Venus Rising

Baseball
Jennifer Falls in Love
Carlson for President
For Love or Money
Bad Risk
Put Up or Shut Up
Baby, If you've
Ever Wondered
Patter of Little Feet
God Talks to Johnny
Bailey's Big Break
Mike Fright
Les's Groupie
A Family Affair
Jennifer Home
for Christmas
Sparky
The Americanization
of Ivan
Herb's Dad
The Doctor's Daughter
Venus Rising
In Concert
Filthy Pictures
Most Improved Station

Les: And now, Porker's Paradise Sweetmeat Treats, purveyors of pork-like products to the tri-counties, proudly present... (The tape fails to come on. Les cups his hands in front of his face and speaks in a deep voice) Les Nessman and the news! (Les makes a typing sound) Hello, this is Les Nessman with the seven p.m. news. The presidential campaign heats up as Carter-Kennedy coffee klatch concludes clash concerning Kansas Convention caucus. But in Bute, Bush, Baker and Brown blast bountiful big business boom. I'll be right back after these meif bressages.

Herb: Nesmann's got a sponsor, and we've got a lot of ham.
Andy: It's gonna spoil.
Herb: No, no, no. No, it can't. This stuff is... well, it's not exactly real meat.
Mr Carlson: Well, what is it?
Herb: I don't know. But, it can't spoil.

Bailey: What do you want to be a program director for? Venus, you are the best DJ in the whole wide world! (At Johnny's look) One of the best. The best night-time DJ.

Bailey, as Andy enters behind her: Besides, program directors do nothing, they just sit on their duffs! Most program directors. Not all. Not Andy Travis here for instance, no sirree! A very important job! You know what? I should leave. That is a good idea. I'm leaving now. Yup.

Venus on getting older: I took a look at my wardrobe and I asked myself, does a grown man dress like this?

WREQ guy: We are automated. Just like NASA, first class across the board! Amanda honey? Why don't you let Venus see Max. (To Venus) It's just like the Wizard of Oz. Max is our disc jockey! 24 hours a day, he plays all our music! You see, with you on the air every night, people will still think we're live!

Johnny: Les, correct me if I'm wrong, but have you developed a recent fondness for alliteration?
Les: Well, I'm trying to find a style, Johnny. All good newsmen nowadays have to have a style in order to stand out from the crowd.
Johnny: But Les, you've always had a real style of your own. How many newsmen called Chi Chi Rodrigues Chiy-Chiy Rodwagwayz? And what is it you call those little Mexican dogs?
Les: Cheehooahooas?
Johnny: That's style, Les!

Herb, pretending to have a job offer so that he will get a raise: Now, listen to me Les, and listen to me closely. Do not tell anyone about this. Particularly Carlson or Travis.
Les: Okay, I won't!
Herb: And Les, don't tell them soon!
Les: Herb, you know me!
Herb: Like a book.

Venus: I mean, they wanted to pay me to do nothing except sit around and be black.
Herb: Sounds perfect to me! Do you think they'd be interested in talking to a white guy?
Venus: I don't think so.

Andy: All right, look. Here's the deal. We'll give you $2000 more a year, and we'll make you Assistant Program Director. What do you think? 2000.
Venus: Well, let me tell you something about WREQ radio.
Andy: Okay, look. $2500. I'm telling you, man, that's as high as we can go. That's almost what Jennifer makes!

Venus: How about $1700?
Andy: I'm sorry, man. Sorry. ... Uh... am I missing something here? Hold it. See, you're going down instead of up. I was going up.
Venus: I know.
Andy: Oh. Well, in that case, how about $1200?

Venus: What is it?
Andy, laughing: I can't say.
Venus: No, what is it?
Andy: We've got a deal, right?
Venus: Yeah, right.
Andy: Between you and Herb, that's $2700? I could have gone as high as $3000!
Venus: You're too slick for me, Travis!

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