Les NESSMAN

[@jodyvanliew2514]

Les Nessman is one of the great characters in tv comedy history .

[@execatty]

without a doubt..the show is epic..honestly les, herb are both amazing

[@xsailor85]

So was Johnny.

[@brendaamata9233]

The whole cast is tho

[@usa91787]

The Chi Chi Rodriguez and giant lizzard clips are hilarious!

[@ralph0901]

my favorites too

[@HEADBANGERSBALLER]

Johnny's character was so good. Les' too. All of them were. A true ensemble cast. RIP Doctor and The Big Guy and Little Guy and Mama Carlson.

[@randomobserver8168]

Hey- Les won the Silver Sow, Copper Cob, and FIVE Buckeye Newshawk Awards for his reporting. It's not his fault he couldn't pronounce Mr. Chy Chy Rawdrigweez's name.

[@ThomasKrug-ql6jx]

I liked how Johnny Fever referred to his Silver Sow as the Proud Pork award, especially after a Ron Nagle album was shown in a background shot.

[@JeffBoen]

Ever since I saw this when it first aired I have always playfully referred to the golfer as "chai chai rodrigweez" when I would see him on TV in tournaments.

[@erictrenbeath9680]

He also once referred to a woman and her two "chee hoowa hoowas." 😂

[@JeffBoen]

@@erictrenbeath9680 Hahaha. I totally forgot about that one! Man, Les, Herb, Johnny... so many great lines all around. :D

[@sfopaladin2661]

I recall this episode clearly. Chii Chii Rodrigweeze was classic. I howled in laughter. Too bad in those days I didn't have a replay button on my TV. I would've played it until my ribs broke.

[@hankkingsley2976]

The interaction between Les and Johnny is pretty accurate for a shift/announcer change. I work with a news guy who is a lot like Les; dedicated but fixed in his ways/opinions and it leaks into the newscast, complete with overblown intros. Man is my friend and has been for over 30 years; but the resemblance is stunning. And he did win an award; so I always call him "The award winning voice of the ___-, xxxx." He loves it but doesn't get the reference. I even gave him a buckeye newshawk plaque and a silver sow--he loved it. Gotta love him though; despite his quirks he will do anything for his friends, and I am glad to call him one--we are all quirky.

[@khaledshariff1234]

I love overblown intros. =D

[@jamesedwards2237]

Doesn't get any better than this.

[@usa91787]

I did news on a station in Nebraska for a short time. Had to do obits and one day I had to string out the story another 10 seconds or so and FYI there is no "n" in the word "cuts" when talking about "budget cuts". Our PD was filling in for the jock and we went to about 5 commercials before the obits because every time we looked at each other we'd crack up.

[@u.s.militia7682]

Hard t believe Les was only 39 or 40 years old here. I would’ve bet anything he was in his late 50’s or early 60’s when he acted on n WKRP.

[@terrydrums]

Several observations: 1. I can never read the name Chi Chi Rodriguez without pronouncing it like Les Nessman. 2. The announcer on Les's intro tape was the same voice that did the Superfriends intro after Ted Knight did the first season. 3. Dig the Kiss Love Gun poster in the background!

[@clearcreek69]

My brother & I were talking about WKRP the other day & Les Nessman's pronunciations like chihuahua

[@engineerinhickorystripehat]

Sounds like Don Pardo . See him on SNL & Zappas I am the slime

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

I drive in Tampa and think the same thing when I pass the Chi Chi Rodriguez sports complex sign here.

[@execatty]

@@engineerinhickorystripehat Don Pardo it is

[@jukesjointOG]

I don’t think it was Don Pardo

[@richardoconnor8984]

11 years old at the time of this episode and had never heard of Chi Chi Rodriguez. But I've never forgotten Chy Chy Rod Rigweez since that day.

[@chrisweidner4768]

That interminable introduction. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jukesjointOG]

Man. Johnny Fever manhandles the crap out of that vinyl...

[@ollieox9181]

RIP Howard Hessman, Frank Bonner, Gordon Jump.

[@kennyjones6369]

Show is still Hysterical today

[@johnpat3622]

Chy Chy Rodrigweez...classic.

[@jimwheeler4482]

They needed to keep in the part about what Les called the small Mexican dog. Chy huah huah.

[@hankkingsley2976]

@@jimwheeler4482 lost in the laughs is the part where he hopes ChiChi will play up to par proving again how clueless he can be. Also Terry Howoutey

[@jimwheeler4482]

@@hankkingsley2976 , thanks!

[@katharinelagaly5382]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinchapman8766]

@@hankkingsley2976 Overlooked, but that's such a great line

[@allthatjazzLizandIs]

"Hopefully, Mr. Rodriguez will play up to par..."

[@adraboranlovesIronman]

Led intro was The Bomb!

[@alcd6333]

Richard Sanders (who plays Les) said with the show's success, many people couldn't discern truth from fiction: they thought he was as incompetent in real life as on screen (Woody Harrelson suffered the same thing while on "Cheers").

[@meadster308]

Max Baker's acting career dried up because nobody wanted to cast Jethro.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

@@meadster308 And even if he wanted to, he couldn't form a band with that name, because there already was one in which that was part of it.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Were they ever on the same Concert bill with The Dash Riprocks?😏😂B.W.

[@kennethcrist443]

I think Larry Linville had it worse. Imagine people thinking you were like Frank Burns from M*A*S*H in real life!

[@JeffBoen]

@@kennethcrist443 Frank Burns eats worms

[@tazman572]

RIP Howard Hesseman, aka Dr. Johnny Fever.

[@fabdifranco6168]

RIP Chy Chy.

[@sevadaj]

R.I.P. Dr. Johnny Fever.

[@ralph0901]

wonder what Chi Chi, thought of this, I'm sure he must have heard at some point

[@RobertLee-m4y]

"...London, Madrid ,Bangkok ,Moscow , Cincinnati (!)...." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jull8600]

Andy Travis - "More news. Less Nessman"

[@petermerchant4439]

Actually, one of the episodes has Johnny saying, "More music and Les Nessman."

[@samrakita5618]

@@petermerchant4439 Not sure. I know Venus said it at least once.

[@petermerchant4439]

@@samrakita5618 You're right--I don't think it was Johnny. Actually, off-topic, my favorite Johnny Fever quote is "It's 9:15 in the morning, so if you had to be somewhere at 9:00, don't go! 'Cause you're late and they'll yell at you!"

[@blockmasterscott]

Rodweegeez. 🤣👍

[@sams220guy3]

ha ha yes what a great reporter ......Nessman & the news

[@davidconley3610]

Damn they don’t make comedy like this anymore!

[@caatcher]

I remember when Les Nessman looked old to me. Gah.

[@lotteleymoore-daigle9623]

Les and the flying turkeys 🦃 😂

[@klars3207]

Perfect casting.

[@troyschartiger8912]

Les Nessman winner of the Buckeye Newshawk Award.

[@hankkingsley2976]

Don't forget the silver sow and the copper cob I gave both the buckeye News hawk and silver sow as a gag gift one Xmas to our aforementioned news guy Right over his head. By the way you can't find a trophy with a silver pig I had to spray paint it

[@johnpat3622]

Five time winner...

[@Tommy-c2k]

Always a band-aid. Different spots, but always.

[@charlesgreen8703]

“It’s Chi Chi Rodriguez”-Dr Johnny Fever

[@twothreebravo]

40 years later and as far as I'm concerned there is no other way to pronounce Chi Chi Rodriguez. Sorry Mr. Rodriguez.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

Did you hear him pronounce chihuahua?

[@tazman572]

@@neuvocastezero1838 Chi-hoo-a-hoo-a. LOL.

[@hankkingsley9300]

I always call him chy chy but the opportunity to do that doesn't come along anymore

[@queen_of_domination]

This is before Curley started messing with Arnold and Dudley, and before Charlie Moore became the Head of the Class!

[@tj1838]

Why can't they make shows like that anymore...

[@waynemarvin5661]

Younger people (the targeted consumers) like their comedy obvious and crude.

[@whattowatchrightnow]

still makes me laugh

[@abigaildeeks8328]

Remember when there was a “monster lizzard”

[@harrybriscoe7948]

around 40 years ago in Connecticut a radio said Avon Mt erupted as a volcano and lava was running over the highway ( I think Rte 44) and people were going there to look at lava

[@johnpat3622]

And a "swim meeting"

[@hankkingsley2976]

@@johnpat3622 breast stroking.

[@hankkingsley9300]

Yes I remember I had the lasagna

[@kevinkern4661]

Still better than CNN.

[@louielouiepks]

Chi Chi Rodriguez gave me a piece of juicy fruit gum at the GGO about 1969 or 70.

[@JACKnJESUS]

Les is like...there...fixed it.

[@marumisu9560]

Is this where they got the name Les Grossman from tropic thunder?

[@rodnyg7952]

Chye Chye Rodrugueez

[@chuck6469]

Hilarious.

[@jannyrcobs]

Is that Don Pardo doing the intro?

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

Yes.

[@robertellis4938]

It's the late great William Woodson, famous for "Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice.". He was also the Secretary of War in the first season of F-Troop.

[@cliffbrown2566]

More news and less nessman. Lol

[@lennykoss8777]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sparkyrunner4283]

Comments are always controlled when it comes to the made up "Barby Doll" creation that took hours to create for TV. Wonder what the cost range at that time was for the blond wig, teeth and other female extentions were at that time. The make up artist was a genius, what was his or her name ???

[@davidmcclellan9621]

Les Nessman will be remembered for being a mentally ill sportscaster.

[@jimscott2050]

0:20 Legal ID

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Yes, but was it a PAMS-produced one?

[@wonderfulwino4265]

Ukelele anyone?.

[@1369vmsmith]

I think they coulda used more cowbell.

[@ammatathammavongsa9478]

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[@sfopaladin2661]

Say what guy?? I don't understand a dang word your saying. Btw its "a(n)"unequal paste curvy..... etc.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

I never liked this show.