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2 lis 2017 · In the episode, WKRP’s reporter, Les Nessman, offered live on-the-scene accounts in a manner purposely reminiscent of the Hindenburg disaster.
On-the-scene reporter Les Nessman delivers a dramatic play-by-play of the ill-conceived event at the Pinedale shopping mall, live on the air, as Carlson and Tarlek plunge the turkeys to their deaths off the helicopter "like sacks of wet cement." The crowd begins to run for their lives as the turkeys violently crash into the ground.
After this show aired, many radio stations across the country started the same Thanksgiving promotion, but dropping certificates redeemable for turkeys at their local supermarket, as opposed to live ones. Richard Sanders was often paid by stations to appear in his Les Nessman character and broadcast the event live.
16 wrz 2024 · WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982) was an American sitcom, airing on CBS, about a wacky radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Les Nessman. Lester "Les" Nessman Jr. is a fictional character on the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82) played by Richard Sanders. He reprised his role in the sequel series, The New WKRP in Cincinnati.
WKRP in Cincinnati: Created by Hugh Wilson. With Gary Sandy, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Howard Hesseman. The misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.
To compete with WPIG's traffic helicopter, Les starts reporting the news from a pre-World-War-II biplane (specifically, a 1934 Waco UMF) piloted by a deranged veteran (Michael Fairman) on Veterans Day. This is the fourth of five episodes in which the script is co-credited to Richard Sanders (Les Nessman) and actor/writer Michael Fairman, who ...
