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Howard Hesseman, Who Played Dr. Johnny
Fever on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dies
at 81

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 1/30/2022 5:20:32 PM

Longtime actor Howard Hesseman, most famous for his role as disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died, says The Hollywood Reporter. He was 81 years old. Hesseman died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, of complications from colon surgery that he had last year. Hesseman had many acting credits to his name. Aside from his role on WKRP in Cincinnati, for which he received two Emmy nominations, he also played history teacher Charlie Moore in the ’80s sitcom Head of the Class, in which he starred for four of its five seasons. He had many other roles and appearances on television,

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"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!"

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Mushroom 1/30/2022 5:29:20 PM (No. 1056014)
Boogers.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: downnout 1/30/2022 5:37:41 PM (No. 1056021)
One of the funniest shows ever. RIP, Dr. Johnny.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Vaquero45 1/30/2022 5:53:03 PM (No. 1056032)
Aww, maaaan..... Dr. Johnny Fever was one of my favorite WKRP characters, along with his fellow DJ Venus Flytrap. That’s too bad. RIP, Howard - thanks for the laughs.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 1/30/2022 5:56:38 PM (No. 1056035)
BOOGER!!!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Omen55 1/30/2022 6:13:39 PM (No. 1056054)
They left out my favorite role. One Day at a Time where he Sam got to marry Ann Romano(Bonnie Franklin)while his son married Barbara(Valerie Bertinelli) her youngest daughter. They were funny together so thanks for the laughs.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Rather Read 1/30/2022 6:13:49 PM (No. 1056055)
Remember Chy Chy Rodrogueze?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 1/30/2022 6:15:00 PM (No. 1056056)
You'll get banned, #1. LOL! That show was one of the funniest comedy shows EVER on TV. All the actors did outstanding jobs and the writers were great. RIP, sir. You entertained a lot of us for years. Well done.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: judy 1/30/2022 6:17:53 PM (No. 1056059)
WKRP…my all time favorite show ♥️🏆💿
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mossley 1/30/2022 6:39:24 PM (No. 1056095)
Oh, man, that turkey episode is one of the funniest things ever to show on TV. RIP
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Reply 10 - Posted by: lakerman1 1/30/2022 6:57:41 PM (No. 1056118)
I enjoyed the show, but I recall that it was moved into different time slots, making it hard to find. My favorite episode featuring Dr. Johnny Fever was when a police officer was on the show, to show how alcohol diminishes your reaction time, the more you drink. And to prove this, Johnny was given shots of whiskey over time, and tested and retested. It turned out that the more Johnny drank, the better his reflexes. I still remember the look on the police officer's face.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 1/30/2022 7:20:09 PM (No. 1056149)
"Thanks for that on-the-spot report Les. For those of you just tuning in, the Pinedale shopping mall has just been BOMBED with live turkeys.....film at 11." RIP Johnny Fever. Probably my favorite sitcom character - the guy whose reflexes got better the more he drank.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Jennie C. 1/30/2022 7:27:10 PM (No. 1056157)
Now who's going to tell the kids about Bo Diddley?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: formerNYer 1/30/2022 7:32:20 PM (No. 1056164)
Funny show. Funny guy. RIP And who didn't have a crush on Loni Anderson?
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Faithfully 1/30/2022 8:12:35 PM (No. 1056198)
He got four score and ten plus. Good on ya Howard!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Corndoggies 1/30/2022 8:31:18 PM (No. 1056204)
Les Nessman actually said the line about turkeys flying. Most of the guys I knew thought Bailey was way hotter and I named my daughter after her. I didn’t think she was “hot” per se but I did very much like her no nonsense character.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: cny 1/30/2022 8:45:21 PM (No. 1056213)
Agree with everyone…one of my all time favorite shows❣️
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Reply 17 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 1/30/2022 9:10:33 PM (No. 1056231)
Network prime time was so much better then.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: acesfull 1/30/2022 9:18:49 PM (No. 1056236)
Ya didn’t see me ...ya didn’t see me...said Johnny Fever as he raced past the staff.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Marzon 1/30/2022 9:52:04 PM (No. 1056250)
The Phone Cops bit was also brilliant
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Reply 20 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 1/30/2022 10:38:37 PM (No. 1056271)
It was actually Arthur (Big Guy) Carlson, (station manager and son of the owner) who thought turkeys could fly. Les Nessman, doing the on-the-spot report who said, "the turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!' A hilarious episode. Ranks right up there with the Chuckles the Clown episode on the old Mary Tyler Moore show.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: judy 1/31/2022 12:56:28 AM (No. 1056336)
Actually every episode was entertaining . Every actor on the show played an important part.
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