History YMMV / WKRPInCincinnati

** In fact, Antenna TV is rerunning the episodes ''with the songs.'' Hand to God, this Troper just watched "Turkeys Away" with full Pink Floyd scene restored, and it was glorious.

** Bailey happens to walk in on a conversation between Les and Herb, the latter of whom has been kicked out by his wife. Herb has declared that he doesn't want to go back to her, and Les is trying to persuade him to do so. Bailey walks in [[MistakenForGay just in time to hear Herb declare "Face it, Les, whatever we had, it's over!"]] To which Les says "You can't just throw away a beautiful relationship!" and Herb counters "You can't just base a relationship on sex!" while Bailey sinks into her chair, mortified. These days she would likely start off surprised that she didn't know they were in a relationship, but would then join in on trying to convince Herb to "go back to Les."

** Bailey happens to walk in on a conversation between Les and Herb, the latter of whom has been kicked out by his wife. Herb has declared that he doesn't want to go back to her, and Les is trying to persuade him to do so. Bailey walks in [[MistakenForGay just in time to hear Herb declare "Face it, Les, whatever we had, it's over!"]] To which Les says "You can't just throw away a beautiful relationship!" and Herb counters "You can't just base a relationship on sex!" while Bailey sinks into her chair, mortified.

** Bailey happens to walk in on a conversation between Les and Herb, the latter of whom has been kicked out by his wife. Herb has declared that he doesn't want to go back to her, and Les is trying to persuade him to do so. Bailey walks in just in time to hear Herb declare "Face it, Les, whatever we had, it's over!" To which Les says "You can't just throw away a beautiful relationship!" and Herb counters "You can't just base a relationship on sex!" while Bailey sinks into her chair, mortified.

** The closing credits song, a hard rock number composed and performed by Jim Ellis, an Atlanta musician who recorded some of the incidental music for the show. According to people who attended the recording sessions, Ellis didn't yet have lyrics for the closing theme, so he sang nonsense words to give an idea of how it would sound. Series creator and executive producer Hugh Wilson, however, decided to use the words anyway, since he felt that it would be funny to use lyrics that were deliberately gibberish, as a satire on the incomprehensibility of many rock songs. Also, because CBS always had an announcer talking over the closing credits, and they would often mute the closing theme during said closing announcement, Wilson knew that no one would actually hear the closing theme lyrics anyway.

** Jennifer quits her “Ask Arlene” advice show when a caller’s husband turns abusive after the caller asserts herself as Jennifer recommended. Jennifer blames herself for breaking up a happy marriage, and no one contradicts her. A reaction like this would be nearly unthinkable today.

* ValuesDissonance: Herb's relentless pursuit of Jennifer (and management's seeming tolerance of it) would likely result in a sexual harassment lawsuit nowadays.

** [[UnfortunateImplications Or white.]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In the US the show is a fondly-remembered WorkCom with an avid cult following. In Canada it's a major TV comedy icon, dating all the way back to the first season, when it attracted huge audiences in Canada even as it struggled in the ratings south of the border.

* VindicatedByHistory: a middling successful TV show during its run, ''WKRP'' now regarded as one of the best WorkCom shows ''ever''.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

* HollywoodHomely: Many male fans "don't get" why Jan Smithers was cast as the "plain" foil to sexy Jennifer. What they actually don't get is that Bailey was actually supposed to be the sexy one - the hip, modern girl in comparison to Jennifer's old-fashioned 60s-era "sexy secretary". On the other hand, promoting Gary Sandy as the hunk when Tim Reid was in the cast can only be seen as a result of MostWritersAreMale.

** The closing credits song, a hard rock number composed and performed by Jim Ellis, an Atlanta musician who recorded some of the incidental music for the show. According to people who attended the recording sessions, Ellis didn't yet have lyrics for the closing theme, so he sang nonsense words to give an idea of how it would sound. Series creator and executive producer Hugh Wilson, however, decided to use the words anyway, since he felt that it would be funny to use lyrics that were deliberately gibberish, as a satire on the incomprehensibility of many rock songs. Also, because CBS always had an announcer talking over the closing credits, Wilson knew that no one would actually hear the closing theme lyrics anyway.

** The closing credits song. It was recorded as a throwaway riff, with the singer instructed to mumble gibberish. The producers would then write actual lyrics to fit the music and have someone dubbed into the mix. But the original take was so catchy that they left it as is.