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Please Consider Subscribing! @tvsbesteps Best Eps "Turkeys Away" (WKRP in Cincinnati) Season 1, Episode 7 Airdate: Oct. 30, 1978 Written by: Bill Dial Directed by: Michael Zinberg "Feeling left out by the recent changes around the station, Arthur Carlson (Gordon Jump) decides to launch his own Thanksgiving promotion. With the help of Herb (Frank Bonner) and Les (Richard Sanders), the 'Big Guy' turns a routine turkey giveaway into a comic catastrophe." #WKRP #TurkeysAway #Thanksgiving #AsGodAsMyWitness #TurkeyDrop WKRP is streaming on Amazon Prime in some countries. Click here: https://amzn.to/3UGGgBT Buy to own the first season on DVD. Click here: https://amzn.to/3A3LCP9 Books: "Tinker in Television: From General Sarnoff to General Electric" by Grant Tinker; (Click here to buy: https://amzn.to/3tkvjJT) "America's Favorite Radio Station - WKRP" by Michael B. Kassell; (Click here to buy: https://amzn.to/3Tz9MrS) "MTM - Quality Television" ed. by Jane Feuer, Paul Kerr and Tise Vahimagi; (Click here to buy: https://amzn.to/3Tz9MrS) Classic TV History Blog: https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/turkeys-away-an-oral-history/ Check out the full You Tube videos: CBS Reports - Television: Don't Touch That Dial (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urlp5PBXJOQ via Chuck Barbee WKRP Behind the Scenes and Bloopers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxODfMSi4qw via Johnny Sunshine Mary Unknown Episode 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsvNXahrBNQ via Sean Meredith WKRP in Cincinnati "Turkeys Away" 1980 reair intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lci20k1nHtc via TomServosBlender WKRP Promos & Ephemera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcutj_-nyjw via Maljardin You also might like our podcast… "Dark Tube - TV's Wicked History" On Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dark-tube-tvs-wicked-history/id1620587695 https://darktubetvhistory.podbean.com Patreon supports of this channel get access to exclusive videos! Find out another bizarre story of a turkey promotion gone awry. Patreon Link: https://patreon.com/tvsbesteps Follow us on Twitter. http://twitter.com/tvsbesteps Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tvsbesteps/ MUSIC CREDITS: Intro: Podcast Background Music No Copyright jazz lofi - #TALK30 Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported - CC BY 3.0 Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos https://bit.ly/31OjyRA Theme & End Credits: Music: Sugar Zone - Silent Partner Support by RFM - NCM: https://youtu.be/GdQRbGAhfL8 Background Podcast Background Music No Copyright lofi chill - #TALK36 Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported - CC BY 3.0 Music promoted by Copyright Free Music - Background Music For Videos https://bit.ly/31OjyRA

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80s.deenniceIt’s not Thanksgiving season until we watch the turkey drop on WKRP in Cincinnati 😆🦃This classic “Turkeys Away” episode first aired in ‘78 but I caught the reruns in the 80s and to me it’s still one of the funniest episodes ever!“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” 🤣🤣🤣...#70s #80s #genx #wkrp #genxtv #turkeydrop #turkeysaway #thanksgiving #mondaynighttv

Mr. Carlson comes up with a Thanksgiving promotional gimmick that involves a helicopter and live turkeys.

Every Thanksgiving, one TV moment comes soaring back into the cultural conversation — before plummeting straight to the ground “like sacks of wet cement.” Ye...

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