• BONUS: Best Eps - WKRP’s Turkeys Away
    Nov 12 2022

    As a Thanksgiving holiday bonus for Dark Tube listeners, here's an episode from our new YouTube Channel called Best Eps, chronicling the greatest episodes in television history.

    The first episode is the fascinating behind-the-scenes inspiration for the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "Turkeys Away." And the story behind the inconic line: "As God as my witness... I thought turkeys could fly."

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    https://youtu.be/37ir_xE__mw

    To view the episode and please don't forget to like and subscribe!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    SHOW NOTES:

    Best Eps “Turkeys Away” (WKRP in Cincinnati) Season 1, Episode 7 Airdate: Oct. 30, 1978 Written by: Bill Dial Directed by: Michael Zinberg

    Classic TV History Blog:

    https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/turkeys-away-an-oral-history/

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    Theme & End Credits: Music: Sugar Zone - Silent Partner Support by RFM - NCM: https://youtu.be/GdQRbGAhfL8

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    21 mins
  • Jon-Erik Hexum - Episode 4 - Aftermath
    Jun 20 2022

    Hexum’s death leaves Hollywood in shock as Cover Up producers scramble to continue the show. Meanwhile, Hexum’s organ donation improves the lives of five strangers, one of whom will end up behind bars. And the Hexum family takes legal action in a search for answers.

    Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    37 mins
  • Jon-Erik Hexum - Episode 3 - The Incident
    Jun 6 2022

    Jon-Erik Hexum enters his last week. As he struggles to find time to practice his upcoming Circus of the Stars appearance, he also faces creative changes on his troubled show. While the writers race to churn out new pages for Cover Up, they’re stymied by a network executive who orders even more rewrites… to put more action – aka violence – into the show.

    Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    37 mins
  • Jon-Erik Hexum - Episode 2 - Stardom
    May 29 2022

    With his casting in a high-profile movie-of-the-week, and in an independent feature film, Hexum’s career takes off… leading one of TV’s top producers to offer him the lead in a sure-fire hit show. But with the role, Hexum finds himself at odds with the critics and scrambling to keep his star from fading.

    Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    Music: Aries Beats

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    41 mins
  • Jon-Erik Hexum - Episode 1 - Rise
    May 24 2022

    Despite little-to-no experience, Jon-Erik Hexum swaggers into Hollywood and suddenly finds himself starring in 'Voyagers.' But critics lash out against the show's 'action'; a TV network code-word for 'violence'... which will eventually contribute to Hexum's untimely death a year later.

    Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    43 mins
  • Dark Tube - Coming Soon
    Apr 22 2022

    Chronicling the scandalous, devious, sometimes murderous past of our favorite pastime.

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    2 mins