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Mr. Carlson decides to take a more hands-on managerial approach by doing the greatest Thanksgiving promotion in radio history - dropping live turkeys from a helicopter. In 1997 TV Guide ranked this episode at number 40 on its '100 Greatest Episodes of All Time' list. [1] In 2009, it moved to #65. [2]
The plot of "Turkeys Away" is based on a true story. WKRP in Cincinnati creator Hugh Wilson — who adapted Carlson's character from Jerry Blum, a general manager of radio station WQXI in Atlanta from 1960 to 1989 — recounted that the episode was inspired by a similar live turkey giveaway promotion by Blum, who tossed turkeys out of a pick-up truck at a Dallas shopping center parking lot.
In the seventh episode of the first season, released on Oct. 30, 1978, the struggling station puts on a well-intended but poorly executed Thanksgiving promotion, dropping live turkeys from a ...
WKRP in Cincinnati's turkey drop episode is one of Thanksgiving's greatest gifts of television. Here's how to watch the classic, 'Turkeys Away'.
"WKRP in Cincinnati" gave the television world one of the greatest Thanksgiving gifts imaginable when the "Turkeys Away" episode hit screens across the country on Oct. 30, 1978.
In the seventh episode of the first season, released Oct. 30, 1978, the struggling station puts on a well-intended but poorly executed Thanksgiving promotion, dropping live turkeys from a ...
8th episode of the 5th season of Friends " The One with All the Thanksgivings " Friends episode Episode no. Season 5 Episode 8 Directed by Kevin S. Bright Written by Gregory S. Malins Production code 467659 Original air date November 19, 1998 (1998-11-19) Guest appearances Elliott Gould as Jack Geller Christina Pickles as Judy Geller Morgan Fairchild as Nora Tyler Bing Douglas Looper as The ...
The Thanksgiving "WKRP in Cincinnati" turkey drop episode is classic holiday TV. ... the Big Guy turns a routine turkey give-away into a comic catastrophe," the IMDB synopsis for Season 1, Episode ...