September 24, 2003

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"GOD AS MY WITNESS, I THOUGHT TURKEYS COULD FLY": Actor Gordon Jump died Monday at the age of 71. Jump was best known for three roles: the station manager on "WKRP in the Cincinnati" who said the famous above line; the perpetually un-busy Maytag repairman in a decades-long series of ads; and perhaps most notoriously, a man who attempted to molest Arnold and Dudley on an infamous episode of "Diff'rent Strokes."
Now that the California recall is back on, expect Jump's death to lead to a groundswell of support that sweeps his old co-star, Gary Coleman, into the governor's mansion. Then again, maybe not.

Posted by Stephen Silver at September 24, 2003 12:15 AM
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