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WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 3

WKRP in Cincinnati: Season 3 - 22 Episode s

3x1 - The Airplane Show
November 1, 1980
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.
3x2 - Jennifer Moves
November 8, 1980
The staff helps Jennifer move into her new ,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.
3x3 - Real Families
November 15, 1980
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.
3x4 - The Baby
November 22, 1980
Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.
3x5 - Hotel Oceanview
November 29, 1980
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.
3x6 - A Mile in My Shoes
December 6, 1980
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.
3x7 - Bah, Humbug
December 20, 1980
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.
3x8 - Baby, It's Cold Inside
January 3, 1981
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.
3x9 - The Painting
January 10, 1981
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.
3x10 - Daydreams
January 17, 1981
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.
3x11 - Frog Story
January 24, 1981
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.""
3x12 - Venus and the Man
January 31, 1981
The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.
3x13 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
February 7, 1981
Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
3x14 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2
February 7, 1981
Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
3x15 - Ask Jennifer
February 14, 1981
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.
3x16 - I Am Woman
February 21, 1981
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.
3x17 - Secrets of Dayton Heights
February 28, 1981
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.
3x18 - Out to Lunch
March 14, 1981
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.
3x19 - A Simple Little Wedding
March 21, 1981
In honor of their 25th anniversary, Arthur and Carmen Carlson plan to get married again. They want a small, private ceremony, but Mama Carlson has other ideas.
3x20 - Nothing to Fear But...
March 28, 1981
Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.
3x21 - Til Debt Do Us Part
April 5, 1981
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.
3x22 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere
April 12, 1981
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.

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