WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series)

Turkeys Away (1978)

Gordon Jump: Arthur Carlson

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• [last lines] 

  [Les walks in, looking dazed] 

  Venus Flytrap : Les! Are you okay?

  Les Nessman : I don't know. A man and his two children tried to kill me. After the turkeys hit the pavement, the crowd kind of scattered but, some of them tried to attack me! I tried to jam myself into a phone booth. Then Mr. Carlson had the helicopter land in the middle of the parking lot. I guess he thought he could save the day by turning the rest of the turkeys loose. It gets pretty strange after that.

  Venus Flytrap : [to Andy]  "Now" it gets strange.

  Andy Travis : Yeah, right. Now, Les, c'mon now, tell us the rest.

  Les Nessman : [dazed]  I really don't know how to describe it. It was like the turkeys mounted a counter-attack. It was almost as if they were... organized!

  Arthur Carlson : [Mr. Carlson and Herb come out of his Mr. Carlson's office]  As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

• Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson : As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly.

• Dr. Johnny Fever : [Mr. Carlson is inspecting Johnny in the DJ booth while Pink Floyd's "Dogs" is playing, specifically the section with the barking dogs]  Gripping music, ain't it?

  Arthur Carlson : Yeah, it's good. What is the name of this orchestra?

  Dr. Johnny Fever : It's Pink Floyd.

  Arthur Carlson : Oh. Is that Pink Floyd? Do I hear dogs barking on that thing?

  Dr. Johnny Fever : I do.

  Arthur Carlson : They're good, aren't they?

  [Picks up the Animals album jacket] 

  Arthur Carlson : There's something on here that's called "Pigs On The Wing". What does that sound like?

  Dr. Johnny Fever : I don't do requests.

  Arthur Carlson : Well, keep up the good work.

  Dr. Johnny Fever : I'm giving it all I've got.

• Jennifer Marlowe : You want me, Mr. Carlson?

  Arthur Carlson : Oh, yeah. Come in, Jennifer. Have a seat.

  Jennifer Marlowe : No, thank you.

  Arthur Carlson : Well all right. At this particular point in time, I would like to dictate a press release.

  Jennifer Marlowe : I don't take dictation.

  Arthur Carlson : What? Alright, I guess I can do this thing myself. It's probably going to be a long meeting though; so why don't you get coffee for all the guys here?

  Jennifer Marlowe : I don't get coffee, Mr. Carlson. We agreed.

  Arthur Carlson : Oh, yeah.

  Jennifer Marlowe : You have to draw the line somewhere.

  Arthur Carlson : You got that right.

  Jennifer Marlowe : Will there be anything else I can do?

  Arthur Carlson : No. I think that about does it.

  Jennifer Marlowe : Thank you.

  Arthur Carlson : Oh, no. Thank you.

  Les Nessman : How does she get away with that?

  Herb Tarlek : Are you kidding?

• Arthur Carlson : How about you? What are you doing?

  Bailey Quarters : Uh... uh, I'm working on a promotion idea.

  Arthur Carlson : Yeah? Oh, well, I could be of some assistance.

  Bailey Quarters : Probably nothing you'd be interested in.

  Arthur Carlson : Young lady, I've done thousands of promotions in my day. Now what's the problem?

  Bailey Quarters : Well, uh, we... don't know whether to give away Boston T-shirts or Foreigner T-shirts.

  Arthur Carlson : Boston. Foreign stuff shrinks.

  Bailey Quarters : [uncertainly]  Yes, sir!

  Arthur Carlson : Anything else?

  Bailey Quarters : No, that's... that's about it.