RIP Howard Hesseman

[Regan MacNeil]

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

turkeys can fly in heaven.

 

[HanSenSE]

Booger!

And RIP.

 

[User 150927]

Awwww.

 

[garrow]

Damn. Great, great tv guy. Loved WKRP and Head of the Class was great too. RIP.

 

[micropolitan guy]

He appeared in a Christmas movie shot in my hometown. I know one of the locals who had a bit part and interacted with throughout the shooting, and said he was a great guy. RIP.

My friend was also in a hometown-shot Christmas movie with Viva Bianca. I think he liked her too.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

One of my favorites. Oh, and my thread can be deleted.

 

[dixiehack]

Head of the Class was a pretty decent second act too. RIP.

 

[Huggy]

He was great as the manager of that no-talent ****** Duke Fame in Spinal Tap.

 

[swingline]

Watch out for the phone cops, man.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

He was great as the manager of that no-talent ****** Duke Fame in Spinal Tap.

"Yeah, listen, we'd love to stand around and chat, but we've gotta... sit down in the lobby and wait for the limo."

Howard was also an Oregon Duck. RIP.

 

[playthrough]

Heartbroken by this. When I was kid, traveling to Cincinnati every year to visit my Dad's family, I thought WKRP was a real station and that the good Doctor was actually in the Flemm Building along with the rest of the gang. Hell, a small part of me still believes.

I'm sure Johnny, Herb and the Big Guy are catching up. Maybe they are even pulling for the Bengals today.

 

[DanOregon]

Such a great character. He was a dude.

 

[Driftwood]

This definitely sucks. WKRP was must-see TV when I was a kid.

 

[BTExpress]

I used to get him and Martin Mull mixed up for some reason.

 

[mateen]

He had a great early role in a Dragnet episode where he played a prominent hippie who faces off with Joe Friday in a public debate. It ends with Hesseman tossing a "Make Love Not War" button and Friday throwing it back and saying "wouldn't it be nice if that was the alternative."

 

[Jake from State Farm]

 

[Huggy]

"Yeah, listen, we'd love to stand around and chat, but we've gotta... sit down in the lobby and wait for the limo."

Howard was also an Oregon Duck. RIP.

They sold out the Enormodome after all even if Tap was still apologizing for his set the time he opened for them.

 

[dixiehack]

Heartbroken by this. When I was kid, traveling to Cincinnati every year to visit my Dad's family, I thought WKRP was a real station and that the good Doctor was actually in the Flemm Building along with the rest of the gang. Hell, a small part of me still believes.

You had to tune in a little further down I-75.

SPARK NEWS: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE FAMOUS WKRP “TURKEY DROP”

 

[playthrough]

You had to tune in a little further down I-75.

SPARK NEWS: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE FAMOUS WKRP “TURKEY DROP”

Yep, I grew up in Atlanta and love that backstory. Also remarkable — that episode was just the seventh of the first season. The show was great from the start.