Tuesday, December 19, 2017

WKRP IN TOOBWORLD



'CHANNEL ZERO'

From the IMDb:
While Mike Painter is eating in the diner, the radio is playing. Station call sign given is WKRP. 

So the most famous radio station in Toobworld does have at least one connection to other TV shows which doesn't depend on the participation of the League of Themselves.

Reaper: 

The Sweet Science (2009)
Sock created a fictitious employee named Les Nessman to scam a second paycheck

Sock knew that Les Nessman actually existed, but the radio newsman may have already passed away in Toobworld.  (He hasn't been seen on our screens since 1993.)  I would not be surprised if Sock had discovered what Nessman's Social Security number was and used it to verify his fictional employee records.

That '70s Show: 
Radio Daze (2001)
Earl says to Red that he is going to miss "WKRP."

So as was the case with so many TV show Zonks, it's apparent that a TV show was made about the radio station.  It could be that it was an reaiity show, a documentary series about the day-to-day workings at a radio station.

Freaks and Geeks: 
I'm with the Band (1999) 
Bill mentions Bailey Quarters from WKRP

Bill:
I think our best play is to go for the smart, sexy, librarian type.
You know, she's sweet and shy,
But then she takes off her glasses and rowf!
Like Bailey on 'WKRP In Cincinnati'.

Okay, so it was a reality show and Bailey was seen as playing herself in the documentary series.

Burning Love:
Homeless No Mo'
 (2012)
The trainer lists "WKRP's Gary Sandy" as one of his high-profile celebrity clients.

This does not invalidate the documentary series premise - Gary Sandy could have been the host for the reality show.  And that means in Toobworld, Gary Sandy and Andy Travis shared the screen together.

Dead Like Me: 
Life After Death (2009)
Daisy:
"W-W-R-D"
Mason:
"Oh, I love that show. That Loni Anderson. What a beautiful pair of boom-booms she had."
Mason is then told it stood for "What would Rube do?"

Again, this could buoy the documentary series premise of the Toobworld version of 'WKRP'.  If there are any future references about the cast of WKRP but without any mention of the show's title, maybe it could be that it was 'WWRD'.  And it was based on the real-life 'WKRP'.

It's the best I can come up with.....

Anybody out there know if WKRP was ever mentioned on 'Harry's Law'?  That took place in Cincinnati.  Let me know!

BCnU!



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