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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.
USA TODAY released a ranking of the 10 best Thanksgiving TV episodes of all-time Monday, and the classic "WKRP in Cincinnati" Thanksgiving episode titled "Turkeys Away" came in at No. 1.
The full episode of WKRP in Cincinnati's "Turkeys Away" can be streamed for free through the Internet Archive. Here are some other places to find the episode: Apple TV
The full episode of WKRP in Cincinnati's 'Turkeys Away' can be streamed for free thanks to the Internet Archive. Here are some other places to find the episode: Apple TV
The new ratings arrive, and WKRP has finally become a successful station, rising to #6 in the Cincinnati market with Johnny Fever as the #1 DJ. But when a new news director (Nicholas Hormann) shows up and says he was hired by Mama Carlson, Andy soon finds out that she plans to change the station to a 24-hour news format.
WKRP in Cincinnati is an American sitcom television series about the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional AM [1] radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson and was based upon his experiences working in advertising sales at Top 40 radio station WQXI in Atlanta, including many of the characters. [2]
The sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" gave the television world one of the greatest Thanksgiving gifts possible when the "Turkeys Away" episode aired on Oct. 30, 1978.According to the IMDB synopsis for ...
Les is prominently featured in WKRP's most famous episode, "Turkeys Away" (season 1, episode 7), in which he reports on what turns into a disastrous station promotion, evoking Herbert Morrison's emotional description of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. This scene [4] is widely acknowledged to be one of the funniest moments in television history.