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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.
30 paź 2018 · OTD: 'WKRP' Dropped Turkeys In 1978, Still One Of TV's Funniest Shows. Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) broadcasts from WKRP's Thanksgiving promotion at fictional Pinedale Shopping Mall on Oct. 30...
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.
In the episode, reporter Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) delivers a dramatic on-the-scene recount of the incident, mimicking journalist Herbert Morrison's broadcast of the 1937 Hindenburg...
Les is prominently featured in WKRP's most famous episode, "Turkeys Away" (season 1, episode 7), in which he reports on what turns into a disastrous station promotion, evoking Herbert Morrison's emotional description of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster.
21 lis 2022 · WKRP newsman Les Nessman (Sanders) and DJ Johnny Fever (Hessemen) provided live coverage, much to listeners' horror. Amid the carnage, a mortified Carlson later delivered the hilarious,...
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.
