Whatever became of WKRP's cast

[@beloved9910]

Bailey was exceptionally beautiful 😍

[@jefflyon2020]

i had a crush on baily as a kid, but jesus! what a beautiful creature. need more women like her in television, not kardashian boob jobs and silicon lips.

[@AlanTClark]

I loved Bailey so much more than Jennifer. Same thing with Gilligan's island, I liked Maryanne so much more than Ginger.

[@Don-n6o]

Bailey was gorgeous.

[@jimfranklin2613]

She still is, at 73.

[@CogentConsult]

And her voice was like a rose petal on our ears…so soft, so feminine.

[@suefox6164]

My mom and I watched this show every week. She laughed so hard when Johnny Fever played air guitar. Howard Hesseman was a great actor. May he RIP.

[@joebonaiuto5554]

'As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.' Still the funniest Thanksgiving special episode ever.

[@heywardmorgan7699]

"They are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement", LMAO still today when I here that routine

[@kleetus92]

Apparently that was based on a real event in the 50's...

[@theboyisnotright6312]

Just about the funniest episode ever of any series.😂😂😂

[@Bufoferrata]

@@theboyisnotright6312: I watched that episode the night it aired back in 1978. I laughed so hard I nearly injured myself. What a great show!

[@peternowinski856]

@@heywardmorgan7699 Actually they can fly for short distances.

[@MonicaMariaMclean-zi1fs]

I remember this show too I love married with children, too. I used to watch it all the time, diing with laughter.😂😂😅❤❤❤

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

Love Jan Smithers since I first saw her in person in Vail, CO. She's even more beautiful in person. ❤️

[@leezurligen227]

Yet you don’t know how to spell her name?

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

@@leezurligen227 Give me a freaking break. LMAO! It was obviously a typo that I didn't catch. I know her last name is Smithers. Nothing worse than a smart elect spell checker. 😂

[@leezurligen227]

@@donaldholderdoc2910 Elect?

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

@@leezurligen227 That was a deliberate pun to see just how petty some will be.

[@leezurligen227]

@@donaldholderdoc2910 Sorry, that’s not a pun.

[@MrJumpmaster55]

This review really brought back some fond memories. I was 12 when it came out. Bailey Quarters was one of my first actress crush's and she never got enough screen time.

[@crankychris2]

I'll bet you were a fan of Mary Ann, too.

[@MrJumpmaster55]

@@crankychris2 You got it!!

[@johnsturgis4462]

@@crankychris2 Heidi from Home Improvements "Tool Time" also a favorite.

[@slundgr]

@@crankychris2 Wasn’t everyone a fan of Mary Ann?

[@morganjohnson539]

They had one of the best theme songs in television history. Over 40 years later I can still sing the entire song from memory. As close as I ever got to Cincinnati.

[@rcharding]

Too bad. The Queen City is special. We used to go to King's Island every summer and my dad would take me to see the Cincinnati Reds many years. Skyline chili is the best.

[@freedapeeple4049]

The show should have won all kinds of awards.

[@kimr45]

That rockin outro theme though, that was something else!

[@vahi37]

@@kimr45 With non-sensical lyrics.

[@slundgr]

Very first Major League Baseball game I saw was in 1963 at Crosley Field. Sandy Koufax pitched. Pete Rose was a rookie and got two hits.

[@crankychris2]

They were all fine actors.

[@funone8716]

When Bailey was throwing the matches.....her look, her hair, just gorgeous!

[@colinsmith4453]

Jan Smithers sat behind me in highschool. She and her sister were the most beautiful girls in our school. I had such a crush on her. Its 2022 i hope she is alive and well . I would love to speak to her. She should be 72. God bless her she was totally sweet, a total beauty who was not stuck up.

[@Bundy714]

Jan Smithers was drop dead gorgeous. I had the biggest crush on her.

[@stevenf1953]

Thank goodness for repeats. Me TV is running WKRP on Saturday or Sunday late afternoons. I wish Ya'll would have talked about a few EPS. The Who concert and afterwards was a great one, also when Fever told off Carlton's Mother when she wanted to change the format to talk radio. Was a great one too.

[@dakotahstr]

Thank goodness for moving pictures

[@D-Fens_1632]

I was just talking about the Who episode yesterday. Very cool of them to break the reality wall and address a real life local tragedy. Every sitcom had their episodes about drugs and domestic violence and child molesters and all the other PSA stuff, but WKRP was rare in how they used an actual event that happened, and did it tastefully. That was only like halfway though the first season too, daring for a comedy show.

[@stevenf1953]

@@D-Fens_1632 Strange as it sounds, I was very proud of WKRP. I never missed an episode after that. No matter how silly it was.

[@2LaneTraveler]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but today's date needs to be in the Comment Section. Howard Hesseman, "Dr. Johnny Fever" passed today, at the age of 81. Booger.

[@sparkyrunner4283]

Not everyday you can look at your grandmother and say, wow she was HOT !!!!

[@jakeornot6306]

@@sparkyrunner4283 You reply is misplaced.

[@davidmitchell1239]

@@jakeornot6306 shut up

[@googoo-gjoob]

12:22 .... be still, my beating heart

[@josettedaejung6309]

Thank you for this! It was indepth and hilarious. How you dubbed the "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles" swearing scene with Jive talk from "Airplane!": GOLD!

[@dainab2761]

I had this playing in the background, so I wasn’t actually watching when I heard the Airplane bit…nearly did an ACTUAL spit take! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KitsuyuutsuR]

I never missed an episode as a kid or when they started showing reruns. Best show ever!

[@rebeccastewart7273]

One of my all time favorites wish reruns will come back

[@robinnagel1426]

WKRP rules!RIP Johnny Fever will always be missed Robin

[@dainab2761]

These videos are FANTASTIC! Thanks so much for doing them! Also, I’ve decided that the next time anyone questions my blackness, I’ll lay ‘em out with Howard Hesseman’s “Fellow Baby” bit at 18:25 ! ✊🏾😎

[@sandyd-h9563]

R.I.P. Dr Johnny Fever.

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

One of my favourite shows from the 70s. I watched it every week. Dr Johnny was my fave

[@AlanTClark]

One of my favorite episodes and memorable episodes, was when the cop was getting Johnny fever and Venus fly trap to get drunk on air. The more Johnny fever drank the quicker he became, which was totally pissing the cop off🤣🤣🤣

[@c.rutherford]

Fun facts: After WKRP's last airing, its time slot was replaced with the second Bob Newhart show, "Newhart", which ran another 8 years. The one where he dreamed he ran an inn in Vermont. All three, including the original Bob Newhart, were by Mary Tyler Moore productions. WKRP was shot on the same soundstage as the original Mary Tyler Moore Show.

[@lancerx1759]

2022 and WKRP is still the best thing to be casted from Cincinnati

[@greg11311]

I LOVE this show!! It was, and still is, AWESOME!

[@rainbowwriter672]

Less Nessman and the turkey drop 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Cappadonna72]

Many legends. Gordon Jump is the man!!!

[@herbwolfe133]

RIP Fever.

[@MonicaMariaMclean-zi1fs]

I use love beetle juice 🥤. Especially the cartoon. Brings me back to my childhood. I love different strokes to specially specially Arnold Jackson, What you talk about Willis?😅😅❤❤😅😅😊😊

[@nufosmatic]

Hugh Wilson, creator of WKRP, spoke at the spring 1981 graduation ceremonies at the University of Florida. I know this because I was one of the people in cap-and-gown that day. Hugh Wilson had a UF degree in journalism from 1964.

[@matthewchicchi7262]

Bailey, all day, every day. She sets my shirt on fire.

[@cmdesign01]

Bailey over Jennifer every day

[@MikeKilo1969]

I was always on Team Smithers, despite everybody else being on Team Anderson.

[@troyc4250]

Excellent work. Loved this show.

[@tomdowling638]

Bailey and Mary Ann, Always top choice.

[@aledo_dj]

The first time I noticed Howard was when he was a hippy on another cult classic, Billy Jack. And I remember watching the Different Strokes episode with Gordon and how disturbing it was to watch. He played it brilliantly, but a pretty rough topic.

[@scottcaldwell7480]

Jennifer & Wonder Woman on the same show? Oh my my.

[@johnny-becker]

September 21, 1978 I was not even a memory. Still love the show though. WKRP and shows like it in the era gave honest to goodness laughs.

[@scribe56]

One of the best shows ever

[@williegordon7899]

Bailey Quarters was my favorite on that show. Had a huge crush on Jan Smithers.

[@tedneb3459]

RIP Howard Hesseman

[@vassa1972]

Loved the show RIP to both Frank Bonner and Howard hedsman Frank died last year and Howard died at the end of last month

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

When I was a teen, I had the hots for Loni Anderson. As I've gotten older, I've come to see Jan as the prettier. Not that it's a competition.

[@theboyisnotright6312]

Why not both?😂😂😂. I'm a dirty man😂😂😂

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

@@theboyisnotright6312 that's just...not right!

[@leezurligen227]

I always preferred Jan Smithers. She’s like the girl next door.

[@bagpiper]

What a great show that was. Gordon Jump played down the social interactions. Even though it was a role he did not want to offend the members and the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. A class guy all around.

[@matthewchipman5596]

A fun way to start the day! Seeing this great clip

[@warplanner8852]

I shall always miss Gordon Jump (The Big Guy) and Frank Bonner {Herb) and, of course, Howard Hessman (Dr Johnny Fever).

[@davidkimmel5153]

Wonderful

[@colinsmith4453]

Taft highclass of 1967

[@gotminegettingyours]

Very funny, thank you! And well researched.

[@thomasoaxaca9771]

WKRP CINCINNATI and TAXI 1. In WKRP, in the Thanksgiving Episode when the turkeys were dropped from the helicopter. 2. In Taxi when Reverend Jim was taking his driver's license exam. "What does a yellow light mean"? Response: "Slow Down". Both these shows had EPIC episodes.

[@tcda3640]

Awesome show. Johnny Fever loved his FEVER Additude .

[@themaggattack]

I use to love this show as a kid. The opening theme song made me nostalgic, even back then. Like a tale of those who had gone before me and a forshadowing of life to come. 🎶"Baby, if you ever wonder, wonder what ever became of me..." 🎶

[@arianprofit]

I loved Howard on Head of the Class

[@GarnetStencill]

that was very informative thanks

[@erictaylor5462]

11:30 She was so funny in Farris Buller's Day off. When she is pulling all the pencils out of her hair, that started out as an on set joke. Someone challenged her to see how many pencils she could put in her hair without them being seen. I think it was quite a large number. Maybe over 10.

[@willadventure4adventures226]

Back when I liked TV.

[@Necron-ez2cc]

The Bicycle Man was devistating.

[@AlanTClark]

That picture of Les Nesman looks amazingly like Neil Patrick Harris.🤔

[@arianprofit]

“Hi are you Bailey Nichols?” “No. Bailey Quarters.”

[@blaws6684]

I can’t decide if I had a bigger crush on Jan Smithers or Agnetha Fältskog.

[@306champion]

The only reason I clicked on this was because YT flicked it up in my face for a week strait. I've never seen it before in my life.

[@ramfish11]

Softball is Baseball, Hardball is Baseball too.

[@vassa1972]

Love the show

[@allancove4483]

Yeah, today's tv flat out sucks alright. Sucks even more when ya have hundreds of channels to choose from & still not a damn thing on. All the more reason why I don't have cable. I simply buy all my favorite movies & tv shows (complete series of course) & whenever I'm in the mood to watch something great on tv I just watch it on dvd. Otherwise I have my tv on just for sound as I'm always doing things to keep me busy. But yeah, tv nowadays SUCKS!

[@rebeccaizzmee2134]

Cheesecake

[@jeaubeau]

Best times of my life watching the shows Great Piece of Americana and very talented people to pull it off

[@gregkistner1955]

Was one of the greats on TV!

[@roymerritt9927]

Don't forget that Larry Sanders was also on the sitcom "ALF" portraying a middle-class father who had an "Alien Life Form" living with his household to avoid being captured by government authorities and had an appetite for cats. As I remember it was a popular show for awhile.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

That was an entirely different actor. Similar in appearance ( a little ) but not the same guy.

[@paulmc3457]

Gary seriously got with LONI? AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[@mousetreehouse6833]

I dont seem to recall a lot of drama surrounding Loni's marriage to Burt Reynolds, even though they were often featured in the gossip magazine, Rona Barretts Hollywood. It all seemed pretty benign, and they got a lot of nice coverage when they adopted their young son. Too bad they had to split up, though.

[@jazziccoolcat]

R.I.P. Howard Hesseman.

[@johntrainor9101]

Here's a little trivia on Les Nessman........the spelling is a typo known to we old newsmen.....miss the W on the keyboard and you are likely to hit the S which sits right under it on the qwerty board.....its an insider joke to the real newsmen who could also type. Yer welcome

[@kd1s]

I spent a couple years at WDOM and later on talk radio WALE. So I know of what they speak.

[@sonnysoldies5288]

Oh man, Jan Smithers!!!

[@brianwest2775]

Ah, the lonely Maytag repairman. Simpler times.

[@madweazl]

Such a good show

[@maralene1411]

Love this show

[@theparkeys4345]

This is a great video, but why are the scenes from the show mirror images of the originals?

[@torunit4620]

I did recognize Fred Gwynne's voice before you IDed it.

[@cassandrafine6373]

Loved the show!

[@kdwaynec]

FM converters were actually a real thing up into the 80s.

[@danielcorreard3746]

Burt Reynolds once said that marrying loni anderson wsa the biggest mistake of his life i'm sure a lot of us would love to make that mistake lol

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

Jan Smithers was my first love. lol

[@nightmare-ow3jn]

Hessmen also played in legend of Billy jack

[@jdgolf499]

Count me in the Bailey column. Prefer the down home, natual beauty type.

[@TheSearchRadio]

awesome tribute

[@scottgordon1781]

Great fun, thanks :-)

[@bobm549]

The thanksgiving skit was pure art. We need more Good comady . dy

[@jeffwyant6451]

As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly. (Hilarious)

[@ourv9603]

The entire staff was fired & Mrs Carlson turned the station into Cincinnati fox radio news channel. !

[@yettiman2817]

The turkey epsode is best episode of any show.

[@larrybrashear4988]

My gig at WKTG was fleeting!

[@nickschuyler]

I love WKRP.

[@babayaga1767]

gordon jump 1932-2003 frank bonner 1942-2001 howard hesseman 1940-2022

[@davidmitchell1239]

You got Frank‘s date of death way off, he only died a couple of years ago

[@johnzeszut3170]

The girls went into seclusion making their own line of jewelry and the men entered into "Theater In The Round."

[@jakeornot6306]

98% wonderfully scripted, voiced, and cuts. No need for the sophomoric 'Karen' reference, and the ending, which doesn't actually, give us Les's final word on the state of television today - but worse, is a huge spoiler for those who have never seen the episode. But, as I said..98% wonderful. Thank you. -- and great voice!

[@MichaelEatonolympus1112]

im gonna say it.......BOOGER

[@JenWren4]

513 Baby!

[@massimocometti6529]

Had a huge crush on Bailey........

[@evilbob840]

When you talked about Venus Flytrap's original name, I thought you were going to say Venus Love. The character was going to use Venus Love on air, but Johnny Fever didn't like it, so called him Venus Flytrap the first time segueing to his show.

[@Vejur9000]

Did you say... Lenny Anderson?

[@dustinhowell4344]

RIP Dr Jphnny

[@jamesvickery2486]

Only 4 seasons?

[@edryba4867]

Now Radio gigs don’t exist! And Jan Smithers was MUCH better looking than Loni Anderson!