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"Fernwood 2 Night" (1977)
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4 July 1977 (USA)
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Barth Gimble and Jerry Hubbard are the host of a talk show produced in the fictitious town of Fernwood...
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(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 21) | 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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Fernwood 2Nite (USA) (alternative spelling)
Fernwood Tonight (USA) (new title)
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Featured in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
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"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.