WKRP in Cincinnati (the new series) Program
Guide
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Compiled
by Ed Chen
Thanks to
Dean Adams and David Tamkin for corrections, and other things...
Last Updated
11/24/92
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Opening Credits:
Gordon
Jump
Frank Bonner
Richard Sanders
Michael Des Barres
Kathleen
Garrett
Lightfield Lewis [1803 forward]
Tawny Kitaen [1802
forward]
Hope Alexander-Willis
Mykelti Williamson
created by Hugh
Wilson
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[Since the program is syndicated, it airs at various
times across the
country. The date listed is the day it is downlinked
via satellite]
[where a character name is listed in brackets ([]) it is
taken from
the program, so spelling is questionable. Where the listing
is
"Actor as Character", the character name was shown in the closing
credits]
An hour long collecion of clips from the original show
called
"The WKRP In Cincinnati 50th anniversary" was aired the
week
before the premiere of the new series. (week of 9/3/91)
EPISODE # 1801 (no name listed) (week of
9/10/91)
[ed. note: The satellite feed listed the episode title
as "Where are We?"]
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Max
Tash
After the program Director says an obscenity on the air,
Mr. Carlson is
arrested. After being released, he hires a new program
director, and finds
out Mama Carlson is selling the station.
Guest Starring - Carol Bruce [Mama
Carlson]
- Wendy Davis [Ronnie]
Co Starring - John
Chappell.....Buddy
Julie
Araskog
.....Reporter
#1
David
Thompkins
.....Officer #1
EPISODE # 1802 (no name listed) (week of
9/17/91)
[ed note: satellite listed title as: "Where are We
Going?"]
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Max
Tash
Dr. Johnny Fever, and Jennifer Marlowe return with a
plan.
After Jennifer "visits" an FCC official, and Johnny "visits"
Edna
Grinbody of the Cincinnati League of Decency [C.L.O.D.],
the two leave the
show the next generation of D.J's and others.
(Tawny Kitaen joins the show as
D.J. Mona Loveland)
Special Guest Star Loni Anderson [Jennifer
Marlowe]
Special Guest Star Howard Hesseman [Dr. Johnny
Fever]
Guest Starring - Wendy Davis
[Ronnie]
- John McCook [George, of
FCC]
- Katherine Moffat [Edna Grinbody]
Co-Starring Eric Head
...
Dave
Joe Nipote .. Marty
EPISODE # 1803 "Every Move a Work of Art" (week of
9/24/91)
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Max
Tash
Arthur Carlson, Jr. joins the station as the up and
coming, scheming
junior executive type. His first deal is with a
not-so-reputable
"circus."
(Lightfield Lewis joins the show as Arthur Carlson,
Jr.)
Special Guest Star Richard Portnow [Cleeve
Peevey]
Guest Starring - Wendy Davis
[Ronnie]
- S. Marc Jordan [J.C. Endicott]
Co
Starring - John Chappell ...
Buddy
Ray Victor .... Pepe the Pinhead
EPISODE # 1810 "Then Came Nessman" (week of
10/1/91)
Written by Steve Stoliar
Directed by Asaad
Kelada
Les is bitten by a dog, which leads him to believe he
will be dying in
the near future. He then adapts a "carpe diem"
attitude, and generally
goes wild for a day.
Guest Starring - Earl Boen as Dr.
Hopkins
Wendy Davis as
Ronnie
Patricia Ayane Thompson as Nurse
EPISODE # 1811 "Lotto Fever" (week of
10/8/91)
Written by Bob Wilcox
Directed by Peter
Baldwin
Herb dreams the numbers for the lottery. He buys
the ticket, but his
wife makes him sell it to AC,Jr. The ticket wins,
but 750 other people
also picked the same numbers...
Special Guest Star - Edie McClurg [Lucille
Tarlek]
Guest Starring - George Pentecost
[Lottery Official]
EPISODE # 1807 "The Cincinnati Kids" (week of
10/15/91)
Written by Steven Miller
Directed by Peter
Baldwin
Mr. Carlson is challenged to a charity poker game by the
general manager of
WPIG. There's just one problem — "the Big Guy"
doesn't know how to play, so
Mona and the staff must teach him how before the
big game.
Guest Starring - Robert
Mandan [McKenzie Ballard,
WPIG]
Wendy Davis [Ronnie]
Co
Starring John
Chappell ..... Buddy
EPISODE # 1805 "Cincinnati's Favorite Couple" (week
of 10/22/91)
Written by Max Tash
Directed by Art
Dielhem
Burns and Allen consider divorce — AGAIN.
Unfortunately, this leads
to a food fight in one of Cincinnati's most
up-scale restaraunts. The
staff then devises a plan to counteract all
of the negative publicity.
Guest
Starring
- Stephen Lee
[Reporter]
Wendy Davis as
Ronnie
Gregg Berger
[Feilder]
Michael Heintzman
[Larry]
Steve Kelley
[Eliot]
Deborah Ann Gaye [Eliot's wife]
EPISODE # 1822 "Here Comes Everybody p.1" (week of
10/29/91)
[The opening credits were altered to read "The New WKRP
in Cincinnati"]
[Shots of the stars were added to the opening credits,
and the order
was changed to: Jump,Bonner,Sanders,Williamson,Des
Barres, Garrett,
Lewis, Alexander-Willis, and Kitaen]
Written by Bill Dial and Richard Chapman
Directed by
Asaad Kelada
Dr. Johnny Fever drops through Cincinnati on his way to
a radio conference
in Chicago. While there, he cameos on the "Burns and
Allen" morning show,
which causes all sorts of people to come looking for
John Caravella.
Special Guest Star -
Howard Hesseman [Dr. Johnny Fever]
Guest
Starring - Dennis
Burkley
[Jocko]
- Murphy Dunne [Hugh Hasselhoff,
PI]
- Katherine Moffat [Edna
Grinbody]
- Julie Payne
[Buffy]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Lonnie Parkinson as Ray
EPISODE # 1823 "Here Comes Everybody p.2" (week of
11/5/91)
Written by Bill Dial and Richard Chapman
Directed by
Asaad Kelada
Johnny arranges for everyone to meet him at the radio
station. He manages to
"borrow" money from three people, and give
money to two others before he can
leave for Chicago.
Special Guest Star -
Howard Hesseman [Dr. Johnny Fever]
Guest
Starring - Dennis
Burkley
[Jocko]
- Wendy Davis as
Ronnie
- Murphy Dunne [Hugh Hasselhoff,
PI]
- Katherine Moffat [Edna
Grinbody]
- Julie Payne
[Buffy]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Lonnie Parkinson as
Ray
- Ray Willes as (the) Announcer
EPISODE # 1809 "The Real Thing" (week of
11/12/91)
Written by George Geiger
Directed by Frank
Bonner
During a storm, Les misinterprets the news wire, and is
convinced
Cincinnati is under nuclear attack. Although no one really
believes
Les, this leads to much introspection and interaction.
Guest
Starring - Mark
Roberts [Security Guard Dirk]
- Wendy Davis
[Ronnie]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell [Buddy]
EPISODE # 1808 "Good Ole Radio Days" (week of
11/19/91)
Written by Craig Nelson
Directed by Max
Tash
After the ratings dip for the current quarter, the staff
decides to
generate publicity by doing a radio drama like the "good old
days."
Meanwhile, Herb is out wooing a female media buyer, and is
mistaken
for an alien from outer space.
Guest
Starring - Marla
Rubinoff [Nancy Braithwaite, media
consultant]
- Wendy Davis [ Ronnie
]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Connie Sawyer as Darlene
"Good Old Radio Days" Orchestra - David
Darling
- Dave
Faragher
- Johnny
Hickman
- Randy Meeks
EPISODE # 1824 "Venus, We Hardly Knew Ya" (week of
1/07/92)
Written and Directed by Max Tash
Gordon Simms, uptight CEO of a large cable network
visits WKRP.
When he leaves, he takes a piece of his former incarnation
(DJ
Venus Flytrap) with him.
Special Guest
Star
- Tim Reid (Gordon Simms)
Guest
Starring
- Marla Rubinoff (Nancy
Braithwaite)
Co-Starring
- John Chappell
(Buddy)
- Nancy Rubin as
Milner
- Neal Lerner as
Helmut
- Tony Halme as
Curly
- Elson Ridgle as
Arsenio
- Michael Stanton as Roy
EPISODE # 1828 "Hip Hop KRP" (week of
1/14/92)
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Buzz
Sapien
Donovan brings some street kids to work as interns at
WKRP. Shortly
after their arrival, Claire's computer turns up missing,
and the interns
are the obvious suspects.
Co-Starring
- John Chappell (Buddy)
Guest
Starring
- Romeo
Blu
- Cool
Jerry
- Sandman
EPISODE # 1813 "You are my Sunshine, my only Sunshine"
(week of 1/21/92)
Written by Gail Honigberg
Directed by Frank
Bonner
After a cooking accident, Claire must move in with
Mona. While there,
Claire's boyfriend develops a roaming eye. So,
Mona and Dana devise a
plan to make the truth known.
Guest
Starring
- Thomas Callaway [Gus Howard]
EPISODE # 1804 "Razor D Rules" (week of
1/28/92)
Written by Stephen Nathan
Directed by Max
Tash
Advertising Dollars are down, forcing Mr. Carlson and
Donovan to fire a
disk jockey. Their choice is afternoon DJ Phil
Spindle. When Spindle
learns of his firing, he decides to barricade
himself in the booth so
he can have his final say to the people of
Cincinnati.
Guest
Starring -
Charles Fleischer [Phil
Spindle]
- Marla Rubinoff [Nancy
Braithwaite]
- Leslie Jordan as Wally
Co-Starring
- John Chappell as Buddy
EPISODE # 1823 "Jennifer and the Prince" (week of
2/3/92)
Written by Ron Friedman
Directed by Burt Reynolds
(!!)
Jennifer and her new boyfriend, Prince Reynaldo, invite
the entire staff at
WKRP to their engagement party. However, during the
party, Jennifer must deal
with a suspicious Herb and Les, a coup by the
prince's brother, and a worried
valet.
Special Guest Star -
Loni Anderson [Jennifer Marlowe]
Guest
Starring - Carol
Bruce as Mrs.
Carlson
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Charles Nelson Reily [ "Bobby" the valet
]
- Marla Rubinoff [Nancy
Braithwaite]
and
- Robert Goulet as Prince Reynaldo
EPISODE # 1817 "Long Live the King" (week of
2/11/92)
Written by Marilyn Marko-Sanders and Richard Sanders
(!)
Directed by Max Tash
After an editorial against WPIG's Elvis look-alike
contest, Les gets a
mysterious phone call. The caller claims to be
Elvis Presley, and he wants
to give WKRP the exclusive on his return to rock
and roll.
Guest
Starring -
Marla Rubinoff [Nancy
Braithwaite]
- Paul Feig [Mr. Henry - voice
analyst]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell
[Buddy]
- Andrew Craig as
Duffy
- James E. Rompel as
Elvis
- Joe White as Elvis' Voice
EPISODE # 1829 "Mamma was a Rolling Stone" (week of
2/18/92)
Written by Bill Dial and Richard Chapman
Directed by
Frank Bonner
Johnny Fever returns through Cincinnati on his way back
to New York. During
his time at WKRP, he must deal with his long-lost
mother, while the station
must deal with a naked Disc Jockey, and a surprise
FCC inspection.
Special Guest
Star - Howard Hesseman [Dr. Johnny
Fever]
Guest
Starring -
Annie Ross [Carrie
Caravella]
- Sam Anderson [Mr. Castro -
FCC]
- Marla Rubinoff [Nancy
Braithwaite]
- John Chappell [Buddy]
EPISODE # 1826 "Number One Fan" (week of
2/25/92)
Written by Mark Roberts
Directed by Stephen
Rothman
In a parody of the film "Misery", Les is kidnapped by a
woman claiming to
be his number one fan. Meanwhile, Herb is arrested
for unknowingly selling
stolen karoake machines to the police.
Guest
Starring - Pat
Carroll
[Peg]
- Kevin Scannell [Officer Ben
Merke]
- Mark Roberts [Security Guard
Dirk]
- Marla Rubinoff [Nancy
Braithwaite]
- John Chappell
[Buddy]
- Ron Perkins [Officer Maury Bass]
EPISODE # 1830 "Herb's Got a Guy" (week of
4/21/92)
Written by Gail Honigberg
Directed by Ginger
Grigg
Mother Carlson wants WKRP to start landing some national
accounts. The first
on the line is the upscale "30something
lodges". She arranges a meeting
between Herb and the owner, Mr. Carter
Kimball. However, Kimball has more on
his mind then just
business.
Guest
Starring -
Carol Bruce [Lillian
Carlson]
- Nicholas Walker [Carter
Kimball]
- Marla Rubinoff [Nancy Braithwaite]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell
[Buddy]
- Sambo S. Auttano [Sushi Waiter
#1]
- Nobukuyi Shishido [Sushi Waiter #2]
EPISODE # 1815 "Chicken a la Russe" (week of
4/28/92)
Written by Doug McIntyre
Directed by Max
Tash
After Jack has a magician / hypnotist on the morning
show, Mr. Carlson
believes he is a chicken whenever he hears the word
"Colonel". Unfortunately,
this happens just as a Russian colonel is
visiting to learn about the nature
of American broadcasting.
Guest
Starring -
Elya Baskin [Colonel Boris
Matlov]
- Carol Bruce [Mother
Carlson]
- Henry Cho [Buck
Sanders]
- Bill Dial [Bucky Dornster]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Brandon Scott as Bert
EPISODE# 1831 "Where's Jack?" (week of
5/5/92)
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Ron
Sossi
It's Mona's birthday, and she's feeling somewhat
lonely. Meanwhile, Dana
has left Jack, and he too is feeling a bit
alone. This leads to fireworks
between the two of them during a
surprise pajama party that Claire planned.
Guest
Starring - Marla
Rubinoff [Nancy Braithwaite]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell
[Buddy]
- Mark Fauser as Fire
Captain
- Ray Willes as Announcer
EPISODE # 1827 "Spies Like Us" (week of
5/12/92)
Written and Directed by Jay Broad
Donovan is appointed to a commision on broadcasting by
the president. However,
before he can go to Washington, he must be
cleared by the FBI. A beautiful
woman agent, strange dreams,
Gladys Knight, and Les' paranoia all blend
together as we learn a bit more
about Mr. Aderhold's checkered past.
Special Guest Appearance By Gladys Knight
Guest
Starring - Gloria Reuben [FBI
agent Louise
Sullivan]
- Franklyn Ajaye [Donovan's
Lawyer]
- Marla Rubinoff [Nancy Braithwaite]
Co-Starring
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Roger Lee Hatton as Amir
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S E A S O N 2
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Opening Credits:
Gordon Jump
Frank Bonner
Richard
Sanders
Mykelti Williamson
Marla Jeanette Rubinoff
French
Stewart
and
Tawny Kitaen
EPISODE # 2804 "The Razor's Edge" (week of
9/8/92)
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Asaad
Kelada
After "The morning maniacs" leave WKRP, Donovan is in
immediate need of
a new morning DJ. He hires one named "Razor D", but
some simple fact
checking reveals he is not quite what he appears to
be.
(French Stewart joins the cast as "Razor D", who is NOT
the character portrayed
by Charles Fleischer in the first season episode
'Razor D Rules.')
Guest
Starring - Lois de Banzie as
Mrs.
Niarchos
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Ken Thorley as Brother Balthazar
Featuring
- Chuck Blore as Moss
Steiger
- Ray Fulmer as Sid Porter
EPISODE # 2812 "Retreading on Thin Ice" (week of
9/15/92)
Written by Gail Honigberg
Directed by Asaad
Kelada
Herb tries to woo a new client, Sam Bass
tires. The representative from the
tire company is an attractive
female, who has her sights on Donovan. Herb
arranges a date for the
two which works out very well...until they learn Mr,
Bass is not only the
woman's boss, but also her husband.
Guest Starring
- Shellye Broughton [Simone
Dinslow]
- John Chappell as Buddy
EPISODE # 2806 "Sex, Lies, and
Videotape" (week of 9/22/92)
Written by Bob Wilcox
Directed by Asaad
Kelada
While taking Nancy to an intimate lunch to "break it to
her easy", Herb
is involved in a traffic accident. The other driver
claims it was Herb's
fault, and sues the station for a lot of money.
Unfortunately, the evidence
which could get Herb off also shows him in a
romantic embrace with Nancy.
Guest Starring
- Gerrit Graham [P.J.
Bartman]
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Joe Shea as
Hinkle
- Chi-Muoi Lo as
Irv
- Calvin Jung as
Vic
- Ray Lykins as Lyle
Berman
- Dick McGarvin as TV
announcer
- Steve Stollar as Commercial announcer
EPISODE # 2803 "Can't We Get Along?" (week of
9/29/92)
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Frank
Bonner
WKRP purchases the rights to the syndicated Lash Rambo
editorials, which
Les likes, but some of the DJ's detest. In protest,
Razor plays the "Ice T"
song Cop Killer, which forces Mr. Carlson to make a
decision about what the
station will and will not play.
Guest Starring -
Bradley Mott [Lash
Rambo]
- James Stacy [Lt.
Youngblood]
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Ray Willes as Announcer
EPISODE # 2811 "Studs of the Airwaves" (week of
10/6/92)
Written by Ron Friedman
Directed by Ginger
Grigg
As part of a sales promotion, Herb convinces Donovan,
Les, and Buddy to take
part in a radio version of the television program
"Studs." Les wins a date
with a beautiful woman named Janice, who turns
out to have quite a few
surprises up her sleeve.
Guest Starring -
Paul Eisenhauer [Officer
Major]
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Wayne Smith as Janice
EPISODE # 2816 "Nancy in Charge" (week of
10/13/92)
Written by Gail Honigberg
Directed by Buzz
Sapien
Nancy tells a woman at her health club that she is owner
and general manager
of WKRP. When that woman claims to represent a
major advertising firm,
Nancy and the staff must give her a tour of the
station. Unfortunately,
Mother Carlson chooses that day to visit
the station.
Guest Starring -
Carol Bruce [Mother
Carlson]
- Gretchen German [Joanna Jordan]
EPISODE # 2815 "Play Razor For Me" (week of
10/20/92)
Written by Bob Wilcox
Directed by Steve
Rothman
Without his knowing it, Razor's new girlfriend is
actually a woman who works
for WKRP's rival station: WPIG. The
staff must come to Razor's rescue, before
this woman can dig up some
incriminating evidence.
Guest Starring - Janet
Gunn [Nadine]
EPISODE # 28 "Loveland to Look At" (week of
10/27/92)
Written by Steve Stoliar
Directed by Stephen
Rothman
Mona accepts an offer from "Playboy" magazine to appear
nude in a "Women of
Radio" layout. Unfortunately, Mother Carlson
orders Mona fired if she does
the layout. So, Buddy, Razor and
Herb stage a rather unique protest in the
station's Lobby.
Guest Starring - David
Gautreaux as Trey
[Brubeck]
- Denise Genile as
Francesca
- John Chappell as Buddy
EPISODE # 28 "Strange Bedfellows" (week of
11/03/92)
Written by Doug McIntyre
Directed by Asaad
Kelada
A disastrous remote by the radio station at Mrs.
Carlson's store leads to
marital troubles between "The Big Guy" and his
wife. With nowhere else to
turn, AC temporarily moves in with Donovan
at his "swinging bachelor pad."
Guest Starring - Allyn Ann
McLerie [Carmen
Carlson]
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Racquel Robinson
EPISODE # 2813 "Moss Dies" (week of
11/03/92)
Written by Bill Dial
Directed by Frank
Bonner
Moss Steiger, WKRP nighttime disc jockey dies in a
bizarre accident. So,
the staff, along with Johnny Fever must deal with
Moss' last wishes, along
with a morgue man who insists Moss was
Chinese.
Special Guest Star - Howard Hesseman [Dr. Johnny
Fever]
Guest Starring - John Kassir [The Morgue
Guy]
- Taj Mahal
[himself]
- John Chappell as
Buddy
- Claire Berger as Parcel Pickup Person
EPISODE # 2809 "Flimm Flam Man " (week of
11/10/92)
Written by Mark Roberts
Directed by Frank
Bonner
Johnny Fever, takes over the job as night man at
WKRP. During one of the
endless nights, he discovers a map to
gold hidden within the Flem building.
Unfortunately, the staff finds out
about the map, and a mad dash for the
gold ensues.
Special Guest Star - Howard Hesseman [Dr. Johnny
Fever]
Guest Starring - Mark Roberts [Security Guard
Dirk]
John Chappell as
Buddy
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Closing
Credits:
Produced
by
Matt Dinsmore
Associate
Producer
Ginger Grigg
Director of Photography Bill Williams, S.O.C.
Art
Director
John C.
Mula
Editor
George C. Potter, A.C.E.
Associate
Director
Buzz Sapien
Stage
Managers
Tom
Oseransky
Rosario J. Roverto,
Jr.
Music
Steve Tyrell
Theme Music
By
Tom
Wells
and
Jim Ellis
Casting
by
Fern Champion,
C.S.A.
and
Dori Zuckerman
Techincal
Director
Bob Jones
Video
Engineer
Michael Snedden
Sound
Mixer
Michael Clark
Music/Effects Mixer Christopher
Banninger
Camera
Operators
Ken
Dahlquist
Leigh
Nicholson
Bob
Mills
Keith White
Script
Supervisor
Janet Kogan
Set
Decorator
Rochelle Moser
Prop
Master
Dick Durant
Costume
Design
Sharon Day Nye
Men's
Costumer
Steve Sharp
Women's
Costumer Nancy Stone
Renard
Production Coordinator Trina
Shapiro-Sears
Make-Up
Dori Ann
Anderson
Hairstylist
Patty Miller
Executive In Charge of Post
Production
Alicia Hirsch
Executive in Charge of
Production
Bernard Oseransky
Gordon Jump ...... Arthur Carlson,
Sr.
Frank Bonner ..... Herb Tarlek
Richard
Sanders .. Les Nessman
Michael Des Barres .. Jack
Allen
Kathleen Garrett .... Dana Burns
Lightfield Lewis .... Arthur
Carlson, Jr. [1803 forward]
Tawny Kitaen .... Mona
Loveland [1802 forward]
Hope Alexander-Willis .. Claire Hartline
Mykelti
Williamson .. Donovan Aderhold