WKRP on DVD disappoints

[patchs]

I bought it Tuesday and yes, the cutting of the music sucks.
It is so blantantly obvious, still, it's better than nothing.
Now they need to get the White Shadow: Season 3 out.

 

[zufer]

Loni Anderson (Jennifer), Frank Bonner (Herb) and Hugh Wilson (creator and producer) do the commentaries.

Loni seems to have fond memories and spends some time discussing "the nipple problem."

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

WHERE oh WHERE is EStreetJoe?? He is the king of WKRP clips on YouTube.

 

[Sly]

Hopefully they can work out the copyright issues and get Wonder Years on DVD in intact form ...

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

I was away at college in the South in the fall of 1978 and became friends with a DJ for the top rock station in the midsize city. My roommate and the DJ were from the same small town, and when the DJ caught his first big break to work in the city, my roommate dropped him a note, and the DJ dropped by one day. My roomie wasn't there, but the DJ and I tossed back a few shots of Jack Daniels and got along well. He and the roomie had nothing in common except their hometown, as it turned out, but the DJ and I hung out a lot until I left school at the end of the semester. He was just a good ol' Southern country boy who liked to party, and he thought WKRP was the greatest show ever. We were watching the night of the turkeys episode and I don't think I've ever seen anyone laugh harder. We lost touch after a while, and a few years ago I tried to locate him. His sister works on a small newspaper in Virginia, and she told me he had a massive stroke (he'd be in his early 50s now) and can't speak well enough to work in radio and that his memory is not so good. He doesn't remember me, apparently. Peace, Mike. I hope you get the DVDs and that it jogs your memory a little.

 

[StormSurge]

Hopefully they can work out the copyright issues and get Wonder Years on DVD in intact form ...

Ed as well.

 

[TwoGloves]

Had a friend who once said Bailey was too top heavy. What? WHAT? My God, man. That's just insane. It's not like she's Morganna. She's just right. (Besides, is there really such a thing as being too top heavy?)

 

[Killick]

A good take on it from (where else?) Cincinnati itself.
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070424/LIFE/704240372/-1/BACK01

... and Hessman sounds like a really cool guy. "Hey, they booed Dylan when he went electric."

 

[playthrough]

Hesseman from that same story: "It's a weird hangover, but somebody's got to stagger through it." Classic.

If the difference between releasing it with all the original music was $70 to the current $40, shame on Fox Home Entertainment. I think sales would have been just as strong, given the authenticity factor.

 

[patchs]

A good take on it from (where else?) Cincinnati itself.
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070424/LIFE/704240372/-1/BACK01

... and Hessman sounds like a really cool guy. "Hey, they booed Dylan when he went electric."

Thanks for the link.
I've watched almost half of the first season, even funnier than when I watched them back in 1978 when I was 11.
The music cuts do stand out.
I wish the extra features were longer and has interviewed more cast members (no Smithers, Sanders Sandy or Hesseman)

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

OK, who remembers the song with which WKRP changed formats?
I remember that it was the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's version of "You're Having My Baby" that got ripped off the turntable by the Doctor.
I think it was an AC/DC track, but I might be wrong.

 

[expendable]

OK, who remembers the song with which WKRP changed formats?
I remember that it was the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's version of "You're Having My Baby" that got ripped off the turntable by the Doctor.
I think it was an AC/DC track, but I might be wrong.

I took an online quiz on that one time and missed it. I can't remember what the correct answer was.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

THEN WHY DID YOU POST?
This is killing me.

 

[BTExpress]

"Video Killed the Radio Star"?

Oops. Wrong trivia question.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Somebody tell me son.

 

[Ace]

Sure, you're for gun control when it suits you, Fenian.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I am controlling that gun very precisely.
The Internets are useless on this question

 

[expendable]

THEN WHY DID YOU POST?
This is killing me.

So I could get it on my "show new replies to your posts" link.




My intent was not to **** anyone off, but I'll take that as a bonus. ;D

 

[finishthehat]

OK, who remembers the song with which WKRP changed formats?
I remember that it was the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's version of "You're Having My Baby" that got ripped off the turntable by the Doctor.
I think it was an AC/DC track, but I might be wrong.

This is from the online listing of music changes in WKRP:

Episode 1. "Pilot"
A Ted Nugent song (the very first rock song Johnny Fever played on
WKRP) is replaced with generic music. (Interestingly, though, the
Nugent song is intact when this scene is repeated in two other
episodes--"Mama's Review" and "The Creation of Venus." Which proves
nothing except that the process of licensing music for this package
seems to have been pretty haphazard.) At least that's Howard
Hesseman's real voice saying "booger."

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.