Celebrity Deaths

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Loni Anderson.
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She seemed to peak during the WKRP run, from 1978 to 1982. That would have made me 13 to 17. Yep. Despite her name being tossed around a lot by my peers, I was never attracted to her much. Much like Ginger from Gilligan's Island, she was too gorgeous to the point of being unapproachable to a math nerd like me. No, Jan was more my speed.



RIP anyway.

Don't know much about the show, but these lines

Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me

are awesome and might be what my over hundred or so exes (there was a good period when many overlapped) are thinking about me?

Magic Mike.


Edit:

OR MAYBE NOT?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM5_OA-zwIa/

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Don't know much about the show, but these lines

Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me

are awesome and might be what my over hundred or so exes (there was a good period when many overlapped) are thinking about me?
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wkrp was a classic show for sure
I remember one episode in particular the station manager decided to give away turkeys for thanksgiving. However,the station did a live remote and dropped LIVE turkeys in a parking lot from.a helicopter
You can imagine horror and chaos that ensued. I think their was even a t shirt sold commemorating this event.thestation Manager who was clueless exclaimed I could have swore turkeys knew how to fly.aybe someone could find this clip on YouTube for you. The news reporter for the station was priceless with his commentary live at the remote

Yes I've been skimming through YouTube videos and a LOT of episodes are posted on there. I feel like I know the show somewhat now.

I found one, where Herb leaves his wife and the rest want to convince him to go back to her (partly so that they won't have to take turns hosting him at their apartments), so they play like the bachelor's life isn't all it is cracked up to be (Les isn't joking actually, but the others are).

The gang is in Johnny's apartment, and Herb is asking everyone what they do for fun. He's clearly expecting to hear wild stories. Venus says he sits at home and watches a lot of TV, but sometimes when he's feeling really crazy, he goes out and picks up a...chili dog. Then Herb turns to Les.

HERB: "What do you do, Les?"

LES: "I read."

HERB: "What do you read?"

LES: "Well, my favorite author is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry."

HERB (nonplussed) "Yeah, he's good."

Season 1, Episode 15
Never Leave Me, Lucille
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742646/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCV-zjEKC7M

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Don't know much about the show, but these lines

Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me

are awesome and might be what my over hundred or so exes (there was a good period when many overlapped) are thinking about me?
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wkrp was a classic show for sure
I remember one episode in particular the station manager decided to give away turkeys for thanksgiving. However,the station did a live remote and dropped LIVE turkeys in a parking lot from.a helicopter
You can imagine horror and chaos that ensued. I think their was even a t shirt sold commemorating this event.thestation Manager who was clueless exclaimed I could have swore turkeys knew how to fly.aybe someone could find this clip on YouTube for you. The news reporter for the station was priceless with his commentary live at the remote
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WKRP was a dumbed-down rip-off of the movie FM. I enjoyed it, but the source material was so much better. I know people claim the two ideas occurred separately, but I've never believed that.
RIP Ms. Anderson

FM (1978) has an IMDb rating of 6.3 I usually don't bother with movies rated under 7 unless I am interested in the genre, and IMDb doesn't usually get it wrong (for example, Goodfellas, 8.7 , Godfather II, 9.0).

It is also a musical, which personally, I have a hard time with musicals.

Skimming through WKRP episodes, parts were brilliant, other parts tiring. But if you're trying to say that a movie that was only rated as 6.3 is better than the WKRP episodes I have watched, No.

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FM (1978) has an IMDb rating of 6.3 I usually don't bother with movies rated under 7 unless I am interested in the genre, and IMDb doesn't usually get it wrong (for example, Goodfellas, 8.7 , Godfather II, 9.0).

It is also a musical, which personally, I have a hard time with musicals.

Skimming through WKRP episodes, parts were brilliant, other parts tiring. But if you're trying to say that a movie that was only rated as 6.3 is better than the WKRP episodes I have watched, No.
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It's not a musical. The story revolves around a music format at a radio station. It's a drama. It's mostly a light-hearted comedy that takes a violent turn at the end. It was a cult classic in the 80s, often playing midnight double features with Vanishing Point. I think there was an issue with the music rights, so it isn't widely available on streaming.