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Classic clip from the 1978 Turkey Drop episode of WKRP! Happy Thanksgiving my Friends!
"Turkeys Away" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American sitcom television series WKRP in Cincinnati. It aired on October 30, 1978 and was co-written by story editor Bill Dial and series creator Hugh Wilson.
With Gary Sandy, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Richard Sanders. Feeling left out by all the recent changes, Mr. Carlson decides to launch his own Thanksgiving promotion. With the aid of Herb and Les, the Big Guy turns a routine turkey give-away into a comic catastrophe.
Nov 26, 2020 · This is it... the infamous 1978 "turkey Thanksgiving giveaway" as reported LIVE from the Pinedale Shopping Center by crack newsman Les Nessman for WKRP (in Cincinnati)! The full episode is...
Nov 16, 2023 · In the seventh episode of the first season, aptly titled "Turkeys Away," released on Oct. 30, 1978, the struggling station puts on a well-intended but poorly executed Thanksgiving promotion,...
Nov 23, 2021 · Forty live turkeys were dropped from a helicopter onto an unsuspecting Cincinnati shopping mall below. In what was supposed to be a Thanksgiving giveaway promotion, the station's hapless...
Nov 20, 2023 · WKRP in Cincinnati's turkey drop episode is one of Thanksgiving's greatest gifts of television. Here's how to watch the classic, 'Turkeys Away'.
Nov 27, 2014 · While you're stuffing yourself with some great Thanksgiving TV, take time to savor one of the most hilarious episodes of any season -- "Turkeys Away," from the classic CBS sitcom WKRP in...
Nov 14, 2018 · Want to know more about WKRP in Cincinnati 's famous "turkey drop" episode? I did a podcast at Cincy Shirts Tuesday talking about the 1978 "Turkeys Away" episode, which repeats twice next week...
Nov 21, 2022 · It turns out, a similar turkey incident did take place in real life, but it wasn't in Cincinnati. "WKRP in Cincinnati" was loosely based on staffers from a real-life radio station WQXI-AM,...
