Oh, yeah. I am speaking about the two ladies of “WKRP In Cincinnati” here. I was only six years old when the show debuted, and man there was a whole lotta press for Loni Anderson in her role as Jennifer Marlowe. My older brother had a poster of her up in his bedroom (along with one of Wild and Crazy Steve Martin in his classic white suit with a fish in the jacket chest pocket), and I used to gaze at it quite a bit. Yep, Anderson was hot stuff.
But, as I got older and revisted the show through reruns, I couldn’t help but realize that it wasn’t Anderson, but rather Jan Smithers as Bailey Quarters who was the hot chick of the show. The glasses were sexy, the attitude was sexy…hey, blonde bimbos with boobs just didn’t do it for me anymore, I guess (or maybe it was just that weird-ass helmet hair Anderson seemed to have on the show). Anyway, my point is that the world needs some more Bailey. However, according to IMDB, Smithers hasn’t been seen on screen since 1987. What a shame. And why the hell was she married to James Brolin? Ah well, guess memories of Bailey will have to do. I’ll take ’em.
