This just in: the first season of "WKRP in Cincinatti" is coming out on DVD in April! This includes their most famous episode, indeed one of the funniest episodes of a television show ever, "Turkeys Away" in which a Thanksgiving promotion goes disasterously awry. It's become a Thanksgiving tradition for my son and I to watch the copy I taped off of television a couple of years ago.
One of the issues in DVD releases has been the paying of music royalties. In a show about a radio station, you can imagine there were a lot of musical issues to iron out. I truthfully didn't think that this show would ever get released on DVD.
Until April, enjoy this clip from "Turkeys Away," which first aired October 30, 1978.
5 comments:
I absolutely loved the turkeys episode!
This show factors heavily in fond memories of television watching with my father as a child.
Great news, thanks for that!
Ah, the turkeys are flying again are they? I loved it and the whole series too.
"I swear to god I thought turkeys could fly" has to be one of the best lines, ever. Can we send that writer to the sitcom hall of fame?
Mob-
I didn't start watching that show until college-- I had a roommate who got me watching the reruns.
"It's the phone cops!"
Dale-
One time, in an interview, Gordon Jump talked about how there was a general respect for people in the show. I completely agree.
Vikki-
My son loves that line-- the exact words are "With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." Not only should the scriptwriter go to the Hall of Fame, Gordon Jump deserved an Emmy for the way he delivered that line.
Thank you so much for making me laugh, a lot! Now I can study.
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