WKRP in Cincinnati quotes
143 total quotesJohnny: Here's how we do it. We go into the supermarket. [to Bailey] You create a ruckus in the produce section. [to Venus] You grab the poster, slip it under your jacket, we're out the door!
Bailey: What kind of ruckus?
Johnny: I don't know, uh, something with mangoes.
Bailey: Mangoes?
Andy: [entering] Hey, Venus, don't worry about the posters; they'll be out of the supermarkets by tomorrow.
Venus: Thank goodness.
Bailey: Oh, too bad. I was just getting a mental picture of me and those mangoes.
Johnny: Yeah...?
Bailey: What kind of ruckus?
Johnny: I don't know, uh, something with mangoes.
Bailey: Mangoes?
Andy: [entering] Hey, Venus, don't worry about the posters; they'll be out of the supermarkets by tomorrow.
Venus: Thank goodness.
Bailey: Oh, too bad. I was just getting a mental picture of me and those mangoes.
Johnny: Yeah...?
Johnny: Statistics, right? I don't trust 'em. Statistically speaking, anybody who's led the kind of life that I have should look completely wasted.
Johnny: Travis, you should've heard Bailey with the news. It's the first time it ever made sense.
Jennifer: I like when Les does it. It's always so surreal.
Jennifer: I like when Les does it. It's always so surreal.
Johnny: Well?
Venus: Well what?
Johnny: Well, go back in there and get the albums.
Venus: Need I remind you that the police are going to search every inch of this station, including your desk drawer?
Johnny: I'll go get those albums.
Venus: Well what?
Johnny: Well, go back in there and get the albums.
Venus: Need I remind you that the police are going to search every inch of this station, including your desk drawer?
Johnny: I'll go get those albums.
Johnny: WKRP, with your generous help and support, has now climbed to 10th place in the Cincinnati market! If I sound emotional about this, it's because I can still hear my father saying: "Son, no matter what you decide to do in this life, always try to come in 10th." I think we've done it here, Dad!
Les: [pointing at the stairs] Do these lead upstairs?
Johnny: It depends on which way you're going.
Johnny: It depends on which way you're going.
Les: Are you trying to tell me that I'm not worthy of Lorraine?
Jennifer: No, I'm trying to tell you that Lorraine is not worthy of you.
Les: She cost $200.
Jennifer: No, she charges $200. Les, I'm talking about the oldest profession.
Les: Lorraine's a farmer?
Jennifer: No, I'm trying to tell you that Lorraine is not worthy of you.
Les: She cost $200.
Jennifer: No, she charges $200. Les, I'm talking about the oldest profession.
Les: Lorraine's a farmer?
Les: Johnny! Venus! You're alive!
Johnny: The newsman's eye. You just can't fool it.
Les: Well, that's wonderful.
Venus: Gee thanks, Les.
Les: Of course, I'll have to update my story. How'd you like it, Andy?
Andy: How'd I like what, Les?
Les: My four o'clock news report. Didn't you listen?
Andy: Les, the transmitter blew up!
Les: Of course! That was my lead!
Johnny: You led off the newscast by telling them that we're off the air?
Les: No. But I can include that in my update.
Johnny: The newsman's eye. You just can't fool it.
Les: Well, that's wonderful.
Venus: Gee thanks, Les.
Les: Of course, I'll have to update my story. How'd you like it, Andy?
Andy: How'd I like what, Les?
Les: My four o'clock news report. Didn't you listen?
Andy: Les, the transmitter blew up!
Les: Of course! That was my lead!
Johnny: You led off the newscast by telling them that we're off the air?
Les: No. But I can include that in my update.
Les: Monster lizard ravages east coast! Mayors in five New England cities have issued emergency requests for federal disaster relief as a result of a giant lizard that descended on the east coast last night! Officials say that this lizard, the worst since '78, has devastated transportation, disrupted communication, and left many hundreds homeless!
Johnny: Monster lizard?
Les: The wire service never lies!
Johnny: Les, the "B" is out on the printer! It's monster blizzard!
Johnny: Monster lizard?
Les: The wire service never lies!
Johnny: Les, the "B" is out on the printer! It's monster blizzard!
Les: Officer Shanks, explain fire.
Fireman: What?
Les: Exactly why do things burn?
Fireman: What kind of a station is this?
Fireman: What?
Les: Exactly why do things burn?
Fireman: What kind of a station is this?
Les: The phones are dead! The phones are dead!
Venus: Not now, Les!
Les: Well, shouldn't we call somebody?
Venus: Not now, Les!
Les: Well, shouldn't we call somebody?
Les: What is an executrix?
Herb: I don't know. High heels and a whole lot of leather, something like that.
Herb: I don't know. High heels and a whole lot of leather, something like that.
Les: Where are we going?
Herb: To be among the living, Les.
Les: But I was going to Omaha!
Herb: To be among the living, Les.
Les: But I was going to Omaha!
Mr. Carlson: [on Les' demand for walls] You know, I think walls would be good for him. Big padded ones, about that thick.
Mr. Carlson: [on the phone] Thank you very much! It's nice talking to you too! Bye!
Jennifer: Who was that?
Mr. Carlson: My mom.
Jennifer: Really!
Mr. Carlson: Yeah. She was pleasant! No guilt feelings! Something's wrong, of course. She's dying.
Jennifer: Who was that?
Mr. Carlson: My mom.
Jennifer: Really!
Mr. Carlson: Yeah. She was pleasant! No guilt feelings! Something's wrong, of course. She's dying.