Customer Reviews

WKRP in Cincinnati

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Fox, and now Amazon, should be ashamed for offering up this lame, hacked, version of WKRP's fabulous first season. Many episodes are only the cut syndicated versions with each missing up to 10% of the original show.

And no original music... on 'KRP?!?

What idiot felt that there wasn't enough money for the songs? Cheapskates!!! How is it they could pay for EVERY SONG in Miami Vice (in Dolby surround, no less) but couldn't pay for ONE SONG for 'KRP. Decent editing couldn't even be afforded, as many scenes with music were simply HACKED OUT instead of overdubbed (no Pink Floyd "Dogs" scene with Carlson and Fever, folks). And just wait 'til you hear the other music hacks. This show was a period piece about a RADIO station. MUSIC is almost as big a character in the show as Buckeye Newshawk Award Winner Les Nessman!! How could you!

People... They'll keep jamming this junk down our throats if we keep paying for it. Skip this turkey (oh the humanity!) and send a message.

Studios... Ever wonder why people buy bootlegs and/or illegally download? Here's the perfect example. Treat your customers poorly (lie, sell inferior product, etc.) and they will treat you with the same contempt.

I have been waiting for WKRP In Cincinnatti for so long.....then those who have seen it report it as cheapened and incomplete regarding the music of the era. I was going to buy it, but now I will not. I want the real thing or nothing. Thanks people for the "Head's Up."

I consider WKRP to be one of THE FUNNIEST TV shows EVER. It was the right cast at the right time and everything else about it was just...right.

The only reason I titled my review, "Almost Perfect" is because in the versions of the show you see now, all the old rock music has been deleted and replaced with studio recordings of the songs by unknown artists or just bland anonymous music. If you saw the series when it aired in the 70s, it was true to what it was...a rock and roll radio station playing the big artists of the 70s. Thanks to the lawyers and greedy music companies, the original music that was in the series got surgically removed and replaced by what you'll hear now. Don't get me wrong...the show is still HILARIOUS. It's just not as perfect as it was when it originally aired. Hopefully at some point in the future, some smart cookie will release WKRP in its original form as it aired on CBS.

This show should be up there with M*A*S*H and All in the Family so far as history goes. It's really THAT GOOD. From hearing Les Nessman describe live turkeys hit the pavement "like bags of wet cement" to Arthur Carlson slap his foot to wake it up because he thought he was putting on foot powder that turned out to really be cocaine, it's one funny episode after another.

Don't bother renting the episodes that aired after they tried to revive the show in the 80s without Andy Travis and much of the original cast. It's like Caddyshack 2: a poor, poor attempt to recapture the magic of the original. The original episodes that aired in the late 70s are GOLDEN though. Rent 'em, buy 'em or whatever. Just be prepared to laugh and laugh a lot if you've never seen WKRP before or if you haven't seen it in a long time.

OK so this isn't a perfect dvd....but is so good to see WKRP, I can live with it. When will we see more seasons?