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4 July 1977 (USA) more
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Barth Gimble and Jerry Hubbard are the host of a talk show produced in the fictitious town of Fernwood... more
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Cast

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Martin Mull ... Barth Gimble (25 episodes, 1977)

Fred Willard ... Jerry Hubbard (25 episodes, 1977)
Frank De Vol ... Happy Kyne (25 episodes, 1977)
Tommy Tedesco ... Tommy Marinucci (15 episodes, 1977)
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Fernwood 2Night (USA) (alternative spelling)
Fernwood 2Nite (USA) (alternative spelling)
Fernwood Tonight (USA) (new title)
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Jerry: [in a Boris Karloff voice] Walk this way.
Barth: Jerry!
Vincent Price: What does he mean "walk this way?"
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Strange and delightful, 20 March 2003
Author: Charles Tatum II from Houston

"Fernwood 2 Night" was a strange and delightful summer series from the mind of Norman "All In The Family" Lear. I never got addicted to its associated series, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" but I really enjoyed watching this talk show spoof. Taped at the fictitious WZAZ-TV studios (Channel 6, Fernwood, Ohio), every night was a parade of peculiar - and often talentless - guests. Occasionally the Mirthmakers would go on strike, leaving poor Happy Kine, the woe-be-gone-faced bandleader, to play the show's signature theme, solo, on a clarinet. I could have it mixed up with "America 2 Night" (the series that followed the next summer), but "Fernwood 2 Night" also had special features such as "Rocket 2 Stardom" (that showcased new "talent"), and "Bury The Hatchet" (which allowed those with grudges to settle them on the air).

This show was a predecessor to the later wildly popular "Larry Sanders Show" on HBO and Comedy Central's "Primetime Glick", two other send-ups of the talk show circuit. In many respects, though, "Fernwood 2 Night" was a classic. I certainly hope the entire series is made available on DVD sometime.

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