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Sanders would later "sing" the lyrics in a promo spot on VH1 for The New WKRP in Cincinnati that parodied the U2 song "Numb." The closing theme was a different song with more of a hard rock sound performed by Atlanta musician Jim Ellis, played over scenes from the episodes followed by a still photo of the Cincinnati skyline.
The familiar opening and closing themes of its parent series were also retained, and while a new arrangement/recording was used for the opening theme, the closing theme was the same version heard on the original series (although a bit faster). The series followed up on some details left unaddressed in the original series.
J. J. Starbuck ("Gone Again") - music by Mike Post, lyrics by Stephen Geyer performed by Ronnie Milsap; The Jack Benny Program (end credit theme, "The J & M Stomp") – Mahlon Merrick; The Jackie Gleason Show ("Melancholy Serenade") – Jackie Gleason; Jackpot, 1974–75 version ("Jet Set") – Mike Vickers (later used for This Week in Baseball)
WKRP in Cincinnati is an American situation comedy television series that features the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and originally aired on CBS from September 1978 to April 1982.
"W.O.L.D." is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song is about an aging disc jockey who travels the United States seeking happiness, which he believes he will find by following his passion for being a radio broadcaster, only to discover that his life, looks, and voice have all passed him by, as hinted in the OLD of the title.
Carlson is a well-meaning, bumbling, childlike man who is completely out of touch with the changes that have occurred in the radio and music business. He keeps his job as general manager of WKRP only because his mother, Lillian Carlson, better known as "Mama Carlson", owns the station. Unbeknownst to him, his mother has set up WKRP as a tax ...
Near the end of the song, the melody slows down for a harrowing bridge. “Band-Aids don’t fix bullet holes/ You say sorry just for show,” Swift sings. This beef will not be mended with a ...
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.