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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S4XTRA03 - Anniversary ReRelease "Patter of Little Feet"
June 21, 2022 05:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Hey, Fellow Babies!! We celebrated our 35th Wedding Anniversary on June 20th. Rather than spend the week working on a new show, we took the week off to celebrate! We didn't want to leave you completely high-and-dry, so we're re-running a romantic favorite: "Patter of Little Feet." We did cut a new intro. We've got a project in the works and we're needing your help. We've decided to do a "Misses and Messes" episode as a capper for the series. Tho...
S4XTRA02 - "Ask Jennifer WITH Eileen Barnett Interview"
May 31, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Hey, Fellow Babies! We here at the WKRP-Cast have taken the week off for Memorial Day. Since this is an elaborate hobby and doesn't pay much of anything (aside from you Patrons...THANK YOU, Patrons!!) we figured we deserved a week off. But, we didn't want to leave you Fellow Babies hangin'! We wanted to get something new to you, only without putting in the 40+ hours involved in creating a regular episode (and, no exaggeration...more than 40 hour...
SPECIAL REPORT: The ACTUAL Final Episode of WKRP
April 22, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WKRP-CAST SPECIAL REPORT: Hey, Fellow Babies!! Welcome to this podcast "Special Report". Today marked what many believe to be the anniversary of the "final" regular season, first run WKRP episode. We have evidence this is not true. We're going to go into detail as we finish out the podcast, but we thought you might like an overview instead of waiting all summer. Enjoy this explanation, and make sure to join us next Tuesday for our next regular episode, the hi...
S4XTRA01-Cincy Trip Recap w/Bob Gerding & John Kiesewetter
April 05, 2022 06:00 - 2 hours - 86.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… [For "Choose Your Own Adventure" Info, See Below...] Hey, Fellow Babies!! The Cincinnati trip was a huge success. We got back just a couple of hours before recording this episode. We had a great time, even if we are a little sore (we walked a LOT!). There's tons of info in this week's show about the trip!! A tip: check the show Facebook page. All you have to do is search "WKRP-Cast" in Facebook and you'll find us. We mention FB posts a LOT in today's show. I...
Howard Hesseman/Dr. Johnny Fever Tribute - "The Dr. Johnny Fever Aircheck"
February 10, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBHEY, FELLOW BABIES!! Welcome to a Special Release from the WKRP-Cast! In order to improve your performance as a deejay, it was important to hear yourself on the air. The process of recording yourself and listening back to your show was called doing an "air check." Usually, a Program Director would require on-air staff to air-check themselves anywhere from once a week to once a month. After a jock has air-checked their show, they would sit down with the PD and critique the content. They might...
S3XTRA03 - ReRelease-"Jennifer's Home for Christmas" (Happy Holidays!!)
December 28, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK!! Hey Fellow Babies!! We hope you're enjoying whatever end of year festivities are your custom. We celebrate Christmas, so we're hanging with family over the holidays eating too much and opening presents. Yeah...it also means we're taking the week off!! Fear not!! We didn't want to leave you hanging completely, so we've recorded a new intro for "Jennifer's Home for Christmas", and we are re-running this holiday episode (we originally ran it last M...
S3XTRA02-ReRelease-It's a good one!
October 26, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Hey, Fellow Babies! Guess what? We're still moving! We tore down the audio editor and piled it into the back of a U-Haul with the rest of our stuff on Oct. 13th. Goodbye, Illinois!! (it was fun...but we won't miss the winters!). Hello, Arkansas! (but not as fast as we thought...construction slowdown due to supply chain issues at the new place). We've taken a 2-week hiatus to let us get moved and settled into the new place (and, of course, get to p...
S3XTRA01-Sample-FirstWatch-Les' Groupie
October 19, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Hey, Fellow Babies! The massive "Stare Relocation Tour 2021" is on! We tore down the audio editor and piled it into the back of a U-Haul with the rest of our stuff on Oct. 13th. Goodbye, Illinois!! (it was fun...but we won't miss the winters!). Hello, Arkansas! (in about a week...construction slowdown due to supply chain issues at the new place). Since we knew there was no way to get a new show out for this week, we decided to give you a sample of...
S305 - "Hotel Oceanview"
October 12, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBWELCOME 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 another time. Your suite is ...
S2XTRA4 - Re-Release-A Patron Pick!
September 07, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Hey, Fellow Babies...we've got big doings around here!! We talk about it in a little more detail in the intro. We're moving! Retirement, warmer weather...we'll still be podcasting, just not in frigid Central Illinois. Be patient with us the next few weeks. Our recording space will be changing. Once we're in the new place everything should stabilize. Until then, be ready for anything!! Special episode this week: We asked our Patrons to pick their...
S2XTRA3 - Re-Release w/New Intro (???)
July 06, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Hey, Fellow Babies! If you happen to be from the United States, a Happy and Safe Fourth of July to you! If you are from elsewhere, this is the week where happy citizens of the U.S. celebrate their independence by spending a fortune on fireworks and ER visits. We are taking the week off for a little vacation...but we didn't want to leave you hanging without anything to listen to from the WKRP-Cast!! We've done a new intro to our MOST POPULAR downl...
S2XTRA2 - Interview w/Christian "Elgar" Seaborn
April 27, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! We've got "Elgar"!! Christian Seaborn is the 4'11" comic actor who brought the memorable attorney "Elgar Neece" to life on the WKRP Episode "Mike Fright". The WKRP-Cast found Elgar...er, Christian...who is living in Reno, NV. You know how how high-energy Elgar is? There's a lot of Christian in Elgar...we got him to hold still for a few minutes and talk to us!! Christian was kind enough to Zoom about WKRP and his MTM Studio experiences. Get ready,...
S2XTRA1 - Interview with Janet Meshad-Wells
April 06, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Settle in kids, and prepare for a thrilling tale of yesteryear!! Okay, so maybe it's not quite THAT old...but this is going back a bit. In Atlanta in the early 1970s, an advertising executive was dealing with a demon. It was the Demon of Creativity, and it was forcing him to write and to create. This ad exec's name, of course, was Hugh Wilson. The thing he was driven to create all the way back in 1971 had a name: "The Bagel Report." The Bagel R...
S1XTRA2-Interview with "Sparky" Marcus Issoglio
February 23, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Hey, Fellow Babies! We've finished all of Season One!! Woo-hoo!! We thought we'd celebrate the turn of the seasons with something EXTRA. If you heard our "Young Master Carlson" episode, then you're already very aware that Marcus Issoglio (aka "Sparky Marcus") is a NUT! This guy is FUNNY! We had a great time Zooming with him for about 90 minutes one Saturday afternoon. That interview was the source of the comments you heard in our "Young Master Ca...
S1XTRA1-Bill Dial's "Turkeys Away" Outline
December 29, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… WELCOME BACK! Hey, Fellow Babies! Prepare yourselves for something COMPLETELY different! We're on a holiday break but we didn't want to leave you hanging for a full two weeks. So, we decided to do a little something "extra"...which is why we're calling this a "WKRP-Cast Extra"!! Huge thanks to Casey Piotrowski, writer of "Contest Nobody Could Win" for sharing the outline with us. Casey said they were handed out during a new writer's meeting in the fall of 1978....
S1XTRA-Bill Dial's "Turkeys Away" Outline
December 29, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWELCOME BACK! Hey, Fellow Babies! Prepare yourselves for something COMPLETELY different! We're on a holiday break but we didn't want to leave you hanging for a full two weeks. So, we decided to do a little something "extra"...which is why we're calling this a "WKRP-Cast Extra"!! Huge thanks to Casey Piotrowski, writer of "Contest Nobody Could Win" for sharing the outline with us. Casey said they were handed out during a new writer's meeting in the fall of 1978. The "Turkeys Away" outline ser...
Episode 08 - "Love Returns"
October 27, 2020 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBWELCOME BACK! Hey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! It's time for another episode of the "WKRP-Cast"...and...well. Okay, so this is bad. Really bad. If you don't know this episode, consider yourself lucky. If you DO know this episode, please keep reading. We know superfans who will NOT watch this one...but we're giving it a shot! After last week's AMAZING "Turkeys Away" episode, the fine folks at MTM...or CBS...or somebody said this should be the follow-up to one of the greatest half hours in te...
Episode 07 - "Turkeys Away" (yeah, THAT one)
October 20, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBWELCOME BACK! 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 turkeys harmed in the making of this episode?? These questions and more will be answered this time as we tackle the 800lb. Turkey of sitcom episodes. The WKRP-Cast is on the air...grab your brains, fellow babies, this one is going t...
Episode 06 - "Bailey's Show"
October 13, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back to another episode of the "WKRP-Cast." Bailey is stepping up to the plate as a producer. Her idea, "Cincinnati Beat" is tapped by Andy to be the next big Public Service program on WKRP. The only problem...a show like this requires guests, and good ones. Cue the nutballs! Cincinnati's leading eccentrics have gathered in the WKRP lobby! Bailey's call for participants nets some of the most deliciously deraigned attendees imaginable. Mrs. Woodruff's...
Episode 05 - "Hold Up"
October 06, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back to another episode of the "WKRP-Cast." Be careful...you might not be ready for Hamilton Camp!! We're headed to Del's Stereo for "Hold Up". Herb sold a remote down at Del's Stereo and Sound. Johnny gets roped into doing talent for the gig (on a Saturday!). Del is such a ball of nervous energy he's just short of exploding. When a gunman walks in on the remote things get really weird. When he wants on the air, you know you could only be watching an...
Episode 04 - "Hoodlum Rock" (w/Michael Des Barres)
September 29, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back to another episode of the "WKRP-Cast." Huge episode this week!! It's time for some "Hoodlum Rock". Any new rock-n-roll station is only as good as the concerts it can land. WKRP has lucked into hosting one of the first concerts in the states from hot new band "Scum of the Earth." Turns out Art's old buddy Stevie Peevy reps Scum in Cincinnati. We determine the origins of the term "Scum of the Earth". We discover a whole new genre of music where t...
Episode 04 - "Les on a Ledge"
September 22, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back to another session of the "WKRP-Cast." We're breaking down a new episode!! This week, it's "Les on a Ledge". After a misunderstanding at "the Stadium" Les is barred from post-game locker-room interviews. A player believes Les is homosexual. The news is so distressing it pushes Les onto the ledge of the Flimm building...or, at least SOME building (the Flimm building doesn't have ledges...but we can't let something like that get in the way of a g...
Episode 03 - "Les on a Ledge"
September 22, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back to another session of the "WKRP-Cast." We're breaking down a new episode!! This week, it's "Les on a Ledge". After a misunderstanding at "the Stadium" Les is barred from post-game locker-room interviews. A player believes Les is homosexual. The news is so distressing it pushes Les onto the ledge of the Flimm building...or, at least SOME building (the Flimm building doesn't have ledges...but we can't let something like that get in the way of a g...
Episode 02 - "Pilot Part TWO"
September 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back to another episode of the "WKRP-Cast." We've watched another episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" to the extreme!! This week, we break down "Pilot Part 2". Andy has been at the station for two weeks. He wants to promote the change to Rock-n-Roll. Mr. Carlson won't give him the money. Disgruntled listeners stage a protest in the station. We meet great one-off characters this time like "Buzzy Milker", "Mrs. Burstyn" and "Wayne R. Coe." Of course there...
Episode 03 - "Pilot Part TWO"
September 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back to another episode of the "WKRP-Cast." We've watched another episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" to the extreme!! This week, we break down "Pilot Part 2". Andy has been at the station for two weeks. He wants to promote the change to Rock-n-Roll. Mr. Carlson won't give him the money. Disgruntled listeners stage a protest in the station. We meet great one-off characters this time like "Buzzy Milker", "Mrs. Burstyn" and "Wayne R. Coe." Of course there...
Episode 01 - "Pilot Part ONE"
September 08, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back fellow babies to another episode of the "WKRP-Cast." We've watched the Pilot (Part ONE) of "WKRP in Cincinnati." We've picked it apart to the extreme and we're ready to talk about it!! We meet, for the first time ever, the staff and ownership of Cincinnati radio station WKRP. The "Big Guy" (Art Carlson, station...owner?) has hired hotshot new program director Andy Travis, most recently from Santa Fe. Andy is our way in as we meet the wacky sta...
Episode 02 - "Pilot Part ONE"
September 08, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBHey!! It's Allen and Donna Stare! Welcome back fellow babies to another episode of the "WKRP-Cast." We've watched the Pilot (Part ONE) of "WKRP in Cincinnati." We've picked it apart to the extreme and we're ready to talk about it!! We meet, for the first time ever, the staff and ownership of Cincinnati radio station WKRP. The "Big Guy" (Art Carlson, station...owner?) has hired hotshot new program director Andy Travis, most recently from Santa Fe. Andy is our way in as we meet the wacky sta...
S1E00 - "Prolog and Introduction"
September 01, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… Hi!! Our names are Allen and Donna Stare! We are a married couple from the Midwest who have been fans of the television show "WKRP in Cincinnati" since it originally aired. Allen started a career in radio and advertising at age 15 and much of his interest was inspired by WKRP. While Allen comes at the show more from the radio side of things, Donna is a fan of the humanity and the characters that populate the world of WKRP. We are both lovers of trivia, music an...
Episode 01 - "Prolog and Introduction"
September 01, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBHi!! Our names are Allen and Donna Stare! We are a married couple from the Midwest who have been fans of the television show "WKRP in Cincinnati" since it originally aired. Allen started a career in radio and advertising at age 15 and much of his interest was inspired by WKRP. While Allen comes at the show more from the radio side of things, Donna is a fan of the humanity and the characters that populate the world of WKRP. We are both lovers of trivia, music and history so we decided to pull...
Episode 00 - "Prolog and Introduction"
September 01, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBHi!! Our names are Allen and Donna Stare! We are a married couple from the Midwest who have been fans of the television show "WKRP in Cincinnati" since it originally aired. Allen started a career in radio and advertising at age 15 and much of his interest was inspired by WKRP. While Allen comes at the show more from the radio side of things, Donna is a fan of the humanity and the characters that populate the world of WKRP. We are both lovers of trivia, music and history so we decided to pull...
Episode 00 - "Trailer-Check it Out!"
August 25, 2020 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.19 MBHey, fellow babies!! Our names are Allen and Donna Stare and we're starting a podcast! Allen has been in radio and advertising for forty years...and Donna married him (it's not her fault, she didn't know where this could lead). We're both huge fans of "WKRP in Cincinnati"...so big, in fact, we decided we just had to chat about it with the whole world! (or at least the percentage of the world that enjoys hilarious sitcoms about 20th Century modes of audio reproduction and distribution). Check...
Episode 101 - "Trailer-Check it Out!"
August 25, 2020 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.31 MBSend a note to Allen & Donna… Hey, fellow babies!! Our names are Allen and Donna Stare and we're starting a podcast! Allen has been in radio and advertising for forty years...and Donna married him (it's not her fault, she didn't know where this could lead). We're both huge fans of "WKRP in Cincinnati"...so big, in fact, we decided we just had to chat about it with the whole world! (or at least the percentage of the world that enjoys hilarious sitcoms about 20th Century modes of audio reprod...