Happy Birthday, Herb Tarlek!

Today is Herb Tarlek's birthday! Or it's the birthday of the actor who played him on WKRP In Cincinnati, Frank Bonner. According to IMDB, he's 64. I loved WKRP and it's zany crew: Dr. Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap, and newsman Les Nessman, who drew imaginary walls around his desk. My favorite will always be ass-kissing Herb, who was forever scheming to get into Jennifer's skirt--since it belonged to 70s pinup queen, Loni Anderson. Herb had his faults: he always thought of himself to be smarter than everyone else, and he was quite selfish. Yet when the chips were down, he had a heart of gold. I'll always associate Herb with the Internet boom. When I worked at Pandesic (a startup in Folsom), we called Friday at 5pm the "Herb Tarlek hour". Herb always kept a bottle of whiskey in his desk. We kept up the tradition with a bottle of Captain Morgan's. Morgan's and Coke, a very fine tradition. Raise a glass to Herb and Frank today. Nuff said.

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