What better way could there be to follow a double review of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima than by mentioning one of the best "office" sitcoms in the history of television: WKRP in Cincinnati?
Ken Levine, who's currently on strike with the rest of his WGA colleagues, has nevertheless been keeping up his blogging activities. As noted here previously, he's written some interesting—and funny!—articles on the strike; in the last two days, though, he's also posted two items from opposite ends of the WKRP spectrum: the best-known scene from the show (albeit not the one that has the best-known line, which appears over the end of the credits of that episode) and a true rarity: a full-length version of the theme song, as performed by Steve Carlisle.
I don't really have much else to say about the show—former co-worker John is the real expert—but I'll shamelessly solicit comments by asking the same question as this Jan Smithers fan: Jennifer or Bailey?
2 comments:
Bailey. Without a doubt. To echo the thought of a commenter on Mr. Levine's blog:
"Did anyone who was not an actor reading lines off a WKRP script like Jennifer better than Bailey?"
To this day, I love this show. I can't help it. It's campy; it's low-brow; it's fairly predictable. But I still love it.
It saddens me every time I watch an episode on DVD and I hear the generic "rock-esque" muzak that has replaced the classic rock ballads from the mid- to late-70s that so dominated the show's soundtrack. Most of the time, they weren't there just for background noise. They provided emphasis or even the punchline itself for many a joke.
But even so, Bailey is still hot, Les and Herb still have their love/hate relationship, Mr. Carlson is still... uh... easily distracted and Johnny gets to say "Booger!" on the air.
-sigh-
Now I gotta run; the Phone Cops are after me.
I've adored this show since it began. It is beyond clever and easily ranks as the top "office" show. However, i am not happy to read from croptop that the original songs aren't included in the DVD.
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