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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Gordon Jump, aka "Big Guy" Carlson, aka The Maytag Man, dies at the age of 71.
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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Gordon Jump, aka "Big Guy" Carlson, aka The Maytag Man, dies at the age of 71.
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Comments
Man, just in time to miss out on the big Emmy "Those Who Kicked Off Last Year" shindig. Gordon needs a new agent. Oh wait...
Posted by: Sekimori | September 23, 2003 08:23 AM
I guess it's time for the "new kid" to take over.
Posted by: Chuck | September 23, 2003 08:29 AM
OT, but your webpage now gives me motion sickness.
Posted by: Frank J. | September 23, 2003 09:19 AM
Across the country, washing machines pause for a moment of silence.
Posted by: disconnect | September 23, 2003 09:26 AM
Appropriately, I first heard about this on the radio.
I'll miss the guy.
Posted by: CGHill | September 23, 2003 09:46 AM
Of course, he wasn't the ORIGINAL Maytag repair man. He took over the role in 1989. He always seemed like an odd choice, since it was post-WKRP.
Posted by: James Joyner | September 23, 2003 09:58 AM
When I saw this posted on CNN.com I was so very sad to hear it. WKRP was one of my favourite shows when I was growing up, and I know every line in every episode.
I'll miss him....
Posted by: Rebecca, Toronto, Canada | September 23, 2003 10:56 AM
i never thought of him as the Maytag Man, either. he'll always be Mr. Carlson to me.
and that turkey episode... a definite sitcom classic. he'll be missed.
Posted by: mikey | September 23, 2003 11:57 AM
No, it can't be. I am so sad.
Posted by: Michael (Yog Sothoth) | September 23, 2003 12:22 PM
I still laugh when I remember the episode when he put cocaine on his feet thinking it was foot powder, and then his feet went numb.
WKR.I.P. Gordon Jump
Posted by: ScottC | September 23, 2003 12:47 PM
He had an acting school in LA, so he kept himself pretty busy, I imagine.
He was a great talent. WKRP should've lasted as long as Full House or Barney Miller. They tried to revive it during the great syndication boom of the late '80s, but without all the original cast, it only lasted a year.
Posted by: Dark Avenger | September 23, 2003 02:48 PM
We weren't allowed to watch WKRP for some reason when I was little. But then my mother also has an insane and unreasonable vendetta against the Simpsons.
You'd think she'd at least let us watch the life's work of Peter the Apostle from the Mormon temple films. (Not that I ever saw it as I never actually made it to the temple.)
He had only just retired from the Maytag man role too--see what happens when you take away the washing machine.
Posted by: PiscusFiche | September 23, 2003 03:07 PM
The good ones die and we still get stuck with Martin Sheen and Mike Farrell.
Posted by: alfredo stroessner | September 23, 2003 04:37 PM