Comedy
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.
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Mon,
30 Oct, 1978
S1.E7Turkeys Away
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
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Wed,
07 Oct, 1981
S4.E1An Explosive Affair (Part 1)
After the station receives a bomb threat, Andy sends Johnny and Venus to broadcast from the transmitter tower while the station is being searched.
Gary Sandy
Andy Travis
Howard Hesseman
Dr. Johnny Fever
Tim Reid
Venus Flytrap
Loni Anderson
Jennifer Marlowe
Frank Bonner
Herb Tarlek
Gordon Jump
Arthur Carlson
Richard Sanders
Les Nessman
Jan Smithers
Bailey Quarters
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I don't care what anyone else says, WKRP still has the funniest episode of all time and the funniest holiday episode of TV history. Period. No contest.
It wasn't wall-to-wall laughter, it wasn't as great as I remember it being, but when it was funny, even decades later nothing has matched it.
WKRP outdid itself in almost every way, and it deserves to go down in comedy history as one of the greatest shows of all time
GenerationofSwine14 Apr, 2023
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