Talk:List of WKRP in Cincinnati episodes

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[edit] Oh, the hu??ity!

Well, I corrected an oft misquoted phrase and Clarityfiend reverted it without comment, so I'm opening this up for discussion.

In the "Turkey's Away" episode, Les Nessman, who often misspeaks, starts emulating Herbert Morrison's coverage of the Hindenburg disaster. In Morrison's coverage, he screams the famous phrase "Oh, the humanity!" I just listened to the "Turkey's Away" audio and it's clear to me that Les Nessman gets it wrong (as usual) and screams "Oh, the humility!"

Clarityfiend apparently disagreed, but it's not clear to me whether or not Clarityfiend is basing his opinion on secondary sources, memory or a recent hearing of the episode.

Fellow editors, before commenting, please listen to the audio of the episode yourself (at 2m22s).

Pursuant to the Wikipedia "Disruptive editing" guideline, I am reverting Clarityfiend's edit. --Danorton 20:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I listened to your audio snippet several times. I hear "humanity". Also, a Google search brings up many hits for Les Nessman and "Oh, the humanity", none for "Oh, the humility". Clarityfiend 23:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. We are hearing differently. Absent significant discussion from others, can you please specifically cite the secondary or tertiary sources? (c.f. Wikipedia Reliable Sources)--Danorton 23:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

No got. Guess we humans will have to humbly await the votes of other ears. Clarityfiend 01:36, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Contest Nobody Could Win songs

While watching this episode tonight (thank you, American Life TV!) I noticed that the list of songs here was incomplete. While adding the missing song and putting them in the as-aired order, I noticed that most other sites list the first band as "The Boys." And, yes, there was a UK punk band by this name contemporary with the series but they never released a song called "Too Wild To Tame." However, there was a midwestern US rock band called "The Boyzz" that released a song with that name in 1978. The band is long gone but Dirty Dan Buck is still active and maintains an official website complete with discography. If anybody has a contemporary printed source, preferably an industry or trade publication, that can either confirm or deny this, a reference would be greatly appreciated. I think too many online sources are going on the sound and relying on other online sources that did the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dravecky (talk • contribs) 07:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)