"As God is my witness I though Turkeys could fly" (trivia question)

[LynneSin]

Man, that had to be one of the FUNNIEST individual sitcom show on TV. What show was it and why was the quote said

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. LOL... WKRP in Cincinnati (Thanksgiving episode)

Mr. Carlson (played by Gordon Jump)

They were having a turkey giveway and dropped a gross of the things into a shopping center parking lot from the helicopter. Les Nessman, doing the on the spot commentary, did a play by play that mirrored the Hindenburg announcer...

Oh the humanity!

[GOPisEvil]

2. WKRP in Cincinnati...the Thanksgiving turkey drop from the helicopter.

Said by Mr. Carlson, I believe. (RIP Gordon Jump)

[LynneSin]

I thought it was said by Les Nesman, since he was there at the drop

I'll have to check it out.

[GOPisEvil]

6. It was Carlson.

Les was reporting from the scene, and Carlson said this line to Herb I think. It was the last line of the show.

[tekriter]

11. Les was reporting from the WKRP News Scooter...

one of the great sitcom episodes of all time!

[Birthmark]

3. I know that one!

WKRP. Mr. Carlson. (Eep! or was it Les Nessman?)

[LynneSin]

8. I was wrong - Mr. Carlson said that one

:D

[underpants]

4. WKRP-AC put together a free Turkey give away out of a helicopter

"they are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement"

[Richardo]

7. That was the Nessman report...

Carlson said the all time best sitcom line LynneSin referred to above.
:D

[Whitacre D_WI]

5. BRILLIANT episode.

I'm laughing my ass off here at work just THINKING about it!

[Az]

9. Herb Tarlek WKRP

Not the big guy. IIRC

[skippysmom]

10. I believe Les said something

about "oh the humanity."

Loved that show.

[DemBones DemBones]

12. Since the question's been answered, I just want to mention

Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap! And what was Loni Anderson's name at WKRP in Cincinnati? Jennifer?

[GOPisEvil]

13. Jennifer Marlowe.

[Richardo]

18. No one could touch Bailey Quarters, for my money (ha!)

Jan Smithers! :loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

19. I'm with ya there...

remember her in Johnny's t-shirt? *pant*

[Richardo]

20. Le mew....le pant...le rowrr rowrr rowrr

Yes, I do remember that one....

[Richardo]

22. hey that pic of Jan would make a pretty nice avatar...hmmmm

(is Mrs. Richardo watching?)

[GOPisEvil]

23. Hubba!

:think:

[Redbear]

14. Nessman's "call" of the promotion

 
“It's a helicopter, and it's coming this way. It's flying something behind it, I can't quite make it out, it's a large banner and it says, uh - Happy... Thaaaaanksss... giving! ... From ... W ... K ... R... P!! No parachutes yet. Can't be skydivers... I can't tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenberg tragedy has there been anything like this!”

[Westegg]

15. I hated (and still hate)...

The sanctimonious prig on that show---the guy with the feathered '70s hair? Don't know his name (or the actor's name), but GOD, I loathed him. So fey, so self-righteous. His goddamn plaid-flannel shirts, always open at least one button too many.

Dr. Johnny Fever rules!

(See, this is why I signed on to DU: to discuss important issues.)

[CanuckAmok]

16. Andy Travis, Programme Director. Played by Gary Sandy.

n/t

[Richardo]

17. ...boinker of Loni Anderson (pre--Burt Reynolds)

...'cause I KNOW you wanted to know that.

[Westegg]

21. Well, hell... Their hair-do's deserved each other.

[Kat45]

24. WKRP in Cincinnati, the live turkey drop for Thanksgiving

That was a good one.

[Elidor]

25. Probably the best single episode of any sitcom ever

Turkeys can fly, btw - at least wild ones can, for short distances. They seem pretty awkward when they do it, though. Domestic turkeys probably can't get airborne, I don't know. But dropped from a great height, I think both varieties would go - SPLAT!

Another hubba-hubba for Jan Smithers.