Seeing as how no one’s numbering their questions I guess I’ll give up on numbering as well…
What was the WKRP mascot?
What was the name of the station’s engineer?
What was the name of the preacher who had an early morning show, and what did he start selling after he was banned from selling tacky Jesus-related merchandise?
What was the Red Wigglers slogan?
Here’s a tough one: Name the songs in the medley contest.
What song did Arthur use as an example when opposing music censorship?
And I’ll spill on the second part of the Hirsch answer, because it was a semi-trick question anyway. The actor’s “literary claim to fame” was that he played librarian Mr. Atoz in the classic Star Trek episode “All Our Yesterdays” (literary? librarian? geddit?).
Little Ed (because his wife was Big Ed). Indulgences.
Bonus trivia: what kind of car did he and his equally rotund sisters ride in? (And speaking of songs, one of my favorites is “We’ve got the devil, in a Bulgarian headlock!”, they’re theme song from Little Ed’s wrestling days.)
John Lennon’s Imagine. Who played the minister and what real life minister did he later play in two movies (one made for TV, the other big screen)?
Yes! A dog named Jake. Thanks – I didn’t think “Blue” sounded quite right.
I’ll do my own minor nitpicking, but only to amplify the joke: He sent the right roll, which had eighty-leven pics of a suave black man and one photo of a goofy white man.
Yes to Sylvia Sidney.
The minister was played by Richard Paul. No idea on his other minister roles. I remember his WKRP scene because he was opposed not to any “bad words” in the song, but to its ideological content – quite the slippery slope.
Cadillac of worms, WE’RE THE, Cadillac of worms, WE’RE THE, Cadillac of worms . . .
Johnny’s TV persona was “Rip Tide.”
I guess I should come up with some questions:
**What was special about the painting that Herb bought at the charity auction?
What was the name of Johnny’s (as “Rip Tide”) TV show?
(easy) What was Mrs. Arthur Carlson’s first name?
Who played the bartender in the hotel room in Dayton, and what minor role did he play on a recent popular series?
What did viewers of “Real Families” learn about Herb from his co-workers?**
Now you’re making me miss that show. Still funnier than 90% of the sitcoms that have come and gone. They tried a revival a few years back, but I think it only lasted a few episodes.
What song did Bailey sing to convince the inspector that she was a total airhead?
Name the songs in the medley contest.
What company sponsored Sparky Anderson’s show on WKRP and what were its notable products?
what kind of car did he and his equally rotund sisters ride in?
What was special about the painting that Herb bought at the charity auction?
What was Mrs. Arthur Carlson’s first name?
Who played the bartender in the hotel room in Dayton, and what minor role did he play on a recent popular series?
What did viewers of “Real Families” learn about Herb from his co-workers?
I can only remember two of the medley songs: Tumblin’ Dice by the Stones and the national anthem. I do remember what the prize was the following week. Also, Richard Paul played Jerry Falwell in The People vs. Larry Flynt.
What was the name of Johnny’s (as “Rip Tide”) TV show? Gotta Dance.
More questions!
What was Les’s most common award, and how many times did he win it?
What did Herb’s daughter keep for a pet?
What did God want Johnny to become?
What was Carlson going to wear to the Who concert?
What went wrong during the on-air drunk driving demonstration?
What was Les’s most common award, and how many times did he win it?
“Five-time winner of the Buckeye Newshawk Award!”
What did Herb’s daughter keep for a pet?
A frog.
Follow-up questions:
What was Herb’s daughter’s name?
What was the frog’s name? (I can’t remember, props if you can!)
Why did Herb bring the frog to the office?
What was Carlson going to wear to the Who concert?
“Disco bondage headgear,” aka one of those blue gel-pack sinus masks.
Speaking of Johnny Fever’s settlement money, . . . what did he finally do with the bulk of the money?
“Invested it in a little filly,” that is, he gave it to his daughter.
Why was Les going to jump off a ledge?
Because some jock in a locker room said of him, “Queer little fellow, isn’t he?” which got twisted around into an implication that he was gay and humiliating him.
More questions:
How did Bailey come to be wearing one of Johnny’s T-shirts (and which one was it)?
What was Jennifer’s hunky boyfriend’s name?
Where was Andy originally from?
Describe Les’s record collection.
“The Coveted” Silver Sow Award, hence his obsession with pigs. (In an answer to my own question, he and his mother (who looked a lot like him) celebrated Christmas Eve with Les reading the Nativity Story as if it were a news report, and it was something to the effect of “All of the animals are asleep here in the stable, except of course for the ever alert hogs…”
What Shakespearean quote did Les have somebody go look up and define while he was contemplating jumping from the window ledge?
What was the name of the building WKRP was located in?
What did Les learn about his father due to a Secret Service investigation? For bonus points, what character from a classic 1960s show was played by the actor who played Les’s birth father in that episode?
Other posters have correctly identified the rival station as WPIG (bonus question, when WKRP needed to use WPIG’s backup transmitter, what was the rental fee?) but WHOG might sound familiar because it was a radio station that conducted a live broadcast from the Muppet Theatre (during a guest appearance by Johnny Cash).