The New WKRP In Cincinnati: "Moss Dies" Episode 35

America's favorite first-run comedy has taped before a studio audience of very strange people and finally a sad note Moss tiger midnight to dawn radio personality on WKRP for the past 23 years passed away yesterday aside from his radio duties Moss was a practicing Buddhist and collected state license plates with heavy heart this is les Nessman reporting what's the happiest sound a man can hear hi honey I bought a whole keg of bodyslam malt liquor [Music] Shawny well my goodness what I heard about moss I thought I'd slip over the border and pay my respects oh that's very nice of you John oh this is a new morning man razor D hey I've heard a lot of bad huh ignore it we'll get along fine hey I'm sorry about your friend yeah how did he go well um he he went up on the roof to smoke a cigarette and uh he fell off oh well actually he hit on the marquee of that theater on the 4th Street side and then somehow an air-conditioning unit came loose and fell on him that knocked him off the marquee in into the street that's where the bus hit him how he would wanted to go baby if you've ever wondered wondered what it became of me on the air in Cincinnati Cincinnati WKRC [Music] town to town up and down the die me once in a while I'm a WKRP in Cincinnati [Music] hi Johnny I heard you were here you see guess you heard about moss yeah too bad hey beaver darling you sit here in herbes chair Nancy you just got here in time for the reading of will yeah Nancy found it in the files the last will and testament [Music] I guess I'm dead that's right to the point doesn't he well it's been a great life if you can call never seeing daylight great or never having a wife and family we're never making any real money at this broken-down radio hey that's moss he was a manic depressives manic-depressive you can find him I'd like Johnny Caravela to be my executor executor whatever I don't want a big funeral but I would like the centerpiece of the service to be Taj Mahal he wants us to go to India all right I think he means the musician I don't have a lot of stuff just the license plates course and a Cuban cigars and some old cognac in my safe-deposit box don't want those to go to waste so why don't you have awake and somebody ought to call my mother well I can do that I met her once at a NASCAR race I'd like my ashes to be scattered at the Mill Pond in Eden Park Johnny we'll remember it's that place we got arrested that time during the 76 World Series well that's about it goodbye everybody and coming up next last Nessman on the news John you ever executed a will yeah yep done us not a will no have you ever worked a graveyard shift before and Johnny executor got a gaudy zappysys can I help you ah just looking we're here to identify Moss tiger oh right here Johnny just take a look yeah that's him Charlie look at the body well could I get a second opinion [Laughter] [Laughter] yeah gentlemen can we get on with this these guys aren't getting any younger look we got a little problem here what is it well but you talk ah that's not moss Tiger what I knew the guy for 20 years and that body is not him well of course not it's just something that his spirit walked around in well yeah yeah yeah I'm familiar with the sack of meat theory okay look this is not the man we knew gentlemen I have examined the paperwork and these are the remains of the late or Steiger I'll take care of this there must be a mix-up here this man is Chinese it doesn't say it here okay fine but before we make up our minds let's see what else you got is crowd gentlemen this is the only Moss Tiger that we have take him or leave him what if we leave that's entirely up to you oh go to an unmarked lot in a county field what do you think he is supposed to be creating uh what about the mother unless she knows him awfully well I don't think she the cops may I have one no take this with lucky listener number 85 you know we have gotten more response from this mud giveaway than anything we've ever done here before but what do you suppose makes these silly muds so popular oh you didn't notice that well it says W R K P on there [Music] big deal nut guy mr. printed the first thousand the rest will be right ladies and gentlemen Maus Steiger take my word for it hi Johnny how you doing okay what happened well they had to run him through twice gotta had some trouble with the furnace you know but they were very nice they didn't charge me any extra ignition fees hey man look out glad you're still here man I want to go over your format oh man this is so great I'm gonna be working with the golden oldie that's plenty what me I called you let me show you the new boat Lots now okay I just hang out here man Hey look I'm sorry it's just that well I used to listen to you why of course I was just a kid I loved to stand and chat about it son but my blood thickens up if I don't keep moving it does not her KLS do you want to be cremated not today no no no I didn't mean today I meant anytime I don't know less I figure I've got plenty of time yet parcel pickup Oh turn I figure it doesn't matter much anyway do I think it matters I hate fire no and I'm claustrophobic I mean the idea of being locked up underneath the ground in a boxes yeah it doesn't matter you're gonna be dead anyway you won't know yeah how do you know you know I saw who me once about a man was buried alive okay okay so you grew up listening to me give me a bike kid boss you left on your own is God is God I can't believe it Moss is gone hey man you shouldn't take it so hard why not it's all my fault oh well how could it be I mean the guy fell off the roof nah man I don't mean Moss is gone I mean he's gone gone to a better place no I'm talking all root winging his way towards gold invited parcel pickup person took him why John come on calm down man we're trying to track him there Wow think of lucky listener number 85 he thought he was just getting a mug okay now they're not sure where the parcel pickup person possibly passed him the only thing that they can figure is that you must have gotten mixed up with a big shipment to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pittsburgh what are we gonna do now well his mother's coming in later for the services tomorrow what we supposed have a wait tonight what are we supposed to do for Ashes [Music] very nice glad you could make it in time my pleasure John moss played mob Ricker's win if you would Wow as you all know Moss Tiger requested awake in his memory and this is it I'll never ventilate before what are we supposed to do get drunk well last part of it sometimes I think what we're supposed to do is celebrate mosses life mm-hmm enjoy the things that he enjoyed remember young with happiness rather than sadness well like I said everybody had it all well boss was boss I play away brother yeah he enjoyed good cognac and good cigar got a hell of an eye for an out-of-state plate [Music] so why don't we all share our feelings here are our memories of moss tiger the man oh okay stand back I used to be a monk well I didn't know moss as well as some of you but uh I relieved them every morning since I've been here and I've gotta say that uh he never said an unkind word to me you never really said anything to me you know that's why I like them that's real nice razor we're off to start here somebody else hmm he called me once mmm that sounds good why'd you tell us about that okay um well it was late one afternoon and he called and I said Debbie Cappy like I always do really and I said yeah who do you want to talk to and he said this is Moss tiger and I just wanted to know what time it was I miss how the wrong number no and I said no you don't it's 4:15 [Laughter] but in a really nice way somebody else well uh uh I'm kind of like raised I really didn't know the guy all that well let's see yeah loved his music your great music and when he would come in to relieve me he was just always so very very pleasant however he did spray the entire area down with Lysol oh yeah I did hear well he was a very tidy man does anybody have a problem with we think about this man gosh still owes me money this was a man he had a life and that's what we should be talking about yah man I think you've got us a kind of a disadvantage here mas was such a private man that you never really got to know at least I didn't I don't think he wanted anybody to know him since I sometimes feel the same I always respected that yeah I guess maybe I was Ross's best friend I didn't know him either oh man was a loner it was an all-night man no he's awake we're asleep we're awake he's asleep I mean there is some avoidance here he chose to live on the flip side yep but for 23 years five nights a week he was in that booth six hours at a shot alone just talking to thin air playing music for whoever might be out there awake alone mas got them through the night see each shared himself with them through his music and I think maybe some of them were a little less lonely for that Moss used music to make us feel connected and that rates pretty high on my playlist so smooth segues brother wherever you are I think you may be in Pittsburgh [Laughter] [Music] some buy on your ball you gonna leave some high on your ball when it's late at midnight oh man they've come slipping in the room need some back what happened to the water the city had to drain it some kind of toxic spill you know boss I was really lucky enough yes I take some comfort man [Applause] [Music] that's it fellow babies coming up on 6 a.m. and once again we have defeated the forces of darkness together for those of you who may be missing the late Moss Tiger you're not alone we're still rocking on the mighty krp where the razor man is standing by to sharpen up your day this has been the night doctor on duty with hard music for whatever ails if the day doesn't go your way we got all night to make it right I'll be back with you again babies making my rounds but only when the normal people dream hey you do nice work man thanks I know I know you've been listening to me since you were a little bitty baby well I was quite a bit younger ya was in San Francisco ah I worked that town once I think yeah you did yeah my mom used to listen to you oh yeah said it the reminded her of the old day the old day yeah about you dad Oh mr. invisible well um I don't know you see I never met him he was gone before I got here mmm so momma wall is a rocker oh yeah mostly the dead dick she's a dead head went to all their concerts oh oh yeah yes left she said I was even conceived at one of them backstage during one of those long Jerry Garcia solos she wasn't one of those that liked to dance right Fritzi in front of the speaker's did she have a lot of long red hair she wore a lot of tie dye that's the one she could have been why better get alright bye-bye [Music] and now a link breaking story Cincinnati's Chinese community is in an uproar over the strange disappearance of the late Fung Yi whoa mister boy local golf pro was to be buried today however his body is missing the funeral home cannot explain how they ended up with a quote beat-up white male unfold instead of a small elderly Chinese man with a low handicap the identity of the white male also remains a mystery hmm

Channel: Johnny Sunshine

Views: 38,216

Rating: 4.7388315 out of 5

Keywords: WKRP

Id: hl-yZMms6K0

Length: 21min 55sec (1315 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 20 2017