Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Tag: WKRP In Cinncinati

  • WKRP’s Turkey Drop
    WKRP’s Turkey Drop

    WKRP In Cincinnati is an American sitcom about a radio station, so it obviously gets a mention in the Comedy Is … episode about Newsradio. It aired on CBS for four seasons (and for further episodes a decade later on syndication only) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This is probably its most famous…

  • Comedy Is … Must See TV
    Comedy Is … Must See TV

    Is it possible for a sitcom to have a personality? Newsradio wasn’t given the most auspicious of starts. Although it was commissioned on the spot, two scenes into the pilot recording, by network boss Warren Littlefield, it only had a seven episode first season commitment. And things went downhill from there. But when I first…

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…