Forty-five years ago, this was the funniest thing on television:

[lastlib]

I give you The Great WKRP Turkey Drop:

[hlthe2b]

1. Absolutely. I watch it every year. My mother laughed and laughed and laughed at that...

Good memories...

[ggma]

2. I was kind of ashamed

of how hard I laughed at this episode; because I felt bad for the turkeys but I couldn't stop!

gg

[rsdsharp]

3. Loosely based on a real incident at KBOX in Dallas.

[patphil]

4. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

One of the best comic lines in the history of television.

[Lunabell]

5. That was hysterical!

I loved that show.

[Emile]

6. That was funny.

[moniss]

7. Gordon Jump played Mr. Carlson

so perfectly.

[debm55]

8. Turkeys can fly a short distance. I had a group of them in my back yard and they flew to the top of the shed. I love

that episode.I watch it every year and it's still as funny as the first time it aired. Really liked the show and characters.

[lastlib]

10. I've watched wild turkeys fly--

they often roost in trees near the edge of our woods. I've also scared them in the wild (and on the road in my car) and had them take off in front of me. It literally sounds like an explosion!

Domesticated turkeys, however, really can't fly worth a hoot, if at all. They've been bred that way. And I suspect WKRP got the domesticated ones........You can't catch wild ones, unless they're very young and stupid, or crippled somehow. They are a wily bird!

[debm55]

11. Yes, they travel up and down our street. They follow a leader and run like hell when approached. And when I walk Dolly

Dog

[LeftInTX]

13. Road runners also can fly short distances

I was shocked to see one fly. It was on a boulder and poof, off it flew into the nearest tree.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. Typically, turkeys on a farm have their flight feathers clipped

It's easier to deal with them when they can't fly up into trees.

[highplainsdem]

9. A classic.

[3Hotdogs]

12. 2nd Fav --, Sarah Palin, giving a campaign speech at a turkey farm. Oblivious to the fact that while she is bloviating,

Freddy D. Farmer is in the background, killing turkeys.

[lastlib]

16. That is also a golden TV moment!

yeah, I'll have to replay that one sometime.

[3Hotdogs]

17. Someone on D.U. usually posts it on Thanksgiving day.

[lastlib]

21. Is that to help us lose our appetite for turkey(s)?

I've occasionally thought they ground up the wrong turkey that day.......

[AllaN01Bear]

14. i didnt know they could fly!! the horror of it all. poor les.

[Hotler]

18. All I remember is Loni.

Hotter than doughnut grease.

[central scrutinizer]

19. Those hairdos!

Look like helmets