WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series)

Ask Jennifer (1981)

Gordon Jump: Arthur Carlson

Quotes 

• Arthur Carlson : [about finding a host for a new call-in advice show]  Who have you got in mind?

  Andy Travis : I don't know yet, but I'm going to find someone.

  Herb Tarlek : Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, excusez-moi Travinski. Look, that was my idea, I should find him.

  Andy Travis : [scoffing]  Oh no, Herb. Don't you want this idea to work?

  Herb Tarlek : What is that supposed to mean?

  Andy Travis : Well, uh...

  Arthur Carlson : I think what Andy is trying to say, Herb, is if you get your incompetent hands on this project, it would totally destroy what would otherwise be a darned good idea.

• [Mr. Carlson is handling reception duties in place of Jennifer when the telephone rings] 

  Arthur Carlson : [answering the phone]  Hello, WKRP... Mr. Carlson? He's not in. The guy's never in.

  [Mr. Carlson hangs up the phone] 

• [Andy is sitting next to Mr. Carlson who is handling reception duties in place of Jennifer when the telephone rings] 

  Arthur Carlson : [answering the phone]  Hello, WKRP... Travis?

  [Andy motions to take the receiver from Mr. Carlson when Mr. Carlson continues to answer the caller] 

  Arthur Carlson : No, he's not in. No, the guy's never in.

  [Mr. Carlson hangs up the phone] 

• Herb Tarlek : [somebody has to fill in for Jennifer now that she's doing the radio show]  I'll handle the salesman. What does he look like?

  Arthur Carlson : You.

  Bailey Quarters : Good! Dracula meets Frankenstein.

• Jennifer Marlowe : Gentlemen... Arlene has just resigned. Johnny's filling in.

  Andy Travis : Now wait a minute, Jennifer, you promised me...

  Jennifer Marlowe : With Bailey's help, I just got a caller in touch with a center for battered women.

  Arthur Carlson : Well, uh, that... that's good.

  Jennifer Marlowe : Except that she probably wouldn't have gotten battered had it not been for my cute, flip, off-the-cuff advice.

  Andy Travis : Well now, wait. Jennifer, you can't take responsibility for something like that.

  Jennifer Marlowe : Why not?

  Andy Travis : Well, because we talked you into this, and...

  Jennifer Marlowe : You don't understand, Andy. I kind of liked it. I enjoyed it. Do you think I would have done that day after day if I hadn't? Does that sound like me? So, now I am going to take my little feet right out there in the lobby, and keep my big mouth shut.

  Arthur Carlson : No, no, Jennifer, don't... don't do that.

  Jennifer Marlowe : Why not?

  Arthur Carlson : Because you can't just shut yourself off.

  Jennifer Marlowe : Why not?

  Arthur Carlson : Because I need you.

  Jennifer Marlowe : I don't want people to need me.

  Arthur Carlson : Oh, yes, you do. You want me to need you. And I'll tell you something else, young lady. If you hadn't been on that phone, that woman probably wouldn't have gotten the help that she needed from you and that Bailey. And do you really think that a radio show has anything at all to do with a man who batters women?