Frank Hardy <whyhardyboy@yahoo.com> wrote:
When I was a kid our family didn't have a lot of material possessions. I wasn't as bad as Patches, but close. My siblings and I used our imagination to recreate popular T.V. shows and come up with our own dialog while staying in character. Sometimes it was Knight Rider other times it was Family Ties, but the one that we had the most fun with was WKRP in Cincinnati.
We would all try to play our favorites, mine was Johnny Fever. With only three kids, no one ever had had to be Les Nessman or Herb Tarlek. We all knew our roles since that was one of the few shows that we could watch. When someone played Andy Travis, you knew for sure, since he was in a position of power and persuasiveness, he would bypass the token station manager Mr. Carlson and go over his head to his behind the scenes mother and get what he wants. We always knew that Andy got what he wanted or else. When he had an idea that would help him look better he made sure he used his power and got it.
With Mr. Carlson, well, I guess he was called the Manager, but everyone that was involved with the end product knew he was a pawn with a nameplate. He really had no power and would act like he did by getting upset a lot, but in the end, Andy and his mother ran the show.
Herb Tarlek was the cheesy sales guy trying to make the station more appealing and help direct its future. He tried luring new companies to use there station to increase business and exposure. Herb put on a tough guy front, though everyone close to him knew he was all talk and no action, a pushover. My best description of Herb, he's just a bad pickup line and a tacky suit.
And then Les Nessman, he was the butt of every ones jokes, garnered no respect, and tried so hard to get people to see his point of view. He was serious about what he did, was the utmost professional, but in the end he accomplished nothing more than amusing those around him with his optimism and dedication.
I miss childhood, the make believe and pretend things we used to do. As and adult these things will never happen again. In the end it was a just a T.V. show.
On an unrelated note, best of wishes to the new Mayor, new and existing City Councilmen, City Administrator and Business People/Developers for a productive next year.
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