Martha, Keith Olbermann, and WKRP in Cincinnati's Infamous Turkey Drop
MSNBC talking head Keith Olbermann was on The Martha Stewart Show today, and the two got around to talking about Sarah Palin's turkey pardon/slaughter. (Leave it to Olbermann to bring up Palin.) Jezebel's got video of the exchange (Martha: "We know they get slaughtered for Thanksgiving, but that was an especially gruesome scene back there").
We've already talked about the Palin turkey video. No, what we're interested in today is Olbermann's WKRP in Cincinnati reference. If you remember the show, you may remember the episode Olbermann refers to, in which the hapless fictional station does a live turkey giveaway for an on-air Thanksgiving promo. They decide to drop the live birds from a plane for lucky listeners to capture. Thing is ... turkeys don't fly. Video of the WKRP scene, after the jump.
'WKRP in Cincinnati,' Turkeys Can't Fly
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5 Comments:
Oh, my, oh, my. The Turkeymanity, the turkeymanity. One of the bet ensemble casts of all tme. So much of that show has entered our family vernacular. Instead of a "full Cleveland" (plaid pants, white belt and shoes), it's a Herb Tarleck to us, for instance. And I'm still candidating for the coveted Silver Sow Award.
lemons at 6:32PM on 11/24/08
Hah. The Silver Sow award. How 'bout how Les Nessman taped off the floor around his desk to designate where the "walls" on his office would be. That was priceless. And didn't he always have a bandage on somewhere? He predated Nelly by, like, 20 years.
Adam Kuban at 6:39PM on 11/24/08
The clip cuts out the best part..."With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
Ozymandiasxp at 11:00PM on 11/24/08
LOL, glad to see a funny show get recognition, that episode was especially good.
Tonecat at 11:59PM on 11/25/08
The whole episode is on Hulu.
growler at 2:05PM on 11/26/08