CAN ANYONE HELP ME?! I'm trying to remember a character from WKRP, one of my favorite shows ever, to include in a book about philosophy that I'm currently writing. I THINK it was WKRP, at least--I hope so, because I'd love to be able to talk about the show in the midst of discussing the mind-body problem, etc etc.

This is what I'm looking for: Does anyone remember a character (dark hair and forty-ish, from what I recall) who appears on the show and whose schtick is that he DOESN'T LAUGH? I can't remember anything else about him--job, relation to the show. The only thing I remember is that, when other people are laughing and there are lots of crazy things happening around him, he keeps a straight face and says: "I'M LAUGHING HERE [pointing to his chest], WHERE IT COUNTS".

Am I completely inventing this character, or does anyone else remember him???? I was just looking at an episode-by-episode breakdown, but the guy was too minor a character to warrant any discussion. PLEASE HELP!!!

By your description, it sounds a bit like Pat Paulsen, who frequently appeared on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late 1960s. I don't recall his appearing on any WKRP episodes. Another stone-faced comedian was/is Steven Wright, but he is partially bald and too modern to have appeared on WKRP. The line, "I'm laughing in here" rings a bell, but I cannot place it exactly, either.

I don't recall characters on WKRP saying that. The only show I remember hearing that on was Welcome Back Kotter, It was Kotter's manager/agent who said that line. "I'm laughing in here, where it counts"

It was the episode where Gabe wants to quit teaching and go on tour doing stand up comedy about the Sweathogs.