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February 28, 2006
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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