Watch: WKRP in Cincinnati Turkey Drop

November 25, 2021

The greatest scene in sitcom history:

WKRP in Cincinnati 

Season 1, Episode 7

Air date: October 30, 1978

Feeling left out by all the recent changes at the station, 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.

"Something just came out of the back of the helicopter. It's a dark object. Perhaps a skydiver. A second. A third ... no parachute yet. ... Oh my God, they're turkeys!"

"They're crashing to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! This is terrible! ... Oh, the humanity!"

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