WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 Press Release
One Of The Most Requested Programs From Fox Home Entertainment Tops The Charts On DVD April 24, With Commentaries, Featurettes and More
CENTURY CITY, Calif. - Don't touch that dial! Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap and the whole gang are back on the air when "WKRP In Cincinnati" Season One hits DVD April 24 from Fox Home Entertainment. Nominated for 10 Emmy® Awards during its run from 1978 to 1982 - including three back-to-back nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series - "WKRP In Cincinnati" follows the hilarious misadventures of the staff at a struggling Cincinnati radio station as their new program director tries every trick in the book to make the station a financial and commercial success. Starring blonde bombshell Loni Anderson ("So NoTORIous," A Night At The Roxbury), Howard Hesseman ("Head of the Class," About Schmidt) and Tim Reid ("That '70s Show," "Sister, Sister"), "WKRP In Cincinnati" featured some of the most memorable characters in television sitcom history including the sultry receptionist Jennifer Marlowe, the lovable veteran DJ Dr. Johnny Fever and the soulful evening DJ Venus Flytrap. The long-awaited, three-disc "WKRP In Cincinnati" Season One DVD set includes all 22 episodes from the series' laugh-out-loud first season, including the infamous "Turkeys Away" episode, as well as never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes featurettes and audio commentaries with creator Hugh Wilson and cast members Loni Anderson, Tim Reid and Frank Bonner. "WKRP In Cincinnati" Season One will be available to own for $39.98 US/$54.98 Canada. Prebook is March 28, 2007.
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Synopsis:
We're on the air! "WKRP In Cincinnati," classic TV's wildest, funniest, rock'n'roll sitcom is here at last on DVD. Join WKRP's hilarious staff - program director Andy Travis, deejays Dr. Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap, neurotic newsman Les Nessman, sultry receptionist Jennifer Marlowe and the rest - both on and off the air, as they take their floundering station from hard times to hard rock. Starring Howard Hesseman and Loni Anderson, this is the one show that has it all. So, set that dial for "WKRP In Cincinnati" ...and turn it up, man!
"WKRP In Cincinnati" Season One DVD Special Features And Disc Content Specifics: "WKRP In Cincinnati" episodes are compiled on three discs and include English Dolby Stereo audio with Spanish subtitles, and are presented in full screen format. In addition, the following episodes and special features are exclusive to each disc:
Disc One - Side A
"Pilot (1)"
Commentary with Creator Hugh Wilson and Cast Members Loni Anderson and Hugh Wilson
"Pilot (2)"
"Les On A Ledge"
"Hoodlum Rock"
Disc One - Side B
"Hold-Up"
"Bailey's Show"
"Turkeys Away"
Commentary with Creator Hugh Wilson and Cast Members Loni Anderson and Hugh Wilson
"Love Returns"
Disc Two - Side A
"Mama's Review"
"A Date With Jennifer"
"The Contest Nobody Could Win"
"Tornado"
Disc Two - Side B
"Goodbye, Johnny"
"Johnny Comes Back"
"Never Leave Me, Lucille"
"I Want To Keep My Baby"
Disc Three - Side A
"A Commercial Break"
"Who Is Gordon Sims?"
"I Do, I Do... For Now"
Disc Three - Side B
"Young Master Carlson"
"Fish Story"
"The Preacher"
"Do My Eyes Say Yes?" Featurette
"A 'Fish Story' Story" Featurette
Jeff Bridges to Join "Iron Man"
According to Filmstew.com, 57-year-old actor, Jeff Bridges, has now signed on to Marvel Comics Entertainment's Iron Man.
The Seabiscuit star will play a close associate to the main character, billionaire Tony Stark, who is also known as "Iron Man".
Directed by Jon Favreau, the cast will be led by Robert Downey Jr. as the iron-clad hero.
Also joining the team are actors Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow. A release date is anticipated for sometime in May 2008.
Good times for Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg has had his share of career changes. He went from Boston street thug to Calvin Klein model to rap singer to actor. This year, he was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a tough-talking Boston policeman in The Departed, and he's in talks to do a sequel. He speaks with USA TODAY's Scott Bowles about his latest role: supporting-actor Oscar nominee.
Q: You've never been to the Oscars. Why?
A: It's weird. I didn't want to show up if I wasn't nominated. It sort of felt like crashing a party you weren't invited to.
Q: How did it feel to be the only actor nominated, considering the caliber of the cast?
A: I felt funny about it. You look at the amazing actors who were a part of this: Jack (Nicholson), Leo (DiCaprio), Matt (Damon), Alec (Baldwin), Martin Sheen. And it was just very hard to believe that I got a nomination. It was very humbling.
Q: If there's a sentimental favorite this year, it's for director Martin Scorsese winning his first Oscar. Which would you rather see: You with the Oscar or Scorsese?
A: Marty, for sure. What was funny about being on the set was that, even with that amazing cast, we were all there for Marty, to see his vision come to be on the screen. I'm going to be pretty upset if he doesn't win it.
Q: You have to be pulling for yourself.
A: You know who I really feel good for? My parents. I put them through so much crap the first 15 years of my life, dealing with the Boston Police Department in the wrong way. It felt great to tell them that I finally put my experiences to good use.
Q: So what are you looking forward to most about the ceremonies?
A: Seeing Jack (Nicholson). Every day he was on set, it brightened my day. I'm not kidding. That guy lights up a room.
More tests needed in Smith death case
DANIA BEACH, Fla. - Prescription drugs were found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, but there were no pills in her stomach, and investigators said Friday they are awaiting tests that would tell whether the former centerfold died of an overdose, as some close to her suspect.
Dr. Joshua Perper, the Broward County medical examiner, said no illegal drugs were found in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood. He would not identify the prescription drugs.
But CNN quoted an unidentified law enforcement source as saying investigators found a large amount of prescription medicine, including Valium and antibiotics, and over-the-counter cold and flu medication.
Perper said there were no pills in Smith's stomach and no other immediate indication of an overdose, but officials "do not exclude any kind of contribution of medication to the death."
Describing signs of inflammation in Smith's heart, Perper said he saw "something which looks a little bit unusual," but added, "It may be nothing."
He said it would take three to five weeks to conclude the investigation.
Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said there was no indication Smith was the victim of a crime, and Perper said the autopy was able to exclude any types of physical injury such as blows to the body or asphyxiation.
"There are a number of possibilities" as to the cause of death, Perper said, including natural causes, a drug reaction or some combination.
Smith apparently had been sick for several days with some kind of stomach flu, Perper said.
Authorities planned to interview nurses and examine medical records before settling on a cause of death, Perper said.
On Thursday, a private nurse found Smith unconscious in her room and called 911. Smith was declared dead at a hospital. She was 39.
In another bizarre twist to the case, the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Prince Frederick von Anhalt, claimed that he might be the father of Smith's infant daughter.
Two other men are already waging a paternity battle over the little girl, who stands to inherit Smith's estate. Von Anhalt, 59, told The Associated Press he and Smith had been having an affair since the 1990s. "She wanted to be a princess," he said.
"I think she had too many drugs, just like Danny (Smith's late son)," Smith's mother, Vergie Arthur, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday. "I tried to warn her about drugs and the people that she hung around with. She didn't listen."
"She was too drugged up," Arthur said. "By the last interview I saw of her, she was so wasted."
Smith's attorney, Ron Rale, said the one-time reality TV star had been ill for several days with a fever and was still depressed over the death five months ago of her 20-year-old son from what a private medical examiner determined was a combination of methadone and two antidepressants.