The Best Episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(160 votes)

   #1 - The Airplane Show

   S3:E111/1/1980

   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.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Unknown

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2. 

   7.7/10(157 votes)

   #2 - Jennifer Moves

   S3:E211/8/1980

   The staff helps Jennifer move into her new $125,000 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.

   Director:Linda Day

   Writer:Hugh Wilson

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   Director:Linda Day

   Writer:Hugh Wilson
3. 

   7.9/10(181 votes)

   #3 - Real Families

   S3:E311/15/1980

   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.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Unknown

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4. 

   7.4/10(143 votes)

   #4 - The Baby

   S3:E411/22/1980

   Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Blake Hunter

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   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Blake Hunter
5. 

   8.0/10(173 votes)

   #5 - Hotel Oceanview

   S3:E511/29/1980

   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.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Unknown

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6. 

   8.0/10(142 votes)

   #6 - A Mile in My Shoes

   S3:E612/6/1980

   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.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Unknown

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7. 

   7.8/10(165 votes)

   #7 - Bah, Humbug

   S3:E712/20/1980

   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.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Lissa Levin

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   Writer:Lissa Levin
8. 

   8.7/10(163 votes)

   #8 - Baby, It's Cold Inside

   S3:E81/3/1981

   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.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Blake Hunter

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   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Blake Hunter
9. 

   8.1/10(143 votes)

   #9 - The Painting

   S3:E91/10/1981

   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.

   Director:Rod Daniel

   Writer:Unknown

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10. 

    7.0/10(141 votes)

    #10 - Daydreams

    S3:E101/17/1981

    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.

    Director:Rod Daniel

    Writer:Unknown

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11. 

    8.0/10(157 votes)

    #11 - Frog Story

    S3:E111/24/1981

    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.""

    Director:Rod Daniel

    Writer:Unknown

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12. 

    8.1/10(177 votes)

    #12 - Venus and the Man

    S3:E121/31/1981

    The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.

    Director:Rod Daniel

    Writer:Hugh Wilson

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13. 

    7.9/10(159 votes)

    #13 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1

    S3:E132/7/1981

    Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.

    Director:Rod Daniel

    Writer:Steve Marshall

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    Director:Rod Daniel

    Writer:Steve Marshall
14. 

    7.9/10(149 votes)

    #14 - Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2

    S3:E142/7/1981

    Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.

    Director:Rod Daniel

    Writer:Steve Marshall

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    Director:Rod Daniel

    Writer:Steve Marshall
15. 

    8.3/10(147 votes)

    #15 - Ask Jennifer

    S3:E152/14/1981

    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.

    Director:Linda Day

    Writer:Unknown

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16. 

    7.6/10(123 votes)

    #16 - I Am Woman

    S3:E162/21/1981

    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.

    Director:Linda Day

    Writer:Lissa Levin

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17. 

    7.7/10(141 votes)

    #17 - Secrets of Dayton Heights

    S3:E172/28/1981

    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.

    Director:Frank Bonner

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    7.6/10(131 votes)

    #18 - Out to Lunch

    S3:E183/14/1981

    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.

    Director:Unknown

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19. 

    7.4/10(132 votes)

    #19 - A Simple Little Wedding

    S3:E193/21/1981

    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.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Blake Hunter

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20. 

    7.8/10(128 votes)

    #20 - Nothing to Fear But...

    S3:E203/28/1981

    Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.

    Director:Asaad Kelada

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Asaad Kelada

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21. 

    7.2/10(125 votes)

    #21 - Til Debt Do Us Part

    S3:E214/5/1981

    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.

    Director:Frank Bonner

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    8.7/10(197 votes)

    #22 - Clean Up Radio Everywhere

    S3:E224/12/1981

    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.

    Director:Linda Day

    Writer:Hugh Wilson

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    Director:Linda Day

    Writer:Hugh Wilson