Uncle Joe Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I wonder how many kids caught hell for coloring on the tube without benefit of the approved overlay) Raising my hand. But I helped Winky to cross the bridge so that should count for something. Zooks, my dad worked at Sears so we always had the latest TV's to hit the market (from the giant console with the 8" screen to the first color TV). Ahhh, privlege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Who remembers the Flip Wilson show?....My parents use to watch that all the time....It was pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I do Laurie. My Mom so loved that show. When Flip did Geraldine she would lose it!! And when she was being funny with us kids she would break into Geraldine. Cracked us up all the time. It was a fun show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sweet Jane 61 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 WKRP fans...check this out! Cheapest I have found! Get it on your Christmas list now! WKRP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Jane, I loved that show! Venus Flytrap was the man. I can still sing the entire theme song. I'm doing it right now... Baby, if you've ever wondered Wondered whatever became of me I'm living on the air in Cincinatti Cincinatti WKRP... I was probably in my early teens when it was on TV. I had long hair and wore glasses. Everyone called me Bailey. That used to bother me, because I wanted to look like Loni Anderson. I have since changed my mind. Loni was a plastic skank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Bailey was the hot one, underneath that schoolteacher persona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Peachy...you are right to change your mind. I thought Bailey was cool and I loved Johnny and Venus!! My friends were into Andy, naw...just another cute guy, he didn't have that coolness to be hot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Remember the episode when Bailey wore Johnny's t-shirt?? Proving she was hot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 WKRP trivia: WKRP had two musical themes, one opening the show and one closing it. The opening theme was composed by Tom Wells, with lyrics by series creator Hugh Wilson, and performed by Steve Carlisle. The closing theme was a hard rock number composed and performed by Jim Ellis, an Atlanta musician who was recording some of the incidental music for the show. The lyrics are incomprehensible, and people have constantly argued over what they are. In fact, the song has no lyrics, just nonsense words and gibberish. The story behind the closing theme, according to accounts from people who attended the recording sessions, was that Ellis didn't yet have lyrics for the closing theme, so he sang nonsense words to give an idea of what the it would sound like. Instead of adding real lyrics to the song, creator Hugh Wilson decided it would be funny to do a song with lyrics that were deliberate gibberish, as a satire on the incomprehensibility of many rock lyrics. Also, since CBS always had an announcer talking over the closing credits, Wilson knew that no one would actually hear the closing theme lyrics anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Ok I had this bizarre thought, which I have a lot of, anyway....think how this would have been on WKRP...Andy and Jennifer hooking up, come on they both always had good hair and worried about their looks, and Bailey in a triangle with Johnny and Venus, and then Herb and Les getting close!! How wild that would have been!! My mind, it just thinks of this stuff and I can't stop it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 April, please. Stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sweet Jane 61 Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Hey was just sharing my thoughts....guess I crossed the line again...darn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Does anyone remember the TV show Owen Marshall? The actor form the show Arthur Hill passed away yesterday. I use to watch that show, it also starred Lee Majors and David Soul, who I both had crushes on, but I will not get into that, I have been told to control my minds thoughts! It was an interesting show for the times. Been a long time since I have seen an episode, use to be on for a time in re-runs but then went off the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 After years of idling, the big-screen, live-action version of "Speed Racer" is ready to zoom, this time with the creators of "The Matrix" at the wheel. Brothers Larry and Andy Wachowski are writing and will direct the Warner Bros. movie, their first directorial outing since completing the "Matrix" trilogy in 2003. Based on the classic 1960s series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida that later was retooled for North American audiences, the big-screen "Speed" will follow the adventures of the young race car driver Speed in his quest for glory in his thundering gadget-laden vehicle, Mach 5. The movie will feature other characters from the show, including Speed's family and his mysterious archrival, Racer X. The film's producer, Joel Silver, has been trying to get the feature version off the ground since the early 1990s; in 2004, Vince Vaughn even pitched a take that cast him as Racer X. When Silver worked on the spring terrorist thriller "V for Vendetta," which the Wachowskis wrote, he approached them about tackling the project. The duo were reluctant to do it unless they could figure out a way to bring something new to the table. "They are approaching these racing scenes in a way you've never seen before," said Silver, adding that the brothers are designing the movie's look as they write. Silver also said that unlike the more adult-oriented material of the Wachowskis' past -- "Vendetta," the "Matrix" movies and "Bound" were all rated R -- "Speed" will be family-friendly. "They wanted to do something that could appeal to everybody," said Silver, who produced the "Matrix" films. The plan is for the Wachowskis to shoot in summer 2007 for a summer 2008 release. I was in love with Speed Racer!! What a great cartoon...and I know you are singing along. Speed Racer Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer - he’s a demon on wheels He’s a demon and he’s gonna be chasin’ after someone. He’s gainin’ on you so you better look alive. He’s busy revvin’ up a powerful Mach 5. And when the odds are against him And there’s dangerous work to do You bet your life Speed Racer will see it through. Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer, Go! He’s off and flyin’ as he guns the car around the track He’s jammin’ down the pedal like he’s never comin’ back Adventure’s waitin’ just ahead. Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer, Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 A few thoughts on WKRP: Maybe the funniest TV moment ever ocurred when Mr. Carlson ordered a Thanksgiving stunt where he dropped turkeys from the sky. Les Nessman reports on the carnage: "Oh the humanity." Cut to the Big Guy in his office: "I honestly thought turkeys could fly." WKRP was very true to real radio, at least until the big corporations got to it. I was a part of 2 incidents that were similar in theme to the turkey drop - one involving a promotion where mall patrons were asked to drop coins on a banner from 3 stories up, another where I did a Thanksgiving promotion called "You give us the bird, we give you a turkey." I'm still not sure how we got out of that parking lot. Anyone who worked in radio recognized those characters, especially Bucky the engineer. Bailey was definitely hotter than Jennifer, but that was a common theme on TV and a good life lesson - look for substance, not flash. The best example is Ginger vs. Mary Ann, but it was also true on Too Close For Comfort where the brunette was better looking than the blond who was supposed to be hot. Three's Company did a much better job casting this. I registered lesnessman.com a while ago in hopes of one day gathering former and current radio folk to tell their stories. I'm not sure how it would translate to the web, but in a room with a cover band and a few beers, these are about the funniest stories ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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