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dlemond · 02-21-2002, 10:39 PM

Wondering what anyone thought what would have been a possible show to do a crossover (ala Everybody Loves Raymond - King of Queens) with characters from another sitcom visiting WKRP?

It would have to be a show airing during the run of WKRP,
and one (I think) of a similar sentiment/presence and feel- i.e. no Three's Company.

Any ideas?

DetectiveGriffin · 02-21-2002, 11:23 PM

Oh gosh, this is going to be the hardest question in the universe if you're going for realism.

There haven't been a ton of shows set in the midwest in the first place, everything seems to be set in NY. That means you have to find a reason to drag characters from one part of the country to another. Then they need a reason to be at a radio station --- if it's going to take place there, anyway.

I'm not a big Mary Tyler Moore fan; did it take place in the same time period? At least a reporter could easily have a reason to crossover like that --- maybe Ted and Les could interview each other. <G>

You know, I can't even think of another show that had the kind of sentiment that WKRP had; that happy non-judgmental friends thing going on.

Hurry, somebody think of something!

APPLEI · 02-22-2002, 12:06 AM

TAXI!

TAXI WOULD BE A PERFECT CROSSOVER SHOW FOR WKRP!
TAXI WAS ON THE AIR AT THE SAMETIME AS
WKRP.
REVEREND JIM IGNATOWSKI WOULD BE AN HILARIOUS GUEST STAR.
HE COULD PLAY DOCTOR JOHNNY FEVERS BEST FRIEND!

DetectiveGriffin · 02-22-2002, 11:52 AM

YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is absolutely perfect. Hey, if you write it, I'll post it at templelooters. THAT i would read.

DetectiveGriffin · 02-26-2002, 11:41 AM

Hey, would THAT 70'S SHOW count? I havent watched it for a couple of years, but i saw in some commercials that Donna was working in a radio station. Maybe some type of crossover could come from that.

dlemond · 02-27-2002, 12:08 PM

Well, That 70's Show has the feel of a 70's sitcom (I suppose that's part of the point). I wonder if they ever mentioned WKRP on the show, as now I think they are in the year 1978.

And just to blow all my crossover rules, think about if WKRP characters ever went on the Love Boat.
Scary.

jmh · 02-27-2002, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dlemond
Well, That 70's Show has the feel of a 70's sitcom (I suppose that's part of the point). I wonder if they ever mentioned WKRP on the show, as now I think they are in the year 1978.

And just to blow all my crossover rules, think about if WKRP characters ever went on the Love Boat.
Scary.

Yes they did, Donna is at the radio station with Eric and I believe Hyde (Howard Hesseman is also there). Eric says they have to go home now because WKRP is on.

DetectiveGriffin · 02-27-2002, 01:51 PM

well, you know how i dig frank bonner and all that. i recorded love boat when he was on it. <G>

Love boats a cool show, i watched it some when it was on - dont reember a great deal. I guess wkrp could have a trip on it as a contest prize. Or maybe one of jennifer's boyfriends could take her on a trip to somewhere exotic.
If they were a client and everyone at the station went on a free trip (like, they could broadcast a remote show from the ship, like
everybody does nowadays), herb could met of with nikki sinkler(sp) again and she could go after him the whole time. I can see him hiding under Les's bed and refusing to come out <G>

APPLEI · 03-04-2002, 01:14 AM

HERE AN IDEA FOR A 2 HOUR EPISODE OF LOVE BOAT WITH THE ENTIRE WKRP CAST.

HERB TARLEKS FAMILY

HERB SENIOR(PLAYED BY BERT PARKS WHO IS PERFECT FOR THE LOVE BOAT)
HERB TARLEK(ALSO PERFECT FOR THE LOVE BOAT)
LUCILLE
BUNNY
HERB JR. AND HIS DOLL

ARTHUR CARLSONS FAMILY

ARTHUR(BIG GUY)
CARMEN
ARTHUR JR.
AND OF COURSE MAMA CARLSON WHO FLIRTS WITH ANDY!

JENNIFER MARLOWE
COLONEL BUCHANAN(BEFORE HE DIED)
TJ WATSON(PLAYED BY HOYT AXTON)
WOULD'NT THAT BE AN ENTERTAINING LOVE TRIANGLE!

LES NESSMAN
HIS MOM(PLAYED BY RICHARD SANDERS IN DRAG) AND HER
EX HUSBAND HARVEY MOOREHOUSE(LES'S REAL DAD)
NOW THEIRS A LOVE STORY!

ANDY TRAVIS REUNITED WITH HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND POPSTAR LINDA TAYLOR(WHO IS A FREQUENT GUESTSTAR ON THE LOVE BOAT)

VENUS AND HIS CURRENT LOVE INTEREST(PLAYED BY DAPHNE MAXWELL REID) HA! HA! HA!
VENUS IS REUNITED WITH HIS OLD ARMY BUDDY ISSAC THE BARTENDER.

JOHNNY AND BAILEY SECRETLY SHARING THE SAME ROOM!
A CLASSIC PLOT ON THE LOVE BOAT!

RIPTIDE "MAKING IT" WITH THE CAPTAIN STUBINGS DAUGHTER VICKI STUBING
RIPTIDE AND ARTHUR JR. FIGHTING OVER VICKI!

BUCKY DORNSTER (BILL DIAL COULD CO-WRITE THIS EPISODE WITH AARON SPELLING WHILE HAVING A CAMEO AS BUCKY DORNSTER THANK YOU DETECTIVE GRIFFIN FOR POINTING THAT OUT)

MOSS STEIGER WHO WE GET TO SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ALL OF THAT WOULD MAKE FOR THE GREATEST EPISODE OF
LOVE BOAT!

DetectiveGriffin · 03-04-2002, 09:31 AM

Everything you think of is so absolutely right on.

ALTHOUGH, Im a little bit disgusted with how all of you blatantly ignore the genius that is ......... BUCKY DORNSTER <G>

templeloooters.com , soon to be the nets one and only Bucky Dornster fan page ---- just to mess with peoples minds <GGGG>
Heh.

~~~~~~

APPLEI · 03-04-2002, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DetectiveGriffin
Everything you think of is so absolutely right on.

ALTHOUGH, Im a little bit disgusted with how all of you blatantly ignore the genius that is ......... BUCKY DORNSTER <G>

templeloooters.com , soon to be the nets one and only Bucky Dornster fan page ---- just to mess with peoples minds <GGGG>
Heh.

THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT FOR ME.
I BELIEVE THAT BILL DIAL IS THE MOST UNDERRATED MEMBER OF THE WKRP CAST!

HOLD UP AND BASEBALL WOULD'NT HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITHOUT BUCKY DORNSTER.

BILL DIAL IS A GREAT WRITER AND ACTOR!
THANKS FOR KEEPING ME ON MY TOES.

~~~~~~

DetectiveGriffin · 03-04-2002, 03:17 PM

<G> no prob. <G>
heh heh heh heh heh

02-21-2002, 10:39 PM	#1
dlemond Hey, I know you. Moderator Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 03, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 6,751	Crossover show? Wondering what anyone thought what would have been a possible show to do a crossover (ala Everybody Loves Raymond - King of Queens) with characters from another sitcom visiting WKRP? It would have to be a show airing during the run of WKRP, and one (I think) of a similar sentiment/presence and feel- i.e. no Three's Company. Any ideas?

02-22-2002, 12:06 AM	#3
APPLEI Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 16, 2000 Location: JACKSON MI. 49203 Posts: 810	TAXI! TAXI WOULD BE A PERFECT CROSSOVER SHOW FOR WKRP! TAXI WAS ON THE AIR AT THE SAMETIME AS WKRP. REVEREND JIM IGNATOWSKI WOULD BE AN HILARIOUS GUEST STAR. HE COULD PLAY DOCTOR JOHNNY FEVERS BEST FRIEND!
	Last edited by APPLEI; 02-26-2002 at 04:09 PM.

03-04-2002, 01:14 AM	#9
APPLEI Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 16, 2000 Location: JACKSON MI. 49203 Posts: 810	HERE AN IDEA FOR A 2 HOUR EPISODE OF LOVE BOAT WITH THE ENTIRE WKRP CAST. HERB TARLEKS FAMILY HERB SENIOR(PLAYED BY BERT PARKS WHO IS PERFECT FOR THE LOVE BOAT) HERB TARLEK(ALSO PERFECT FOR THE LOVE BOAT) LUCILLE BUNNY HERB JR. AND HIS DOLL ARTHUR CARLSONS FAMILY ARTHUR(BIG GUY) CARMEN ARTHUR JR. AND OF COURSE MAMA CARLSON WHO FLIRTS WITH ANDY! JENNIFER MARLOWE COLONEL BUCHANAN(BEFORE HE DIED) TJ WATSON(PLAYED BY HOYT AXTON) WOULD'NT THAT BE AN ENTERTAINING LOVE TRIANGLE! LES NESSMAN HIS MOM(PLAYED BY RICHARD SANDERS IN DRAG) AND HER EX HUSBAND HARVEY MOOREHOUSE(LES'S REAL DAD) NOW THEIRS A LOVE STORY! ANDY TRAVIS REUNITED WITH HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND POPSTAR LINDA TAYLOR(WHO IS A FREQUENT GUESTSTAR ON THE LOVE BOAT) VENUS AND HIS CURRENT LOVE INTEREST(PLAYED BY DAPHNE MAXWELL REID) HA! HA! HA! VENUS IS REUNITED WITH HIS OLD ARMY BUDDY ISSAC THE BARTENDER. JOHNNY AND BAILEY SECRETLY SHARING THE SAME ROOM! A CLASSIC PLOT ON THE LOVE BOAT! RIPTIDE "MAKING IT" WITH THE CAPTAIN STUBINGS DAUGHTER VICKI STUBING RIPTIDE AND ARTHUR JR. FIGHTING OVER VICKI! BUCKY DORNSTER (BILL DIAL COULD CO-WRITE THIS EPISODE WITH AARON SPELLING WHILE HAVING A CAMEO AS BUCKY DORNSTER THANK YOU DETECTIVE GRIFFIN FOR POINTING THAT OUT) MOSS STEIGER WHO WE GET TO SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALL OF THAT WOULD MAKE FOR THE GREATEST EPISODE OF LOVE BOAT!
	Last edited by APPLEI; 03-06-2002 at 04:51 AM.

02-21-2002, 11:23 PM	#2
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	Oh gosh, this is going to be the hardest question in the universe if you're going for realism. There haven't been a ton of shows set in the midwest in the first place, everything seems to be set in NY. That means you have to find a reason to drag characters from one part of the country to another. Then they need a reason to be at a radio station --- if it's going to take place there, anyway. I'm not a big Mary Tyler Moore fan; did it take place in the same time period? At least a reporter could easily have a reason to crossover like that --- maybe Ted and Les could interview each other. <G> You know, I can't even think of another show that had the kind of sentiment that WKRP had; that happy non-judgmental friends thing going on. Hurry, somebody think of something!

02-22-2002, 11:52 AM	#4
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is absolutely perfect. Hey, if you write it, I'll post it at templelooters. THAT i would read.

02-26-2002, 11:41 AM	#5
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	Hey, would THAT 70'S SHOW count? I havent watched it for a couple of years, but i saw in some commercials that Donna was working in a radio station. Maybe some type of crossover could come from that.

02-27-2002, 12:08 PM	#6
dlemond Hey, I know you. Moderator Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 03, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 6,751	Well, That 70's Show has the feel of a 70's sitcom (I suppose that's part of the point). I wonder if they ever mentioned WKRP on the show, as now I think they are in the year 1978. And just to blow all my crossover rules, think about if WKRP characters ever went on the Love Boat. Scary.

02-27-2002, 01:51 PM	#8
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	well, you know how i dig frank bonner and all that. i recorded love boat when he was on it. <G> Love boats a cool show, i watched it some when it was on - dont reember a great deal. I guess wkrp could have a trip on it as a contest prize. Or maybe one of jennifer's boyfriends could take her on a trip to somewhere exotic. If they were a client and everyone at the station went on a free trip (like, they could broadcast a remote show from the ship, like everybody does nowadays), herb could met of with nikki sinkler(sp) again and she could go after him the whole time. I can see him hiding under Les's bed and refusing to come out <G>

03-04-2002, 09:31 AM	#10
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	Everything you think of is so absolutely right on. ALTHOUGH, Im a little bit disgusted with how all of you blatantly ignore the genius that is ......... BUCKY DORNSTER <G> templeloooters.com , soon to be the nets one and only Bucky Dornster fan page ---- just to mess with peoples minds <GGGG> Heh. ~~~~~~

03-04-2002, 03:17 PM	#12
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	<G> no prob. <G> heh heh heh heh heh