Clip 3 - Cultural Writing Sample

"WKRP in Cincinnati" - Posted August 2008

"WKRP in Cincinnati" was a television sitcom from the mid-1970´s that was shown in voluminous syndication during the 1980´s. WKRP were the call letters for a struggling radio station that played rock music and some news. One of the disc jockeys was Johnny Fever. Johnny wore red tinted sunglasses when inside the WKRP office, as well as in the darkened studio. Johnny´s other omnipresent characteristics included long hair, a large coffee mug gripped by a cocked arm, and a black band t-shirt. Johnny was usually nursing a hangover with a demeanor suggestive of self medication. Johnny had an apathetic way of addressing his radio audience as he was convinced no one was listening to the broadcast. He was so convinced that during one episode he decided to speak an unutterable word on the air to prove no one was listening. He leaned close to the microphone and maybe even raised his sunglasses to his forehead and said¨"Booger!". Of course, there were a few folks listening and Johnny was summoned to the bosses office and fired.

I suspect only a few friends and family are also reading this blog so.....BOOGER!!! Okay, I have to get back to Peru.