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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
WKRP : Baseball
One of my favorite, most consistent shows. Episodes like 'Turkeys Away' stand the test of time, but 'Baseball' had such a human arc with Les Nessman, it transcended even an imperfect episode. From this point on, in the series, everyone cheered for Les.
This show was great in allowing every character to have these moments. Every character was given a moment to bare their soul, and make the series richer, over the course of the run.
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I loved that episode.
It was so great on a lot of different levels.
Les standing out in the field praying "Please god don't hit the ball to me" I'm sure every awkward kid can relate to that.
the whole how personal a fun game got between the two rivals.
Also they had that drunk guy, I think his name was Bucky, and he basically made the drunk guy amazing catch without knowing it. That cracked me up.
WKRP was amazing for its time.
I loved the Turkey Episode
The one where Mamma Carlson sent in a efficiency expert and the crew completely duped him with Venus pulling a knife on Johnny.
When the Big Guy ran for city council and then decided to throw the race when he angrily accused the incumbent of being an alcoholic.
One of the most touching episodes was based around the Who Concert in Cincinnati which spelled the end of festival seating. The ending to that episode was tear inducing.
Oh and the episode where they promoted the concert with the band "Scum of the Earth"