 "Venus, We Hardly Knew Ya" reveals that Venus left his position as the night time DJ at WKRP around 1985, and has since become a successful broadcasting executive with BET, dropping his on-air alias in favor of his real name of Gordon Sims.He initially is not very interested in talking about or remembering his years as Venus Flytrap, having left this persona at the station, but eventually comes to develop a nostalgic fondness for that time in his life.This episode was written and directed by Max Tash, who was a stage manager and associate producer for the entire run of the original series.