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

[Ruby the Liberal]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Jeez, I think I jut posted that a couple weeks ago.

Hilarious.

[PoliticAverse]

3. One of the funniest sitcom episodes I've ever seen. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. True that.

One of my favorites of all time.

[Cleita]

2. Ha, ha, that was a funny show. Poor turkeys TG it wasn't real.

However, I have seen wild turkeys fly into trees, but I suppose that's all they can do.

[teddy51]

7. Apparently wild turkeys can fly for very short distances in bursts of speed up to 55mph.

http://www.livescience.com/7630-5-surprising-turkey-facts.html

Funny as hell, my aunt and uncle used to own a turkey farm and I never knew they didn't fly.

[lastlib]

29. Hiking in the woods once, I had a wild turkey take off twenty feet from me.

It sounded like a bomb detonating.

[Jackpine Radical]

44. Yes, I've had that experience many times.

One morning on opening day of deer season, for example, I walked through a grove of balsam firs, and they launched themselves into the air one after another. If you've ever kicked up a ruffed grouse, just imagine a bird that weighs 20 times as much beating its way up into the air. They scare the hell out of you.

[Hissyspit]

42. See post #40.

Cost me my deductible on a new windshield.

[orpupilofnature57]

4. The Humanity, Thanks for the memory !!!!

[rhett o rick]

5. Good show. nm

[bluestate10]

6. Wild turkeys can fly far enough to get away from hazards. nt

[DollarBillHines]

8. One flew in front of my car for about 100 yards, recently

Came out of a vineyard, glanced sideways at me and stayed maybe six feet in front of me and a foot higher than the hood of my car.

Way cool.

[Hissyspit]

40. One flew into my WINDSHIELD a couple of years ago.

It must have survived, because I couldn't find it when I stopped and looked around.

That same autumn, another one ALMOST hit my windshield in a different spot. Got a good look at that one because it was a wide-open field and I had time to hit the brakes

Clearly not enough flight capability to survive a drop from a helicopter.

[niyad]

10. thanks for the memories--one of my favourites of all time

[tinymontgomery]

11. Always a good one on Thanksgiving

Thanks.

[Luminous Animal]

12. My daughter and I have watched that episode at Thanksgiving for 22 years.

It never fails to make us laugh out loud.

[Ruby the Liberal]

17. One of my favorite memories for T-giving.

Looked it up tonight. That aired in 1978. And I remember watching it. Now I feel old.

[liberal_at_heart]

35. yeah, no doubt

I've never watched it on Thanksgving but now I'm definitely going to have to. Love that episode.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

13. I remember seeing it..

the first time it aired... thanks for posting...

[PSPS]

14. Here's the uncensored original

They dubbed different voices and music prior to syndication. Below is a link to the original "complete with Pink Floyd!"

http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2008/10/wkrp-episode-turkeys-away-complete-with.html

[Ruby the Liberal]

19. "Baby, if you've ever wondered..."

Wow - that opening brings back memories. Haven't heard that in eons. If I could embed that, I would edit the OP. Thanks for the link! They should have put that on YouTube.

Happy Thanksgiving, PSPS.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. That will live forever in our Turkey Day memory!

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[Ruby the Liberal]

16. I love this little guy!

Happy Thanksgiving, sis.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Feel free to take him home with ya!

( just don't tell Mom...bwaaahaahah)

[okwmember]

18. My mom's all time favorite WKRP line.

[socialist_n_TN]

20. I watched it again last year right here on line........

for the first (or second?) since the original episode. STILL the funniest bit of TV I've ever seen.

[jsmirman]

21. As an animal advocate I shouldn't laugh at all - but that episode has always cracked me up

[XemaSab]

24. The animal cruelty bothers me

[jsmirman]

26. Guess I found it funny enough back before I thought much about things like that

The line is certainly a classic.

[Ken Burch]

39. They didn't REALLY drop turkeys...they just described what it would look like.

But then...that's probably just because the episode wasn't directed by John Landis.

[Kennah]

23. Mitt lost, so the idea that turkeys can fly remains in serious doubt. n/t

[FredisDead]

25. Turkeys Away - WKRP In Cincinnati

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101780739

[Xipe Totec]

27. My brother actually did that with a chicken once, from a Cesna

The chicken valiantly tried to fly for a while, then finally folded its wings and plummeted to the ground at terminal velocity.

[libinnyandia]

28. I was going through some dvds today and one was from a Keith Olbermann segment about Sarah Palin

giving a speech with a man killing turkeys in the backgroung. They then showed that clip. It is so hilarious.

[pinboy3niner]

31. It's posted in Video & Multimedia

What would Thanksgiving be without this blast from the past?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101781188

[Lebam in LA]

30. giggle giggle n/t

[allan01]

32. re:As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly...

i miss that show :0 had a friend work in radio before fox and centralization and said that is exactly what the way it was bcc ( before clear channel)

[csziggy]

37. WKRP even predicted centralization of radio programming

On an episode where Venus was offered a job at a WKRP competitor but turns it down:

Wanting to make more of his career, he considers accepting the job of program director at WKRP's urban contemporary-formatted competitor, WREQ, an all-automated station where all the programming decisions are made from corporate headquarters. He turns down the job when he finds out that the station only wants him so it can have a token black employee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Flytrap_%28WKRP_in_Cincinnati%29#WKRP_disc_jockey

[SpartanDem]

33. "The turkeys are hitting the ground like bags of wet cement"

[Frances]

34. Thanks for the link

What a classic

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

[x2 vancouverite]

36. The best episode!

[abelenkpe]

38. Loved that show! Nt

[Hissyspit]

41. A DU tradition.

[Blue_In_AK]

43. I SO loved that show.

This is a very funny episode.