 KardinalDei Gratina ReginaPremium
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| WKRP coming to DVD 'WKRP' finally released on DVD
The complete first season will be available on DVD tomorrow. Some music won't be there (due to licensing issues, the same ones that have removed it from re-runs on television) but it'll be great to be able to watch some classic television comedy instead of all the pseudo-reality trash that is currently polluting the airwaves.
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 shanerPremium
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My favourite show ever! Its too bad the licensing stuff couldn't be worked out, but that's just a small part of the greatness of the show.
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1 edit | said by shaner:Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges. I thought only the phone cops had badges? 
And of course, who can forget:
All right, Cincinnati, it is time for this town to get down! You've got Johnny - Doctor Johnny Fever, and I am burnin' up in here! We all in critical condition, babies, but you can tell me where it hurts, 'cause I got the healing prescription here from the big 'KRP musical medicine cabinet. Now I am talking about your 50 000 watts intensive care unit, babies! So just sit right down, relax, open your ears real wide and say, "Give it to me straight, Doctor, I can take it!"
.....Booger!
Or one of the more poignant moments of the series:
Venus: "I can give you the basics of the atom in two minutes. You'll understand it perfectly and remember if for months."
Arnold: "Two minutes. You're crazy, you know that?"
V: "If I can teach you about the atom in two minutes, will you go back to school and finish out the year? You're a betting man, how about it A? How about it, huh?"
A: "Yeah, yeah. OK, sure."
V: "I've got your word?"
A: "Yeah, you've got my word and two minutes."
V: (getting supplies, clearing space and walking to a blank wall). "There are three gangs on the street, right?"
A: (lounging on some supplies) "Yeah, yeah, three gangs."
V: "And this..." (points to the blank wall) "...this right here is the territory." (draws a big circle) "Now here is the neighborhood. Got that?"
A: "Yeah"
V: "And right in the middle of this neighborhood is a gang called the new boys." (draws a small capital N in the center)
A: "Yeah. The new boys. Good name."
V: "OK." (points to the outer circle) "Out here on the outside of the neighborhood, on the edge of the neighborhood, is another gang. You know these are real negative dudes, really negative. Right?"
A: "Right, right."
V: "Now they call themselves the elected ones." (Draws a small capital E on the circle at about 1 o'clock)
A: "All right, the elected ones."
V: "You got that? Really negative. They don't like nothing." (runs his hand around the circle several times and draws another concentric circle outside it) "Now they're all the time out here circling around the neighborhood, just circling, checking out the new boys." (taps the N in the center) "Now the new boys see this." (runs his hand between the N and E several times) "So they make a deal with another, another gang. A gang of very happy go lucky guys. They call themselves the pros. The pros." (draws a small capital P next to the N in the center) "Now the pros are very positive cats. They've got all the good looking women, right?"
A: "Yeah!"
V: "Right." (laughs) "Now, the pros and elected ones, they hate each other. So much so that they keep the same number of members. Just in case. You dig?"
A: "Yeah."
V: (starts some rapid fire questions) "So if I've got ten elected ones, how many pros do I have?"
A: "Ten."
V: "All right. Now how many gangs do I have?"
A: "Three, the new boys, elected ones and the pros."
V: (points to the circle) "Who's here?"
A: "The elected ones."
V: "Now, what are they? Negative?"
A: "Yeah."
V: All right. Now who's positive?"
A: "The pros and you're running out of time."
V: "You see right here?" (Points to the P and N area) "The pros and the new boys, they call their hangout the nucleus." (draws a small circle around the P and N) "Yeah. Now that's a real tough word. It's Latin. But I think it's Swahili and it means center."
A: "Yeah. What is it?"
V: "It's nucleus. Say it!"
A: "Nucleus. Is that really African?"
V: "Say it!"
A: "Nucleus."
V: "You got it?"
A: "Yeah."
V: "All right. Give you another Swahili word. It's, ah, it's tron. It means dude."
A "Yeah, tron. Dude."
V: All these gangs like that name so well that they all decide to use it. The pros right here in the middle start calling themselves the protons. And the new boys, well they start calling themselves the neutrons. And out here on the edge, the elected ones, they start calling themselves the elect...?"
A: "The electrons. The protons and the neutrons."
V: (circling his hand over the empty area between the center and outer circles) "And all this here is the neighborhood. This is block after block of nothing. You understand block after block of nothing don't you?"
A: "Yeah, yeah, I know all about that and your time is up professor DJ."
V: (dusting his hands and walking away from the wall) "Good. I was finished anyway. Now you go on back to school man."
A: School? Man, all I know about is a bunch of damn gangs that live in a round neighborhood."
V: "A! that's the atom! That's it man! That's it." (Points to the center and starts rapid fire questions again) "What's this right here?"
A: "Protons and neutrons."
V: (points to the little circle) "And they call this what?"
A: "Nucleus."
V: (points to the E) "All right, what are these guys up here?"
A: "Electrons."
V: "Are they positive or negative?"
A: "Negative."
V: "And how do they move?"
A: "Round and round."
V: "And if I've got two of them, how many protons do I have?" (points to the center)
A: "Two."
V: "Now, are protons positive or negative?"
A: "Positive."
V: (points to the empty area) "What's all this right here?"
A: "Ah, that's the neighborhood."
V: "Which is?"
A: "Nothing."
V: "You've got it man. You got an A."
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Mr Carlson : "Do I hear dogs barking on that thing?" (Pink Floyd's Animals is playing.)
Johnny : "I do." 
Another funny episode was the one where Mr Carlson uses one of the DJs coke as foot powder. "I've got a monkey on my foot!"
And who could forget mother Carlson and "Hirsch".
What are the licensing problems? I thought you could play short snippets of a song legally as "fair use"?
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North York, ON | said by Ian:And who could forget mother Carlson and "Hirsch". Hirsch was great!
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The issue is some scenes had them playing the background while they bantered, and so went beyond fair-use
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| said by Devanchya:The issue is some scenes had them playing the background while they bantered, and so went beyond fair-use So the RIAA in their infinite wisdom has kept WKRP from re-runs because otherwise a new generation might find that they enjoy some of the 70's music and buy a CD or MP3?
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| It's not all rerun's, it's only a few select scenes that were ceased and desisted.
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KardinalDei Gratina ReginaPremium
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| said by Devanchya:It's not all rerun's, it's only a few select scenes that were ceased and desisted. Essentially, copyright laws and the expiry of the original agreement on music use when the show was produced have made it necessary to remove almost all the original music from the show and replace it with generic content. What the hell - how can you have a show about a radio station without music? Damn the copyright laws, RIAA and everyone else involved....damn them to the hell that is Muzak.
Posting from person who did part of the music editing
Another story about music removal
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In fact, music issues dogged "WKRP" before the show aired, Wilson said. The original production company, MTM (co-owned by Mary Tyler Moore) balked at the cost of using real songs, but producers used a loophole in the music-licensing agreement that allowed significantly lower rates for shows that were videotaped instead of filmed. That's why the show used that lower-quality format.
So I guess anytime the video format changes. New licencing is needed. To bad really...it won't be the same show.
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I was initially glad to see this great series put to DVD but, if they are going to replace music and remove dialogue, I refuse to buy it.
Nor would I buy a recording of my favorite classical music in .mp3 format. Nor Lawrence of Arabia or Ben Hur in pan and scan format.
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Yay! Finally, but if they cut too much out, that will be bad.
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Calgary, AB | reply to Kardinal
Final episode where Mama Carlson is changing the format to all news.
Andy: what's this Van Sanka guy got besides adnoids?
Mama:He comes highly recommended from his station in Fargo.
Andy: F-F-Fargo? Fargo?
Mama: yes, that right Mr. Travis. Fargo. And where did I hire you from?
Andy: well, uhh... SANTA FE! Its one of the top ... Hundred markets in the country!
Later, after everyone is wasted, they stop by Mama Carlsons house to give her a talking to.
Andy: (slurring his words and weaving on his feet). Mama Carlson, I have 3 things to say to you. .... Number 2 ... (hits floor face first)
Ahh good times.
And you know what's funny? I never forgot Venus' explanation of the atom. See mom? TV can be educational!
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I always liked the one...when they were testing Johnny and Venus reaction times from drinking. Venus was a slobering mess...but Johnny got faster. Piss'ing the cop off totally.
Of course, the turkey one is a classic. I liked Les's description..."Their hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement."
It's a real shame that they couldn't have kept the shows as originals. I might have even bought that one.
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London, ON | reply to Kardinal
i used to watch that show every day...it was one of my favourites. |
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Last night at work I was talking about it being released on DVD and some of the younger people have never even heard of the show. Sad that one of the greatest tv shows all but dissapeared because of the music.
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