the full unedited version of Herb Morrison's recording of the Hindenburg disaster. Yes, it was actually a recording, and NOT a live broadcast as many have claimed over the years, that was intended to be used two days later on a local show in Chicago. Up until the point that the airship explodes, it's actually very dull and you can tell that Morrison is doing his best to make it sound interesting.
The WKRP writers captured that aspect of the account so perfectly in Les's broadcast.
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By roadman
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 9:27pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFtV6-ALoQ[/youtube]
Never gets old!
By MrZip
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 9:48pm
I remember seeing this episode when it first aired, at once both completely cracked up AND appalled, the best kind of feeling in humor.
Several years after I first saw"Turkeys Away", I heard
By roadman
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 9:55am
the full unedited version of Herb Morrison's recording of the Hindenburg disaster. Yes, it was actually a recording, and NOT a live broadcast as many have claimed over the years, that was intended to be used two days later on a local show in Chicago. Up until the point that the airship explodes, it's actually very dull and you can tell that Morrison is doing his best to make it sound interesting.
The WKRP writers captured that aspect of the account so perfectly in Les's broadcast.
But the turkeys in Boston can fly
By necturus
Tue, 08/25/2020 - 11:53am
... as you can clearly see in the video.
Les Nessman
By Irma la Douce
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 4:42am
"Don't you know who I am? I won the Buckeye News Hawk Award last year!"
WKRP - The Voice of Cincinatti
By roadman
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 10:12am
News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and Farm Reports
In real life, there's no WKRP in Cincinnati, but there is a WKRQ
By necturus
Tue, 08/25/2020 - 11:57am
https://www.wkrq.com/
No, "reigning" turkeys
By Charles Bahne
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 9:50pm
I don't see any of them precipitating in this video, but I do see them lording it over their domain.
Neither snow nor rain nor
By Turkey Liberati...
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 11:34pm
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the rafters from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
They've been hanging out
By anon
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 3:46pm
quite a bit in Savin Hill, too.