Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Yes, Turkeys Can Fly

"I swear as god as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly."
- Arthur Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati

Wild turkeys are able to fly. They never get very far off the ground and when they do, they are normally shot down by some guy wearing orange camoflauge. But that doesn't mean the birds should be dropped out of a helicopter.

"My god the birds are dropping to the ground like wet bags of cement."
- Les Nesman, WKRP in Cincinnati

There is little doubt that that particular episode of WKRP may be the funniest in the history of television. I don't just mean the funniest episode of WKRP - I mean the funniest of all shows. Better than Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory. Better than Seinfeld and his friends masturbating. Better than anything Homer ever did. Or Barney Fife or Gilligan or Hawkeye or Norm. Prove me wrong.

I swear, as god as my witness, that while typing this the theme song for WKRP popped up and is playing right now. "Baby, if you've ever wondered..." I have over 1000 songs in this random cycle and that theme song comes up? That's proof that the WKRP Thanksgiving Episode is the greatest half hour of TV ever.

Chick thinks the best WKRP episode was when Johnny and Venus were drinking on air with the cop to prove that alcohol impairs your senses. But what does she know? She also likes to watch people change other peoples living roooms. When did they jump the shark in Trading Spaces?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

they jumped it when paige left. OR when they spun off the family version with the mo host.