WKRP in Cincinnati - Bah, Humbug

🎄 It’s another Scrooge Sunday, which means we’re about to be haunted by a series of spirits as we ride the airwaves back to 1980 for a version of “A Christmas Carol” set in the studios of “WKRP in Cincinnati.”

🎙️ Gerry Davila, Scott Leopold, and Michael May join us on a trip through time that definitely wasn’t fueled by special brownies, so stop asking.

📺 You can find “Bah, Humbug” on the Internet Archive.

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(00:00) - Intro (03:03) - Guest and Episode Histories (07:55) - Carlson’s Grandfather’s Ghost (26:03) - Christmas Past (38:30) - Retro Commercial Break (39:58) - Christmas Present (46:42) - Christmas Future and The End of It (59:17) - Final Thoughts

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💬 Topics & Tangents:

This episode won an Emmy for video editing, beating out an Alice in Wonderland themed episode of “The Muppet Show” starring Brooke Shields.

A teenage Jan Smithers (Bailey) on a 1966 cover of “Newsweek.”

Richard Sanders (Les Nessman) in “Day of the Tentacle.”

There’s now a real, actual WKRP-FM radio station in Cincinnati.

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📼 Commercials:

Kmart Christmas Commercial (1980)

Holly Jolly X’masu

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“WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Bah, Humbug” © 1980 Company Four.

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