WKRP in Cincinnati - Watch for falling Turkeys - Season 1 date, details and extras!
We knew that fans would get excited over the news that WKRP was finally coming out, so we know they'll love this - the date, specs and a list of extras, thanks to one of our retail friends.
The 3 disc set will feature all 22 episodes (561 mins) from the first season, including the famous Turkey episode. The set will retail for $39.98 when it's released on April 3.
Disc 1 Side A:
Pilot (Part 1)
Pilot (Part 2)
Les On a Ledge
Hoodlum Rock
Disc 1 Side B:
Hold-Up
Bailey's Show
Turkeys Away
Love Returns
Disc 2 Side A:
Mama's Review
A Date With Jennifer
The Contest Nobody Could Win2/5/1979 Tornado
Disc 2 Side B:
Goodbye, Johnny
Johnny Comes Back
Never Leave Me, Lucille
I Want to Keep My Baby
Disc 3 Side A:
A Commercial Break
Who is Gordon Sims?
I Do, I DoFor Now
Disc 3 Side B:
Young Master Carlson
Fish Story
Preacher
Special Features include:
Commentary on Pilot (part 1) by creator and cast members
Commentary on "Johnny Comes Back" by creator and cast members
"Don't Touch That Dial - the Making of WKRP"
"Turning A 'Turkey' Into A Classic"
"Doctor Johnny Fever, And I Am Burning Up In Here"
Brangelina, TomKat on list of most-hated words
It's time to banish TomKat, Brangelina and every other cutesy combination of celebrity names, according to Lake Superior State University, which publishes an annual list of overused words it would like to see retired.
Also on the hit list is that staple of medical advertising, "ask your doctor," and i-anything, as in iPod, i-telephone, i-meeting, the new corporate speak for any product with a connection to the internet.
The university, based in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., compiles an annual list of words it would like to see banished for misuse, overuse and general uselessness, based on submissions from around the world.
It received 4,500 submissions and a university committee whittled that down to 16.
"Truthiness," the word coined by Stephen Colbert that dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster says best sums up 2006, is among the phrases the word watchers would like to see forgotten.
A word the committee banished in 1984, "awesome," is again on the list for becoming meaningless through overuse.
Media watchers who helped create the list also dislike the phrase "we're pregnant," as spoken by one-half of an expectant couple.
"I'm sure any woman who has given birth will tell you that 'we' did not deliver the baby," said one writer.
Also on the list of words the university thinks should be banned:
- Gitmo: U.S. military shorthand for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
- Gone missing or went missing: A phrase that makes missing sound like a place you can visit. "Was missing" is correct.
- Pwn or pwned: A phrase used by internet gamers, meaning defeated, that is creeping into common use.
- Now playing in theatres: An overused marketing phrase.
- Undocumented alien: If they had documents, they wouldn't be illegal aliens.
- Armed robbery or drug deal gone bad: It's hard to imagine one gone good.
- Chipotle: Once it meant a roasted jalapeno. Now it is on menus to describe burritos, meats and sauces.
- Search: Use "google" instead.
- Healthy food: "Healthful" is the term to mean fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Boasts: Overused in real estate ads in phrases such as "master bedroom boasts his-and-her fireplaces."
The university has been publishing its list of much-hated words since 1976, but there's no evidence that the media pay attention, said university spokesman Tom Pink.
"Sometimes people write us and tell us, 'This isn't working,"' Pink said. "I tell them we need an enforcement division."
Upcoming album releases
"Nothing changes on New Year's Day," Bono once claimed. Maybe not. But January 2nd? That's another story.
Tomorrow, the first CDs of 2007 land in stores. And while there's only a light skiff of releases this week and next, soon we'll be shovelling out from under a blizzard of new albums by everyone from Avril to (cross your fingers) Axl.
Here's a glance at some of the major titles due in the coming months. And remember, all this info is subject to change -- whether Bono likes it or not.
January
Carly Simon
Into White
Carly croons soothing songs like Over the Rainbow, Hush Little Baby and her 1978 hit Devoted to You. Jan. 2
America
Here & Now
Call it A Horse With Big Names -- members of Fountains of Wayne, Smashing Pumpkins, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf and more guest on this comeback from the '70s folk-rock duo. Jan. 16
Diana Ross
I Love You
The original Dreamgirl drops her first CD in seven years -- a covers set that includes What About Love, The Look of Love and Crazy Little Thing Called Love (are we sensing a theme here?). Jan. 16
The Good, the Bad & the Queen
The Good, the Bad & the Queen
Supergroup alert: Damon Albarn and Clash bassist Paul Simonon team up with Fela Kuti's drummer and The Verve's guitarist in this mouth-watering lineup. Jan. 23.
John Mellencamp
Freedom's Road
More heartfelt heartland odes from the Indiana roots-rock vet. Folk icon Joan Baez drops by on one cut. Jan. 23.
The Shins
Wincing the Night Away
Zach Braff's favourite indie-rock band returns to its underground roots for this third album. Jan. 23.
Norah Jones
Not Too Late
Not wishing to fix what ain't broke, the New York jazz-pop phenom stays the course for her third set, keeping the same band and producer. Jan. 30.
February
Fall Out Boy
Infinity on High
Count on more emo-pop hits -- and more wordy song titles like This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race. Feb. 6.
Barbra Streisand
Live Streisand
This two-disc chronicle of Babs' recent tour was recorded at the opening shows in Philly and New York. Feb. 6.
Lucinda Williams
West
It's been four years since the singer-songwriter's last disc. For a woman who once took eight years to make an album, that's almost speedy. Feb. 13.
Kittie
Funeral for Yesterday
Release no. 4 from London's hard-rocking Lander sisters is a concept album about death and resurrection -- oh, and banging your head. Feb. 20.
Jesse Malin
Glitter in the Gutter
Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, Josh Homme and Jakob Dylan guest on the rootsy rocker's latest. Feb. 20.
March
Guns N' Roses
Chinese Democracy
No, really. This time he means it. Seriously. And really, what could possibly go wrong? March 6.
Air
Pocket Symphony
Asian classical instruments, Pulp vocalist Jarvis Cocker and producer Nigel Godrich all factor into the electronica duo's latest effort. March 6.
Finger Eleven
Them Vs. You Vs. Me
The Burlington rockers claim this disc has more humour and musical variety than their previous CDs. We'll drink to that. March 13.
Good Charlotte
Good Morning Revival
Joel Madden has said he wants his band to be "the punk-rock OutKast." Here's your chance to see what the hell that means. March 13.
The Stooges
The Weirdness
Iggy Pop and his old cronies release their first album in 33 years. Minuteman Mike Watt handles bass duties. We are so there, dude. March 20.
April
Fountains of Wayne
Traffic and Weather
If anybody can turn traffic and weather reports into irresistibly hooky pop-rock chart-toppers, it's these guys. April 3.
Kings of Leon
Because of the Times
Get ready to get down again with these hirsute southern rockers. April 10.
Avril Lavigne
The Best Damn Thing
She says it's "really fast, fun, young, bratty, aggressive, confident (and) cocky in a playful way." That really would be the best damn thing she could do at this point. TBA.
Presidential pratfall? Enough already!
Chevy Chase, who portrayed Gerald Ford as a klutz on "Saturday Night Live," says he does not enjoy the renewed attention the ex-president's death has brought him.
"I'm just a guy who made some fun of Gerald Ford in 1976, and I prefer to be left alone, really," the 63-year-old comedian said last week from a Colorado ski resort where he had been skiing with his daughter.
Chase said he gets upset when people say that Ford "made" his career.
"The man who 'made my career' did not do 'Fletch,' did not do 'Caddyshack,' did not write for the Smothers Brothers before he wrote for 'Saturday Night Live,' did not write for 12 years before that and win Writers Guild awards," he said.
"It's that kind of thing that comes out in the press that perpetuates myths about me that are disgusting, that hurt my feelings, that hurt my family's feelings."
Chase and other original cast members of "Saturday Night Live" once relished the national publicity that the show's irreverent comedy generated. But since Ford's death at age 93 last week, Chase has declined interview requests from the nation's top newspapers and TV news programs, which have repeatedly played excerpts of his old skits.
"He did not make my career," said Chase, who spoke to Reuters twice by telephone. "If anything, I took his career and put it in the dumper, because I did not want him to be president of this country. That's the way it really should be written."
Chase said he later became friendly with Ford and called the Republican "a very, very sweet man."
"He took my wife and I on a whole lovely trip through Grand Rapids to show us where he had been as a child and what not," he said. "We kept in touch and he was just a terrific guy."