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Turkey Drop: A Thanksgiving Tradition Since 1978 (WKRP Classic)
American Digest ^ | 10/30/1978 | Les Nessman

Posted on 11/26/2015 10:34:12 AM PST by mojito

"It's a helicopter, and it's coming this way. It's flying something behind it, I can't quite make it out, it's a large banner and it says, uh - Happy... Thaaaaanksss... giving! ... From ... W ... K ... R... P!! No parachutes yet. Can't be skydivers... I can't tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenburg tragedy has there been anything like this!"

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TOPICS: Food; Humor; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: happythanksgiving; turkeydrop; wkrp
Video at the link.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

h/t Vanderluen.

1 posted on 11/26/2015 10:34:12 AM PST by mojito
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To: mojito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeCGURWzjwE
2 posted on 11/26/2015 10:36:43 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: mojito

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

As it turns out, a completely unfounded assumption.


3 posted on 11/26/2015 10:37:06 AM PST by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: mojito

Funniest skit. . .ever.


4 posted on 11/26/2015 10:50:45 AM PST by Hulka
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*BUMP* :)


5 posted on 11/26/2015 10:55:59 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: mojito

Genius scene. And part of the genius is Les slooooowly reading the letters W ... K ... R ... P — as if he’s never seen them before!


6 posted on 11/26/2015 11:09:09 AM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen on TV.


7 posted on 11/26/2015 11:52:12 AM PST by wny
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When that show first aired I nearly choked to death I laughed so hard!


8 posted on 11/26/2015 12:22:42 PM PST by stevem
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To: Hulka

Yeah, it was.


9 posted on 11/26/2015 12:27:23 PM PST by SC_Pete
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To: wny

Yep. Even after this many years and countless viewings it still makes me lol.


10 posted on 11/26/2015 12:27:37 PM PST by berdie
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I loved that show. It was the basis for this comic I did a while back. http://mrburkemath.blogspot.com/2014/09/w-x-y-z-in-four-dimensions.html


11 posted on 11/26/2015 12:52:13 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: lowbridge

Classic. So funny!


12 posted on 11/26/2015 1:18:25 PM PST by Angelwood (FReepers are Everywhere! We Support Our Troops! (NEVER TRUST DEMOCRATS))
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To: Hulka

It was and still is very funny.


13 posted on 11/26/2015 2:48:06 PM PST by Rusty0604
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I sent the link to my daughter who is studying in England. I told her to share it with her friends, most of whom are from other countries than England or the US.

Her reply: “Uh...No.”

My kids are all strong Christian conservatives, but they just don’t know good humor when they see it.


14 posted on 11/26/2015 2:51:25 PM PST by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: mojito

That still brings smiles.


15 posted on 11/26/2015 3:15:10 PM PST by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: JennysCool

“Haaaaapppy Thaaannnks giving”


16 posted on 11/26/2015 3:28:23 PM PST by Chickensoup (Happy Thanksgiving Blessings to all!)
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Best thanksgiving skit ever

Had to sit through numerous Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie renditions every thanksgiving with certain friends.

KRP is much much better.


17 posted on 11/26/2015 3:30:41 PM PST by Chickensoup (Happy Thanksgiving Blessings to all!)
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