRP, Taxi, Cheers, etc.

@jennyq4979

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@pc902

3 жыл бұрын

The turkeys never got old either.

@garnetbell822

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

41 years later, still one of the funniest bits ever done on TV... and I saw the episode on first broadcast. :)

@reneemulherin2899

4 жыл бұрын

Me, too!

@STho205

4 жыл бұрын

Saved the series. Next 13 episodes were ordered right after this aired.

@jennyq4979

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@lauraalt7863

4 жыл бұрын

41 years ago 😂

@urmorph

4 жыл бұрын

Same. Means I'm almost 39.

One of the funniest scenes ever. WKRP was one of the most underrated shows on TV in the early 80s. Never missed an Episode as a kid.

@terriseaton3049

2 жыл бұрын

Taken off TOO SOON!!!

@frankmueller2781

2 жыл бұрын

Amen, Brother! Amen!

@phebegeorgeshinn4837

2 жыл бұрын

Got that right! I still laugh over that last line!

@DickDiamond74

2 жыл бұрын

i was 4 when it aired, but by 1980 i was a fan. Johnny Fever was just too cool

@jimhirsch4482

Жыл бұрын

This scene ranks right up with the MTM "Chuckles" funeral scene!!

If you’re old enough to remember this show, y’all are my peeps! 😆

@shane5385

2 жыл бұрын

😆

@cherylkiley6373

2 жыл бұрын

😂👍

@jonm3024

2 жыл бұрын

not old enough... but cool enough!

@joanneolive7128

2 жыл бұрын

Saw this live. Loved this show.

@alanandjanetpohl4043

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I loved it. I worked at a radio station at the time, and it was like A Day in the Life for me.

The true brilliance of this scene is that we are never actually shown the unfolding disaster, we are TOLD it and we end up visualising the whole scene in our imaginations. This is exactly how comedy (and drama) on radio worked in the medium's golden age. We are experiencing radio comedy through a TV show.

@grendelum

4 жыл бұрын

I’d like to hear a professional sound engineer add the *_thuds_* in the bg...

@tootalltam143

4 жыл бұрын

The style of the reporting after the Hindenburg account, so well done too :)

@billmurray7473

4 жыл бұрын

Either you lived through that era or, like me, you're a pop culture historian. Either way, thank you.

@dongilleo9743

4 жыл бұрын

@@tootalltam143 I didn't make the Hindenburg disaster connection back when I first saw this episode until Les says "oh the humanity" and then I laughed so hard and long that it hurt.

@paulbarnett9297

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually pretty much a quote from the live witness reporting of the Hindenburg disaster in 1939.

The "sacks of wet cement" part never fails to bring me to tears

@Prossdog

Жыл бұрын

That’s the one that got me 😂 I remembered “With god as my witness…” but that one caught me off guard

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

ONE JUST WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A PARKED CAR

@EconAtheist

Жыл бұрын

@@NormAppleton *chortle*

@murraygrimwood8273

Жыл бұрын

That line has been a running joke in my family, anytime one of us says it we all break down in tears of laughter. Been a few years since one of us said it so just went up to my old man who is hitting 90 and very forgetful , got 3 words out and he completed it and roared with laughter. Great memories

@dave210yt

6 ай бұрын

@@NormAppleton you can see Johnny breaking @ 2:16

"As God as my witness .... I thought Turkeys could fly" One of the all time great TV lines, this never fails to make me laugh and Always funny and imagine that > not a single curse word needed.

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I also like the line after Les goes out on a date with Jennifer: "You were wrong Herb, Jennifer doesn't have a round bed, it's rectangular like everyone else's." I guess that was a fad, as I'd only seen one in the movie _Love at First Bite._

@gridlore

Жыл бұрын

@@sandal_thong8631 The implication that Les, of all people, scored with Jennifer and Herb's reaction. . . great actors, impeccable writing.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

Жыл бұрын

Well, wild turkeys can fly a bit, but if these were farm raised turkeys, then they're probably so fat that they wouldn't even be able to slow themselves enough to avoid plummeting to their deaths. Most birds have some ability to fly, with exceptions for ones like kiwis, ostriches and emus. Even chickens can fly a bit, although poorly and not for very far. Still, a chicken would probably be able to handle falling out of a helicopter and gliding down.

@electrictroy2010

Жыл бұрын

KZread videos show you’re wrong. Chickens and wild turkeys can fly the length of a football field & quite fast

@kylestubbs8867

Жыл бұрын

If God _was_ his witness, he’d say “That’s not how I made them.”

My favorite line from this was Les's dazed comment, "It's as if the turkeys were...organzied."

@brettthebassist

Жыл бұрын

A counter attack…OMG I was rolling 🤣

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

After that it gets a little strange... Richard Sanders created that character out of nothing and Les Nessman is the one is the one I still crack up at. Plus Herb, can't forget Mr. Tarlek.

@ralphsanchico2452

Жыл бұрын

“CREEP”….LOL

@ericsmith8373

2 ай бұрын

"Les, are you OK" "I don't know. A man and his two children tried to kill me".

@juangarza7193

Ай бұрын

Flying turkeys 😂😂😅😅😅its as if they were organized 😅😅😅😂😯😲whatheck😂

"Hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!" EPIC!!!

@dawnwelch6579

3 жыл бұрын

Such an EPIC description/play-by-play!!!

@troykinnison4575

2 жыл бұрын

The crowd is running for their lives!!!

@loris4142

2 жыл бұрын

Les 'on the spot' reporting at its best.

@Trig242

2 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD THEY'RE TURKEYS!

@NCAnglophile

2 жыл бұрын

And the fact that they didn't show this at all (thank god); if this scene were redone today we'd get turkey guts everywhere.

"As god as my witness.........I thought turkeys could fly...." That is an all time great comedy line...and it was delivered perfectly. RIP Gordon Jump.

@crawfb

4 жыл бұрын

And they ran it under the titles, almost as a throwaway gag. Class.

@70sstreetracergal61

4 жыл бұрын

He was “The Man!”

@guyfaulkes3035

4 жыл бұрын

It's a great line, but it's "As God IS my witness..."

@stoytrivia1126

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is...didn’t realize that, thanks!

@blogbat

4 жыл бұрын

@@guyfaulkes3035 Without the extra "my" :D #SkittsLaw

RIP Johnny Fever. You got us all through some tough times. 😂

“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys 🦃 could fly” is still one of the best sitcom lines ever.

@kylestubbs8867

Жыл бұрын

Well, here’s a witness report from God: “I didn’t make ‘em that way.”

@janbentzen6814

7 ай бұрын

Ever!

@janbentzen6814

7 ай бұрын

There is nothing that funny on TV now.

@bobbrinkerhoff3592

2 ай бұрын

They can fly Mr. Carlson , just not from two thousand feet up !

I remember being a kid watching this new WKRP episode with my Pops during my Thanksgiving break from school and him laughing in his chair about pissing himself....one of the best episodes ever and one of the greatest times i remember having with my Dad....i love you Pops and still miss you like crazy every day.....

@Beo420EveryDay

4 жыл бұрын

God bless your Dad and much respect to you for keeping his memory alive. Kind regards sir.

@patriciatinkey2677

2 жыл бұрын

@@Beo420EveryDay Blessings in the form of good memories are with us always!

@flor9389

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too.

@cutechic1226

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful memories. Thanks for sharing.

"Thanks for that on-the-spot report Les. For those of you who just tuned in, the Pinedale Shopping Mall has just been BOMBED with live turkeys." Johnny Fever, always cool in a crisis.

@vamsm

4 жыл бұрын

tommyt1971 Film At 11.

@jackal59

4 жыл бұрын

Unless the crisis involves phone cops.

@rogerfinney6809

3 жыл бұрын

We've been going through the complete series on DVD for about the third time after watching it on broadcast originally. No disrespect to the rest of the cast, all terrific -- a true ensemble -- but I didn't realize during the early run just how much Johnny was the best part of the show.

@kaledafif7972

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite all time tv characters!

@tommyt1971

3 жыл бұрын

@@rogerfinney6809 Oh INDEED. Hesseman totally nailed the lost in time hippie trying to deal with the late 70s/early 80s.

After all these years, still hilarious. Poor Les, he had no idea that carnage was about to ensue from a simple promo.😂❤🦃

The best part of this, the absolute cherry on top, is Gordon Jump delivering that final line. After everything else, laughing until you hurt, he comes out of the office and delivers the perfect punchline. This was such an amazing ensemble cast, everyone took turns as the straight man for the joke, and as the comic lead. Happy Thanksgiving, 2022, y'all!

@mikepounds8055

6 ай бұрын

I love how Herb slowly nods his head.

@user-bf4cz4hr3j

6 ай бұрын

WKRP was a fine blend of writing and acting talent...one of my favorite sitcoms along with Barney Miller...

I love how, while Andy, Venus, and Bailey are reacting with shock and horror as Les describes the turkey drop, Johnny is laughing.

Probably one of the funniest episodes in television history.

@mindakahn9964

4 жыл бұрын

Jay Hickey Ever!!

@rogerfinney6809

4 жыл бұрын

For my money, THE funniest! Nothing even comes close.

@rockvilleraven

3 жыл бұрын

@Roger Finney This episode saved WKRP in Cincinnati from cancellation, they were in hiatus and then next day everybody was talking about it. And afterwards they went back into production.

@tedmulthauf3867

3 жыл бұрын

And one of the funniest lines.

@sinisterminister6478

3 жыл бұрын

This one and Brent Spiner in Night Court.

My mom told me about this skit, laughing the whole time as she was acting it out and describing it. I GET IT NOW 😂

It's never truly Thanksgiving without it! Richard deserved an Emmy for this scene and the one following it; "Oh the Humanity!" Les Nessman was the Barney Fife of the radio reporting world.

@paulstrecher6194

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the one following it, where he's back at the station, still in a daze, describing what went on after the drop was my favorite part!

@travismiles5885

2 жыл бұрын

Its not Thanksgiving until you watch this clip and then listening to Alice's Restaurant. Same goes for Christmas, its not the season until I listen to Cheech & Chong Santa Claus and his Old Lady, for me to get in the Christmas spirit

@StukInBuf

2 жыл бұрын

*50TH* like!

@amen_ra6926

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

@oldsguy354

2 жыл бұрын

@@travismiles5885 Dave's not here.

A great little story, but the cherry on top was Carlson's line over the credits at the end. Took it to another level, and one of the greatest comedy moments in American television history.

@virginiahoffman2547

2 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@elmerbefuddled2156

2 жыл бұрын

It was such a kind & sweet well-meaning but deceptively tragic mistake that most viewers could've easily made - domestic turkeys are just too big & fat to fly. 😳!

Andy's reaction when Les says, "Oh my God, they're turkeys, " absolutely cracks me up.

@cathybuchanan1747

2 жыл бұрын

Watching Venus try not to crack up was hilarious too!

Classic! I even have a T-shirt with the line, "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." on it, that I'm wearing right now. Happy Thanksgiving.

@deborahwilliams1497

2 жыл бұрын

Same to you having seen the original with my Mother we laughed till we cried.

@brentrigby764

Жыл бұрын

Where did you get that? I need one!

@MidnightAndLuna

Жыл бұрын

If you sell it on tee public, I have one

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

Wild Turkeys can fly, not very far, but they can fly

We had WKRP in the UK too, not long after it aired in the US. I loved this homely, gentle sitcom so much but of all of the episodes, this one sticks out in my memory. That final line, over the credits was genious. I was just recovering from splitting my sides at poor Les' horror at the scene that was unfolding, only to be ended by Mr Carlson's killer line. Such an underrated show. I have it on DVD and saved to Plex so I can enjoy it anytime. Simpler, happier times.

He mirrored the announcer's voice and story line to the same person who tracked the crashing the Hindenburg in the 30s ....WKRP was a great show

@mrsignguy1000

2 жыл бұрын

"Oh, the humanity!"......

@ernestconley5327

2 жыл бұрын

I will always love the people who played there parts so well

@df5295

2 жыл бұрын

@@ernestconley5327 One of the best cssts of any TV show!

@tomryan4968

Жыл бұрын

@@mrsignguy1000 They also borrowed the line where Les asks his engineer if he’s getting the recording, which you can hear on the Hindenburg broadcast, too.

Even all blurry and with baggy clothes, Jan Smithers is still stunning.

@rogerfinney6809

4 жыл бұрын

Do you suppose they dressed her like that, especially in the early episodes, so as not to upstage Loni Anderson/Jennifer? Only reason I can think of.

@Statsy10

4 жыл бұрын

It’s part of the character design. Bailey was quite shy, particularly in the early episodes.

@wilthompson1778

3 жыл бұрын

She stopped my heart in the 80's.

@g.h.1726

2 жыл бұрын

always had a crush on her...

@bryanstein9240

2 жыл бұрын

@@wilthompson1778 she's still hot

the line , " Oh the humanity..." Kids today would not even know what that alludes to. WKRP was flipping brilliant. Thanks for posting!

@WhoDeyNati513

6 ай бұрын

Well, I'm 35 and I certainly do.

@rockvilleraven

6 ай бұрын

It saved the series from an early cancellation, everybody was talking about it around the Water Cooler.

@zeltzamer4010

6 ай бұрын

Hindenburg. Obviously.

@user-bf4cz4hr3j

6 ай бұрын

I know quite a few kids who are aware of the Hindenburg reference....

@rockvilleraven

6 ай бұрын

@@user-bf4cz4hr3j I saw the movie and know that a few dogs survived. After that gas was banned in blimps.

Absolute classic. I never understood why they cancelled this brilliant little show.

Venus Flytrap: What do you suppose he's up to? Dr. Johnny Fever: Carlson? I don't know. You should have been here for the big wig promotion. Venus Flytrap: What happened? Dr. Johnny Fever: Well, naturally, it didn't work, and we ended up with a warehouse full of wigs. Carlson, he couldn't figure out how to get rid of 'em until the Guatemalan earthquake. Venus Flytrap: Say what? Dr. Johnny Fever: Well, the Red Cross called out, you know, for blankets, clothes, anything. So Carlson, out of the goodness of his heart, shipped these destitute earthquake victims in Guatemala three thousand blonde stretch wigs. You know, I still have this picture in my mind of quake victims stumbling through the rubble - all looking like Dolly Parton.

@LordZontar

3 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆😆😆

@davidshoemaker4195

3 жыл бұрын

No

@bh4508

3 жыл бұрын

Epic

@rebeccamcdaniel1033

2 жыл бұрын

Just got through watching this again. It never gets old. That was comedy writing and delivery at its finest.

@erinfraise6154

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO

Best episode ever!!! 🤣😂 Rest in Peace Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever. 01/29/2022. 🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

"The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement." 🤣

Every Thanksgiving. And still laugh my butt off. 😂

You can see how the cast were about to lose it when he said "oh my god they're turkeys"

@RLucas3000

4 жыл бұрын

theatergeek82 Venus does break for just a second, but covers the smile with his hand

@sportsygirl8

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice because I was too busy cracking up myself.

@sportsygirl8

4 жыл бұрын

If you've watched M*A*S*H you can see a few times where the cast is trying their hardest not to crack up laughing or were surprised on an ad-lib. One of the episodes where you had someone trying not to laugh is Radar when Henry gets a bunch of soot dumped on him and Hawkeye and Trapper crack up, even Henry is trying not to laugh.

@dallasbrubaker6054

4 жыл бұрын

@@sportsygirl8 "I Hate a Mystery"

@sportsygirl8

4 жыл бұрын

@@dallasbrubaker6054 Yep, that's the episode I was referring to. One of my favorites in season 1.

Les' narrative in the office is hilarious also. "It was like the turkeys mounted a counter attack."

@LordZontar

4 жыл бұрын

"It's almost as if they were organised."

@Carandini

4 жыл бұрын

'Then it got weird'

@JeffDeWitt

2 жыл бұрын

Which was missing from this clip.

@michaelmurphy6869

2 жыл бұрын

Kamakize turkeys.. the writers of that show were brilliant!!

Happy thanksgiving to anyone who happens to stop by this awesome clip today

My childhood would not have been complete without these people.

I’m old enough to remember watching this when it was originally aired! Still hilarious! 😂😂😂

You’ll never see Comedy like this again.

And as great as they were at comedy, they were instrumental in helping so many of us heal after the Riverfront Coliseum disaster. Especially, those of us who were there, who didn't know how to explain it to our families, or, even worse, to ourselves. Thank you guys!

@Jermeister12

Жыл бұрын

Yes,that is the other side of the coin.Well done and very memorable.

The greatest moment in TV sitcom history. I think Comedy Central should run this episode on a loop all of Thanksgiving Day. You know the same way channels do with "It's A Wonderful Life" at Christmas.

@robadams5799

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@user-cr8dq7sc6h

10 ай бұрын

TBS runs A Christmas Story on a 24 hour loop on Christmas Eve

IMO "The Turkey Drop" is the funniest single episode in TV Sitcom History

@royponpon1755

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my top 10 if not top 5. This one and "the Phone Cops" episodes still get me holding my stomach.

@aadamtx

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely one of the tops! My other favorite is "The Death of Chuckles the Clown" from THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW.

@chuckknight

4 жыл бұрын

Never forget Carol Burnett and the curtain dress! She saw it in the window and just had to have it!

@jimziemer474

4 жыл бұрын

Personally, I think the episode were the transmission station was blown up was the best. Johnny Fever running from the telephone cops.

@jeffworth3671

3 жыл бұрын

This one and the one where Herb dressed up like a carp and got into a fight with the w pig in the men’s room are my favorites

Arguably one of the greatest comedy moments on TV, ever. Everything left to the imagination apart from commentary and reaction, and that golden closer of a line.

@johngori9477

2 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that such idiocy regularly plays out in real life. Remember the two biker gangs in Loughlin shooting it out in casinos? They were actually invited there by the casinos as part of a marketing campaign without anyone checking to see that they were killing each other back home in California. You can almost picture the marketing exec after the shootout saying to his co-workers, "As God is my witness, I thought the bikers would be peaceful..."

@stephenwoehr6500

Жыл бұрын

There was even more that was left out here, where Les recounts for the staff the events following the blackout of his broadcast, which mirrored "Animal Farm." Again, though, it wasn't shown, but Les told the story, and we could see it in our minds' eyes.

“The Pinedale Msll has just been bombed with Turkeys!” 😂😂😂

2023 I'm 68 and this kills me every time!.."oh I can't go in there".!

That was one of the funniest bits on that show! "As God as my witness.........I thought turkeys could fly." ROFLMAO!!!!🦃🦃🦃🦃

I loved WKRP. This was by far their best episode. The writers were incredible.

WKRP was one of the reasons I originally wanted to go into broadcasting. I studied it at the local community college, and we were told it was an accurate portrayal of how a small radio station works once you strip away the workplace sitcom shenanigans.

@cynthiajohnston424

Жыл бұрын

A bit late responding but ... my ( ex ) husband was a DJ in our small midwestern town , first on AM , then on FM . He was Dr. Johnny Fever to a T ! 🤣

@tammylewis2408

Жыл бұрын

WKRP, Barney Miller, and Night Court had accurate portrayals of what goes on at a radio station, police station, and court, respectively. Loved all three shows. Usually, comedies are the ones that have the most accurate portrayals of a workplace rather than drama.

@lelandfranklin3487

Жыл бұрын

Did the same thing! 25 years in stations small and large. Got out when it became so corporate it just wasn't fun anymore...

@neppie

Жыл бұрын

Beyond that the characterizations of the owner, salesman and on-air personalities aren't far off the mark either

@jenniferluxmoore8370

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm.... worked in radio as well, there were a few shenanigans still.

Carlson uttered the 10 greatest words in television history. As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly never has anything been funnier.

I've always had a sarcastic sense of humor. When Arthur Carlson said his line, I laughed and carried on like a maniac. My wife and children thought I was going to go into cardiac arrest.

@mattherron6981

2 жыл бұрын

As God is my witness, I though turkeys could fly...ROTFLMAO!!

Without a doubt my favorite Thanksgiving show. These writers were genius.

Les stretching out the call letters is instant classic

@spankynater4242

6 ай бұрын

Samy with Happy Thanksgiving

R,I,P, Howard. Dr. Johnny Fever. I'm watching the Turkey Drop episode to pay tribute to you. I will miss you. I was blessed to be a teenager in the 70s and saw WKRP when it was new.

@rogerfinney6809

Ай бұрын

Amen. We have the series on DVD and -- even though the rest of the cast was great -- I now realize just how much Howard Hesseman meant to the show.

I remember watching this episode. I wish they would bring this WKRP back on TV. One of my all-time favourite shows.

@heleneclark563

Жыл бұрын

I have all of the seasons on DVD.

@cynthiajohnston424

Жыл бұрын

@@heleneclark563 My kind of person !

All-time classic. Never gets old.

The classics never die they just get better over time.😆

@davidekstrand8544

6 ай бұрын

Aaamen!

I remember watching this as a kid, when it first aired. I thought my dad was gonna have a heart attack, from laughing. They needed to rerun this every year, as a Thanksgiving special, even after the show ended. Classic TV moment, brilliantly-written.

One of the funniest gags they ever came up with.

I love how after the 'I thought turkeys could fly' line, Loni has her hand in front of her face trying desperately not to laugh out loud!😄

@tarnsand440

Жыл бұрын

Gary Sandy is smirking as well😅

@CrystalblueMage

11 ай бұрын

@@tarnsand440 It probably didn't help that noone told them they'd be covered in turkey feathers.

@mikeb6902

7 ай бұрын

@@tarnsand440 so was Bailey

I was born in ‘82, but I loved watching reruns of this as a kid and I revisit this episode at Thanksgiving. It’s never not funny.

This Show was just EPIC!!!! GREAT CAST!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

One of the best times in my life was when reruns of Cheers, WKRP, and Night Court were on back to back to back.

@jameslavoie1370

2 жыл бұрын

And Barney Miller!

@GordonHowdyDoody

Ай бұрын

Those Were The Days ( Mary Hopkin )

"It's almost like they were mounting a counter attack!"

@JeffDeWitt

4 жыл бұрын

Great line, and it's missing from this clip.

@jackal59

4 жыл бұрын

Following on the heels of, "It gets pretty strange after that."

@glenncordova4027

3 жыл бұрын

Kamikaze turkeys!

@floydjohnson7888

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackal59 We know they were thinking, "Like it wasn't strange already?"

This scene made me laugh so hard I could not breathe! I still have the same reaction 40 years later! Priceless!😂

This just never gets old, especially Mr. Carlson's closing line. Happy Thanksgiving 2022 everyone!

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

The beauty of it is that all through the show, the Big Guy is such a kind, decent sweetheart. In this episode he's feeling left out and bored so he dreams this insanity up. At the end everyone wants to give him a hug because he meant well. Gordon Jump, good stuff

I member watching this with mom and dad and all of us laughing like hell. What a great show that needed and DESERVED at least 2 more years.

I love this. In Les Nessman's reporting and Johnny Fever's responses there are references to both the Hindenburg tragedy and the Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast. I wonder if there are other references that I missed.

@argonwheatbelly637

2 жыл бұрын

"Gone With The Wind", some news tropes, too. Don't think you missed them. They weren't Les' lines.

@rockvilleraven

2 жыл бұрын

The cast watched the Hindenburg movie before filming this.

Never, ever,gets old

I never skip watching it and sharing it each year!

It's a shame this show didn't go longer than it did. They were all great.

@jimmaurer8361

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. My favorite episode is the one where Johnny Fever was drinking Jack Daniels to prove reflexes slow....but his got better with every drink. God I miss the '80's

@dianebaum2754

Жыл бұрын

a line from vaudeville: "always leave them wanting more!" WKRP...I can watch it forever, what a great show!!!

The greatest TV moment ever….completely original… They’ll NEVER make television like this again

It has been damn near 50 years (man I'm old), but watching this for the first time is still the funniest thing I have ever experienced...still.

I remember watching us for the very first time when it was on TV and we were rolling around on the floor laughing so hard… Oh the humanity

I was dying when I first saw this when it first aired. Les doing his monologue like the Hindenberg disaster. "Sacks of wet cement" 🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂😂

Here it is 2024, and this scene never gets old. I miss this show. What a stellar cast, great dialogue, hilarious situations. A gem of a TV show.

RIP Howard. Thanks for the laughs!!!!!

This never gets old... What a classic!

THE greatest scene in TV sitcom history. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could FLY!

@qdllc

2 жыл бұрын

Wild turkeys CAN fly. 😅

@df5295

2 жыл бұрын

I think wild turkeys can fly at low levels for short distances. Domestic turkeys probably cannot fly so good or not at all.

I’m watching this too. The episode is one of my. favorites of WKRP. It’s hysterical! When he said that he thought turkeys could fly, I laughed so hard. I loved WKRP and I’m glad that KZread found this episode.

@JW...-oj5iw

4 жыл бұрын

James Miller ... Even though the studio audience was laughing during Johnny's announcement, it's clear that he says "live turkeys".

@JW...-oj5iw

4 жыл бұрын

James Miller ... You've demonstrated a fact.

@JW...-oj5iw

4 жыл бұрын

James Miller ... Challenge accepted. You demonstrated your poor understanding of the show for decades by making your announcement. I noted that Johnny used the word "live" in the announcement, not even saying that Mr. Carlson's statement at the end would be utterly irrelevant to frozen turkeys. So, because you're an ignorant person, you are compelled to try to insult me for pointing out that the show premise couldn't include frozen turkeys. Every part of the bit, which is absurd fiction, indicated live turkeys. It takes a special kind of stupid to think otherwise. And there we have it. You continue to demonstrate a fact.

RIP Johnny, a part of my youth gone.

One of the best ensembled cast in television history. The writers gave us so many great episodes starting in 1978 ending in 1982. Thanks for the memories. Las Vegas, NV 12/8/2021

Hands down, this is the funniest four minutes on television

@majkus

4 жыл бұрын

Well, Tim Conway breaking everyone up while (almost) deadpanning an absurd story about elephants is a sure-fire giggle for me, but this scene is way up there to be sure.

@Sldejo

3 жыл бұрын

Anything with Tim Conway and Harvey Corman is absolutely more hilarious.

One of the greatest comedy skits of all time. Even when you have heard it many times, you will still laugh.

This is an unbelievably funny show!! Love it many years later.

"OH the humanity!" The "sacks ofvwet cement," is so brilliant. Almost no one has ever seen a sack of wet cement, especially one hitting the pavement from 2000 feet up, but it's for some reason something almost anybody can visialize...

I see this every year ! I still laugh like it's the first time I've seen it I saw the original airing and I don't think my entire family stopped laughing through the entire episode.

Probably the funniest gag from a great comedy show. Whenever I think of WKRP, I immediately think of the great turkey drop and their thinking that they could fly.

It's Canadian Thanksgiving 2023! The Turkey Drop, never gets old! Truly a Thanksgiving classic! 💞🥳😳🤣😂🤣🦃

@lesleypatterson466

8 ай бұрын

Just finished watching it, and laughed so hard the cat took off running!

@katherinehunter9526

8 ай бұрын

@@lesleypatterson466 I can believe that! Bwahahah 🤣🙀 WKRP is still one of the funniest sitcoms ever, but that's just my humble opinion! Glad you liked it too! 🚁🦃🗯🙀

"As God is my witness...I thought turkeys could fly." That was a classic scene.

Probably the best scene in TV history.

@rrbaggett7

4 жыл бұрын

@mrt57rn That's my absolute favorite episode of Barney Miller! I was quite young when it aired & simply couldn't fathom why the fellas were behaving so oddly. My parent's hysterical laughter was equally baffling to me. When I finally saw a rerun years later, I laughed til my sides ached.

@garfieldsmith332

4 жыл бұрын

@mrt57rn Yes, that scene is right up there in the top as well.

@marvingreen3273

4 жыл бұрын

Along with Jim taking his test on Taxi

@akprice8242

4 жыл бұрын

You don't see the turkeys but you can imagine the holiday carnage! They should show this episode every year like A Christmas Story🤣😋

@michaelmiller1346

4 жыл бұрын

@@marvingreen3273 : "Slow Down...."

This was/is one of the funniest segments I've ever seen. The imagination is so much better than actually seeing the turkeys plummeting to the ground. And the winning line was/is "as God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly". Imagination is best way to experience some things.

@johnhunter2294

2 жыл бұрын

This is an all-time top-five segment, up there with Reverend Jim at the DMV on "Taxi", Chuckles the Clown's funeral on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Johnny Carson's "Sis Boom Bah" Carnac segment, and the Elephant Sketch on the "Carol Burnett Show". Not a foul word or a sexual innuendo in the bunch; just pure clean comedy.

@tammylewis2408

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes "less is more" is the way to go rather than "in-your-face". This episode showed that.

Such a classic episode, and to think so many kids have never seen this yet. This is one of those that if you grew up during that era this one stays in your memory forever, because of the ending line, "As God as my witness, I thought turkey's could fly" 🤣🤣🤣 Who ever wrote that is a genius! As a matter of fact I quoted it at Thanksgiving dinner the other day.

This episode is, hands down, one of the absolute funniest of any show, any time. I can't even think about it without cracking a smile.

The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement 😂😂 classic stuff

The two women cover their faces because they're bursting out laughing. Perfect comic timing.

I was a fan of WKRP, and this skit had me in stitches.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. See you next year.