Never forget: Turkeys. Can't. Fly.

[Reader Rabbit]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

[Dave Bowman]

1. A classic! 😆

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. All time classic for the times.

This was, IMO, the best episode of WKRP in Cincinnati.

[popsdenver]

23. And PRICELESS

I watch this re-play every thanksgiving..........

[ms liberty]

3. So classic.

[Uncle Joe]

4. That was a classic

Thanks for the thread Reader Rabbit

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. As God is my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly.

That will be forever more, a classic line.

[paleotn]

13. Beat me to it. A classic!

[pazzyanne]

28. Wild turkeys do...

...but not very high or for very long.

[2naSalit]

6. Well...

They can but we hardly ever see them do that. Just don't throw them from a helicopter.

Funny episode.

[Timewas]

7. Yes

They fly over fences all the time

[2naSalit]

9. They also roost in tall trees.

[forgotmylogin]

24. Right, a wild turkey likely learns to fly,

but one raised on a farm getting regularly fed probably hasn't had a chance to practice free fall!

[William Gustafson]

35. They trim back their wings too... mass production of triming wings....

[rsdsharp]

8. And it's based on a real radio promotion.

[Igel]

22. Not one for turkeys posthumously working on their freefall technique.

(What is terminal velocity for a frozen plucked bird?)

Rather like pumpkin chunkin, though. (KROK's morning guys in the '90s used to do/talk about that.)

[rsdsharp]

25. Hugh Wilson, the WKRP creator, used to work at WQXI in Atlanta, before he went into advertising, and then TV.

The GM of WQXI told him about the turkey drop promotion they had done when he was at KBOX in Dallas. They dropped them from a flatbed truck rather than a helicopter, but hilarity ensued. When Wilson heard the story he said “You just won me an Emmy!”. Sadly, he was wrong, but it’s a great episode from a great show.

[MuseRider]

10. Every year it is a must for me.

It was such a stunning surprise that the laugh just burst out and still does to the sound of me saying the words with him.

[debm55]

11. Thank you Reader Rabbit for posting this classic. Have a Happy Thanksgiving for you and yours.

[ashredux]

12. I think when I saw that episode, I laughed as hard as I've ever laughed in my entire life....😅

[twodogsbarking]

14. Wild Turkeys fly. Wild Turkey makes you fly. See. Happy TG

[GiqueCee]

15. That's one of the funniest bits ever on TV!

Wild Turkeys CAN fly, they just don't like to, unless absolutely necessary, like flying up to their roosts, or across the road.

We've had flocks of hens and poults, with occasional toms and jakes, swarm our bird feeders in a deep-snow winter, leaving an abundance of poopsicles for the dogs to snack on. Gross!

[twodogsbarking]

16. The character acting on this show was phenomenal.

[KS Toronado]

17. Yes they can and here's proof.........

https://democraticunderground.com/100220833759

Don't spit your covfefe out !

[zbird]

18. Love this episode!

I'm wearing my "First Annual WKRP Thanksgiving Day Turkey Drop" sweatshirt today!

[rsdsharp]

26. I've got the T shirt.

[liberal N proud]

19. One of my favorite comedy moments on TV

The other would be the end of the Bob Newhart Show.

Happy Thanksgiving DUers

[AZLD4Candidate]

31. You really ought to wear more sweaters.

[MustLoveBeagles]

20. A classic episode

It never gets old. Thanks for posting. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

[mucifer]

21. not funny

[AZLD4Candidate]

30. most top ten lists disagree. and it was great. the cluelessness of Gordon Jump made it perfect.

[quitnesset]

27. Oh yes they can

Here on Cape Cod there are many groups of turkeys that wander all over during the day. When it turns dark they fly up into tall trees where they roost for the night. And if your car is parked under one of those trees you awake to turkey crap all over the car… yes, turkeys do fly!

[lapfog_1]

29. oh! The humanity!

Classic.

[Linda ladeewolf]

32. I loved this episode!

It brought back this childhood memory. I saw this happen in my small Missouri town! Just picture it, taking a couple of hundred turkeys to the top of the bank building (about 4 stories tall) turkeys can’t fly from that height either, oh the carnage. My dad got one when it hit the ground, it was still alive when he got it to the car. The poor thing had a broken wing and leg and probably internal injuries, dad put it out of its misery when we got it home. I don’t think I could eat any of it.

[Norrrm]

33. Turkeys are tough...

Turkeys are tough...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vk9rmTkVSFs

[Grown2Hate]

34. THIS is my Thanksgiving tradition. LoL

"As GOD as my witness... I thought turkeys could fly!"