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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:26 am
by dANdeLION
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!"
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:28 am
by Reisheiruhime
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:33 am
by dANdeLION
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST01bZJPuE0
Heh, it wasn't Les who said it, it was the boss, Arthur Carlson.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:03 am
by Vraith
___ 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."
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:11 am
by sgt.null
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:13 am
by Fist and Faith
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:26 am
by CovenantJr
Fist and Faith wrote:everything turkeyly possible
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:27 am
by drew
___ 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.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:29 am
by Fist and Faith
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?"
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:46 am
by drew
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!!!"
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:45 pm
by aliantha
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:31 pm
by dANdeLION
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!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:57 pm
by Cagliostro
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!"
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:41 am
by Fist and Faith
Don't know how I managed to miss that episode...
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:00 am
by danlo
Don't worry Fist I missed that one too, and I could've swore I've seen all of them 3xs over...
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:41 am
by drew
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. 
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:42 am
by drew
BTW I really like where this thread is going =)
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:31 pm
by High Lord Tolkien
drew wrote:BTW I really like where this thread is going =)
Why did you draw a penis at the end of your sentence?
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:26 pm
by Madadeva
OMG!!
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:39 pm
by DukkhaWaynhim
It's because he's trying to get banned.
dw