WKRP in Cincinatti - THE PHONE COPS!

Johnny Fever finds himself on the lam from the Phone Cops!

I got so sick of getting blank stares when I mentioned "The Phone Cops" in casual conversation. Wow, I must be really old. So, all you young whipper-snappers, here's the root of the reference. Enjoy!

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Entertainment

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• Phone Cops
• WKRP
• Howard Hessman
• Tim Reid
• Gary Sandy
• WKRP in Cincinatti
• Gordon Jump
• Loni Anderson
• Jan Smithers

[SouthFla03]

You spelled Cincinnati wrong. It has 3 n's and 1 t.

[piusg]

@SouthFla03 ...says the guy from South Florida. Actually, the reason I spelled it wrong is because I just came from there; six of my fingers fell off from frostbite!

[BMUSTDIE]

The phone cops are real! Beware!

[piusg]

@BMUSTDIE One of my favorite "Wow, that'd be more funny if it weren't true" jokes is "If you want the NSA's latest pamphlet on cryptography and cryptographic theory, call your mom and ask for one." :-)

[Pinballpete007]

One of the best episodes from WKRP. I watched this when I was 11 years old. Brings back alot of memories!

Now this was TV not the garbage they play today with overpriced actors. Thumbs up if you think the 70s had better shows then today !!!

[piusg]

@ElProximo Heh--something us old farts call you young punks. Now get off of my lawn!!! :-P

[xtinenyctx]

This is the best episode ever!

[Windsweptzariel]

This was an awesome episode!

[OhJaniceWhyOhWhy]

Johnny: What kind of bookie puts people on hold? Venus: One that runs a busy Chinese laundry. (they cut it out! Boooooo!!!!!)

[redsquirrelftw]

I work for a phone company. Yes, we do see everything. The Nortel DMS system is actually a portal to skynet. I said too much.

[defiant289]

hahahhahaa

[RUBIZEN]

@slosh29 Thanks!!

[slosh29]

@RUBIZEN I found this last month posted by Mr Hugh Wilson himself apparently..It shows bloopers and other clips I have never seen before..Give it a look see..He has only posted one vid so far..I hope he posts others ! Look for TheHughWilson or "Unseen Scenes from WKRP" in search. It wont let me post the link even though it is the you tube address of the video.

[RUBIZEN]

@slosh29 Oh yeah. I heard that the very first episode was live and the executives almost shit their pants when they realized that Loni Anderson had really visible hard nipples. Everyone wanted to cut the feed but they had to finish the program!! Another of my favorites is when Johny had a remote feed from a stereo store.The place was getting robbed but since noone listened to the station no one heard Johny asking for help!! By the way you can watch some episodes on HULU.

[RubberIceCream]

I won't work with anyone who doesn't know about Fevers' PHONE COPS ... here.

[slosh29]

@RUBIZEN I forgot about that part! His desk drawer! LOL!!!!! Since I only have season 1 I havent seen most of them in years...I WISH they would release the others!

I also like the one where the heat is out at the station and Johnny is drinking with Jennifer in the booth and Mrs Carlson walked by the window...LOL