WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series)

Real Families (1980)

Frank Bonner: Herb Tarlek

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Quotes 

• Bailey Quarters : [directly to the camera about Herb]  He did the Dancing Ducks promotion.

  Elaine Parker : What's that, Bailey?

  Bailey Quarters : Well, it was sort of a, a tie in with Hunter's Department Store. Um, Herb put some ducks in a window. It was a real cute idea.

  Venus Flytrap : [in the next shot, speaking directly to the camera]  ... and, um, the ducks, well they would do a little dance.

  Phil Tarry : What?

  Venus Flytrap : Th, they would dance. Apparently Herb taught the ducks to dance... I guess, I don't know anymore.

  Elaine Parker : [in the next shot]  This is Vargus Enswiller, head of the Cincinnati office of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

  Vargus Enswiller : [directly to the camera]  Mr. Tarlek placed some ducks in the window of Hunter's Department Store as an advertising gimmick with his radio station. At noon, one, two and three PM, the ducks would do a little dance, sort of a jitterbug.

  Elaine Parker : Mr. Tarlek had trained the ducks?

  Vargus Enswiller : No. The ducks danced on a little stage made of aluminum foil. We discovered that under that, Mr. Tarlek had placed a hot plate. He'd turn it up, the ducks would dance. He'd turn it off, and the ducks would go on about their business. You know, the interesting thing about this case was that two Thanksgivings ago, this man Tarlek, and another man named Carlson were cited for throwing live turkeys out of a helicopter... to their deaths.

  Herb Tarlek : [in the next shot of Herb and Mr. Carlson in Mr. Carlson's office, talking directly into the camera]  We, um, we didn't mean to kill those turkeys. It was an accident.

  Arthur Carlson : [sheepishly]  We thought turkeys could fly.

  Phil Tarry : What about the ducks?

  Herb Tarlek : [aside to Mr. Carlson, as both Herb and Mr. Carlson look extremely uneasy]  Should we call a lawyer?

• Phil Tarry : Say, who manages the station?

  Herb Tarlek : Well, there, there's three of us. There's, uh, Arthur Carlson, he's the GM. Andy Travis, he's the PD. And me, I'm the S&M... SM. Sales Manager.