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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 20, 2018 17:19:18 GMT -5
I wanted to let all board posters know that "WKRP In Cincinnati" will be coming to Me TV beginning Monday,April 2nd 2018-"WKRP" is one of the funniest & best written sitcoms of all time-More importanly,it gave non-radio people a behind the scenes look into the medium-By the way,it will be seen at 9:30 PM Eastern Time/8:30 PM Central Time.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 27, 2018 16:10:23 GMT -5
A while back,Shout Factory released "WKRP In Cincinnati-The Complete Series" on DVD-The disclaimer on the reverse side of the boxed set states that excerpts of specific songs are featured in the various episodes-When Fox Video released Season 1 of "WKRP" a while back,generic music was heard.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Mar 30, 2018 20:45:28 GMT -5
Dish Network has added METV to it's lineup. It's on channel 247.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2018 10:07:49 GMT -5
Seriously with MeTV and Buzzr there as nationally distributed channels I may end up switching from Spectrum to them. We have Me-TV, but not Buzzr even though it is on OTA via Fox here. Just no way to DVR anything without buying a TIVO and..well...no, just no.
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Post by jlthorpe on Mar 31, 2018 21:34:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the info on Dish carrying MeTV and Buzzr. I watch those channels as well as Antenna TV. I used to have DirecTV, but I switched to Fios in order to get the OTA channels. However, I preferred DirecTV's service a lot better, and I figured I would switch back to them if they ever carried OTA channels. Maybe I'll consider going back to Dish instead (I had them before DirecTV).
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 4, 2018 16:22:08 GMT -5
Me TV's website has an interesting article about "WKRP"-David Cassidy was approached to play Dr.Johnny Fever-That wouldn't have worked-That role was definitely tailor made for Howard Hesseman.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 10, 2018 16:28:09 GMT -5
"WKRP" was created by a gentleman named Hugh Wilson who was a salesman at an actual radio station-Obviously,the character of Herb Tarlek,who was played by Frank Bonner was based on Wilson.
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 9, 2018 11:10:15 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 12:57:10 GMT -5
They should let WWE do musical edits. The way they overdub Muzak in their shows because they won’t pay for anything and everyone sounds like they are mumbling, the crowd of out of rhythm when they clap to the beat, and all is classic and I’m sure it would add so much to this show.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 9, 2018 18:55:21 GMT -5
Based on what Hugh Wilson said on the video clip from You Tube,the music heard in the syndicated episodes of "WKRP" is generic.
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Post by at40petebattistini on May 24, 2018 4:52:23 GMT -5
Speaking of the music heard on WKRP, a few episodes allowed viewers inside the private lives (i.e. the apartments) of Jennifer and Les Nessman. And...
...if the melodious doorbell inside Jennifer's apartment sounded familiar, I believe it was a brief, generic sampling of an instrumental called "Fly Me To The Moon." The song's most popular version reached #14 on the Hot 100 in 1963 by musical arranger Joe Harnell. A most-fitting tune for the classy character.
...but there was nothing generic about the record that Les played in his apartment for his groupie/girlfriend in an episode that was seen on MeTV last night. It was the original "Chances Are" by Johnny Mathis. How did that one slip by the generic music sensors?
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Post by jlthorpe on May 26, 2018 14:27:12 GMT -5
Pete, was that episode from one of the later seasons? I noticed some of the later seasons' episodes that aired on Antenna TV years ago kept some of the music intact (including a BEATLES song in the background of one scene).
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