12 Fascinating Facts About "WKRP"-- Part 3: Herb's Volkswagen Seat Cover Suit

7.  Herb Tarlek actually did wear a suit made from Volkswagen seat covers.  Of course, those suits Herb wore?

8.  Venus Flytrap was the inspiration for SNL's Ladies Man.  He was SO SMOOTH.

9.  The show was inspired by Harry Chapin's "WOLD" song.

10.  Series creator Hugh Wilson wrote the lyrics to the them,e song.    The show's second theme is at the end and is really just a bunch of spoken gibberish.

11.  An extended version of the theme song became a hit in its own right.  In 1979, Steve Carlisle released it and in 1981 it hit #65 on the Billboard Top 100.

12.  Almost everyone returned for at least a cameo ten years later on "The New WKRP in Cincinnati" in 1991..  Rejoining the cast were Gordon Jump (Mr. Carlson), Richard Sanders (Les Nesman), Howard Hesseman (Dr. Johnny Fever) and Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlek).

Tim Reid (Venus Flytrap) and Lori Anderson (Jennifer Marlowe) made cameos.  Garry Sandy (Andy Travis) and Jan Smithers (Bailey Quarters) did not.

One Really Funny Show.  --Cooter