HomerS Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 One last time......BOOGER!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Sheesh, prolific year. 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Another punch in the gut.. 😪 He had one of the best lines, "everybody's out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking ". Loved him and WKRP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, HomerS said: One last time......BOOGER!! You beat me to it! His second best line: At a staff meeting, when Andy asks "Are there any questions?" : "Can you teach me about magnets?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TonyK Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Such a great character! Enjoyed his acting whenever he showed up on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Oh man that sucks.He made the show what it was.He played a burnt out DJ really well.,RIP Edited January 31, 2022 by NYLIBUD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerS Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Correcting Newsman Les Nessman on the proper pronunciation of Chi Chi Rodriguez Going back on the air after the Pinedale Shopping Mall was bombed with live turkeys The tactful way he stopped the last record when they switched from elevator music Thanks for memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 3 hours ago, HomerS said: Correcting Newsman Les Nessman on the proper pronunciation of Chi Chi Rodriguez My employer has a satellite office in Chihuahua. To this day, when I have to type the name of the city, I think about this scene with Johnny and Les. "Chee Who-ah Who-ah. LOL. Classic show for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 First thing I remembered him in was Billy Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell C Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 [paraphrasing, because I can't find the short clip yet] "So, fellow babies, just sit back and relax with a good hot cup of .......... Chemicals!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 “Ok who done it”?I forgot,he played a small role in the movie (Clue) as the police chief.And he was in Police Academy 2,where I think he also played a police chief.Just seemed like a funny guy.Another one who will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 ,,, And of course, he played teacher, Charlie Moore in "Head of the Class" and pimp, "Smooth" Walker in the Dan Aykroyd movie " Dr. Detroit". ,, loved that movie, still waiting for the promised sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 My fav Johnny Fever moment has to be the bomb threat episode with the phone cops. Here's a good obituary, a little different, but a good read. https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/with-the-death-of-howard-hesseman-heres-the-biography-of-dr-johnny-fever/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 RIP Fever...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 My favorite Hesseman moment - playing straight man to Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys. "Frumpies! FRUMPIES!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Just saw this, the guy made the show, January was a bad month for actors and entertainers.. Thanks for the laughs Johnny…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 4:28 AM, ChrisBcritter said: My favorite Hesseman moment - playing straight man to Walter Matthau in The Sunshine Boys. "Frumpies! FRUMPIES!!" Oh man,that’s right,I remember that part.The movie,”The Sunshine Boys”,was one of the funniest movies of all time.Thanks for the reminder.🤪🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 My friend in Michigan (Linus’ Human😅) just sent me this in a Text for anybody interested! https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-howard-hesseman-dr-johnny-fever-of-wkrp-in-cincinnati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just saw this, it's one of the celebrity losses I missed somehow. He had several different scenes where I was laughing so hard I had to ask what I'd missed but one scene I really could understand and sympathize with his statement was when they were hit by the tornado and they found Johnny cowering alone in his own hiding spot where he told them that he had been in a mobile home that had been hit by a tornado and added "God HATES mobile homes. Sorry my wife and I had one for our first home of our own I can totally understand what he was talking about. R.IP. Howard/Johnny you're going to be missed but we can try to find old replays of WKRP in Cincinnati. Best we can do, it'll have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, horsepower said: R.IP. Howard/Johnny you're going to be missed but we can try to find old replays of WKRP in Cincinnati. Best we can do, it'll have to do. They just showed 2 episodes on MeTV last Sunday as a tribute to Hesseman. They were the ones when Johnny takes a second job playing disco on TV for Mary Frann who went on to star as Bob Newhart's wife in Newhart. I wish MeTV would show both of those series again sometime. Bob Newhart is another favorite that luckily is still with us. Edited February 8, 2022 by Miatatom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Favorite Hessman moment... Anybody who worked in radio in the 80s (moi) totally related to this scene because it perfectly represented the boundaries of production vs. the front office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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