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| | Something Old, Nothing New: February 2005 |
 | | As originally announced, Hugh Wilson, the creator of "WKRP," was supposed to write and direct the pilot of "The New WKRP." He pulled out of the project, though, and the executive producer of "The New WKRP" was Bill Dial, a writer on the original series (he wrote the "Turkeys Away" episode). |
 | | Gielen's big break came in the late '70s when he became music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, but his repertoire choices and conducting style weren't to the taste of the orchestra or the audience; his tenure there was short, and he never had another post at a big-city orchestra. |
 | | LES: In other news, General Wallace Nasami, head of the emerging nation of Nibia, denied his government was a dictatorship, and promised free elections as soon as each citizen of the small country learned to play a musical instrument. |
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