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20 October 2008

I just recieved this in the mail. If you get the joke of that, you (like me) watched way too much TV growing up and/or have an insane memory.

post by: jonmc at: 13:45 | 18 comments

OMG, I sing that all the time. As well as "There ain't no way to deny it! Someday you're gonna buy it!"

posted by evilcupcakes 20 October | 14:00

I always wondered why the station didn't do cross promotional appearances with the KRP carp and a giant Red Wiggler.

posted by arse_hat 20 October | 14:13

the KRP carp

That episode ranks with the ten best sitcom episodes of all time, IMHO.

posted by jonmc 20 October | 14:21

Or are related to a WKRP cast member! (Which I am.)

posted by jrossi4r 20 October | 14:23

really? which one? (I'm torn as to which one I'd wish for more: Johnny fever, since he's my role model, or bailey Quarters, since I had a raging crush on her).

posted by jonmc 20 October | 14:25

Dr. Johnny Fever is jonmc's role model. Why am I so not surprised?

Hey, jon, say "BOOGERS!"

posted by wendell 20 October | 14:29

Andy Travis...sorry to disappoint you. :-( He was my grandmother's cousin. Not terribly exciting. I've never even met him. But it's kind of weird to look through old photo albums and see pictures of my grandparents hanging out at their shore house with Lonnie Anderson.(She and Gary dated for awhile.)

posted by jrossi4r 20 October | 14:31

I did spend much of my professional life seeking out bosses like Mr. Carlson. Which was, in reflection, the smartest part of my career strategy...

posted by wendell 20 October | 14:34

Agh, now I'm going to have that jingle stuck in my head all day. Talk about an ear worm.

posted by jamaro 20 October | 14:35

I'm on the mailing list for Ken Levine's Sitcom Room (Levine is a former writer/producer for MASH and Cheers, as well as a former disc jockey) and I voted for WKRP as Best Sitcom EVAH.

And, getting back to the original topic, I'm happy to note that the first episode where the Red Wigglers commercial appeared was also the one where Gordon "the Big Guy" Jump said "I've got a monkey on my foot!"

posted by wendell 20 October | 14:37

Andy Travis...sorry to disappoint you.

Andy was cool in his own way. (I used one of WKRP's Travis centric jokes in my own life, actually. My college buddy Sal Mondrone was a handsome guy with a perfect head of hair and one day I said to him, "There's something I've been dying to do ever since I met you. can I do it?" "Sure," he said. I proceeded to mess up his coif beyond belief.

posted by jonmc 20 October | 14:48

Andy was the straight man, which can be a rather thankless job. Especially when you're surrounded by so many completely hilarious and well-drawn characters. Seriously, I don't think there's a weak one in the bunch.

I so, so wanted to be Bailey Quivers when I grew up.

posted by jrossi4r 20 October | 14:57

Andy was the straight man, which can be a rather thankless job.

Actually, he had his moments of high comedy. Watch the 'Fish Story' episode i linked to above.

I so, so wanted to be Bailey Quivers when I grew up.

Quarters. bailey Quarters.

posted by jonmc 20 October | 15:03

The wikipedia page says that David Letterman was considered for the Andy Travis role.

posted by octothorpe 20 October | 15:03

Quarters. bailey Quarters.

Man...I've been messing up words a lot lately. I either can't find the one I want or use the wrong one entirely. I grow old. I grow old.

Letterman kind of dodged a bullet there, eh?

posted by jrossi4r 20 October | 15:09

I was never a huge fan growing up, but I laughed my ass off at that fish/pig mascot episode. (And I did always adore Johnny Fever :)

(I grow old, I grow old... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.)

posted by Pips 20 October | 20:59

I have heard the mermaids singing, Pips. It was the Red Wigglers jingle.

posted by jrossi4r 20 October | 22:32

Oh, I had the crush on Andy Travis, no question. Laid-back and cool. Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap had their fans, no doubt, but Andy was clearly the more together guy, and that 70s John-Denverish man-feathered hairstyle? Oh yeah.

My crush on Cutter John of Bloom County may have just been a migration of my crush on that hairstyle.

posted by Miko 20 October | 22:54

← 1980s retro! || that Strict Constructionism thing →

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