Not to mention we all had a choice between the understated gorgeous sexy “smart liberal” in glasses and blue jeans and the curvaceous blonde so stoically intelligent and conservative in tight dresses❤
It's crazy how watching these now, decades later, I realize what a magnificent character "Herb Tarlek" was! RIP Frank Bonner, I'm sorry I didn't appreciate you more when I was little.
What made KRP special was how all the characters came together into an amazing cast. Each had their role in making the show what it was. Would it have been WKRP without Herb? Les? Jennifer? Bailey? Andy? Venus? Johnny? Mr. Carlson? Mr. Carlson's mother? Or even Hirsch? That ensemble was magic. It was in perfect balance. Very rare to be able to catch that lightning in a bottle. Unfortunately it was before its time. But everytime I stumble upon an episode, I can't put it down and end up watching for the who knows how many-ith time. RIP KRP. You'll be wondered about as long as the late Boomers and Xers are still living on the air somewhere.
First time re-watching this since watching first time in 1980s. I love how Andy takes command when needed. He reminds we of my supervisor when WKRP was running.
The Pill Guy (the late Robert Ridgely) would find himself on mic 20 years later as the studio announcer for The Hollywood Showcase in That Thing You Do. Also The Colonel in Boogie Nights Thanks for posting these!
Yeah, but marketing them to kids...it always amazed me how Dr. Johnny Fever's character hit the balance between the apparent wildness of his own experiences and indulgences, and the strict moral code that was always under the surface. Him calling the guy "reptilian" was totally consistent with his character.
My mom and I were driving someplace with an AM oldies station playing when a commercial came on: "My wife died last year. It was very sudden--" and my mom when "what the shit" and turned off the radio. Talk about WKRP come to life.
There is actually a second verse that is very poignant. The lyrics say "the price of finding me was losing you" look for it on youtube - WKRP theme full version. Damned if it doesn't bring a tear to my eye hearing it
Thank you for putting these out for free! We should all be able to enjoy vintage TV and music. It’s been enough time, the people keeping the public from these great memories should be ignored.
One of my favorite episodes. I grew up watching this show, and would actually end up working in radio for about 15 years, and I loved the work. And I would re-watch this show and have a greater appreciation for it. In fact, I would have loved loved to have worked for a Program Director like Andy Travis, who actually went to bat for his crew. Most of the PDs I worked for weren't so great. Many of them were just glorified Operations Managers, who were just junkyard dogs for corporate.
Worked in the restaurant industry for years in the late 70's and eighties.We took fake speed all the time."Caffeine. Yes this is an Episode that HIT particularly close to Home.Our Next step in "Staying on our toes" ....WAS COCAINE....which to all of our surprise had a much more lasting effect on our LIVES,...RELATIONSHIPS.....and our POCKETBOOKS...thank goodness after some time we got wise and SOBER...it took some longer and for some they never .."Got well" ...We were all in our twenties.....ME..? I didn't .."GET WELL" until I was 40 years old.....Wish I had Those LOST YEARS BACK...65 NOW..
This episode aired 10 days after the "Freezer Bowl" and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the San Diego Chargers 27-7 to go to the Superbowl. It was -37° that day ✌
Oh the good ole days of otc ephedrine at every gas station. Real not pseudo too. It actually cleared sinus congestion unlike the psuedo. Abusers make us all suffer.
It was a low budget, bottom of the ratings radio station. Their turntables were often going on the fritz, with the DJ's often having to do their own repair and servicing jobs, as depicted in the _"Fire"_ episode...ruclips.net/video/fHFKfiuTw0k/видео.html
3:25 "When your mood is *Black* these little *Beauties* will keep ya' goin'!" Anyone else remember *Black Beauties?* 👀 (&, when exactly did the "Republicans" take speed back in the late '70's early '80's? Guess I missed that news report)
Don’t remember any specific stories, but in general the early 80’s saw a lot of de- regulation of various industries/ companies, and those movements were largely supported by economically Republican politicians. The ripple effect of those changes have lasted well into things like the opioid crisis.
Always the best bands: the likes of the Clash, the Pretender's, Marvin Gaye, et al. played and postered on the walls. Even back then, when American radio stations were never playing the likes of them and sucked almost as bad as they do today!
Just watched a video essay of how The Black Hole was supposed by Disney to be a knock off of Star Wars and it failed but eventually developed a film cult of it's own and ended up inspiring Event Horizon and maybe The British The office drank from WKRP and then...who cares, the two gals in this show were absolutely hot
As a kid of 80s, every rock and roll magazine sold fake speed made from efederin , so did dexatrim a popular weight loss pill . Efederin is a key ingredient in meth.
How could an attorney get a LAW degree when he doesn't know the LAW? The 1st Amendment gives us freedom of speech. You can indeed call people scumbuckets, even police. It may not be kind, but it's legal.
I loved WKRP. At the same time, it’s interesting to note the vein of liberal scumbaggery that runs through the show’s character. In this episode Fever takes a principled stand against the OTC pill craze that was huge at the time and largely targeted teens. But still the pro-drug culture of Hugh Wilson and the rest of the writers along with Hessman’s Fever character shines through brightly (note how charmed and impressed Fever is when Nessman demonstrates a knowledge of drug street names). Then the thing about switching to downers after the republicans got in, and then the slam against the second amendment. Hollywood libs - they’ve always been scum.
Not really. Today’s cinema and TV is so poor, don’t even watch. By far, the best fiction that Hollywood creates these days is the false narrative they create to prop up the leftist, Marxist regime. I’ve completely lost interest in them, as have many others. Think about that.
I wasn’t even a teenager but somehow I understood the brilliance and depth of this program and it is my favourite sitcom of all time. The proof that it is an incredibly high quality analytical program is that it was taken off the air while being very successful because it was criticizing the very medium it was on
It's only two spots a day during the week and four spots on Saturdays and Sundays. Why did Johnny and Venus keep playing the guys commercial over and over again for 2 hours?
Watched this when it first came out in 78...loved it then...and it still holds up all these yrs later.....one of the all time best shows ever made...
One of the best theme songs of sitcoms, I loved this show.
no joke.!!!
Not to mention we all had a choice between the understated gorgeous sexy “smart liberal” in glasses and blue jeans and the curvaceous blonde so stoically intelligent and conservative in tight dresses❤
I had an idea that the theme song and show was based on Harry Chapin's WOLD song.
I sing along with it every time.
also go team bailey
It's crazy how watching these now, decades later, I realize what a magnificent character "Herb Tarlek" was! RIP Frank Bonner, I'm sorry I didn't appreciate you more when I was little.
Dr Johnny fever r i p 2022
Yes, so agree
When how Herb pass?
Magnificent character? Lol..WTF?
A couple of years ago. Had some chronic disease .@@kindredspirit3875
What made KRP special was how all the characters came together into an amazing cast. Each had their role in making the show what it was.
Would it have been WKRP without Herb? Les? Jennifer? Bailey? Andy? Venus? Johnny? Mr. Carlson? Mr. Carlson's mother? Or even Hirsch?
That ensemble was magic. It was in perfect balance. Very rare to be able to catch that lightning in a bottle. Unfortunately it was before its time. But everytime I stumble upon an episode, I can't put it down and end up watching for the who knows how many-ith time.
RIP KRP. You'll be wondered about as long as the late Boomers and Xers are still living on the air somewhere.
Show was so ahead of its time
desertmav8632 They predicted the future in so many ways.
Oh my God! I just heard the intro song for the first time in 30 years.... reminded me of the 80s when I watched the show every day.
First time re-watching this since watching first time in 1980s. I love how Andy takes command when needed. He reminds we of my supervisor when WKRP was running.
It's hard to take WKRP's lawyer seriously when you consider he goes home to ALF.
ALF didnt come into his life until 1986
It's hard to take a lawyer who says he will tell your mom.
@@dkaltman 😂😂😂😂 he must have been a tattle tail in school and that's why he went into law.
@@dkaltman Or who thinks "scumbucket" is actionable.
Wkrp lawyer r i p
Andy had the Best hair on TV in 1982
I crushed on him way back then.
I think Fever had great hair, too.
Loni had the worst.
Like a helmet.
Jan Smithers is gorgeous
Frank Bonner could've had his own spinoff. I think he's brilliant. They're all great.
It would've worked too. He directed 6 episodes of krp, so he had the experience.
Thanks for the great memories. Loved the show back in the 80's.
Today they are called "energy drinks"
And just as toxic.
There all legal and yes I see that alot about not endorsement....
It is so good to see these shows again, thank you for the upload. Thumbs up!!
I love when Bailey goes on the insult run.
The Pill Guy (the late Robert Ridgely) would find himself on mic 20 years later as the studio announcer for The Hollywood Showcase in That Thing You Do. Also The Colonel in Boogie Nights
Thanks for posting these!
No one could play a creep like him
Can you imagine if Dr. Johnny Fever were here today, in Oregon, doing radio spots for dispensaries? I wish!
Greatest show of the era!
So many fond memories watching it with the parents, and later on after school TV in the 90s!
We saw Gordon Jump!😂😂😂😂
That pill pusher dude...he runs a BIG pharmaceutical company today.
Slarty Bartfast thanks to that Obamacare that big pharma wrote
Fouci.
Best show! Written brilliantly!
Ironically Dr. Johnny Fever won't endorse drugs but his character sure insinuated he consumed them.
He does in fact know Mary Jane, but he cut off the rest of her toxic friends. wink wonk.
@@202cardline Mary Jane who ? haha
The difference is the same between a pusher and a user.
There is a huge difference between marijuana and black beauties.
Yeah, but marketing them to kids...it always amazed me how Dr. Johnny Fever's character hit the balance between the apparent wildness of his own experiences and indulgences, and the strict moral code that was always under the surface. Him calling the guy "reptilian" was totally consistent with his character.
I still have a crush on Bailey Nickels 😆
Yes!! Thank you! Finally someone sees it the way I do lol. She was amazing!!!
"Once the Republicans got in, everybody switched to downers." - Dr. Johnny Fever
One of the best shows, ever.
Great episode. They took on serious topics and still made us laugh. Great sitcom.
Excellently written, compassionately acted. Thank you.
Love that Ian Hunter poster.
Mott the Hoople is one of my favorites. Love the Doors poster too.
Have a safe holiday season all.
The Wickerman pill-pusher reminds me a lot of Wilson Wilson on HOME IMPROVEMENT. They both talk and look similar.
"We're not talking about right. We're talking about the law!" Max Wright giving me at 7 one of my first lessons in adulthood. RIP Alf's dad.
Bailey is hotter than Jennifer
True, but some episodes I wish Bailey would stop talking sometimes 🤣
No contest.
@@DONKEYKONG260In my opinion, she didn't talk enough.
My mom and I were driving someplace with an AM oldies station playing when a commercial came on: "My wife died last year. It was very sudden--" and my mom when "what the shit" and turned off the radio. Talk about WKRP come to life.
I loved Herb, even though he was a jerk sometimes! :)
As Frank Zappa once said...
An amazing episode, one of my favorites.
17:25, ahhhh back in 1981 when your attorney could advise the station manager that using the word "scum" would be legally actionable and slanderous.
If this lawyer was still alive if hire him very firm and tough
Love the lawyer in this!
Willie Tanner had quite a career
Dude is hilarious... The little affectations, certain consonants. It's so funny.
a lot of people may not know this, but Herb Tarleck (Frank Bonner) was the man that sang the theme songs for this show
Whaaaat seriously??
@@sallyjones9144no. It was sung by Steve Carlisle.
There is a reason a lot of people don't know this lol
theme songs back then were just as good as the show
There is actually a second verse that is very poignant. The lyrics say "the price of finding me was losing you" look for it on youtube - WKRP theme full version. Damned if it doesn't bring a tear to my eye hearing it
Thank you for putting these out for free! We should all be able to enjoy vintage TV and music. It’s been enough time, the people keeping the public from these great memories should be ignored.
Great show
Hey the dad from Alf.
One of my favorite episodes. I grew up watching this show, and would actually end up working in radio for about 15 years, and I loved the work. And I would re-watch this show and have a greater appreciation for it. In fact, I would have loved loved to have worked for a Program Director like Andy Travis, who actually went to bat for his crew. Most of the PDs I worked for weren't so great. Many of them were just glorified Operations Managers, who were just junkyard dogs for corporate.
Worked in the restaurant industry for years in the late 70's and eighties.We took fake speed all the time."Caffeine. Yes this is an Episode that HIT particularly close to Home.Our Next step in "Staying on our toes" ....WAS COCAINE....which to all of our surprise had a much more lasting effect on our LIVES,...RELATIONSHIPS.....and our POCKETBOOKS...thank goodness after some time we got wise and SOBER...it took some longer and for some they never .."Got well" ...We were all in our twenties.....ME..? I didn't .."GET WELL" until I was 40 years old.....Wish I had Those LOST YEARS BACK...65 NOW..
Lawyer...Max Wright. Awesome actor
This episode aired 10 days after the "Freezer Bowl" and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the San Diego Chargers 27-7 to go to the Superbowl. It was -37° that day ✌
Didn't the Wickerman character play "The Colonel" in the movie "Boogie Nights"?
Yes.
Herb wasnt ALWAYS a slime ball.... just usually. 😂
Oh the good ole days of otc ephedrine at every gas station. Real not pseudo too. It actually cleared sinus congestion unlike the psuedo. Abusers make us all suffer.
Willie Tanner before he met ALF.
Lawyer: "If you ignore my advice.... Im going to tell on you" To poor Mr. Carlson's mother, no less.
Great episode.
The colonel in Boogie Nights got what was coming to him.
The Colonel!
Why is Johnny Fever holding a platter from one of the turntables? LOL
It was a low budget, bottom of the ratings radio station. Their turntables were often going on the fritz, with the DJ's often having to do their own repair and servicing jobs, as depicted in the _"Fire"_ episode...ruclips.net/video/fHFKfiuTw0k/видео.html
3:25 "When your mood is *Black* these little *Beauties* will keep ya' goin'!" Anyone else remember *Black Beauties?* 👀 (&, when exactly did the "Republicans" take speed back in the late '70's early '80's? Guess I missed that news report)
Black beauties , pink hearts , and yellowjackets got me through the '70s✌
@@kenworthh9776 Me too Brother, me too.
Truck stops used to have toothpicks that would pick you up too lmao that's why you see truckers with toothpicks
Don’t remember any specific stories, but in general the early 80’s saw a lot of de- regulation of various industries/ companies, and those movements were largely supported by economically Republican politicians. The ripple effect of those changes have lasted well into things like the opioid crisis.
@@DONKEYKONG260Man, that’s a new one on me.
The Colonel from Boogie Nights
Always the best bands: the likes of the Clash, the Pretender's, Marvin Gaye, et al. played and postered on the walls.
Even back then, when American radio stations were never playing the likes of them and sucked almost as bad as they do today!
Awesome, and the Alf guy.
Les knows about Mary Jane too !!!!
Just watched a video essay of how The Black Hole was supposed by Disney to be a knock off of Star Wars and it failed but eventually developed a film cult of it's own and ended up inspiring Event Horizon and maybe The British The office drank from WKRP and then...who cares, the two gals in this show were absolutely hot
As a kid of 80s, every rock and roll magazine sold fake speed made from efederin , so did dexatrim a popular weight loss pill . Efederin is a key ingredient in meth.
turkey drop
Sad world we live in when Herb Tarlek could teach the NRA and its members a thing or two about doing the right thing.
whatever
That editorial could not be done, they opened themselves up to being sued by that kids parents.
Not sure they make those anymore Lol
Sure dont
Now there is monster
Bailey was sooooo sexy!!!
How could an attorney get a LAW degree when he doesn't know the LAW? The 1st Amendment gives us freedom of speech. You can indeed call people scumbuckets, even police. It may not be kind, but it's legal.
They got to put this on in rotation or whatever it's called
Kinda like the synthetic MJ that was legal in Lasvegas in 2013 dont know about now that just about killed me.
Talkin bout Black beauties
the father from alf tv show.
❤😂😅
Mini Thins
Now any 14 year old can buy Red Bulls by the case.
Yeah, so much for learning from past mistakes!
Once the Republicans got in, everyone switched to downers. Beautiful.
Sure. Another "loving & inclusive" slam that shows the hypocrisy of the left.
Have Les beaten up for no particular reason.
Lee Ronald Hernandez Sandra Robinson Robert
35 dollars!?!?!?
about $112 today for a 60 second spot (about $6700 per hour of course that is not the way it works)
Walker Nancy Martinez Timothy Young Ruth
Jackson Ruth Taylor Kenneth Taylor Donna
Hall David Gonzalez Shirley Williams Amy
Johnson Brian Taylor Joseph Young Brian
I loved WKRP. At the same time, it’s interesting to note the vein of liberal scumbaggery that runs through the show’s character. In this episode Fever takes a principled stand against the OTC pill craze that was huge at the time and largely targeted teens. But still the pro-drug culture of Hugh Wilson and the rest of the writers along with Hessman’s Fever character shines through brightly (note how charmed and impressed Fever is when Nessman demonstrates a knowledge of drug street names). Then the thing about switching to downers after the republicans got in, and then the slam against the second amendment.
Hollywood libs - they’ve always been scum.
and you keep watching their movies, TV shows..even ones from the 1980's ...
Not really. Today’s cinema and TV is so poor, don’t even watch. By far, the best fiction that Hollywood creates these days is the false narrative they create to prop up the leftist, Marxist regime. I’ve completely lost interest in them, as have many others. Think about that.
Great show
I wasn’t even a teenager but somehow I understood the brilliance and depth of this program and it is my favourite sitcom of all time. The proof that it is an incredibly high quality analytical program is that it was taken off the air while being very successful because it was criticizing the very medium it was on
Great show
12:36 17:14 Oh wow it’s Willie Tanner
WOOOOOAAAHH WILLIE
herb is the shiznit
Love how Johnny folds his arms when Herb is on the radio then the close up on Herb his hand is on back of chair
Great show
"I'm going to tell on you" okay, I'm done 😂😂
It's only two spots a day during the week and four spots on Saturdays and Sundays. Why did Johnny and Venus keep playing the guys commercial over and over again for 2 hours?
Wow
Le Great Bien.