# WKRP to be released on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731 "2006-12-11T20:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/21 "2006-12-12T18:05:23Z")
“Thank heaven for little girls …” Hopefully, that’s public domain. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/22 "2006-12-12T18:17:25Z")
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] The music is an issue precisely because they riffed on it so much. [/QUOTE] Okay, I get that, but when the original link says things like: > [@](#): > > …the studio has been spending a lot of time with a music supervisor to ensure that the replaced songs fit the show. Hugh Wilson, **creator of the show** , has heard some of the replaced music and thought Fox did a good job. > > …even with **some** of the music being replaced. Emphasis added. I also found [this](http://blogs.news-journalonline.com/247/2006/12/baby_if_youve_ever_wondered_wo.html) (which appears to be based on the original link above): > [@](#): > > Some songs will be replaced, but reportedly the show’s creator is OK with the changes. I really wish you folks would at least give them a chance before tearing the thing apart based on something that was done years ago **by a different studio**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/23 "2006-12-12T18:24:31Z")
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] Don’t forget the jingle that they produced for the funeral home. Peppy and upbeat. "…some day you’re going to buy it… That’s the only line that I can remember from the jingle. [/QUOTE] Oh dear, here’s something I’m unsure if I’m that proud of… _ahem_ \*Hey! You’re young and swinging– No time to think about tomorrow. But there ain’t no use in denying it– Someday, you’re gonna buy it! So get yourself to Ferriman Tomorrow! Ferriman! Ferriman! He’s the man with the plot The man with the plan Ferriman! Ferriman! He’s the mortician man who loves you– A lot!\* Cue Johnny (here’s where my memory isn’t quite clear)… _“Six, count 'em, six locations to serve you in the greater Cincinnati area… Plenty of free parking… Ask about our group rates!”_ And one more from the opening: _“…and the senator, while maintaining he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/24 "2006-12-12T18:31:06Z")
Oh, it just occurred to me–I also remember Johnny’s lead-in to Ferriman’s commercial (with Ferriman’s emphasis added): _Let **Ferriman** Funeral Homes provide you and your **loved** ones with **quality** funeral services at **reasonable** prices._ 'Cause, y’know, “loved ones” needs more love. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/25 "2006-12-12T18:32:52Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Ferriman! Ferriman! He’s the mortician man who loves you–A lot! [/QUOTE] Also a clever play on words (the dude who takes you across the river Styx in his boat). Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/26 "2006-12-12T18:40:32Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Oh dear, here’s something I’m unsure if I’m that proud of… [/quote] Oh yeah smartie? Let’s here you bust out the _alternate_ lyrics! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/27 "2006-12-12T18:51:14Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] Also a clever play on words (the dude who takes you across the river Styx in his boat). [/QUOTE] That would be Charon. 🙂 Um, the Ferryman Charon, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/28 "2006-12-12T18:51:34Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Oh yeah smartie? Let’s here you bust out the _alternate_ lyrics! [/QUOTE] Oh dear god…let’s _hear_ you… \ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/29 "2006-12-12T18:54:26Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Because sometimes the specific music is integral to the scene. See **Shoeless** ’s Pink Floyd example. And if they can’t get the rights to “Tiny Dancer,” I can tell you that one of the most touching episodes in the whole series will be ruined. [/QUOTE] “Hold my order, Terrible Dresser.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/30 "2006-12-12T19:23:06Z")
I was gonna ask a question, [but found it on google first](http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=47), thought I’d share: > [@](#): > > "Q. What are the lyrics to the closing theme? > A. There are no lyrics. None. It’s all just gibberish and nonsense words. > Here’s a fuller explanation, taken from Michael Kassel’s “America’s Favorite > Radio Station” site: > Ever wonder what the words are to the closing theme of WKRP? Before you get > excited about finding those long lost lyrics, the actual answer is – there are > none! Tom Chehak, a first season writer who was present at the Atlanta > recording session of the theme, recalls how Tom Welles, theme writer, suggested > to Chehak and Hugh Wilson a closing theme for the song. According to Chehak, > the singer just started blarring out a bunch of nonsense words; if any of them > were actual words, they’re lost to history. Indeed, Chehak recalls how great > they all thought it would be to leave fans guessing forever – looks like they > got their wish. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/31 "2006-12-12T19:39:33Z")
> [@](#): > > if any of them were actual words, they’re lost to history Doesn’t the second line contain the intelligible words “rock ‘n’ roll”? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/32 "2006-12-12T19:47:59Z")
I think “bartender” is in there somewhere. Along with “alafalaweeddahah.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/33 "2006-12-12T22:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Oh yeah smartie? Let’s here you bust out the _alternate_ lyrics! [/QUOTE] Hmmm… they were for Morrison’s Tire. Pretty much the same as for Ferriman’s Funerals, but instead of the “there ain’t no use in denying it/Someday you’re gonna buy it,” substitute these lines: _There ain’t no use in denying that Someday you’re gonna get a flat._ Then of course, we get (I think): _Morrison, Morrison He’s the man with the jack, The man with the plan…_ Okay… how’d I do? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/34 "2006-12-12T23:06:02Z")
Your knowledge of nearly completely useless trivia rivals my own. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/35 "2006-12-12T23:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=Tully Mars] “Thank heaven for little girls …” Hopefully, that’s public domain. [/QUOTE] Lerner and Lowe piece from _Gigi_. Still copyrighted. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/36 "2006-12-13T02:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=Asgardking] Radio consultant - “There’s a chair over there, there’s a chair over there, there’s a chair over there. No, that’s a clock” [/QUOTE] That’s from “Just Shoot Me”, or did “WRKP” do it first? > [@Scubaqueen](#): > > herb’s sportjackets… ‘somewhere there’s a volkswagon in search of it’s seatcovers.’ (or something close to that. it’s been years since i saw it.) At least one of Herb’s jackets were made out of VW seatcover material. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/37 "2006-12-13T03:41:25Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Your knowledge of nearly completely useless trivia rivals my own. [/QUOTE] 😃 I’ll take that as a compliment. Thanks, **Otto**! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/38 "2006-12-13T04:34:51Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] That’s from “Just Shoot Me”, or did “WRKP” do it first? [/QUOTE] WKRP did it first, in one of my favorite episodes. Mama Carlson hires a radio consultant to evaluate the station, and Andy, uh, turns the tables on her. ---
**Author:** ![Asgardking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Asgardking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asgardking)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/39 "2006-12-13T04:47:40Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] That’s from “Just Shoot Me”, or did “WRKP” do it first? [/QUOTE] Not to hijack, but in what episode of Just Shoot Me did that happen? and I knew the lyrics to both the Ferryman and Morrison jingles. In fact, I occasionally sing them while driving my car. “do un do un do do bye bye” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731/40 "2006-12-13T05:11:35Z")
[QUOTE=Asgardking] Scum of the Earth - “One of them asked me what time it was when I said I didn’t know, another one said, Well, that’s it for him then.” [/QUOTE] That would have been Mr. Peavey. He got thrown out of the car for not knowing what time it was. A little later: Scum 1: “I have a degree in cello from the Royal Academy.” Venus: “Really?” Scum 1: “Yes, but its hard to get thousands of screaming teenage girls to a cello concert.” Scum 2 (Dog?): “And we really like teenage girls.” Loved the Scum show! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-to-be-released-on-dvd/383731.md?page=3)