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30 mins
11/1/1980
1.
The Airplane Show
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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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30 mins
11/8/1980
2.
Jennifer Moves
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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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Director:
Linda Day
Writer:
Hugh Wilson
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Guest starring:
Judith-Marie Bergan, Terry Wills, Kenneth Kimmins, Dan Barrows, Milt Tarver, Georgia Schmidt
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30 mins
11/15/1980
3.
Real Families
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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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30 mins
11/22/1980
4.
The Baby
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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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30 mins
11/29/1980
5.
Hotel Oceanview
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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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30 mins
12/6/1980
6.
A Mile in My Shoes
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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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30 mins
12/20/1980
7.
Bah, Humbug
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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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30 mins
1/3/1981
8.
Baby, It's Cold Inside
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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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30 mins
1/10/1981
9.
The Painting
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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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30 mins
1/17/1981
10.
Daydreams
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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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30 mins
1/24/1981
11.
Frog Story
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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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30 mins
1/31/1981
12.
Venus and the Man
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The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.
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30 mins
2/7/1981
13.
Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide (1)
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When Johnny is forced by contractual obligations to host a TV disco dance show, he adopts the persona of Rip Tide, a sleazy, phony, disco-spinning host. But, when off the air, he is soon bouncing back and forth between his Rip Tide and Johnny Fever personas, until he starts to realize that the dark side of his personality, as represented by Rip, is taking over.
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30 mins
2/7/1981
14.
Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide (2)
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When Johnny is forced by contractual obligations to host a TV disco dance show, he adopts the persona of Rip Tide, a sleazy, phony, disco-spinning host. But, when off the air, he is soon bouncing back and forth between his Rip Tide and Johnny Fever personas, until he starts to realize that the dark side of his personality, as represented by Rip, is taking over.
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30 mins
2/14/1981
15.
Ask Jennifer
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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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30 mins
2/21/1981
16.
I Am Woman
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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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30 mins
2/28/1981
17.
Secrets of Dayton Heights
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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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Director:
Frank Bonner
/ Dolores Ferraro
/ Ben Elisco
Writer:
Peter Torokvei
/ Jon Smet
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Guest starring:
Sam Anderson, Bill McLean
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30 mins
3/14/1981
18.
Out to Lunch
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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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Director:
Dolores Ferraro
/ Nick Stamos
/ Ben Elisco
Writer:
Peter Torokvei
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Blake Hunter
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Guest starring:
Craig T. Nelson, Michael Sherman, Alan Toy, Cindy Jump
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30 mins
3/21/1981
19.
A Simple Little Wedding
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In honor of their twenty-fifth 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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30 mins
3/28/1981
20.
Nothing to Fear But...
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Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.
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30 mins
4/5/1981
21.
Till Debt Do Us Part
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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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30 mins
4/12/1981
22.
Clean Up Radio Everywhere
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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- or else.
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