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Thursday, November 22. 2012

This is a repost from last year, with a small update.

I was just now reading An open letter to Sir Paul McCartney, from America on Thanksgiving Day, and came across this:

Thing is, domesticated turkeys — the farm-raised ones we eat — are plentiful. And fat. So fat they can’t really fly. (As God as his witness, Arthur Carlson from WKRP in Cincinnati believed otherwise.)

Some things truly are timeless.

I actually remember this, because for weeks afterward every time someone dropped an item, they'd say something like, "As God is my witness, I thought ball point pens could fly."

Happy Thanksgiving, all. Keep an eye out for any low-flying helicopters.

Posted by Dr. Mercury in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 09:00 | Comments (17) | Trackbacks (0)

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Did you know that this scene is ranked #1 of all the sit-com scenes?

#1 Tom Francis on 2011-11-24 09:11 (Reply)

Another one that is at the top of any list is Carol Burnett's "Went With The Wind" sketch.

#1.1 Mr. Bingley (Link) on 2011-11-24 11:19 (Reply)

Something's bizarre with those links. Let's try them straight:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d3cf6f802d/went-with-the-wind-from-the-carol-burnett-show-part-1-of-2-from-greatest-comedy-sketches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nt0yi4wbro&feature=related

#1.1.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-11-24 11:34 (Reply)

It's the only line I remember from that show. Magnificent.

#1.2 Assistant VIllage Idiot (Link) on 2011-11-24 20:58 (Reply)

Thanks Doc!

#2 Mr. Bingley (Link) on 2011-11-24 11:47 (Reply)

Videos are funny stuff.

The crazy links are the result of including quotes around the URL in the BBCode. When you write [url= just insert the address without quotes and close out the link ]. Otherwise it links first to Maggie's and then the intended address, which defaults to the the first (Maggie's home page).

Examples (using a space to render as text):

Wrong: [url= "http://someurl.com"]wordswordswords[/url]

Correctomundo: [url= http://someurl.com]wordswordswords[/url]

Happy thanksgiving, everyone!

#3 Jephnol (Link) on 2011-11-24 11:59 (Reply)

Thanks, Jeph, didn't know that. What's odd is that the links worked fine in the email notification I got, but not on the actual page above.

Great line near the end of the first clip (from memory):

"Mornin', Ma'am, we're here to invade Atlanta. Got a match?"

Also, check out Mr. Bingley's site (click on his name) for a little "one of everything". Loved the "Day! Of! Action!" post, Bing.

#3.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-11-24 12:09 (Reply)

Thanks Doc for the kind words! My office is actually on Wall Street, and I get off the bus right at Zucchini Park so I've had a front row seat for all this silliness.

The url-bolism is wholly my fault: without even thinking I tried to make the links using the a=href nomenclature, and then when I saw the [url-thingies at the bottom I didn't take out the "

#3.1.1 Mr. Bingley (Link) on 2011-11-24 17:09 (Reply)

A Pittsburgh tradition, FM radio station plays Arlo's masterpiece in its entirety.

For all of Maggie's mavens, May your meal be savory, filling, and surrounded with friends\family.

http://youtu.be/LjKF7aQthcQ

#4 Fred Zeppelin on 2011-11-24 19:53 (Reply)

The effects of the turkey coma, I omitted the call letters - WDVE

#4.1 Fred Zeppelin on 2011-11-24 19:54 (Reply)

There is a Quiz: Alice’s Restaurant

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/151697

#4.2 feeblemind on 2012-11-22 14:00 (Reply)

They lied.

"All questions are based on the original song"

"12. The 1969 film version of the song featured a number of cameos...."

Lied.

I also disagreed with the selection of answers for the first question:

"1. What's this song about?"

I thought the overall message was one of government ineptitude and incompetence, from the bumbling cops to the moronic draft system.

Nonetheless, I got one wrong -- the last one. The lying one. Not bad for not having heard it since I posted this.

#4.2.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2012-11-22 14:21 (Reply)

Everybody gets the references to the radio broadcast of the crash of the 'Hindenburg' in Les's broadcast, but who got the 'War of the Worlds' hat-tip just before he's cut off?

#5 RNB on 2011-11-25 11:01 (Reply)

Oh, the laugh track! And I'd forgotten how tightly Andy's clothes fit, Eye candy for the women!

#6 Sam L. on 2012-11-22 09:36 (Reply)

The jeans looked real, but were actually spray-painted on by the make-up department.

I hear the same was true about Loni Anderson's face.

#6.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2012-11-22 09:57 (Reply)

Thanks for posting Doc. Has to be the most memorable scene from WKRP.

#7 feeblemind on 2012-11-22 14:03 (Reply)

I actually remember this, because for weeks afterward every time someone dropped an item, they'd say something like, "As God is my witness, I thought ball point pens could fly."

After that start, I was sure you were going to mention this.

#8 John David Galt on 2012-11-23 19:18 (Reply)

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