I’ve just heard that a publisher has offered the soon to be ex-wife of Howard Stern ONE MILLION DOLLARS(!) to write book on what Howard is really like! Geez! I’m never going to sleep with the Prez or marrying a shock jock so what do I have to do to get published?
With God as my witness, I thought turkey’s could fly.
Well, quoting Les Nesman is a good start.
Ted Kennedy 1, Three Mile Island 0
Except it wasn’t Nessman who said it, but Mr. Carlson.
No, it was Nessman. I saw the episode.
I think Howard’s being very open and generous with his offer. He’s basically opening a door for his wife to write a four-hundred page mega-flame, and paying her to do it.
The trouble with Sir Launcelot is by the time he comes riding up, you’ve already married King Arthur.
I am sure that it was Herb who said it. I also think he said “As God is my witness …” Where is the truth?
I remember that episode of WKRP in Cincinatti as well.
Les Nessman was reporting on the “turkey drop” the station had set up, where a thousand turkeys would be dropped out of hovering helicopters. They all plummeted to the ground and went ker-splat. Les was horrified.
I seem to remember it was Les Nessman who had set up the event, and therefore it was Les who, shaken and disheartened back at the station, would have said, “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!”
Or maybe this belongs in the “Up the butt, Bob” thread…
Actually, it’s said by Arthur Carlson. (“The Big Guy” as played by Gordon Jump) The whole “free turkey giveaway” is his promotional idea. Later, back at the station, a shaken Art says the line to Program Director Andy Travis. After a number of years in the radio biz myself, I took it as my signature…and no matter where you go, when you say this line during a conversation, everyone knows what you’re talking about.
With God as my witness, I thought turkey’s could fly.
It was Carlson. I remember it now.
It was Carlson – the very last line in the episode. He had gone into his office, then come back out and delivered the zinger.
It was Les who said “That would be in the butt, Bob.”
Damn, talk about a hijack and a half. I don’t even know what to say…
::ducks out of here, hoping noone noticed:::
If your head is wax, don’t walk in the sun.
-Benjamin Franklin
If somebody offers me $10,000, I’ll get a tape of the episode and settle this… 
Since this thread has gone way off topic anyway, he probably said, “I thought turkeys could fly”.
I have a tape of the episode. Can I have the $10,000?