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Les Nessman and the WKRP "Turkey Drop"
WKRP in Cincinnati show | 11/26/03 | LS

Posted on 11/26/2003 10:46:07 AM PST by LS

On this Thanksgiving, let us not forget the wonderful episode on "WKRP in Cincinnati" in which the station concocted the idea of a "turkey drop" in which people from the station went up in a hot air balloon and dropped frozen turkeys.

Except Herb got it wrong, and dropped live turkeys, not knowing they couldn't fly.

Les Nessman, the newsman, reported live from the scene, "Oh, the horror, the horror. They are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!"


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To: ZGuy
Thanks! Unbelievable. Is there anything Freepers can't do?
21 posted on 11/26/2003 10:55:45 AM PST by LS
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To: freeangel
Wouldn't be surprised to see it on TVLand ... they usually run KRP on the weekends but they are good about "timely" programming.
22 posted on 11/26/2003 10:56:03 AM PST by Mr. Buzzcut
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To: Mad Dawgg
Doh. I meant "live" turkeys, but that they thought turkeys could fly. Sorry I screwed it up---but everyone here seems to know the story!!
23 posted on 11/26/2003 10:57:07 AM PST by LS
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To: LS

24 posted on 11/26/2003 10:57:14 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Semper Paratus
Who was hotter? Jan Smithers (Bailey) or Loni?

Loni...by far. I loved Bailey until I got to see her up close. Sadly for her, her complextion wasn't the best. But you decide...


25 posted on 11/26/2003 11:00:41 AM PST by Snardius
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To: Snardius
Loni, no comparison. But Bailey was cute!
26 posted on 11/26/2003 11:01:33 AM PST by LS
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To: Snardius
has a part in the new "Cat in the hat" movie.

Heard the same about Cameron Diaz. Her acne scars show up real well on digital plasma screens.

27 posted on 11/26/2003 11:03:13 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: LS
"Doh. I meant "live" turkeys, but that they thought turkeys could fly. Sorry I screwed it up---but everyone here seems to know the story!!"

I will never forget this episode. I was at home with my mom and dad and we had some friends over and WKRP was on so we all watched. by the end of the show most of us were on the floor.

My stomach hurt for two days, I laughed so hard!

28 posted on 11/26/2003 11:03:31 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
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To: LS
But Bailey was cute!

Balderdash! Bailey was hotter than nuclear fusion.

29 posted on 11/26/2003 11:04:11 AM PST by Wheee The People (Krispy Kreme "R" me!)
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To: ZGuy
Thanks for posting the link. That is hilarious!
30 posted on 11/26/2003 11:04:13 AM PST by Choose Ye This Day ("The Pinedale Shopping Center has just been bombed by live turkeys!")
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To: Wheee The People
Bailey was hotter than nuclear fusion.

The thing about Bailey was she exuded an innocence but at the same time her personality hinted that she would not be so naive when it counted (if you get my drift). She was the kind of girl you'd take home to meet your mother (when mom and dad were gone for the weekend).

31 posted on 11/26/2003 11:13:49 AM PST by Snardius
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To: Wheee The People

Balderdash! Bailey was hotter than nuclear fusion.

Here Here!

32 posted on 11/26/2003 11:57:29 AM PST by Prof Engineer (My Labrador can lick your honor student anytime, and they'll both enjoy it.)
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To: ZGuy; All
Thanks for the link, Z!

Hey, wasn't Bailey married to James Brolin years ago?

33 posted on 11/26/2003 2:08:09 PM PST by uvular
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To: Snardius
The thing about Bailey was she exuded an innocence but at the same time her personality hinted that she would not be so naive when it counted

She took Dr Johnny Fever home to stay with her when Fever was ousted from his digs.

Back at work, she came in wearing Fever's sweatshirt. Herb immediately squawked. And innocent Bailey said,

"I grabbed the nearest thing to put on. I was naked, Herb."

Herb's jaw dropped to the floor.

And the rabid audience was left to decide, Did they, or didn't they?

34 posted on 11/27/2003 6:17:19 AM PST by Ole Okie (Go Oklahoma Sooners!)
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To: LS
A thanksgiving day bump to a classic!
35 posted on 11/27/2003 9:06:27 AM PST by Always Right
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To: LS

Tis the season to BUMP an old thread.


36 posted on 11/25/2004 9:08:52 PM PST by asgardshill (November 2004 - The Month That Just Kept On Giving)
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To: LS

O U C H !


37 posted on 11/25/2004 9:12:54 PM PST by timestax
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To: asgardshill

Hey! The audio link in #7 still works, too.


38 posted on 11/25/2004 9:21:05 PM PST by FourPeas (By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. ~Edmund Burke)
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To: FourPeas

Yeah. Unfortunately, it links to a .ram file and you need Real Player to play it. RP is spyware and I won't let it anywhere near my system.


39 posted on 11/25/2004 9:27:00 PM PST by asgardshill (November 2004 - The Month That Just Kept On Giving)
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To: asgardshill

“As God as my witness” bump


40 posted on 11/16/2007 8:25:51 AM PST by wordsofearnest (Hunter-Thompson not Hunter S. Thompson)
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