Back in 1978, WKRP in Cincinnati aired a memorable Thanksgiving episode that is still talked about and revered up until today. In the classic episode, Mr. Carlson hires a helicopter to drop live turkeys down on a mall full of people to take home for the holiday. Hilariously, as Carlson finds out too late, turkeys don’t fly, so the rest is comedic history.
You would think after all of these years, people would have learned it is not a good idea to drop fowl things out of a helicopter. But they didn’t.
This Easter, several cities, including Detroit, Austin, and Jacksonville, actually did just that. Thankfully, there were no injuries. But still, you think they would’ve learned things can go poorly in an instant.
Or maybe because I grew up with that WKRP episode, and I just picture people being hit by smelly, hard-boiled, colorful eggs as they flee from the scene of the crime. Since that didn’t happen, I will just have to watch this TikTok video that Kelly Mann posted and imagine that it did.
If Kenan or Mr. Mayor gets picked up for another season, I hope they do an episode based on this Easter Egg stunt. Could you picture Ted Danson throwing out raw eggs on the people of Los Angeles? That would be so awesome! NBC make it happen.
