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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

Ah, a bit of flight, but more of a runner than a flyer.....makes me think of this TV quote, 'As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.'...(WKRP in Cincinatti, when they dropped turkeys from a helicopter)

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Roger Beal's avatar

Ah yes, WKRP ... back when sitcoms were funny and not the teensiest bit woke.

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Tracy's avatar

WKRP. One of my favorite shows. Still laugh over the phone cops episode.

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KatLee's avatar

Or Chai Chai Rodreegwez (Chi Chi Rodriguez). Les Nessman, what a newsman!

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

Ah, I had managed not to look it up again, but now...i might have to. I may have missed that episode. Such a good cast.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

oh no animal cruelty !

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Maureen ODH's avatar

Ingrid... probably before your time... WKRP Cincinnati was a tv show...the station did a marketing stunt promotion dropping live turkeys out of a helicopter over the Pinedale shopping center circa 1978... no animal cruelty... all audio.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFtV6-ALoQ&feature=youtu.be

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Duchess's avatar

It is worth seeing again! Hilarious cast and a very enjoyable program.

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

oh lol ! thanks fo r the update ! I grew up in Europe and wondered if you ever had really good TV shows, like we had when I was a child. So you did ! What happened to these really funny harmless shows? they don't make them like this anymore, I might even think of buying a TV !

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Duchess's avatar

I wish I knew...all gone. I wouldn't buy a tv today. Unless you can use it to stream right off the internet....or use it for a computer screen...

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Francis Keays's avatar

Thanks for the link. I played it this morning. Such found memories. I have some heritage turkeys. The hens do a better job of flying, but they only fly to get from one pasture to the other(or my dog training area) or to get up to evening roosting spots on top of fences or the sheep's shelter roof. They don't fly like geese do.

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Duchess's avatar

Do you have a Narragansett one? I think they are very handsome...used to be popular in the 1800's....I once saw some Golden Pheasants I think they are called ...first and only, like the Narragansett turkey...so many heritage breeds being brought back by people like yourself, thank you.

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Francis Keays's avatar

I have bourbon red turkeys. The Narragansett are very pretty.

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Duchess's avatar

The bourbon ones are handsome too!! Such a sheen when the light hits their feathers.

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

BLESS U for looking it up...funny, the one liners you remember...sometimes it takes me years to appreciate a certain scene, a good line....lucky me...best Maureen ODH

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