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

"Feeling left out by the recent changes around the station, Arthur Carlson (Gordon Jump) decides to launch his own Thanksgiving promotion. With the help of Herb (Frank Bonner) and Les (Richard Sanders), the 'Big Guy' turns a routine turkey giveaway into a comic catastrophe."

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