What a tremendous gentleman, a great short interview. I loved WKRP in Cincinnati, that show was really ahead of its time. It really shows how great it was because it has been off the air for over 40 years now, and we are still talking about it.
Haha, I said that on another WKRP video , here on RUclips. The guy was the epitome of late 70's cool/handsome - I bet Gary Sandy had women literally throwing themselves at him during WKRP's height of success. What a great show, great time to be alive.
I always respected Gary as the top billed guy on WKRP. Although he was constantly upstaged by the other characters, he was the glue that balanced all the episodes during the entire run of the series.
I always liked Andy's calm demeanor, people skills and diplomacy. All the other characters had some sort of quirk, varying levels of insecurity, hangup or preoccupation. Probably true of every workplace.
@@msr1116 Ironically Hugh Wilson who created and wrote the show said that Gary had to be slowed down. "Heroes never hurry" was his quote. He had so much energy on the set that I guess thats why Loni Anderson said he was like a nuclear explosion in a small area. I never heard that before, its pretty funny.
Right, the reason WKRP along with Barney Miller and Andy Griffith were successful was that the creators were smart enough to surround the star with funny people, thereby the stars were funnier because they played off their costars so well
Great interview! It's always fun to learn a little something from an insider on one of my favorite shows. The character Andy was like the eye of the storm, with everyone else so extreme and out there, and Mr. Sandy did a really good job of being the "sane guy" in a way which heightened the comedy. His observations about Ms. Smithers line up with the times I remember doing a doubletake when they'd light and film Bailey a certain way. She was straight-up gorgeous, the perfect Mary-Ann to Jennifer's Ginger. RIP, Mr. Hesseman!
@@tdunph4250 Here's how I did it. I converted the entire series to mp4 format, most of the songs are still the originals with the exception of a few. I found out which songs were changed and found the clips on youtube of the original songs, people have uploaded the parts with the original songs, Van Halen, The Stones and the Eagles were the most noticeable. I downloaded the clips and spliced them in where it had been changed. Here's a sample of one of the clips ruclips.net/video/rdnOXjTu4ww/видео.html
One reason it seems to have been around longer than four good years is the success of the syndiation run. I was finally old enough to turn on whatever show I wanted, and that's how I tend to remember it.
I only ever bought two TV show dvd box sets - WKRP was the other one. Watched it religiously when it first aired way back in the day. Best sitcom ever. Gary's voice hasn't changed one iota - instantly recognizable.
I have the Blondie Parallel Lines Gold Record that hung on the wall at WKRP in seasons 2-4. Got it from Skip D'Amico who worked on the show and his name can be seen in the credits at the end of each show. Also have Loni's WKRP Satin Baseball Jacket and the T-Shirt she wore in the WKRP vs WPIG Softball game. She put all her WKRP Memorabilia up for sale about 5 years ago at a Los Angeles auction house.
WKRP was the show that inspired me to be a DJ right out of high school. My first job was late night at a country station and I'd show up for work with hair past my shoulders and a Black Sabbath shirt to spin Johnny Cash and George Jones. My coworkers actually nicknamed me Dr Johnny Fever lol.
"Bailey was stacked! You couldn't tell by the way they dressed her but..." Oh, trust us Gary, there are plenty of us who knew. Our attitude was more "you can have your Loni, I'm going with Jan, the real gem".
The turkey drop is my all time favorite episode. I even got a shirt about it, on the front it says "First Annual WKRP Turkey Drop", it has the date that episode aired and the the bottom is the most iconic statement ever uttered on tv, " As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!". I wear it every Thanksgiving.
@@shimmy5737 When Johnny told Cincinnati to bring their trash to city hall and his voice froze up or Vickie Von Vickie or the 5k give away - name these 6 songs.
@@gilbertdare5921 ironically paranoid Johnny was waaay ahead of his time, he was already onto the phone cops back then without even knowing Facebook + Google etc were still decades away & able to track our every move!!! He tried to warn us, and we just thought he was conspiracy theorist!!!!🤣👍😎😎
Oh Yeah, Bailey was my dream girl. Even at 10 I knew a good thing when I saw it. Smoking hot! WKRP still holds up today. I re watched every episode on You Tube about 5 years ago. One of the greats.
I worked at the same factory where Gary's father worked. (BTW, this factory was started as an airplane factory by Orville Wright)(Franklin Sousley,a flag raiser at Iwo Jima also worked there.) In fact, Gordan Jump graduated from the same high school as myself. Gary and Gordan grew up about 4 miles apart. Though years apart. Gary(Moraine,OHIO), Gordan(Centerville,OHIO)
WKRP was quite popular in the UK as well. At the time there were a lot of upstart radio stations in the UK and the kind of things that went on at WKRP were thought to be what went on at those stations. Mainly it was because few if anyone at the stations knew how to run a radio station.
Can you imagine someone in an interview today saying one of their co-stars was "stacked"? The friggin' world would end .... sexist ... misogynist ... body shaming ... hate crime ... ugh.
Required viewing for a teenage boy back in the day in New Zealand.....and later on with the rerun's after high school! Great cast every single member....and the lovely Bailey Quarters was waited on for every appearance!
Would be nice if they all came back for a reunion episode, if not a mini-series... if not a whole series of WKRP. Of course, certain actors would not be e able to make it like Hesseman, God bless his soul.
@@Alacritous I do know about New WKRP and the abysmal project it was. The casting director acted like (s)he never saw the original show. Granted there were a few good choices like [character names] Razor D, Mona Loveland and even Buddy was a hoot with his dry sense of humor.
In the baseball episode you can tell Jan was stacked. Check when the team wins lose to the end. When Loni and she jump and run to the team to celebrate.
Same here, I still remember seeing clips from the first episode before it aired and saying “THAT’S what I wanna do!” Never got on the air but I know it would’ve been fun
Unfortunately WKRP was foreshadowing the end of the radio rock song jocks...most are automated stations like the one shown in the Christmas Carol dream and Venus' big break.
there's a couple DOUBLE episodes. so it depends on how you count those. also, there's suppose to be a public serve anouncement type show maybe ten minutes long. a fella could count that too. if he had a mind to.
It's funny Gary should say Jan Smithers (Bailey Quarters) was "stacked"... because after seeing Jennifer Marlowe (Loni Anderson) in an outfit like Bailey would wear, I wished so to see Bailey in something from Jennifer's evening wear collection. But then, I wish to see Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster) in something that complimented--not obscured--her amazing development... before she got a reduction! =;D
True, at least Modern Family viewers could see Ariel Winter (Alex Dunphy) before and after her reduction And Jennifer Love Hewitt made no secret of her development
Oh yes WKRP back in the day we were glued to the tv every night I forget what day the television show was on but it was a great night for TV so many shows I think mash was on the same night but a different hour we were all trying funny things and smoking crazy things singing Sweet home Alabama all night long and Gary was right Bailey was stacked she was way hotter than Loni Anderson RIP Dr. Johnny fever Mr. Carlson and Herb Tarlek
Got to tell you, the old question of Ginger or Maryann got me thinking, what about Bailey or Maryann. As much as I love Mariann, I'd have to go with Bailey.
Top 3 sitcoms of all time. Fawlty Towers, WKRP and Cheers. Work place sitcoms make for funnier, more adult themed comedy. Writing, casting, all brilliant. Imagine WKRP today, where all the characters are woke and DEI runs the station. The horror. They don't make them like they used to. Old school is the best school.
They didn't ALWAYS hide Jan Smithers, certainly the audience was quite well aware, although its funny to hear a fellow actor say "stacked". At the interview Loni said they wrote the two women well together but a LITTLE friction would have been interesting between them. Although you can look at it from two sides, but as Bailey started dressing up and up, Jennifer Marlowe started doing the same, so maybe there was an undercurrent there. She lived around Halifax Nova Scotia for awhile and lived as an artist, then travelled to a lot of the world building homes for the poor. I think she had some mental health problems but then acting is a crazy profession, you have to be a little out there to begin with. But it was nice to see her at the Shout Factory panel discussion which is available on RUclips, she even gets a few sentences in. They usually say women don't age as well as men but in the case of WKRP the ladies fared better than most of the guys. Never did hear from Bucky Dornster again though. They got rid of the union man quick.....hmm.
Hah - I mean, Bill Dial was really a writer (and later producer) so his appearances as Bucky were I think a case of right place, right time. I went by “Bailey” at work for years mostly because of WKRP. :)
WKRP was a funny show and it's a god damn shame it didn't' last at least another 3 seasons!! It deserved to but CBS screwed around with the time slot so much. The first 2 seasons it was on Mondays at 9:30 right after MASH where it was getting good ratings. Then for the last 2 seasons they moved it around to all different nights and times then cancelled it because of low ratings; well OF COURSE it got low ratings-viewers couldn't find it a lot of times. And back then the only way to know when a show was on was to look in the newspaper.
Music rights were changing too. It used to be a very low fee to play a record on TV. That's why American Bandstand and SNL music performers were all lipsync...otherwise they had to pay the performers union scale minimum....however to promote themselves they could appear for free.
Supposedly CBS and Hugh Wilson didn't get along. CBS would try to tell him what to do with the show and what they didn't want and Hugh ignored them and went with his vision. That's why I assume CBS tried to sabotage the show and dump it
@@isaiahmarker407 happened with almost every series as producers did what they wanted to do and networks just lit the lights, sold and took tickets. Edward R Murrow Rod Serling Gene Roddenberry Norman Lear Glenn Gordon Caron Sidney Sheldon Sherwood Swartz Marlo Thomas (not counting the arguments with her Dad and Desilu) MASH.... All, and many more, had network arguments, debates and pressures. It finally comes down to, is this thing profitable enough to accept the insubordinate static.....like any employment.
Didn't hide the fact of Jan Smithers being a beautiful woman from me. Oh man guys went crazy over Loni and rightfully so but being a young man I locked onto Jan's eyes. I think she is the woman that finally broke the spell I was under from Linda Ronstadt. Yep I wasn't big on blondes. Anyway the whole cast was funny especially so "The Big Guy" Dr. Fever was cool and Tim Reid was brilliant in the show. Why'd they need Andy for eh ? Guess one of em had to be sane but Jan was sane..can't leave out Les Nessman "something is being dropped from the helicopter" and Frank Bonner selling airtime to an electronics store owner..Jan give me a call any damn time you want to gorgeous.
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What a tremendous gentleman, a great short interview. I loved WKRP in Cincinnati, that show was really ahead of its time. It really shows how great it was because it has been off the air for over 40 years now, and we are still talking about it.
WKRP is one of my all time favorite shows. RIP Howard, Frank, and Gordon.
Don't forget Carol Bruce. =^..^=
I'm 55 now . Loved that show , watched it every time it came on , part of growing up . Every actor and actress on that program was great !
Imo. WKRP was some of the funniest/best tv that has ever been on. R.I.P. Dr. Fever you will be greatly missed.
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@@bobco638 no doubt..the warmth of the charachters and the writing was flawless
And RIP Frank Bonner.
@@ozziewarrens8804 RIP Big Guy and his mom
I felt chagrin that we didn't see more of Sandy, but it turns out that TV was a stepping stone to theater, which is what he really wanted.
Along with Barney Miller, WKRP was one of the most underrated sitcoms
Let’s not forget Taxi! “What does a yellow light mean?”
Sadly, it ended all too soon. I'm glad we got four seasons but it should have gone 8, 10. Damned network fools.
Was great to see Gary he looks great.
One of my favourite shows. Didn't shy away from serious issues, or flying turkeys. RIP Howard.
Gary was and still is just a cool dude, and that photo of him man he looked like a rock star….👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
He sure looked different back in 1969 when he was at Woodstock
Exactly my dear friend and brother what a handsome guy
Gary STILL has great hair.
Haha, I said that on another WKRP video , here on RUclips. The guy was the epitome of late 70's cool/handsome - I bet Gary Sandy had women literally throwing themselves at him during WKRP's height of success. What a great show, great time to be alive.
That was one of the running gags on the show comments about Andy's hair. LOL.
I was thinking the exact same thing!
One of Bailey’s lines in one episode, in reference to Andy’s hair: “Now that stuff’ll flow.”
What a great show WKRP was, thank goodness I’ve got the box set so I can still watch it whenever I want to….👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
One of the Great TV shows! I still watch the reruns.
It just dawned on me he has a great voice. Deep and resonate. He should have made a fortune on that alone...
He did do a lot of radio dramas.
Excellent interview. Gary is hilarious and a class act to sit through this interview. Loved the old W K R P episodes!
I always respected Gary as the top billed guy on WKRP. Although he was constantly upstaged by the other characters, he was the glue that balanced all the episodes during the entire run of the series.
Being memorable as the straight man isn't always easy but he did it as well as any.
I always liked Andy's calm demeanor, people skills and diplomacy. All the other characters had some sort of quirk, varying levels of insecurity, hangup or preoccupation. Probably true of every workplace.
@@msr1116 Ironically Hugh Wilson who created and wrote the show said that Gary had to be slowed down. "Heroes never hurry" was his quote. He had so much energy on the set that I guess thats why Loni Anderson said he was like a nuclear explosion in a small area. I never heard that before, its pretty funny.
Right, the reason WKRP along with Barney Miller and Andy Griffith were successful was that the creators were smart enough to surround the star with funny people, thereby the stars were funnier because they played off their costars so well
@@jennifersman7990 bob newhart, seinfeld, a lot of shows did that.
I really miss WKRP!
It could have gone on for another 6 or 7 seasons as far as I'm concerned.
Great interview! It's always fun to learn a little something from an insider on one of my favorite shows. The character Andy was like the eye of the storm, with everyone else so extreme and out there, and Mr. Sandy did a really good job of being the "sane guy" in a way which heightened the comedy. His observations about Ms. Smithers line up with the times I remember doing a doubletake when they'd light and film Bailey a certain way. She was straight-up gorgeous, the perfect Mary-Ann to Jennifer's Ginger. RIP, Mr. Hesseman!
The Turkey Drop Episode has to be one of the top ten funniest sitcom episodes ever.
My all time favorite show, I have all 4 seasons with the original songs.
That's a rarity. The copyright issues prevented some of the songs from being inckuded in their original form
@@tdunph4250 Here's how I did it. I converted the entire series to mp4 format, most of the songs are still the originals with the exception of a few. I found out which songs were changed and found the clips on youtube of the original songs, people have uploaded the parts with the original songs, Van Halen, The Stones and the Eagles were the most noticeable. I downloaded the clips and spliced them in where it had been changed. Here's a sample of one of the clips ruclips.net/video/rdnOXjTu4ww/видео.html
@@kenlompart9905I am quite impressed.👍👍.
Wow really loved this show was in HS the music was the soundtrack of my teenage years and that music has stood the test of time!
Always had the hots for "Bailey" whether she was "stacked" or not 🥰 Thanks for posting
One reason it seems to have been around longer than four good years is the success of the syndiation run. I was finally old enough to turn on whatever show I wanted, and that's how I tend to remember it.
He was so key in making WKRP a great show. WKRP had a lot of interesting lessons and took on serious issues like race and war.
Let's ALL have another drink!!! lol Second best episode to Turkeys Away! I would never recognize Gary Sandy today if he walked by me.
I only ever bought two TV show dvd box sets - WKRP was the other one. Watched it religiously when it first aired way back in the day. Best sitcom ever. Gary's voice hasn't changed one iota - instantly recognizable.
I have the Blondie Parallel Lines Gold Record that hung on the wall at WKRP in seasons 2-4. Got it from Skip D'Amico who worked on the show and his name can be seen in the credits at the end of each show. Also have Loni's WKRP Satin Baseball Jacket and the T-Shirt she wore in the WKRP vs WPIG Softball game. She put all her WKRP Memorabilia up for sale about 5 years ago at a Los Angeles auction house.
Thank you Robert❗
WKRP was the show that inspired me to be a DJ right out of high school. My first job was late night at a country station and I'd show up for work with hair past my shoulders and a Black Sabbath shirt to spin Johnny Cash and George Jones. My coworkers actually nicknamed me Dr Johnny Fever lol.
I've wondered about Micheal E. Wilson late hrs back 1973 or 74 in Watertown n. y. Nice guy
A friend of mine was a Country DJ and HATED when she had to play George Jones "He Stopped Clubbing Her Today."
"Bailey was stacked! You couldn't tell by the way they dressed her but..." Oh, trust us Gary, there are plenty of us who knew. Our attitude was more "you can have your Loni, I'm going with Jan, the real gem".
The turkey drop is my all time favorite episode. I even got a shirt about it, on the front it says "First Annual WKRP Turkey Drop", it has the date that episode aired and the the bottom is the most iconic statement ever uttered on tv, " As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!". I wear it every Thanksgiving.
My favorite was ' the phone cops"
Mine is Ferryman's Funeral Home
@@shimmy5737 When Johnny told Cincinnati to bring their trash to city hall and his voice froze up or Vickie Von Vickie or the 5k give away - name these 6 songs.
@@gilbertdare5921 and they were real 30 yrs later
@@gilbertdare5921 ironically paranoid Johnny was waaay ahead of his time, he was already onto the phone cops back then without even knowing Facebook + Google etc were still decades away & able to track our every move!!! He tried to warn us, and we just thought he was conspiracy theorist!!!!🤣👍😎😎
Oh Yeah, Bailey was my dream girl. Even at 10 I knew a good thing when I saw it. Smoking hot! WKRP still holds up today. I re watched every episode on You Tube about 5 years ago. One of the greats.
Gary has the best voice.
Loved the series
I worked at the same factory where Gary's father worked. (BTW, this factory was started as an airplane factory by Orville Wright)(Franklin Sousley,a flag raiser at Iwo Jima also worked there.)
In fact, Gordan Jump graduated from the same high school as myself.
Gary and Gordan grew up about 4 miles apart. Though years apart.
Gary(Moraine,OHIO), Gordan(Centerville,OHIO)
I thought I knew all the WKRP trivia there was to know till now, thanks for that new bit of info.
Bailey was definitely the hottie of the show. Smokin’….
Her Scar was noticable but she was fantabulos.
@@kenperk9854 what scar?
@@daddyosink4413 on her cheek
@@daddyosink4413 she was in a car Wreck in high school. It cost her some rolls.
@@kenperk9854 I thought it was on her chin.
Anouther versatile actor over the years! Was great on WKRP of course!
WKRP was quite popular in the UK as well. At the time there were a lot of upstart radio stations in the UK and the kind of things that went on at WKRP were thought to be what went on at those stations. Mainly it was because few if anyone at the stations knew how to run a radio station.
At the time, I didn’t realize just how beautiful Jan Smithers was.
Can you imagine someone in an interview today saying one of their co-stars was "stacked"? The friggin' world would end .... sexist ... misogynist ... body shaming ... hate crime ... ugh.
Coming from Gary, that's a compliment.
I guess the passage of time makes a difference, plus it could be worded differently today
Required viewing for a teenage boy back in the day in New Zealand.....and later on with the rerun's after high school! Great cast every single member....and the lovely Bailey Quarters was waited on for every appearance!
Gary has and had easily the best hair in a sitcom. ;)
The difference over how many episodes is because they did several 1-hour eps that were split into 2 eps in syndication. So, Howard counted those as 2.
Would be nice if they all came back for a reunion episode, if not a mini-series... if not a whole series of WKRP. Of course, certain actors would not be e able to make it like Hesseman, God bless his soul.
Not mention Gordon Jump & Frank Bonner
@@jennifersman7990 Them too. I didn't have time to do research so I just posted what I knew
There was a revival called the New WKRP in Cincinnati. It ran for two seasons.
@@Alacritous I do know about New WKRP and the abysmal project it was. The casting director acted like (s)he never saw the original show. Granted there were a few good choices like [character names] Razor D, Mona Loveland and even Buddy was a hoot with his dry sense of humor.
Gary, going way, way back, you were one of the most frightening and tragic one-off characters on Starsky and Hutch. You stole the show.
I have that poster on my wall downstairs. Got it when i was 10 or 11.
Calgary loves you back.
Great show
You are awesome
In the baseball episode you can tell Jan was stacked. Check when the team wins lose to the end. When Loni and she jump and run to the team to celebrate.
First saw him on "All That Glitters"
Dang but Bailey has the cutest nose.
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My Dad was a real dj on a community station in Cincinnati 1974_2012 the staff was just that goofy, but no turkey drops
Watching WKRP as a young teen, I started to seriously consider career in radio broadcasting.
Same here, I still remember seeing clips from the first episode before it aired and saying “THAT’S what I wanna do!” Never got on the air but I know it would’ve been fun
Unfortunately WKRP was foreshadowing the end of the radio rock song jocks...most are automated stations like the one shown in the Christmas Carol dream and Venus' big break.
there's a couple DOUBLE episodes. so it depends on how you count those. also, there's suppose to be a public serve anouncement type show maybe ten minutes long. a fella could count that too. if he had a mind to.
Andy still looks the same!
His hair does anyway.
@@kenlompart9905 he never changes it’s strange!!!
Dang! His hair is still great
Absolutely perfect hair
It's funny Gary should say Jan Smithers (Bailey Quarters) was "stacked"... because after seeing Jennifer Marlowe (Loni Anderson) in an outfit like Bailey would wear, I wished so to see Bailey in something from Jennifer's evening wear collection.
But then, I wish to see Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster) in something that complimented--not obscured--her amazing development... before she got a reduction! =;D
True, at least Modern Family viewers could see Ariel Winter (Alex Dunphy) before and after her reduction
And Jennifer Love Hewitt made no secret of her development
What a compliment from Loni- nuclear explosion in a tight package. That’s how I wanna be remembered by chicks!
Love the turkey 🦃 show
Frank Bonner died last year
Gary still looks good
Absolutely looks amazing
Oh yes WKRP back in the day we were glued to the tv every night I forget what day the television show was on but it was a great night for TV so many shows I think mash was on the same night but a different hour we were all trying funny things and smoking crazy things singing Sweet home Alabama all night long and Gary was right Bailey was stacked she was way hotter than Loni Anderson RIP Dr. Johnny fever Mr. Carlson and Herb Tarlek
Right it was on Monday nights, 8pm I believe
I agree, I think Bailey was sexier than Loni Anderson
Legend.
So handsome from 69 to now !! Wow!!!
Got to tell you, the old question of Ginger or Maryann got me thinking, what about Bailey or Maryann. As much as I love Mariann, I'd have to go with Bailey.
Im sure Jan Smithers loves being talked about this way
Top 3 sitcoms of all time. Fawlty Towers, WKRP and Cheers. Work place sitcoms make for funnier, more adult themed comedy. Writing, casting, all brilliant.
Imagine WKRP today, where all the characters are woke and DEI runs the station. The horror.
They don't make them like they used to. Old school is the best school.
In episode didn't he sell out to mama carlson
Can't recall all of the episode
He was good looking but dr fever was the 🔥 one‼
He made a deal with Mama - if he was able to keep the union out , she'd put more money into the station.
If that's the one you're referring to.
Rip to both Johnny fever and
They didn't ALWAYS hide Jan Smithers, certainly the audience was quite well aware, although its funny to hear a fellow actor say "stacked". At the interview Loni said they wrote the two women well together but a LITTLE friction would have been interesting between them. Although you can look at it from two sides, but as Bailey started dressing up and up, Jennifer Marlowe started doing the same, so maybe there was an undercurrent there.
She lived around Halifax Nova Scotia for awhile and lived as an artist, then travelled to a lot of the world building homes for the poor. I think she had some mental health problems but then acting is a crazy profession, you have to be a little out there to begin with. But it was nice to see her at the Shout Factory panel discussion which is available on RUclips, she even gets a few sentences in. They usually say women don't age as well as men but in the case of WKRP the ladies fared better than most of the guys. Never did hear from Bucky Dornster again though. They got rid of the union man quick.....hmm.
Hah - I mean, Bill Dial was really a writer (and later producer) so his appearances as Bucky were I think a case of right place, right time.
I went by “Bailey” at work for years mostly because of WKRP. :)
Jan looked amazing in those tight Levi's
Time is a thief indeed. He should embrace it
What does he mean they made no money, all those time they had those free tickets on Celebrity Cruises!
WKRP. The Best
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Gotta agree with Gary, Jan was a babe!👍
wow i wonder if loni called him out on saying she used to look good. did he think she was dead?
OMG 😱 the Woodstock picture was so f ing hot
90 episodes per IMDB
WOOOO, HALIFAX!
WKRP was a funny show and it's a god damn shame it didn't' last at least another 3 seasons!! It deserved to but CBS screwed around with the time slot so much. The first 2 seasons it was on Mondays at 9:30 right after MASH where it was getting good ratings. Then for the last 2 seasons they moved it around to all different nights and times then cancelled it because of low ratings; well OF COURSE it got low ratings-viewers couldn't find it a lot of times. And back then the only way to know when a show was on was to look in the newspaper.
When program times are being shifted it's a sign the broadcaster wants to dump it.
Music rights were changing too.
It used to be a very low fee to play a record on TV. That's why American Bandstand and SNL music performers were all lipsync...otherwise they had to pay the performers union scale minimum....however to promote themselves they could appear for free.
Supposedly CBS and Hugh Wilson didn't get along. CBS would try to tell him what to do with the show and what they didn't want and Hugh ignored them and went with his vision. That's why I assume CBS tried to sabotage the show and dump it
@@isaiahmarker407 happened with almost every series as producers did what they wanted to do and networks just lit the lights, sold and took tickets.
Edward R Murrow
Rod Serling
Gene Roddenberry
Norman Lear
Glenn Gordon Caron
Sidney Sheldon
Sherwood Swartz
Marlo Thomas (not counting the arguments with her Dad and Desilu)
MASH....
All, and many more, had network arguments, debates and pressures. It finally comes down to, is this thing profitable enough to accept the insubordinate static.....like any employment.
As god is my witness, I thought WKRP was a great show!
Gary was bangin' the hell outta Loni Anderson for years ...
True story...
Didn't hide the fact of Jan Smithers being a beautiful woman from me. Oh man guys went crazy over Loni and rightfully so but being a young man I locked onto Jan's eyes. I think she is the woman that finally broke the spell I was under from Linda Ronstadt. Yep I wasn't big on blondes. Anyway the whole cast was funny especially so "The Big Guy" Dr. Fever was cool and Tim Reid was brilliant in the show. Why'd they need Andy for eh ? Guess one of em had to be sane but Jan was sane..can't leave out Les Nessman "something is being dropped from the helicopter" and Frank Bonner selling airtime to an electronics store owner..Jan give me a call any damn time you want to gorgeous.
Why....why didn't you ask WHY Gary left W.K.R.P?!?!?
He didn't leave. The show was cancelled. He and Jan Smithers had already left Hollywood when the 90's reboot was being cast and both declined cameos.
I don’t care what anybody says Jan Smithers was way hotter than Loni Anderson. That is all!