The May Toe-tag Man

Gordon Jump, who starred as Arthur Carlson, general manager of WKRP in Cincinnati and the latter day Maytag Repairman, died yesterday at the age of 71. Hard-core TV viewers also remember him as a pedophile bicycle shop owner from a very special two-part episode of Diff'rent Strokes. One of the most underrated comedies of the 1970s, WKRP was hampered by 30 time changes in its 4 years on the air. Jump had perhaps the best line ever on the show. During a Thanksgiving Day promotion, Mr. Carlson dropped free live turkeys from a helicopter, with the expected results. Walking back into the station offices, a shaken Mr. Carlson explained: "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."