Daydreams

This one was all right, but less funny than typical episodes. The vignettes were so-so, and definitely less amusing than regular story-driven ones. And I'm not certain if MeTV clipped it or what, but there was no Bailey segment. There was a cut to her, then a commercial, and then a cut to Johnny. I suspect I'm missing something. I hate cuts for syndication.

As Google says, a jittery Mr. Carlson tries out an important speech on his staff, with interesting results... To which I say: Interesting? Don't believe a word of it. A freaking big bore. The other reviewer here pulls his punches. The vignettes are so-so? Bah, bah and bah once more. Yes, Jennifer would have seen herself as a glamorous movie star/courtesan type, Les would have seen himself as a World War 2 reporter during the Blitz, and Johnny would have seen himself as a rock star, but everything falls flat WITHOUT ANYTHING being REMOTELY funny. Yeah, to quite my colleague here, not as funny as regular story-driven episodes, BAH! A waste of time throwing away potential, which this group had in spades IF they worked with PROPER material, but this... this... (sputter) is shoddy SHODDY work. And by the way, Colleague, the reason you did not see the Baikey bit, it was a short little bore that could easily be snipped out, so they did, to add more commercials, and if one of those commercials were for dishwashing liquid, it would have been more entertaining anyway...

Stale empty humor that doesn't go anywhere. So far, none of the episodes that have tried to be different has hit it in any way with me. WKRP needs to stay "in that bullpen" with the team working on each other's nerves, that's what the show is about, that works, so why all these little inane attempts scattered throughout... Mars the reputation of an otherwise highly-regarded show, bringing it down to being INCONSISTENT IN QUALITY which is actually the kiss of death as far as reviews go.

I did not like this. This was written without much thought. No real feeling for the characters went into it. Big disappointment if you consider what the fantasies of these people really should have been like...

This episode is nothing new in terms of sitcom tropes. A lot of tv shows in the 70's and 80's came to a point where the writers are out of ideas for the week, or the actors come from a stage or music background and they want to show their talents. Or they want to have a "fun, feel good" episode where they put their characters in unordinary situations to spice things up. If it isn't a fantasy scenario, then the cast puts on a talent show, or the kids form a band--something for the audience to say, "Hey, I didn't know they could do that!" Makes the public relations team's job easier in entertainment show interviews. Sometimes when they do episodes like this, the smarter writers use it to explore an unknown aspect of a character's personality that plays a role in future episodes. Like the previous reviews have stated, this does none of that. You don't get any fresh perspectives, no new ideas to take the show in a new direction. Just a diversion from the norm. Hey, if you like the idea of seeing your favorite characters play dress up for the week and put on a show, enjoy. it's not bad, not really good, but hey, I'm sure it made the cast and crew happy for a week. So be it.