Now that I have FINALLY completed the individual reviews for each episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" as it appears on the Shout! Factory, I'm boiling down 88 blog posts into one.
You might have noticed I had special headings at the top of certain episode.
**Very Important** means these are episodes that are very important to the history of "WKRP In Cincinnati," either in universe or in the real world, and sometimes both. For example, "The Union" is very important to the continuing motivations in the story of WKRP, but "Venus and the Man" won a Humanitas Award.
**Famously Funny** means these episodes have the biggest laughs, and often you can tell just from audience reactions. For example, "Fish Story" is not a great, well written episode, but there are so many jokes it's hard not to pause the show to catch your breath for a minute.
So I'm listing these marked episodes in chronological order; they are not ranked. Also, I am not providing a list of the "Best" or my "Favourite" episodes. If you want to know my opinions of an episode, read the blog! These lists are a starting point for newcomers: if you want to follow the "universe" of WKRP, check out the first list. If you want to laugh, see the Funny list. It's not surprising there is some crossover. The point of WKRP in Cincinnati was always to make you laugh:
Very Important
Ep 1 - Pilot (part one)
Ep 7 - Turkeys Away
Ep 18 - Who is Gordon Sims?
Ep 31 - Baby, If You Ever Wondered
Ep 36 - A Family Affair
Ep 41 - In Concert
Ep 48 - Real Families
Ep 50 - Hotel Oceanview
Ep 57 - Venus and the Man
Ep 61 - Secrets of Dayton Heights
Ep 66 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere
EP 67 and 68 - An Explosive Affair (parts 1 & 2)
Ep 69 - The Union
Ep 82 - Circumstantial Evidence
EP 84 - Dear Liar
Ep 85 - The Creation of Venus
Ep 87 - To Err Is Human
Ep
88 - Up and Down the Dial
Famously Funny
Ep 3 - Les on a Ledge
Ep 5 - Hold Up
Ep 7 - Turkeys Away
Ep 17 - A Commercial Break
Ep 21 - Fish Story
Ep 28 - Carlson for President
Ep 37 - Herb’s Dad
Ep 39 - The Americanization of Ivan
Ep 50 - Hotel Oceanview
Ep 56 - Frog Story
EP 67 and 68 - An Explosive Affair (parts 1 & 2)
Ep 75 - The Consultant
Ep 87 - To Err is Human
I hope you enjoy "WKRP in Cincinnati" as much as I do and Thank you so much for reading this blog.
Roy
