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I’m missing something–are you just talking about reruns?
With syndication, has WKRP in Cincinnatti ever been off the air?
As for Jan Smithers, I’m surprised her career (as listed at imdb.com) was so short. Actually, very few of the WKRP actors went on to success after that show’s run. Howard Hesseman (One Day at a Time, Head of the Class) and Tim Reid (Simon & Simon, Frank’s Place) did okay, I guess, and Gordon Jump went on to be the 1980s Maytag spokesman, but the rest pretty much disappeared.
Loni Anderson’s new sitcom The Mullets apparently premiered tonight. She did okay after WKRP, what with being married to that really famous guy, and she did have that one season PI show with Lynda “Wonder Woman” Carter, too.
Gary Sandy (Andy the PD) Frank Bonner (Herb Tarleck) and the guy who played Les Nessman whose name escapes me at the moment were the ones who really disappeared. Bonner did some guest shots here and there, but nothing terribly noteworthy.
Didn’t Smithers rather choose to step away from working after WKRP? I seem to recall something about being with her family, or starting a family, or general family noises.
Jan Smithers married James Brolin for a while, then Brolin divorced her to marry Barbra Straisand. (www.imdb.com)
It seems to me that she did some guest stuff on TV then quit. Contrary to popular opinion, some people get sick of hollywood and move on, like people do in regualr jobs.
And yes, something happened for Brolin to divorce fine ass Baily Quarters for horse face Barbra.
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What the hell is wrong with TVLand? They’ve shown crap like The Brady Bunch, Love Boat and Fantasy Island in prime time, but they dump good shows like WKRP and Square Pegs in a late-night slot devoted to so-called “kitsch”?
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Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner and Richard Sanders all came back for the New WKRP.
Of course that may be best left forgotten…
This thread has got my mind swimming with such great memories.
“I’ll have you know, I’ve killed a lot of old people in my time and I’m not above doing it again”
“Ain’t no black people stupid enought to go to a place called Prussian Valley.”
“There’s a chair over there, a chair over there, a chair over… no wait, that’s a clock”
Could go on all day with these…
“Well, first of all, she’s black”
that’s my favorite Bailey Quarters line.
I used to watch “Just Shoot Me” and they had a similar line. Everyone got high on some very potent candy the boss had brought back from Asia.
Tim Reid would have had a much better career, but it looked (to this observer at least) as though his wife insisted on being given a part in any subsequent show that he was cast into, and carrying her just dragged him down.
That’s true about most TV shows. Look at the cast of MASH or Barney Miller or Hill Street Blues or any one of a hundred others.
OH THE HUMANITY!!!
Tim Reid is now on Sister, Sister on the Disney Channel, which thanks to having two preteen daughters, I get to see approximately 70 time per week.
“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
Well, someone had to say it.
HIRSH!
Bucky Dornster: “Dell, I got a stereo in my van that would blow this entire store into the river.”
And don’t get me started on the whole 'Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer" syndication hack job.
You mean, “Hold my order, terrible dresser?”
BLAAAAAAARRRRRRGHHH!!!
Good grief. Couldn’t they have just said, “Hold my nose, Tony Danza?”
“BOOGERS!!!”
“RED WIGGLERS!! The Cadillacs of worms…The Cadillacs of worms…”
“…But there’s no way to deny it,
Some day, you’re gonna buy it!..”
“…But the Senator, while intoxicated, could not explain his nudity…”
“…Made from genuine plastic, don’t settle for any imitation…”