WKRP-Cast
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratingsA week-by-week, episode-by-episode re-watch podcast spending time with America's Favorite Radio Station: "WKRP in Cincinnati". Extensive trivia, show background, performer background, hilarious commentary and a scene by scene rundown of all 88 episodes of "WKRP in Cincinnati". Hosted by husband and wife, Allen and Donna Stare. Allen started in radio at age 15 in 1980. When he walked into his first radio station, all he knew about radio came from watching the first two seasons of "WKRP in Cincinnati." WKRP launched a fun and successful 40 year audio production and advertising career...now, it's time to talk about it!!
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S4E20 - "Up and Down the Dial"
June 25, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Finally! All the hard work for the KRP-Crew seems to be paying off! Andy got the new Book in this morning and there's some GOOD news!! The Mighty 'KRP has risen to a quite respectable SIXTH in the Cincinatti Market!! Andy calls the gang together for the big reveal. Herb thinks this is it for his time on the streets...the phone will be ringing off the hook, right?? In the lobby, a gentleman with a deep and resonating voice has introduced himself...
S4E19 - "The Creation of Venus"
June 18, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! We're 87 episodes into the series and Mr. Blake Hunter has decided we really need to clarify a few things that came before...like stuff that happened during the PILOT! It's time to corral all those things we've heard about Venus over the last four years and explain how it could all happen to one man. We know him as military deserter...accomplished teacher...hottest nighttime deejay in NOLA...how was he able to pull it all off and he's not 63 yea...
S4E18 - "Dear Liar"
June 11, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Les is a consummate newsman...when the news is farm related. As Johnny says, Les's stories have that unmistakable 'barnyard aroma.' Andy has an assignment for the News Beacon of the Ohio Valley. Mrs. Carlson is a big supporter of a local children's hospital. The Hospital is in dire need of community support. Andy hands Les the info and tells him to go down there and do a story on it. Now. Les, in an inspired bit of delegation, hands the story...
S4E17 - "Fire"
June 04, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! There's a Fire in the Flimm Building!! Alliteration loving Les is happy to hear it's on the FIFTH floor! The gang was just leaving for the day as the conflagration broke out. Herb and Jennifer made it on the elevator. They walked right past Johnny who was coming in for work...ummm...yeah, you'll need to ask Johnny about this one. Herb and Jennie-poo wind up trapped between the 8th and 9th floors...the rest of the gang is stuck on 14. Johnny de...
S4E16 - "Circumstantial Evidence"
May 28, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Venus snuck a girl past the night guard. Okay, so this is not unusual for Venus. What's different this time? The girl is using Venus as cover so she can engineer a robbery at a Wholesale Jeweler elsewhere in the Flimm Building. Sounds like "Law and Order: WKRP", right? It kind of is! The fuzz shows up in the bullpen and Venus is hauled downtown in cuffs. Johnny, in disguise, visits the jailbird. His fake beard had to sign the visitor's log sep...
S4E15 - "I'll Take Romance" w/Livia Genise
May 21, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Big things happening all over the place this week, Fellow Babies! Herb got a new client. Believe it or not, a sponsor for Les's newscasts. It's a computer dating service called "I'll Take Romance." They're just across the river into Kentucky. Fill out their questionnaire and be matched to the guy or gal of your dreams...scientifically. This ALSO happens to be the same week as the Cincinnati Broadcaster's Dinner and Dance. It's a pretty swank a...
S4E14 - "Changes" w/Tom Dreesen
May 14, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Jennifer says it at lunch with Herb (yeah, right there should tell you how crazy this one is!!): "Change is exciting, don't you think?" Maybe when it's happening to someone else, but the changes happening around the station are leaving everyone reeling. Herb is looking GOOD in a conservative grey suit. He's also spouting the supply-side doctrine of the new Reagan Administration. Who is this fellow in the nice-looking suit, and what have you done...
S4E13 - "Pills"
May 07, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Amphetamines were outlawed in 1970. It was a Tricky Dick move. He made amphetamines a very-illegal Schedule Two drug. No more bottles of "mother's little helper" available over the counter. By the late 1970s, some intrepid manufacturers of 'diet pills' were concocting concentrated formulations of caffeine, ephedrine and sometimes taurine. It was an attempt to legally create the amphetamine buzz that was so prized by speed-freaks in the '60s. Hu...
S4E12 - "Jennifer and Johnny's Charity"
April 30, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Giant Lizzard ravages East Coast!! Les is at it again...a classic Nessman mess up. Once Les gets things sorted out with giant reptiles and winter storms, he tells us about a fire at the Vine Street Mission. Turns out, Dr. Fever is a big supporter of the Mission. He was on sight for a live report right after the fire...kinda. The kitchen at the Mission needs a new roof...to the tune of $40,000! For Johnny, and most mere mortals, this is a big p...
S4E11 - "You Can't Go Out of Town Again"
April 23, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! It's College Class Reunion Time and Moose...er, Art...is getting ready to head out for the big weekend. He's gotten his Letterman Sweater cleaned and he's making reservations at the "Eat 'n Sleep." Meanwhile, Venus is attempting to 'woo' a young lady from a local broadcast school. She seems a bit smarter than Mr. Flytrap's usual conquests. She's also not thrilled about the lack of privacy in the Venus Lovenest...aka The Control Booth. With Art ...
S4E10 - "The Consultant"
April 16, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Andy's good buddy, Norris Breeze, is in Cincinnati! What brings ol' Norris to town? That would be Mama Carlson. Norris has developed a coke habit so he needed a high paying job. He's now a "radio consultant" tasked with making every radio station sound the same from coast to coast. Norris has already been in town a couple of days, monitoring the Mighty 'KRP. Andy gulps hard and starts the wheels turning. How can he discredit "the Radio Doctor" f...
S4E09 - "Love, Exciting and New"
April 09, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Remember way back at the start of Season Four when the Phone Cops blew up the transmitter?? (Or, something like that...gotta stop listening to Johnny). Anyway, insurance said they'd replace the transmitter...at its current value. Its old, and usually broken, current value. Andy decides a Top Ten operation like WKRP should be heard on something nicer than Harris' best AM Transmitter from 1968. He decides the best way to get to the checkbook is a...
S4E08 - "Jennifer and the Will"
April 02, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Jennifer is out on the town enjoying a posh meal at an upscale and trendy Cincinnati hotspot. Her companion is...elderly. Let's not kid ourselves...he's old! This is the Colonel. He seems to have held a special spot in Jennifer's life for a while now. Actually, if Steve Marshall and Hugh Wilson had gotten their way, he'd have been MARRIED to Jennifer right now. Dinner doesn't go well. The Colonel expires minutes before paying the whopper of a c...
S4E07 - "Three Days of the Condo"
March 26, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Hmm...turns out saying "booger" on the air is NOT grounds for firing someone. Johnny had a year left on his contract and somebody decided to sue for it. Out of the blue, a settlement... minus his attorney's quite reasonable 51%...has shown up in Johnny's mailbox. Even with everybody's mitts on his money, Johnny is still walking away with a lump sum of $24,000. Art voices all of our concerns: "Good golly...Fever with money?" Johnny goes on a ...
S4E06 - "Who's On First?"
March 19, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Herb's in the Hospital being checked for potential ticker troubles. Whatever the doctor might tell him can't be as bad as the little item he finds in today's paper. Carlson confirms it! WKRP is interviewing sales people! It sounds long term! Back at the station, the cheap cologne brigade has assembled on Jennifer's doorstep. Andy, for some reason, is conducting the interviews in Art's office. Instead of causing Herb REAL ticker troubles, Jennif...
S4E05 - "Straight from the Heart"
March 12, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Herb is going on vacation...with his insurance papers. It's how ol' "Work Hard/Play Hard" Herbie rolls. Or maybe not. Jennifer starts to worry, Les starts to dial hospitals. He starts with the cheapest first, so it doesn't take long. One call is enough and Huggable Herbie has been located. Les decides to visit Herb before jetting off to Omaha and Copper Cob Accolades. Herb decides to visit a Porn Theater. Hang on...there is a rationale, but thi...
S4E04 - "Rumors"
March 05, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Johnny's got lizards...big ones. The landlord is fumigating, so Johnny is out on the street! He appeals to the gang for a place to crash. Les says no because Johnny's messy. Herb just says 'no.' Andy and Venus both seem to be hosting exchange students. Bailey takes pity on our poor beleaguered morning man. She will give him a place to stay until the de-lizarding is finished. The rumor mill kicks into high gear immediately. Even Jennifer, Venus ...
S4E03 - "The Union"
February 27, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! It's time to organize, it's time to unionize, it's time to "look for...that union label...". WKRP has had another bit of a ratings surge. The lack of commercials following Dr. Bob's Boycott seems to have attracted listeners. The Mighty KRP is now ranked 10th among all Cincinnati Radio Stations. Art's ready to celebrate with a few raises! While Art's looking for someplace cheap but elegant to hold a company dinner, the rest of the gang is sneaki...
S4E02 - "An Explosive Affair - PT02"
February 20, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! You made it back for Part 2! (a lot of people didn't in 1981). In case you need a refresher, we've got a Bomb threat!! Andy dispatched Venus and Johnny to the Transmitter Building in the middle of Part One. The guys are blowing off the dust and trying to keep some tunes on the WKRP Air. Things are...rough. The turntable doesn't want to play and the bookie doesn't want to talk. Wing, Johnny's Chinese Bookie and Restauranteur, put Johnny on hold j...
S4E01 - "An Explosive Affair" - PT01
February 13, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! It's a busy day around the Mighty 'KRP!! Joyce Armor, the woman who used to have Jennifer's job, has returned, The usual round of complaints about Johnny have arrived, Venus and Johnny are gambling in the Control Room and oh, yeah...there's a bomb threat. Bomb threat? Excuse me!! Andy says its normal for a newly popular station to get these kinds of things. Everyone would figure it's a hoax if it weren't for John Davidson having his show blown ...
S3XTRA04 - INTERVIEW with Max Tash
February 06, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… A SPECIAL INTERVIEW!! Hey there, Fellow Babies! If you're a fan of WKRP at all (and if you're listening to this podcast, we're guessing you are) you've probably seen the name "Max Tash" in the credits. It's the first name listed over the nighttime city shots when the "Went to a Bartender" closing theme begins. Picturing it in your head? Max was working for WKRP from before the beginning. He was an MTM "runner/gopher" on the production while casting was happe...
S3E22 - "Clean Up Radio Everywhere" (w/Max Tash)
January 30, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Dr. Bob Halyers (Halliers? Halyer?) has come to WKRP with one thing on his mind: cleaning up the airwaves!! Dr. Bob is the head of "Clean Up Radio Broadcasting" aka CURB. Yes, it's possible he was also head of something called "Clean Up Radio Everywhere" or CURE...but that was an earlier draft. We get into the details about all things "CURB/CURE" with a VERY special Guest! WKRP Associate & Coordinating Producer MAX TASH joins us with his insight...
S3E21 - "'Til Debt Do Us Part"
January 23, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Johnny's gotten some GREAT news!! His ex...first ex, Paula...has called to tell him she's remarrying!! The remarrying isn't the good news...it's the fact Johnny will now be off the hook for alimony!! He decides to celebrate by spending all the money he just saved on a Jamaican adventure. There's a catch. Paula, his ex, wants him to meet the new guy. Enter BUDDY! Buddy is being played by one of our favorites: Hamilton Camp is BACK! This one was ...
S3E20 - "Nothing to Fear But..."
January 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Johnny is filling in for Moss Steiger, the overnight guy. The Doctor is either hung over or dealing with a bad cold. Either way, he's wandering around the station with a towel over his head completely oblivious to the ROBBERY taking place in the station! The next day, the gang finds all the valuables are gone...the phones, Art's hobby equipment, even Les' typewriter! The only rational response is to install a burglar alarm...which The Big Guy d...
S3E19 - "A Simple Little Wedding"
January 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Imagine Mama Carlson is your mother. Now imagine having her help you plan your wedding. Carmen couldn't take it at first...all the way back in 1956. She and Arthur eloped just to get away from "the Boss." Carmen never had a "real" wedding ceremony. Twenty-five years later, Carmen's still not happy about spending time with Mama, but she and Art are planning a real ceremony to celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary. They visit Mama Carlson hopi...
S3E18 - "Out to Lunch"
January 02, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… RIP-Howard Hesseman: We didn't have a chance to add anything to the episode, but we did want to take a moment to mention the passing of Howard "Dr. Johnny Fever" Hesseman on Jan. 29th of 2022. He was 81 years old. WELCOME BACK!! Everyone knows the wheels of commerce are greased by a steady flow of cocktails. At least, if you're Herb Tarlek, it's how things work. Herb has been on a sales binge for nearly a month now...which means he's also been on a drinking b...
S3E17 - "Secrets of Dayton Heights"
December 26, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! If you're Les Nessman, you know how important it is to stay vigilant. Commies are everywhere!! Pinkos, and other ne'er-do-wells who would undo our great democracy must be vigilantly repelled...even if one of them happens to be your own father! This is an amazing story to take on in a single half hour of television. They threw in a lot of jokes...we've got a hilariously slapstick "B"-story involving Venus, Johnny and a studio project. We've got J...
S3E16 - "I Am Woman"
December 19, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Somebody needs to save The Flimm!! The owners of the landmark Osgood R. Flimm building, located in downtown Cincinnati, have decided it's time for an upgrade. The 50 year old Art-Deco structure is scheduled for demolition...according to the Registered Letter Art got in today's mail. The gang is outraged...livid...but, hey, we're talking Real Estate Mega-bucks, so what're ya gonna do?? Bailey decides she's not going to take this lying down...or ...
S3E15 - "Ask Jennifer"
December 12, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Herb had a good idea (no, seriously...he did!!!) He suggested a call-in advice show. They're sweeping the nation! His buddy in St. Louis had all kinds of great stories about great ratings, winning timeslots...how could they NOT?? Finding the right host proves to be a challenge. Depending on how you count it up, it took them either five and a half months or a full year to find the perfect advice lady...her name is Arlene. Once they've found her, ...
S3E14 - "Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide PT02"
December 05, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! The Ripper Returns!! Well...not 'returns' really. He never left...it was a full hour. He's still Rippin' right along. We're the ones who had to go away!! WE'RE back (and a Happy New Year to ya!) and ready to catch you up on the exploits of Cincinnati's hottest new TV host with the most. So, when we left you last time, things were pretty rosy for the good Doctor. His "Rip Tide" persona saved his contract breaching butt just before airtime. Now,...
S3E13 - "Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide PT01"
November 28, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Johnny needs money...so what else is new? Big difference today, Johnny's picked up a side gig! He's been tapped to host a new Teen Dance show in the Cincinnati market!! (Hold on...Johnny FEVER? Dance Party?) Yeah, this one looked questionable from the start!! Johnny may have been persuaded by the pretty face hiding a shark of a producer named Avis. Avis lured Johnny in with too much Champagne and too few clothes. He signed a fairly ironclad con...
S1E07 - "Turkeys Away" (yeah, THAT one)
November 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… HOLIDAY RE-RELEASE! (We're re-running this classic on November 22nd, 2023...the 45th anniversary of the "first" WKRP Turkey Drop. As God is our witness, here's to the start of a wonderful Holiday Season!! Enjoy!!) Hey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! It's time for another episode of the "WKRP-Cast"...and this one's a doozy! It's "Turkeys Away", the most popular and most famous episode of WKRP ever conceived!! Who thought of it? Who wrote it? Is it true? Were any ...
S3E12 - "Venus and the Man"
November 21, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! We meet WKRP's cleaning lady, Cora...and she's got a problem. Her "little boy" Arnold just isn't all that into school. He's 16 and finding more success on the streets than in the classroom. Cora has turned to Venus Flytrap for his advice and help. Could he maybe have a talk with young Arnold? Young Arnold turns out to be a middle-aged man...but we'll have to overlook that for the story. He's just as big, tricky and mean as his mama said. He als...
S3E11 - "Frog Story"
November 14, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! There's been an accident at the Tarlek home!! The kids are fine...so's Lucille. No, the victim of this tragedy is Greenpeace. Not ringing a bell? Greenpeace is the name of Bunny's pet frog. She's become something of an environmentalist at the tender age of 9. Greenpeace got in the way of Herb's cabinet painting and wound up...pink. There's no 911 for Frogs! The vet won't even make a house call. Herb decides to bring his sad little shoe box wit...
S3E10 - "Daydreams"
November 07, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Art's been tapped by the Ohio Broadcaster's Association to give a speech at a dinner. He's got his 3 by 5 cards and he's done his research...but he's scared to DEATH about speaking to these guys. As Art says, "they can be a mean bunch." The speech is tonight, but Art is trying to back out. Andy, with a little help from Jennifer, convinces the Big Guy to give his speech in front of the troops to bolster his confidence. It's a pretty boring speec...
S3E09 - "The Painting"
October 31, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Sunday night was the big Charity Auction at Art Carlson's church. On Monday morning we find that only Bailey and Herb were in attendance. ONLY Herb bought anything...a painting. Herb didn't buy it because he likes it. He was just looking for some kudos from the Big Guy. Now Herb is out a hundred bucks, he's got a painting he doesn't like and his best buddy Les, who was supposed to split it with him, got called away to Dayton! What's a salesman ...
S3E08 - "Baby, It's Cold Inside"
October 24, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! It's January in Cincinnati and the heat is out in the Flimm Building!! The Morning Show must go on, so our resident Doctor has ordered in a special prescription. It comes in a brown bottle and may or may not have been purchased at a hardware store. The concoction has Johnny seeing things!! Is that Mama Carlson in the hallway?? Surely not...she never drops by unannounced. Then again, the cold makes people do some strange things. Jennifer and J...
S3E07 - "Bah, Humbug"
October 17, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Is it really that time of year again? It seems mere weeks since we were scarfing down eggnog at Jennie-poo's place. Now we're partying at the station. Herb brought the ham!! (at least, we think it's ham...ask him if it can spoil). Art might be cheaping out on the Christmas bonuses this year...he's done it in the past. Nobody is happy and Art's in a haze brought on my some of Dr. Fever's baked goods. What's that??! Chains!? A GHOST of Grandpa!...
S3E06 - "A Mile In My Shoes"
October 10, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! (It's been a while!) Herb has been selected for jury duty. Our legal system may never be the same. He tries, of course, to get out of it. If only Andy hadn't been there to tip the Big Guy about the legal mumbo-jumbo!! Andy's concerned about the overdue clients, soooo... Herb's off to jury duty, Andy's taking Herb's chair and Venus is getting a chance to P.D. in Andy's place. What could go wrong...right? Sales isn't as easy as it looks, especia...
S3E05 - "Hotel Oceanview"
October 03, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Road trip! Herb, Andy and Art have piled into the Cordoba headed to Dayton. What do they hope to accomplish on the mean streets of Dayton? They want to pitch a major advertiser! Vicky von Vickey Jeans is based in Dayton, of course, and the Mighty KRP wants a taste of those denim dollars. Andy's on slide projector, Mickey's at the bar, Art's having a fruit fix and Herb has gotten himself in a fix. If anyone should speak to you in rhyme, tell them...
S3E04 - "The Baby"
September 26, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Remember last season when Art and his lovely wife Carmen discovered they were pregnant?? In the world of WKRP, it must be nine months later!! Carmen is going to have a baby!! After the cold open, the whole gang adjourns to a really COOL hospital set. It's so cool, this is where they will spend the rest of the episode. Not only are they doing this one without a radio station, they're also doing it without an audience. You can't have elaborate sets...
S3E03 - "Real Families"
September 19, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER EDITION OF THE "REAL FAMILIES" PODCAST! Hold on!! Don't go anywhere! It's a joke...it's an allegory...it's an incredibly inventive way to tell a story! It's P.J. Torokvei being given a greenlight by Hugh Wilson to do one of the most incredible half hours of late 20th Century Television ever made. Or not... "Real Families" could be hanging in a museum somewhere, endlessly debated by those who value and appreciate the formative capacity...
S3E02 - "Jennifer Moves"
September 12, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Jennie-poo bought a place in the ‘burbs. It’s a big old Victorian in need of a wealthy woman’s touch. Jennifer enlists the gang to help her move and everyone gets in on the act. We’re serious. It is, quite literally…a single act. All of the action in this one is continuous. Jennifer’s new home provides the perfect setting for a parade of zanies…the next door neighbors…the phone guy…the cops. It churns along at a breakneck pace, much like a runa...
S3E01 - "Airplane Show"
September 05, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! If there is one thing Les Nessman has always coveted, it is the ability to soar above the clouds. His greatest wish is the chance to report back to the ground about the wonders he has discovered...especially when it comes to traffic patterns in and around Cincinnati. WPIG has a brand new helicopter...the ONLY "Live Eye in the Sky" in the market!! There's a "copter gap" or somesuch...you'll have to ask Les. Nessman can't stand it!! He does someth...
S2E24 - "Most Improved Station"
August 29, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! It's media awards night in Cincinnati! Awards night means time to get out your best tux, slick back your hair, and mingle with folks you probably used to work with at one time. Any evening media function is usually a great place to get hammered with your work friends while not worrying about being at work. It's also a great place to catch up on the best gossip and scuttlebutt. If you're lucky, and somewhat good, you might also go home with a bit o...
S2E23 - "Venus Rising"
August 22, 2023 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! We all know Venus is one talented nighttime guy. It's no surprise the Urban Powerhouse in Cincinnati is reaching out to WKRP's own Prince of Darkness. WREQ, 'the Ramblin' Wreck', is making an offer he might find hard to refuse. He’s staring down tons more money, and the coveted title of Program Director. Venus has a meeting scheduled. Turns out, Venus is the last to know about his offer. Les has already spread the word, having heard from the Wreck...
S2E22 - "Filthy Pictures" (PT02 w/George Wyner)
August 15, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! The hour long "Filthy Pictures" continues!! This week, it gets even BETTER! We've got comments with the Sleazy Photographer himself, George Wyner, throughout this week's episode. You remember last time, we discovered that sleazy photog D. Arnold Gonzer took advantage of some legal-release mumbo-jumbo and shot revealing photos of our Ms. Marlowe. He plans to sell them to the highest bidder. Hmmm...what if that bidder turned out to be Johnny and Ba...
S2E21 - "Filthy Pictures" (PT01)
August 08, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! This week's episode ran as a full hour. Since we didn't want to dump a two hour podcast on you...we're doing what they did with it in syndication: breaking it into two pieces. Art Carlson is a civic-minded fella. We thought he was a Rotarian. Turns out, Art's a Kiwanian. Different name, different club, same sense of civic-duty. Art is in charge of the big fundraising fashion show this year, so he's turning to the gang for help. If for the kids an...
S2E20 - "The Doctor's Daughter"
August 01, 2023 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! John Caravella has packed a lot of living into his 41 years. Our Dr. Fever seemingly doesn't do anything once. In addition to more than a half-dozen air names, he's had multiple wives, an unknowable number of jobs, a crazy amount of alcohol and several interactions with certain substances that have come back to haunt him ("do you see someone standing in the corner?") The thing Johnny seems to have only done once: have a kid. Her name is Laurie and...
S2E19 - "In Concert"
July 25, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! This is a unique, and very important, episode of WKRP. It addresses an actual, and at the time of air, very recent, incident in Cincinnati. The first half is very 'usual'...lots of laughs, Art in a goofy mask. It's fun. It does nothing to prepare us for what's about to happen. It was the same for concertgoers, parents and city leaders in Cincinnati. Leading up to it, The Who Concert was one of the biggest things to happen there in a long time. It...