This episode was well done! I love the acting, humor, style! Wish our current society could possibly grasp this kind of humor. Sorry,..I'm 61 and it's actually nice to laugh my head off at W.K.R.P!
I guess that's what happened to casting for a "white"reporter was looked over ...I mean I was wondering why a native American, or maybe Mexican is calling himself white. I don't know what he is, but he's not white. Love the show. I remember this episode the best from its original airing cause of Venus's get up.
I think one of the best thinks about WKRP is that it never seemed to have an overt 'forced' plot, or 'set up joke/punch line'. These actors seemed to be genuine in their roles, and the characters seem 'real' and not just caricatures.
That’s it exactly, it’s like you’ve somehow managed to get a peek into a real life radio station. Not a show, real people and not actors. It’s like they’re just being themselves not acting at all.
And don’t forget about the actors all working together on a believable show. I liked it then and I’m happy to watch it on RUclips They fit together like the actors on Mash.
Yes, you're right, one of the best ways to get a message across is using humour - you may not notice initially but just enjoy the comedy and then consider the real message behind the humour.
I wanted to be Venus as a young teen... Whenever he had a sweet lady in the booth, had the lights low and shared a bottle of wine... He was cool!! I knew a DJ was the life for me. I LOVED this show and all the actors.
Interesting segment ... From 1976 - 1984 I worked in black radio in Oklahoma City -- The station was a mix of blacks as well as whites -- within a year , I was the only white broadcaster ,,,, my shift was midnight to six -- the format was jazz , blues , soul -- KAEZ F M 107.7 was the only black station in the city and the only black owned station in the state -- I learned from the broadcasters there , to ignore anyone that might call me when I was on air and ask me what I was doing there -- and that did happen not only from just a few in the black audience , but from whites asking me why I didn't work for white stations -- eventually, and sooner than later , the audience swore by me ,,,like I said " the format was jazz and blues and soul , and the owner Jimmy Miller told me to play only jazz and blues -- and I started listening to jazz probably in the womb but knowingly when I was 5 ,, my mother comes from a very cultured area in the world , an island in the Carribbean , property of Colombia -- I don't see anything racist about this segment of WKRP // and I completely respect that station as well as the broadcasters where I once work in OKC ,,,,, 3 years after leaving in 1984 , that experience got me hired at KKGO LA -- the biggest 24/7 commercial jazz station in America --
Still crushing on Johnny Fever all these years later. My favorite episode was "Commercial Break." "Hey, you're young and swingin'. No time to think about tomorrow. But there ain't no way to deny it. Someday you're gonna buy it..."
One of my favorites. Richard Sanders co-wrote the episode. He clearly did his research, including reading The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford.
I just watched another video about the cast of WKRP. It was a "then and now" video... When the show was on I was pre and early teens. I ways thought the cast was older and Mr. Carlson was really old. He was like 43 when the shows opened.... I am now 52 and realize now more than ever that age is relative. They have all remained the same (on the video) and I have passed them. My gosh how precious life is.
Just watched this show for the first time the other day (born in 89) an I've gotta say it's one of the best ever made. The comedy, the lessons, the way the stories weave. I'm hooked.
One, I agree. This show was ahead of it's time. Racial issues, abortion, etc. Cutting edge, we just didn't know it. And two..Jan Smithers is hot as hell..
This episode is filled with so much truth, I can’t take it. Especially the first minute with Les Nessman. And that theme song is the only one I know all the words too.
Really? Not "who can turn the world on with her smile? Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?" Or perhaps "Well we're movin' on up, to the east side..."? (Crickets)
my dad and i still talk about this show , our all time fav was the thanksgiving episode they ran a promotion and threw turkey's out of the chopper and less is doing play by play even after all these years it still gets me tearing up with laughter
"As God is my witness...i thought turkeys could fly" Still one of the funniest things ever to air on television. I still laugh so hard i start getting light headed because I'm on the verge of hyperventilating lol
I LOVED this show growing up, I wanted to be a DJ like Johnny Fever, even went to broadcasting school, never made it on the air. Oh well, life must’ve had other plans for me
*Jennifer to Herb* - "Now, I want you to go down to the garage, look at all the cars, pick-out the seat covers you like best & wear them home". *Ha ha ha!*
@Nelson Robert Willis Loni is tiny. I worked with her on a TV pilot a couple of years ago. I was standing behind her getting lunch. She was about 5ft 7 (with 4 inch heels on) She looked amazing. Barely aged.
Everyone was more likable then. We grew up on face-to-face interaction, not social media, and learned early on that there were immediate negative consequences if we treated people horribly. We knew better than to spout off the first ugly comment that came to mind. Nastiness was not continuously rewarded as "edgy". The internet is anonymous enough to prevent people from developing their inner filters...and people are consequently getting more malicious every day. A show like this would be unlikely to succeed now. It's got too much genuine thoughtfulness and not enough vicious hyperbole.
If you look very carefully at the cover of the book Jennifer's reading, you see that it's a copy of Ulysses by James Joyce. A VERY subtle hint that this is a VERY smart woman.
That really made her character memorable and interesting. I don't think they ever answered the question of how or why this incredibly smart, beautiful, classy woman was working as a receptionist at a two-bit radio station. One of the funniest episodes was where an inspector was coming in to review the station. Andy knew that no matter what he did, this guy was going to give the station a bad report. Instead of trying to get everyone to act on their best behavior, he had everyone act exactly the opposite of usual. Suddenly, Jennifer is a complete airhead, who can't accomplish the simplest task, or remember anything from one moment to the next. When the review guy gives his bad report to Mr Carlson's mother, it's obvious to her that the guy had been completely fooled.
@@andrewwilliams9599 My biggest laugh from that episode is when they are touring the station, turn a corner, and Venus(the most chill, calm, non violent person you could think of) is holding a knife on Johnny Fever, like he's mugging him. There's no dialog; it's just the absolute absurdity and ridiculousness of the situation, so obviously staged and fake to the viewer, that makes it hilarious.
I had forgotten about this episode. Tim Reid and Tom Dreeson were a comedy act in the late 60s-early 70s. It was Tim’s change from the corporate world to a career in entertainment. “Tim and Tom” were the first interracial comedy act.
The “hunting for old Guy Lombardo records and smoking dope” line from Carlson is brilliant. It’s so unbelievably out of character that maybe he’s telling the truth?
Fun fact, the actor playing Ted Jeffries, Art Metrano, also played Lt. Mauser in the "Police Academy" movies, the first of which was directed by Hugh Wilson, creator and executive producer of "WKRP in Cincinnati."
Michael Glickman Art Metrano had an act he did on Carson and the other talk and variety shows. He’d do bad magic acts while singing ‘ Da da da-da ‘ as a fanfare for his ‘big’ pay-off! Don’t ask what the song was , I never learned the title.
I was a couch potato growing up. I still am,😄 I watched alot of TV. This was one of my favorite shows. The theme song is catchy I find myself singing along. Jennifer & Johnny are my two favorite characters.
I remember watching this episode as a kid, and it just stuck with me over the years. I'm 58, and for most of my career, I've been the only black guy in the department. This episode is just as meaningful now, if not more. Great writing!
Fantastic episode and totally relevant today. Deals with the issue of race with warmth, grace, and humor. Also identity crisis and changing to please others. This show was perfect.
Mikiness Analog Thank goodness we have your helpful and constructive contribution to advance the cause of rapprochement. Your warmth, grace, and humor are a shining beacon to all.
@@MikinessAnalog - Of course you're right. you obviously hurt poor annes feelings. liberals can't handle anything outside of the little box that they put everyone in. they live in fantasy land. thats why this generations biggest films are of disney characters and super heroes that don't actually exist.
I said the same thing. I have a couple versions of WKRP. Non-ASCAP (with the original music) and ASCAP (production music in place of the real songs) and this was cut from both. AWESOME!!
My favorite WKRP episodes are the Thanksgiving episode, the bomb episode (in which Johnny gets paranoid about the "phone cops" and smashes the phone), the disco Johnny episode, the one when Jennifer gets an inheritance from her old boss, and Bailey and Johnny living together (the scene where Bailey walks out of the bedroom wearing Johnny's T-shirt).
The one with Bailey and Johnny living together and Bailey coming to work in tights jeans is my sentimental favorite. I have a big crush on Bailey also.
At 2:58, while in conversation, Herb takes 3 pencils from the holder, tapes them together, then writes something. What? Why? It isn't something that people do, it doesn't drive the plot or even the scene. But dammit, now that I see it, I'll always see it! One of the best things about this show is the little details, the WTF things you don't see until the fifth or sixth time through. I can't tell you how many times I saw this and never noticed that before! Frank Bonner was a genuine comic genius!
Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen were a comedy team known as "Tim and Tom" in the late 60s and early 1970s. Dreesen plays the magazine guy interviewing Venus in this episode.
@@pattihawks8514 I thought the actor looked familiar and then I saw his name. I had Comedy Hour tapes of him back in the early 1990's. I remember he said he came from Harvey, IL. Said he was like the only white guy in his school sort of situation growing up.
How I loved this show as a kid, my parents always tried to stop me from watching it but I convinced them I didn't understand the sex jokes 🤣 I still love the show!
The guy from Life magazine is Tom Dreesen. This is from Wikipedia Dreesen grew up in Harvey, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago.[1] He attended Thornton Township High School there. While working as an insurance salesman in 1968, he met Tim Reid through a local Jaycee chapter,[2] and the two teamed up as Tim and Tom, the first biracial stand-up comedy duo in the United States.
@@TonyMontana-qv8cx It was drilled into us back in the day. Talk over the intro and outro's. The more popular a song was, the more it was ... "encouraged" by station management.
@@NJP76 yep. And today radio (as we knew it) is pretty much dead. DJs, announcers, newscasters, etc are gone except in major markets. Today with the internet, music or radio station apps (iheart, Tunein, Spotify, Amazon, Apple) jobs in "radio" are totally different. I remember dubbing songs onto carts, cutting commercials, PSAs, killing time during Saturday college football games, Cardinals baseball games, etc. Oh those good old days.
When i was growing up on the farm we knew all the names of the local discjockies because we were always out working and all we had was that radio to stay in touch with the world.
Oh man. Every episode was iconic. This show was the backbone to everything I know about comedic television and...... I miss the he'll out of this show. I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati!!!🙏🏼🩷
00:03 Good start with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' song 'Magnolia' from 1978. Made me happy!!! Greets to all you fans out there! Got here by chance (autoplay).
Nice episode. The white guy from the magazine was facing the same things that Venus was at WKRP. Venus presented himself as a stereotype he thought the man was expecting while the reporter was confident enough to not put on a false front where he worked. In the end, color doesn't really matter if you don't emphasize it and that was the point.
Yeah, now (2021) we are regressing. not society. just the pushers of thought. dont worry, we have the most diverse people running this country. we's be in good hands.
SpockBoy yep! Nobody is the bad guy. They're all flawed (except Jennifer which is also written to be funny) which makes them very relatable. Writers today could learn a lot from them.
because this show like Barney Miller plays off each characters personalities. People just write goofs saying no sequitor lines and running around like idiots.
Wow! Prince William’s birth getting a mention in this episode. Also it wouldn’t be a WKRP comments section without me and everyone else professing our infatuation with Jan Smithers.
The actor who played the man interviewing Venus is comedian Tom Dreesen. He and Tim Reid, whom Dreeson met through a local Jaycee chapter in 1968, were a comedy duo in the late 60s and 70s. They were the first biracial comedy team.
You and I have very similar tastes! Will you be my black friend charlton myers? ...even though I am in California, I don't live in the rich weirdo part.
Rip to Frank Bonner who passed away at 79 years old earlier this year. Funny actor great show and Yes I thought that Bailey quarters was cute too I was only 8-9 years old in 1979 when the show first aired
Love the original series from 1978-1982, RIP to both Mr Carlson and the producer Hugh Wilson who passed away last year and the one thing that I always wondered what happened with the original mother character from the pilot
Carol Bruce (the official mother) was a tv acress and the first one was more a film actress I believe. She either didn't want to do it or couldn't come back so they recast. The original mom was in Beetlejuice - she's the after administrator.
The original "Mama" (in the pilot) was Sylvia Sidney. I've heard she wasn't very pleasant and didn't understand the comedy. (But I don't think that's why she didn't come back). The above response sounds plausible.
@@barbaracataldo566 hello Barbara I'm Peter from Hamilton Ontario Canada I'll be 48 years old in July and a stroke and cardiac arrest survivor but always been a fan of that show among others including Seinfeld, cheers. and yes it was odd that she never came back. Hope you are safe where ever you are
@@vassa1972 I'm just a little south of you in the good ol' U.S. (cough) A Since I've been in self quarantine (for years, it seems), I've been bingeing on WKRP.
@@barbaracataldo566 hey Barbara it sucks now but stupid question I'm not far away from the border to Buffalo which is where my brother Chris and his family lives I think its a 2 hour drive?, And I don't anything about you can I leave you my cell phone so you can text me it's 289-775-4070 thanks or leave me your number. I'm devorced with no kids.
It's amazing how many guys loved Jan. Me, I really liked her character and charm. And she was FUNNY! And I finally figured out who Les reminds me of - Big Bird!
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Venus: "White kids don't want to grow up to be black djs."
Johnny: "I did!"
I freakin' love this show.
F.n0f.n0n
One of my all time favorite lines from the show!
When I was little, I thought Bailey was the prettiest girl in the world, and today I don't think much different. She's beautiful!!
Well, there's probably a good reason why James Brolin
married her.
No argument here. I had a bit of a crush on her.
She had the hottest curves this side of Penthouse magazine!!!
she's dead
I always liked her better than Loni Anderson.
This episode was well done! I love the acting, humor, style!
Wish our current society could possibly grasp this kind of humor.
Sorry,..I'm 61 and it's actually nice to laugh my head off at W.K.R.P!
totally agree ! different world
Was one of my late brother's favorite shows.
RIP Doctor...and yes, we will think of you once in a while...hail hail rock and roll.
Who's going to tell the kids about Bo Diddley?
Fun fact: Tom Dresson and Tim Reid were once a stand up comedy buddy act. This on screen reunion is gold. The
That's some awesome info. Thank you for relating it.👍😁☑️
I guess that's what happened to casting for a "white"reporter was looked over ...I mean I was wondering why a native American, or maybe Mexican is calling himself white. I don't know what he is, but he's not white. Love the show. I remember this episode the best from its original airing cause of Venus's get up.
@@sg-yq8pm you think,. You think he looked white?
WKRP IN CINCINNATI...is still one of my all time favorite, Old School Classic Shows
This show was beyond excellent.
More than yes, I agree excessively.
My Dad watched this show religously, I will never forget the theme song.
RIP Frank Bonner!
Did you wear your best clothes and stand and yell AMEN periodically while watching? 😅
I think one of the best thinks about WKRP is that it never seemed to have an overt 'forced' plot, or 'set up joke/punch line'. These actors seemed to be genuine in their roles, and the characters seem 'real' and not just caricatures.
That’s it exactly, it’s like you’ve somehow managed to get a peek into a real life radio station. Not a show, real people and not actors. It’s like they’re just being themselves not acting at all.
This show was thoughtful and well written and all the characters were portrayed with empathy. I so loved it. The serious episodes especially.
Yea when Herb tries to cheat and finally gets a woman and then can’t because he loves his wife!
Still great after 40 years
Ok boomer
@@thesweeples3266pipsqueak.
One of the best written shows of all time. Brilliant writting, comedy with a messaage!
And that message was laugh yr a$$ off AND be kind.
And don’t forget about the actors all working together on a believable show. I liked it then and I’m happy to watch it on RUclips
They fit together like the actors on Mash.
I Agree 100% - Very well written & an example our Country needs to hear today !!!
Agree
Yes, you're right, one of the best ways to get a message across is using humour - you may not notice initially but just enjoy the comedy and then consider the real message behind the humour.
I always loved how Venus dissed Herb's clothes while wearing a gold jacket.
Tim Reid is so awesome thru the entire series.
FACTS !!!!
Cooler than the other side of the pillow.
I wanted to be Venus as a young teen... Whenever he had a sweet lady in the booth, had the lights low and shared a bottle of wine... He was cool!! I knew a DJ was the life for me. I LOVED this show and all the actors.
@@bridgeman11 I saw a bunch of episodes of Franks Place. I also loved him in Simon and Simon
Interesting segment ... From 1976 - 1984 I worked in black radio in Oklahoma City -- The station was a mix of blacks as well as whites -- within a year , I was the only white broadcaster ,,,, my shift was midnight to six -- the format was jazz , blues , soul -- KAEZ F M 107.7 was the only black station in the city and the only black owned station in the state -- I learned from the broadcasters there , to ignore anyone that might call me when I was on air and ask me what I was doing there -- and that did happen not only from just a few in the black audience , but from whites asking me why I didn't work for white stations -- eventually, and sooner than later , the audience swore by me ,,,like I said " the format was jazz and blues and soul , and the owner Jimmy Miller told me to play only jazz and blues -- and I started listening to jazz probably in the womb but knowingly when I was 5 ,, my mother comes from a very cultured area in the world , an island in the Carribbean , property of Colombia -- I don't see anything racist about this segment of WKRP // and I completely respect that station as well as the broadcasters where I once work in OKC ,,,,, 3 years after leaving in 1984 , that experience got me hired at KKGO LA -- the biggest 24/7 commercial jazz station in America --
Andy: "ah lets see, no, can't afford you, and I can't afford to be seen with Herb..." LOL
RIP Dr. Johnny Fever. We miss you already my friend.
Still crushing on Johnny Fever all these years later. My favorite episode was "Commercial Break." "Hey, you're young and swingin'. No time to think about tomorrow. But there ain't no way to deny it. Someday you're gonna buy it..."
So very right, fellow "behbeh".
One of my favorites. Richard Sanders co-wrote the episode. He clearly did his research, including reading The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford.
RIP Hugh Wilson the creator of WKRP in Cincinnati Thank you for the laughs and bringing this amazing cast together.
Also the writer of the movie "Down Periscope" which was hilarious.
Sad. Saw him at their reunion. Think about only time we’ve seen Ms Smithers since that fantastic show. Too bad “Mr Carson” has left us too.
@@2Evan Gordon Jump, also was the Maytag Repairman and he Skakey's Pizza commercials.
@@rockvilleraven Jump also graduated from the same high school as myself.
Centerville , Ohio H S home of the elks.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 His aunt and uncle lived next door to us in Dayton and we got to meet him when he visited them. Very nice guy.
I loved this show. The writers were brilliant.
this was one of the moet original series on tv ever
This was a very smart, well written show.
I just watched another video about the cast of WKRP. It was a "then and now" video...
When the show was on I was pre and early teens. I ways thought the cast was older and Mr. Carlson was really old. He was like 43 when the shows opened.... I am now 52 and realize now more than ever that age is relative. They have all remained the same (on the video) and I have passed them. My gosh how precious life is.
Just watched this show for the first time the other day (born in 89) an I've gotta say it's one of the best ever made. The comedy, the lessons, the way the stories weave. I'm hooked.
Watched this show all the time as a young teen with my dad and older brother. Seeing it now brings back great memories.
RIP Dad, I miss you.💕
One, I agree. This show was ahead of it's time. Racial issues, abortion, etc. Cutting edge, we just didn't know it. And two..Jan Smithers is hot as hell..
I'd wager your a Mary Ann fan, not a Ginger. ;))
@@crankychris2 He's not alone!
This episode is filled with so much truth, I can’t take it. Especially the first minute with Les Nessman.
And that theme song is the only one I know all the words too.
Really? Not "who can turn the world on with her smile? Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?" Or perhaps "Well we're movin' on up, to the east side..."?
(Crickets)
That Les was secretly gay?
Jennifer looked gorgeous in that blue dress!
And Bailey …. Bailey, Bailey, Bailey.
Always beautiful :)
40 years and I still know every name and every word to the theme, but I can’t remember what I did last week.
Maybe last week wasn't as memorable...
my dad and i still talk about this show , our all time fav was the thanksgiving episode they ran a promotion and threw turkey's out of the chopper and less is doing play by play even after all these years it still gets me tearing up with laughter
Turkeys Away!!! Love that one
Turkeys away always comes up on thanksgiving lol
"As God is my witness...i thought turkeys could fly"
Still one of the funniest things ever to air on television. I still laugh so hard i start getting light headed because I'm on the verge of hyperventilating lol
I watch it every year!!! 😅
@@debbiewilson9712 me too , its a must watch like the charlie brown thanksgiving hahaha
I liked it when I was a kid and I'm delighted to see the show has aged well.
I LOVED this show growing up, I wanted to be a DJ like Johnny Fever, even went to broadcasting school, never made it on the air. Oh well, life must’ve had other plans for me
*Jennifer to Herb* - "Now, I want you to go down to the garage, look at all the cars, pick-out the seat covers you like best & wear them home". *Ha ha ha!*
The best show that ever aired.
Jan Smithers was so cute.
zedo0: Exactly, WAS.
@Nelson Robert Willis Loni is tiny. I worked with her on a TV pilot a couple of years ago. I was standing behind her getting lunch. She was about 5ft 7 (with 4 inch heels on) She looked amazing. Barely aged.
I can't think of one sitcom today, or in recent memory, that has such likable actors/characters.
Everyone was more likable then. We grew up on face-to-face interaction, not social media, and learned early on that there were immediate negative consequences if we treated people horribly. We knew better than to spout off the first ugly comment that came to mind. Nastiness was not continuously rewarded as "edgy". The internet is anonymous enough to prevent people from developing their inner filters...and people are consequently getting more malicious every day. A show like this would be unlikely to succeed now. It's got too much genuine thoughtfulness and not enough vicious hyperbole.
I agree
This show is one of the top 5 best comedy ensemble EVER on TV.
Taxi?
If you look very carefully at the cover of the book Jennifer's reading, you see that it's a copy of Ulysses by James Joyce. A VERY subtle hint that this is a VERY smart woman.
That really made her character memorable and interesting. I don't think they ever answered the question of how or why this incredibly smart, beautiful, classy woman was working as a receptionist at a two-bit radio station.
One of the funniest episodes was where an inspector was coming in to review the station. Andy knew that no matter what he did, this guy was going to give the station a bad report. Instead of trying to get everyone to act on their best behavior, he had everyone act exactly the opposite of usual. Suddenly, Jennifer is a complete airhead, who can't accomplish the simplest task, or remember anything from one moment to the next. When the review guy gives his bad report to Mr Carlson's mother, it's obvious to her that the guy had been completely fooled.
@@dongilleo9743 she's also the highest paid employee at wkrp.
@@dongilleo9743 I love that episode! Loni Anderson was clearly channeling Judy Holliday for that one. "Oh! Mr. BREEZY!"
@@andrewwilliams9599 My biggest laugh from that episode is when they are touring the station, turn a corner, and Venus(the most chill, calm, non violent person you could think of) is holding a knife on Johnny Fever, like he's mugging him. There's no dialog; it's just the absolute absurdity and ridiculousness of the situation, so obviously staged and fake to the viewer, that makes it hilarious.
@@dongilleo9743 love that bit too!!
I had forgotten about this episode. Tim Reid and Tom Dreeson were a comedy act in the late 60s-early 70s. It was Tim’s change from the corporate world to a career in entertainment.
“Tim and Tom” were the first interracial comedy act.
The “hunting for old Guy Lombardo records and smoking dope” line from Carlson is brilliant. It’s so unbelievably out of character that maybe he’s telling the truth?
Fun fact, the actor playing Ted Jeffries, Art Metrano, also played Lt. Mauser in the "Police Academy" movies, the first of which was directed by Hugh Wilson, creator and executive producer of "WKRP in Cincinnati."
Michael Glickman Art Metrano had an act he did on Carson and the other talk and variety shows. He’d do bad magic acts while singing ‘ Da da da-da ‘ as a fanfare for his ‘big’ pay-off! Don’t ask what the song was , I never learned the title.
@@fgrady1 Poor guy was good then he fell off a ladder and became a quadraplegic.
@@fgrady1 Song was "Fine and Dandy."
@@thehaughtcorner Thanks, I appreciate this!
I love Tim Reid's gentle smile when Bailey came out with an impression that could have been offensive but just wasn't coming from Bailey.
One of the best sitcoms ever
watching while looking at the skyline from KY across the Ohio River at night; absolutely beautiful.........
This show is iconic..
You have to love the Loni and Herb moments...
Timeless. As relevant today as it was when it first aired.
And yet today is a wastedland....
Great tv show,good actors,good writing,good times in the 1980s.
Alright, boomer.
if you listen really close . you can hear Tom Petty playing in the background. R.I.P. Tom.
I was a couch potato growing up. I still am,😄 I watched alot of TV. This was one of my favorite shows. The theme song is catchy I find myself singing along. Jennifer & Johnny are my two favorite characters.
I remember watching this episode as a kid, and it just stuck with me over the years. I'm 58, and for most of my career, I've been the only black guy in the department. This episode is just as meaningful now, if not more. Great writing!
Fantastic episode and totally relevant today. Deals with the issue of race with warmth, grace, and humor. Also identity crisis and changing to please others. This show was perfect.
I agree they couldn't make this episode today which shows we are going backwards...
@@unasperanza9803 You would end up with hate emails from 12 different PC liberal SJWs demanding you be shut down.
Mikiness Analog Thank goodness we have your helpful and constructive contribution to advance the cause of rapprochement. Your warmth, grace, and humor are a shining beacon to all.
@@MikinessAnalog - Of course you're right. you obviously hurt poor annes feelings. liberals can't handle anything outside of the little box that they put everyone in. they live in fantasy land. thats why this generations biggest films are of disney characters and super heroes that don't actually exist.
@@hey_joe7069 Think narcissistic rage & confusion when they encounter others that think & believe differently
the "smokin dope" reference is AWESOME!!!! they cut this out in the syndicated package...THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I said the same thing. I have a couple versions of WKRP. Non-ASCAP (with the original music) and ASCAP (production music in place of the real songs) and this was cut from both. AWESOME!!
One of the best lines ever written.
I just love singing the outro to this legendary show WKRP, to this day I don't know what the F I'm singing but damn, I'm good.
That was the point of the lyrics. A riff on how rock songs are often garbled and incomprehensible. LOL
@@Kaemea Bap-Dem-sap-pop-elateum-mopum-fomestad! Kap-dem-areuba-lap-bamsing-amambob! Kop Dam Stamma-mop-dom Allltta mom-banga....Rop bam-mamma-sam Bemalaa Stat!
@@hulaGUNZ 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🕯️🕯️🕯️(there's no lighter emoji. A cigarette but no lighter. Smh what's become of this generation.)
Damn. You are!
Nailed it. 😊👍
I liked the new look of the lobby here, wish the show could have run longer on CBS, was a great show. :)
The greatest show to hit the air waves!!!
When television was entertaining... and, yeah - Jan Smithers ;)
I forgot how good the ensemble was on this show !
Good quality. Well written, well produced, well acted show. Would never make it to the airwaves now unfortunately.
My favorite WKRP episodes are the Thanksgiving episode, the bomb episode (in which Johnny gets paranoid about the "phone cops" and smashes the phone), the disco Johnny episode, the one when Jennifer gets an inheritance from her old boss, and Bailey and Johnny living together (the scene where Bailey walks out of the bedroom wearing Johnny's T-shirt).
The one with Bailey and Johnny living together and Bailey coming to work in tights jeans is my sentimental favorite.
I have a big crush on Bailey also.
At 2:58, while in conversation, Herb takes 3 pencils from the holder, tapes them together, then writes something. What? Why? It isn't something that people do, it doesn't drive the plot or even the scene. But dammit, now that I see it, I'll always see it!
One of the best things about this show is the little details, the WTF things you don't see until the fifth or sixth time through. I can't tell you how many times I saw this and never noticed that before! Frank Bonner was a genuine comic genius!
Little things like Les, with a band-aide in each episode, in a different location.
Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen were a comedy team known as "Tim and Tom" in the late 60s and early 1970s. Dreesen plays the magazine guy interviewing Venus in this episode.
I remember Tom Dreesen but I had no idea he and Tim were a duo. The things you learn on YT.
Too bad later Tim Reid said black shows were for black people and white shows were for white people. I thought he was smarter than that...
@@Bigbadwhitecracker They were first black/white stand up act. There's a book about and it's a GREAT read.
Doug Taylor
I Will have to look it up. I knew The guy looked familiar, every time I’ve seen this episode!
@@pattihawks8514 I thought the actor looked familiar and then I saw his name. I had Comedy Hour tapes of him back in the early 1990's. I remember he said he came from Harvey, IL. Said he was like the only white guy in his school sort of situation growing up.
Such a good show! They had a great cast for this!!
"And I want you to go down to the parking garage, look at all the cars and pick out the seat covers you like best and wear them home".
How I loved this show as a kid, my parents always tried to stop me from watching it but I convinced them I didn't understand the sex jokes 🤣 I still love the show!
The guy from Life magazine is Tom Dreesen. This is from Wikipedia
Dreesen grew up in Harvey, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago.[1] He attended Thornton Township High School there. While working as an insurance salesman in 1968, he met Tim Reid through a local Jaycee chapter,[2] and the two teamed up as Tim and Tom, the first biracial stand-up comedy duo in the United States.
I've always hated it when the DJ talked over the record, especially when I was trying to make a party tape.
It was called "Hitting The Post". Something that got taught in broadcasting school, back In the day.
As a former radio guy that's what we were supposed to do. I know it sucks though.
Ha I feel u!
@@TonyMontana-qv8cx It was drilled into us back in the day. Talk over the intro and outro's. The more popular a song was, the more it was ... "encouraged" by station management.
@@NJP76 yep. And today radio (as we knew it) is pretty much dead. DJs, announcers, newscasters, etc are gone except in major markets. Today with the internet, music or radio station apps (iheart, Tunein, Spotify, Amazon, Apple) jobs in "radio" are totally different. I remember dubbing songs onto carts, cutting commercials, PSAs, killing time during Saturday college football games, Cardinals baseball games, etc. Oh those good old days.
This episode has a good message.
Great memories with that show , great times .
When i was growing up on the farm we knew all the names of the local discjockies because we were always out working and all we had was that radio to stay in touch with the world.
Jennifer: Do you know what you need?
Herb: Yeah, but you’re turning me down.
🤣🤣😂
It's amazing the effect Jan Smithers is having on viewers here- and I agree!!!
Bailey Quarters was the reason I was hooked on the show!!
Oh man. Every episode was iconic. This show was the backbone to everything I know about comedic television and...... I miss the he'll out of this show. I'm at WKRP in Cincinnati!!!🙏🏼🩷
such a well done show
I loved this show and thought I had seen every episode, I pretty sure this is the first time I've seen this one. Nice.
00:03 Good start with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' song 'Magnolia' from 1978. Made me happy!!! Greets to all you fans out there! Got here by chance (autoplay).
Rest In Peace Dr Fever and the rest of the gang who left us too soon.
A great moment. #RestInParadise Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner, Art Metrano, and Howard Hesseman
"Herb, go down to the garage and look at all of the cars and pick out the seat covers that you like best and wear them home!" 🤣🤣🤣
Love the Stones Tattoo You on the wall and Bob Seger on an episode before, reminds me of my miss spent youth!
Nice episode. The white guy from the magazine was facing the same things that Venus was at WKRP. Venus presented himself as a stereotype he thought the man was expecting while the reporter was confident enough to not put on a false front where he worked. In the end, color doesn't really matter if you don't emphasize it and that was the point.
Yeah, now (2021) we are regressing.
not society.
just the pushers of thought.
dont worry, we have the most diverse people running this country. we's be in good hands.
Tom Dreesen and Tim Reid are old friends and former comedy partners.
Loved this show growing up 😊❤👍 and the theme song
Gary Sandy was alway my favorite "basketman". So impressive
I had to look up the reference. Now it'll be in my browser history forever. 🙄
well now u know what the basketmen bring to the game ;)
Everyone is so low-key compared to today's sitcoms where everyone acts hysterical.
And extremely LIKABLE unlike today's characters.
SpockBoy yep! Nobody is the bad guy. They're all flawed (except Jennifer which is also written to be funny) which makes them very relatable. Writers today could learn a lot from them.
because this show like Barney Miller plays off each characters personalities. People just write goofs saying no sequitor lines and running around like idiots.
Back in the day sitcom actors/actresses had actual talent and acting skills.
And, the quality of the writing was much better.
5:30 “That’s right King Fish You Is” 😂 Fever with the Amos and Andy😂
Wow! Prince William’s birth getting a mention in this episode. Also it wouldn’t be a WKRP comments section without me and everyone else professing our infatuation with Jan Smithers.
I LOVE THIS SHOW
The actor who played the man interviewing Venus is comedian Tom Dreesen. He and Tim Reid, whom Dreeson met through a local Jaycee chapter in 1968, were a comedy duo in the late 60s and 70s. They were the first biracial comedy team.
Excellent writing on this one; Hugh Wilson takes a look at workplace race and cultural expectations and how assumptions are often erroneous.
A brilliant piece of comedy!
"don't adjust your set"--
From back in the day when we COULD adjust our TV's!
One my top 4 tv shows of all time!!!
Jack Black. He's doing a Herb Tarlick impression. It just hit me.
If I could only go back to 1982. First grade was nice...
i was in the 5th grade
Big difference, back then.
You and I have very similar tastes! Will you be my black friend charlton myers? ...even though I am in California, I don't live in the rich weirdo part.
i am in ohio
I hear good things about Ohio. My kids both play sax and OSU has the best marching band in the country.
I haven't scrolled down too far so forgive me if I repeat something Tim Reid and Tom Driesen (reporter) were a comedy team in the 60's.
Rip to Frank Bonner who passed away at 79 years old earlier this year. Funny actor great show and Yes I thought that Bailey quarters was cute too I was only 8-9 years old in 1979 when the show first aired
Such a good show.
LOL
I've always got a giggle or 3 every episode I watch... Miss good comedy/tv like this... Great writing & acting!! Spot on!!!
Love the original series from 1978-1982, RIP to both Mr Carlson and the producer Hugh Wilson who passed away last year and the one thing that I always wondered what happened with the original mother character from the pilot
Carol Bruce (the official mother) was a tv acress and the first one was more a film actress I believe. She either didn't want to do it or couldn't come back so they recast. The original mom was in Beetlejuice - she's the after administrator.
The original "Mama" (in the pilot) was Sylvia Sidney. I've heard she wasn't very pleasant and didn't understand the comedy. (But I don't think that's why she didn't come back). The above response sounds plausible.
@@barbaracataldo566 hello Barbara I'm Peter from Hamilton Ontario Canada I'll be 48 years old in July and a stroke and cardiac arrest survivor but always been a fan of that show among others including Seinfeld, cheers. and yes it was odd that she never came back. Hope you are safe where ever you are
@@vassa1972 I'm just a little south of you in the good ol' U.S. (cough) A Since I've been in self quarantine (for years, it seems), I've been bingeing on WKRP.
@@barbaracataldo566 hey Barbara it sucks now but stupid question I'm not far away from the border to Buffalo which is where my brother Chris and his family lives I think its a 2 hour drive?, And I don't anything about you can I leave you my cell phone so you can text me it's 289-775-4070 thanks or leave me your number. I'm devorced with no kids.
This was way back when we understood the difference between a racist joke and a joke that made fun of racists.
It's amazing how many guys loved Jan. Me, I really liked her character and charm. And she was FUNNY! And I finally figured out who Les reminds me of - Big Bird!