Posts Tagged ‘WKRP’

Two TV Artifacts From My Misspent Youth

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

There are two forthcoming TV show DVD sets that hearken back to the days of my youth:

Recommended without qualification is the complete WKRP in Cincinnati with the original music restored. If it wasn’t the greatest sitcom of the late 1970s/early 1980s, it was certainly in the top 5.

A bit more qualified recommendation for the complete 1960s Batman. Every significant dark, gritty Batman of the last 30 years (from Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight to the Christopher Nolan trilogy, and even the Tim Burton movie) has been largely in reaction to this show’s campy tone. The show is very much a product of its time, but retains a certain charm for just that reason. Plus the cast of villains (Burgess Meredith, Vincent Price, Julie Numar, Frank Gorshin, etc.) draws from some of the very best character actors of the time.

I’m sure either might make swell Christmas presents for someone you know…

Mythbusters Public Service Announcement: Avoid Dropping Frozen Turkeys

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

Another Thanksgiving-related Public Service announcement: Try to avoid dropping a frozen turkey on your foot or your pets. You know, just in case you were planning on doing that for grins. At the very least you might want to wear shoes when you pull that sucker out of the freezer.

From the title, I was hoping they would recreate the turkey drop episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, but no such luck.

Classic Thanksgiving Traditions

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Watching the turkey drop episode of WKRP in Cincinnati.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

The classic “Turkey Drop” episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, in its entirety, via Hulu.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!