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Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:26 am

kevinswatch wrote:Huh?

-jay

WKRP in Cincinatti. '70's tv show. Les Nesman threw a bunch of turkeys out of the station's helicopter one Thanksgiving so they could be free. When asked why, he said "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Post by **Reisheiruhime** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:28 am

kevinswatch wrote:Huh?

-jay

Jay, please delete or remove or whatever this account. Please. Very simple process, if I remember this version's layout correctly just a checked box here and a yes I really want to do this confirmation. My contributions are inappropriate and I am not content to merely lurk.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:33 am

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST01bZJPuE0

Heh, it wasn't Les who said it, it was the boss, Arthur Carlson.

Post by **Vraith** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:03 am

___ wrote:
kevinswatch wrote:Huh?

-jay
WKRP in Cincinatti. '70's tv show. Les Nesman threw a bunch of turkeys out of the station's helicopter one Thanksgiving so they could be free. When asked why, he said "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

...and, IIRC, this actually happened in RL somewhere. [though that might be an urban myth that just stuck in my head]

And in case anyones wondering...real turkeys can fly, just like your dog could have pups if it weren't "altered."

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:11 am

Flying Turkeys

(in New Hampshire)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6cENsU0mXY

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:13 am

I wouldn't bet money that domestic turkeys can fly. But the wild ones sure can. We have a lot of them in this area. 10-20 of them might be crossing the road in front of you. They aren't seen flying very often, but I've seen it many times. A couple did everything turkeyly possible to fly through my windshield once.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:26 am

Fist and Faith wrote:everything turkeyly possible

Post by **drew** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:27 am

___ wrote:
kevinswatch wrote:Huh?

-jay
WKRP in Cincinatti. '70's tv show. Les Nesman threw a bunch of turkeys out of the station's helicopter one Thanksgiving so they could be free. When asked why, he said "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Not to be too picky, but Les Didn't throw the turkey. Art Carlson had the turkeys thrown, Les was reporting from the ground, saying things like, "Oh the HUmanity!"

later in his office, Art confessed that he thought turkey's could fly.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:29 am

And, since we're on the topic, my favorite line from WKRP is when some homeless folks are there for something or other. Some old, scraggly, toothless guy comes up to Jennifer:
"You know, I'm not as old as I look."
"Oh? Are you any richer than you look?"

Post by **drew** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:46 am

How about when Art put cocaine in his socks, thinking it was was foot powder?

And who can forget Les dressing up black?
"Oh, VE-Nus!!!"

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:45 pm

Good times, good times. What a great show.

And yes, Vraith, the turkey promotion was based on one actually done at a real radio station. The show's writers had worked in radio and got all of the characters' quirks right (with some exaggeration for effect, of course, but not much). Other radio refugees and I have agreed over the years that they should have also had a laconic chief engineer -- but other than that, it was perfect.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:31 pm

drew wrote:Not to be too picky, but Les Didn't throw the turkey. Art Carlson had the turkeys thrown, Les was reporting from the ground, saying things like, "Oh the HUmanity!"

later in his office, Art confessed that he thought turkey's could fly.

Hey, I was a little kid when that episode aired, so give me a break!

Post by **Cagliostro** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:57 pm

drew wrote:How about when Art put cocaine in his socks, thinking it was was foot powder?

I love his response after finding out.

"Somebody help me! I've got a monkey on my foot!"

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:41 am

Don't know how I managed to miss that episode...

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:00 am

Don't worry Fist I missed that one too, and I could've swore I've seen all of them 3xs over...

Post by **drew** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:41 am

There was a new DJ, and he was taking bribes, by the way of cocaine, to play certain songs...they compared it to the old 'Payola' scams in the fifties.

Art catches him with the bag of cocaine, and the DJ tells him that its foot powder, so Art takes it, and pours it in his sock right in front of the guy.

Of course by the end of the episode, Johnny and Andy figure out whats going on, they take him to Carlson's office, and he gets fired.

When asked where the Cocaine is, he replies, "I don't know, I think Carlson puts it on his feet or something." And thats when Art thinks there is a monkey on his foot =)

The song that he was playing was called Nowhere Band, by a band with the same name.

"Get on the bus, get on the bus, travel with the nowhere band"

...You know...or something like that I guess.

Post by **drew** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:42 am

BTW I really like where this thread is going =)

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:31 pm

drew wrote:BTW I really like where this thread is going =)

Why did you draw a penis at the end of your sentence?

Post by **Madadeva** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:26 pm

OMG!!

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:39 pm

It's because he's trying to get banned.

dw

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