Comments on: I thought turkeys could fly https://dfarq.homeip.net/i-thought-turkeys-could-fly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-thought-turkeys-could-fly David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 22 Apr 2023 19:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Dominik https://dfarq.homeip.net/i-thought-turkeys-could-fly/#comment-56293 Sat, 22 Apr 2023 19:45:00 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=32254#comment-56293 WKRP was family-friendly when originally aired. My parents and all of us kids would watch it. It did tend to push the envelope a bit. One episode took on a stampede killing concert goers, which was something that had happened. They also had an episode taking on censorship on the radio, where a programming group who sought to “clean up” radio took issue with John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Bumbling Mr. Carlson ended up confronting the head of the programming group with the lyrics, which they objected to, and he said something along the lines of “he said ‘imagine’.” Caused more than a few discussions in my home. Then there was the episode with Herb’s former high school male classmate who had transitioned to being a woman which was extremely edgy for it’s day.

The number of one-liners that stuck out of the Turkeys Away episode are still fairly brilliant. The entire sequence with Les Nessman in front of the shop when the turkeys are released and the throwbacks to the Hindenburg footage are nearly as funny as the DJs in the booth, including Johnny Fever’s “Palmdale Mall bombed by live turkeys, film at 11!”

All in a first season episode. I’d put it maybe second to the MTM Chuckles episode for just great TV.

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