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Season 3

Season 3

1980
22 Episodes

Episodes

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1. The Airplane Show

Nov 1, 1980
25 min
5.0

Trying to compete with WPIG's traffic helicopter, Les starts doing traffic reports from a World War I biplane piloted by a crazy war veteran.

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2. Jennifer Moves

Nov 8, 1980
25 min
6.5

The staff helps Jennifer move into her new $125,000 house in the quiet suburb of Landersville. But she soon finds out that life in Landersville isn't as pleasant as she thought it would be.

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3. Real Families

Nov 15, 1980
25 min
7.5

When Herb's family is featured in the show ""Real Families"", he is sure that they can serve as an example of a clean living family. Unfortunately, the image Herb wants to convey is different from the reality shown on screen.

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4. The Baby

Nov 22, 1980
25 min
6.5

Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.

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5. Hotel Oceanview

Nov 29, 1980
25 min
3.0

Andy, Mr. Carlson and Herb visit Dayton to try and land the advertising account for Vicky Von Vickey jeans. While Mr. Carlson worries about the notorious Dayton poisoner, Herb romances an old high school acquaintance and Andy has trouble with his slide projector.

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6. A Mile in My Shoes

Dec 6, 1980
25 min
5.0

When Herb is called for jury duty, Andy takes over as sales manager and soon discovers just how tough it is trying to sell advertising time or collect from deadbeat clients. Meanwhile, Venus becomes acting program director and has to deal with Les's plan to disguise himself as a black man so that he can do a series of reports based on the book Black Like Me.

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7. Bah, Humbug

Dec 20, 1980
25 min
5.0

Once again, Mr. Carlson plans to give the staffers almost no Christmas bonuses. But in a dream brought on by eating one of Johnny Fever's brownies, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit him to show him the error of his ways.

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8. Baby, It's Cold Inside

Jan 3, 1981
25 min
5.0

On a day when the furnace has broken down, Mama Carlson pays a surprise visit to the station and catches Johnny drinking in the broadcast booth.

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9. The Painting

Jan 10, 1981
25 min
5.0

At Mr. Carlson's church auction, Herb buys a painting that Bailey loves. He tries to get Mr. Carlson or Bailey to buy it from him...until he learns that it might be valuable.

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10. Daydreams

Jan 17, 1981
25 min
5.0

When Mr. Carlson rehearses a dull speech in front of the WKRP staff, all the staffers drift off into daydreams about what they would most like to be: Herb as a Latin-American dictator, Jennifer as a '30s movie star, Les as a reporter covering the Blitz in 1940, Bailey as the President of the United States, Andy as a radio Mafioso, Venus as a standup comedian, and Johnny as a rock star.

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11. Frog Story

Jan 24, 1981
25 min
7.0

Herb has accidentally spray-painted his daughter's pet frog Greenpeace pink, and brings the frog to the station trying to find a way to save its life. Meanwhile, Les convinces Johnny that he is suffering from the dreaded ""schistosomiasis.""

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12. Venus and the Man

Jan 31, 1981
25 min
7.7

The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.

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13. Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1

Feb 7, 1981
25 min
6.5

Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.

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14. Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2

Feb 7, 1981
25 min
6.5

Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.

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15. Ask Jennifer

Feb 14, 1981
25 min
6.5

When Herb's choice as host of a new call-in advice show proves unable to go on the air, Jennifer takes over and becomes an instant success.

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16. I Am Woman

Feb 21, 1981
25 min
5.0

When it is announced that the Flimm Building is to be torn down, Bailey starts a campaign to have the building declared a Cincinnati landmark. Everyone pitches in to help, until Mr. Carlson gets his mother's permission to build a new and better building.

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17. Secrets of Dayton Heights

Feb 28, 1981
25 min
5.0

The Secret Service refuses to grant Les credentials for a Presidential press conference, suspecting him of having radical affiliations. It turns out that the man who raised Les wasn't his father, and that his real father was a card-carrying Communist.

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18. Out to Lunch

Mar 14, 1981
25 min
5.0

Herb's three-martini business lunches with an ad agency representative are causing him to mess up even more than usual, and it begins to seem that his use of alcohol as a sales tool is turning into a drinking problem.

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19. A Simple Little Wedding

Mar 21, 1981
25 min
5.0

In honor of their 25th anniversary, Arthur and Carmen Carlson plan to get married again. They want a small, private ceremony, but Mama Carlson has other ideas.

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20. Nothing to Fear But...

Mar 28, 1981
25 min
5.0

Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.

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21. Til Debt Do Us Part

Apr 5, 1981
25 min
5.0

When Johnny learns that his first ex-wife is planning to remarry, he is overjoyed at the thought of not having to pay alimony, and celebrates by inviting Bailey to take a trip with him. But he feels less happy about the situation when he meets the obnoxious womanizer his ex-wife is going to marry.

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22. Clean Up Radio Everywhere

Apr 12, 1981
25 min
7.0

Dr. Bob Halyers, head of the organization Clean Up Radio Broadcasting (CURB), visits Mr. Carlson with a list of obscene songs that he wants the station to stop playing.