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Eventually Fred was repatriated to Australia and was able to pass news on to Les's parents.

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Fred was a friend of Les's from Cannington, Western

John McWilliams 2010

It is only by custom that Mr Hamilton sprays his fizz to God Save the Queen rather than Fat Les's Vindaloo.

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Yesterday I sent Passover greetings to everyone in Les's address book and I got a shock when I printed out the replies and one of the was from a well-known Jewish actress - it turns out that Les and she were working out if we were related.

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It also introduced such future running themes as Les's obsession with Communism, and Bailey's crush on Johnny.

WKRP Episode: "Goodbye, Johnny" Jaime J. Weinman 2009

But the most enduring part of the episode is the last and most elaborate of Les's news screw-ups, the "monster lizard" routine.

WKRP Episode: "Jennifer and Johnny's Charity" Jaime J. Weinman 2009

So the episode was delayed and finally rewritten into its current form, where Les wants to go to New York for reasons that aren't altogether clear, and the surprise cameo at the end is not Walter Cronkite but Richard Sanders in drag as Les's mother, a gag I've never been wild about.

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The last of a big family - she's grudgingly alive and I saw her at Les's funeral.

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Also, after this episode, the show actually dropped the running gag about Les's fear of an imminent Communist invasion -- so he does sort of grow in this episode, at least a little.

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There's also a song Johnny plays in the opening scene; I don't know what the song is, but when it was dubbed over, Les's dialogue was also poorly redubbed.

WKRP Episode: "Goodbye, Johnny" Jaime J. Weinman 2009