WKRP in Cincinnati S02E10 Bailey's Big Break

from the scene of the fire this is grant wayne meyer i'm surrounded by giant sheets of flames now and don't know how much longer i can hold out but i'll try to bring you complete coverage from here for as long as i can [Music] no that guy is good he's a showboat andy we wouldn't want a newsman like that around here oh why not there's no maturity in that voice no authority more audition tapes we don't need to hear any more tapes put them on the desk here bailey uh there's one there on top that's really not too bad okay thanks thank you bailey oh thank you we're really quite busy here oh all right um actually the second cut is the best we'll be the judge of that here you go les played the one that bailey likes okay andy but this is ridiculous in the first place i do not need help in the news department and in the second place we are never going to find anyone who's good enough to work with me i can't go on doing the news the sports the weather the traffic the hog reports hog reports all by yourself you need help nonsense play the tape okay it's 12 noon in cincinnati and this is the wkrp news roundup must be at the wrong speed it sounds like a woman wait a minute applies today to west germany as tensions increase over the common market i am got time for jokes domestically and internationally oil remains the number one concern oil shmoil give me a break wait a minute she's pretty good i like her bailey sure last bailey why not now wait a minute travis she's young and inexperienced and she's a why a woman a what a woman less plus there are thousands of stations in this country with women on the air as disc jockeys yes but this is news travis news important stuff les what about uh what about barbara walters i west my case i have been standing outside that door and that is a good audition tape and you know it this is a private meeting quarters bailey a voice doing news on the radio must be rich and full with mellifluous rounded toes it must be it must be a man's voice andy likes that tape and i want the job how about it andy well i think he deserves a shot how about it less over my dead body all right that's the way you want it wait a minute what are you doing stand still now and then don't squirm baby if you've ever wondered i've wondered whatever became of me i'm living on the air in cincinnati cincinnati wkrp got kind of tied [Music] wk and cincinnati oh bailey you've shown real determination i'm proud to have you member of the new staff at thank wkrp oh no thank you heyday everybody johnny [Applause] and congratulations bailey thanks i'm sure with your new responsibilities that paycheck will just get bigger and bigger jennifer i think you hear the phone ringing in the lot what are you trying to do less knock knock come in thank you show bailey the ropes answer any questions she has if that's an order good man thank you for your cooperation door herb yeah want to uh flip for paychecks surely are you serious yeah i didn't really mean it call it the catch [Applause] knock knock les could i please come in please you may look less i just wanted andy wants me to show you the ropes i'm only going to do this once these are the ropes typewriter teletype police scanner police code buckeye hawk award four more buckeye news hawk awards and the coveted silver sow award now about the format whenever possible i always try to lead with the hog futures particularly in the morning why because bailey that's what people are interested in yeah but what if a really big story is breaking well that's when you have to use your news judgment there will always be exceptions for instance when president richard milhous nixon resigned i led the news with that story looking back i think i made the right decision look les uh could you just tell me i have to do the noon news report now excuse me bailey you can uh change the ribbon on the typewriter or look at the teletype machine whatever you please okay les could you just uh tell me when do i get to go in the air when you're ready soon i'll know trust me but when i don't know double enough do i look like a fool hey bailey congratulations thanks venus and thank you too herb you thank me i'm against it i know is that because i'm a woman look herb did you know that it's against the law to discriminate on the basis of sex i do everything on the basis of sex mr macho you know venus i'm uh i'm not real sure i know exactly what macho is but whatever it is i'm it and so with denim i feel comfortable and relaxed i feel as though i can work better do other program directors dress like that now some of them oh a little confining mr carlson promises were made to me when you said that i got that job that meant the whole job hello andy chain of command bailey chain of command one does not go above one's head in order to speak to a bigger one close carson howdy for three days three days i have changed ribbons sharpened penciled filed stories rewritten copy and any other silly thing he had me do there is nothing silly in the news oh and every time i ask him when do i get to go on the air he says wait and see or i'll know when she's ready i think that's enough i just want to know when les is that right well travis in the news game we all have to pay our dues i'm bringing her along slowly we all just have to wait and see i'll know when she's ready well i think she's ready now that was part of the deal part of the job right mr carlson hmm oh uh well there's certainly an idea there uh no there isn't i mean i'm down with me as a matter of fact les i think bayley should do the six o'clock wrap-up tonight what oh last just one night just one night to see what she can do thank you absolutely not now last travis as news director of wkrp i will not allow us to compromise our high standards of journalistic excellence and i'm telling you that bailey is going on tonight no she isn't yes she is she isn't she is isn't is isn't mr carlson i need to know where you stand on this issue okay the buck's got to stop somewhere man can't stand the heat he shouldn't go in the kitchen when the going gets tough the tough get going [Applause] [Music] daily quarters right know the situation roger on the air off on uh-huh we never had this conversation i don't remember i've given this a lot of thought really struggled with this one hey who's getting who my lost weight over but the bottom line is bailey goes on [Applause] [Music] thank you mr carlson thank you andy liz it's tough at the talk travis [Music] all right star gazers we're coming up on the six o'clock hour and it'll be time for the news after that you've got olvina sitting here playing magic music all night long so uh stick with us my children and don't watch television tonight all that's on's a movie called portrait of a teenage runaway sex crave hustling housewife strangely enough it's not very interesting hey are you ready ace yes i think so i'm just a little edgy don't worry about it you're gonna knock em dead kid right travis that's right okay here we go wait a minute what i'm gonna faint what no no i'm fine [Applause] all right here it is london madrid bangkok moscow cincinnati from the four corners of the world from the news capitals at home and abroad the day's headlines brought into focus the issues and events that shape our time wkrp information beacon of the ohio valley presents les nessman and the news good evening les nessman is not here i'm bailey quarters and here's what's happening new scandal in our nation's capital while right here at home cincinnati city council copes with union demands details right after this more coffee harold why thanks that's funny he never wants another cup of my coffee that's cause your coffee stinks helen how am i doing it's great sir oh yeah no problem just relax and then don't be nervous right and no fainting the commercial's over the commercial no it's not geez sorry i guess i'm having sympathy pains or something you like louise's coffee better than mine because you like louise that's nuts louise more coffee golden bean coffee it saved more than one marriage and now the news inflation once again cuts into cincinnati no all the hunger are probably tucked away in their little beds by now she forgot the hog reports don't listen to how polish she sounds she's going to be a great help to you less good night meanwhile in washington a highly placed presidential advisor denied that he once shot heroin with a group of hell's angels and in philadelphia carmel was arrested again no hogs well we'll see about that yes we certainly will she was concise she was articulate totally prepared professional she was she was very smooth i like that i like to see that in others now wait a minute big guy i think you're jumping to conclusions i'm what travis is jumping to conclusions you're doing good the best i've ever seen as a matter of fact herb why are you even in here because andrew this man we call les is my friend my best friend and i will not see him abused in any shape form or fashion thank you herb will you shut up i told you i'd do the talking absolutely right i'm sorry you see that's talking again sorry um i'm tired of meetings travis we've had too many lately perhaps if i could just have a day or two alone ah we got to get this thing straightened down why why can't the vince run their natural course time's overwhelmed men events are racing just beyond man's grasp the center cannot hold am i making sense none then let herb talk thank you sir now the long and the short of it is that my buddy lester nessman is getting a raw deal i hate that expression will you shut up what the long and the short of it is bailey has shown her skill and ability and i personally think she deserves three or four newscasts of her own each and every day what what what i'm sorry that's what i think excuse me andrew did you say she deserves three or four newscasts of her own each day well all right too well is that in addition to my 10 daily reports well no i excuse me here i was thinking with all that you have to do you could just give up a couple of slots oh come on les excuse me herb i'm not asking for any of the ones that you think are gems but they're all gems you see this man is bleeding inside i am sorry i'm late i was right in the middle of a phone interview with whom ted kennedy sit down baby les hi bailey i was just telling mr carlson here what a fine job you did last night oh thank you andy so we have decided to get out of the way here we have decided to give you two newscasts of your own each day oh god really i thank your pardon oh excuse me mr krause i meant oh good golly really thanks baby we think you deserve it brother many of us think you deserve it les how about giving her maybe the 8 a.m news that's my first edition andy i like to think of it as my personal address to the working people well okay then how about maybe the uh the mine or the ten some working people sleep late i'd hate to exclude them noon how about noon that's the first chance for an insightful interpretation of the morning's events to informational respite for mothers picking up their toddlers at school well less you're gonna have to give up something excuse me i have to leave now les please try and be big about this i'm sorry andy but this is as big as it gets anybody here flowing the concord i mean it's not asking a lot jennifer just let me hold 30 40 till payday forget it look jennifer i i'm starving to death we have talked about this before i do not lend men money it makes them weak listen i'm already weak what happened to your paycheck uh i could never explain it hi jennifer did you hear me on the air this morning yes and you just keep getting better and better really really how's less oh jennifer he's been just terrible but i am not backing down if he wants to fight me i am going to fight back oh don't be too hard on him unless he's just a sweet person yeah you're right i will try to be as patient and as nice as possible good hey buster what the heck is going on here my sports update is missing you don't tear around with my desk it's right here i thought maybe you wanted me to proofread it for you no one has to proofread my copy now come on you two let's all be friends she's changed this jennifer oh just a little no you changed the meaning completely it just does not make any sense less it is a swimming meet not a swim meeting right jennifer uh i think it probably could go both ways and reporting that the swimmers swam in water is a bit unnecessary i don't know and it is the breast stroke last not breath stroking that does sound wrong it is wrong thank you bailey you're right i'm wrong it's not very good reporting oh unless it's just two different interpretations wish it were bailey excuse me please thank you bailey i guess you saved me for making a fool out of myself on the air oh less [Applause] it's just him he'll get over it jennifer as long as you have known less have you ever known him to get over anything no so this is les nessman saying good day and may the good news be yours i'll be back at noon with i'm sorry i'll be back at 2. i don't know when i'll be back real cherry les i've got trouble in my life john yeah yeah sure you got enough money to feed yourself sure well i don't could you loan me some money could you loan me some food hello less really i've been waiting uh to talk to you i've got an idea um has it occurred to you that wkrp needs only one news voice i mean you know so that the listeners could better identify it oh sure sure you'd like that no not me man you what do you mean well i've been thinking about what i want to accomplish in this business and i don't think news is where i want to be really are you news people bailey what are you saying i'm saying that i quit liz what what that's right andy oh bailey i went to the wall for you on this one uh now mind your own business andy uh she knows what she wants do you know sure if what i wanted to do was be a news reporter i'd i give it my best shot but that's not what i want to do what do you want to do do you want to see her at this desk and and schedule commercials the rest of your life no i thought i'd be in upper management what do you mean you won carlson's job no i thought i could have yours you'd be very good at it baby look here lass you heard the lady yeah i heard the lady and i've also watched you do everything you could do to break your spirit and i don't like it and i don't like you giving up bailey now if you'll both excuse me i i i gotta go bowling it's just one of those things i can't get out of you know i can't get anything done around here bailey are you sure you're not just doing this for me oh no you're sure i'm sure okay okay one other thing quarters oh come on lass i want you here at 8 30 in the morning you're going to continue to do two newscasts a day until i decide you can do more you got that quarters i got that nessman okay then better hit the road then kid news people don't like sloppy emotional scenes [Applause] [Applause]

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Published: Fri Mar 26 2021

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[u/richardec]

This post shocked me. I thought OP was saying Jan Smithers died. I knew about Frank Bonner.

[u/12-inch-LP-record]

Such a great show. I remember watching it with my grandfather. It was his favorite show in his 90’s. Good memories.

[u/me-Claudius]

Awesome series. The notion of a midwest radio station changing with the times was very original. Some said the original artist music they used in the station made it even better. Those music rights kept it from DVD release for years until someone substituted permissible music. The Lonnie / Herb thing kept people in stitches, Herb always getting shot down. Bonner did a superb job at being everyone's sleezy disingenuous, woman chasing, salesman. The show had so many great scenes and lines, the Turkeys Away, Les dressed as carp fighting in the mens room with the WPIG mascot. Big guy using the cocaine footpowder getting a monkey on his foot, Lonnie telling Herb she didn't like little gustos. The show routinely mixed serious life situations and hilarity. Another great series from the ERA was SOAP.

[u/cp_shopper]

Bailey is so hot