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Fernwood Tonight

Original title: Fernwood 2 Night
  • TV Series
  • 19771977
  • 30m
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Martin Mull and Fred Willard in Fernwood Tonight (1977)
ComedyTalk-Show
Set in the fictional small town of Fernwood, OH, the show parodies real talk shows, complete with a stage band, as well as the sort of fare one might expect from a small-town locally produce... Read allSet in the fictional small town of Fernwood, OH, the show parodies real talk shows, complete with a stage band, as well as the sort of fare one might expect from a small-town locally produced television program.Set in the fictional small town of Fernwood, OH, the show parodies real talk shows, complete with a stage band, as well as the sort of fare one might expect from a small-town locally produced television program.
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  • Creator
    • Norman Lear
  • Stars
    • Martin Mull
    • Fred Willard
    • Frank De Vol
  • Creator
    • Norman Lear
  • Stars
    • Martin Mull
    • Fred Willard
    • Frank De Vol
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    • 18User reviews
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    Martin Mull
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    • Barth Gimble
    Fred Willard
    Fred Willard
    • Jerry Hubbard
    Frank De Vol
    Frank De Vol
    • Happy Kyne
    Tommy Tedesco
    • Tommy Marinucci
    Frank Marocco
    Frank Marocco
    • Frankie Carbone
    Eddie Robertson
    • Eddie Thomerson
    Kenneth Mars
    Kenneth Mars
    • William W.D. 'Bud' Prize…
    Vern Rowe
    • Vernon Taylor…
    Kathy McCullen
    • Debbie Dunbar
    Bill Kirchenbauer
    Bill Kirchenbauer
    • Tony Rolletti
    Jim Varney
    Jim Varney
    • Virgil Simms
    Craig Richard Nelson
    Craig Richard Nelson
    • Dr. Richard Osgood…
    Geraldine Papel
    • Candy Lee Hargrove
    Lou Felder
    • Lou Moffatt…
    Fannie Flagg
    Fannie Flagg
    • Sylvia Miller…
    Robert B. Williams
    Robert B. Williams
    • Garth Gimble Sr.
    Bobbie Tremain
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    Terence McGovern
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    • Creator
      • Norman Lear
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    • Trivia
      Norman Lear originally planned for all of the dialogue on the show to be improvised as Martin Mull and Fred Willard are skilled improvisational comedians. But head writer Alan Thicke insisted that the show would be better scripted with Mull and Willard improvising occasionally. Lear threatened to fire Thicke after the first week of shows but because of the audience's positive response, Lear relented.
    • Quotes

      Jerry: [in a Boris Karloff voice] Walk this way.

      Barth: Jerry!

      Vincent Price: What does he mean "walk this way?"

    • Connections
      Featured in The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984)

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    A little, forgotten treasure
    I was never a big fan of 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' but this hilarious spinoff of that show (a local talk show from the 'MH, MH' setting of Fernwood, Ohio) featured Martin Mull as smug host Barth Gimble and Fred Willard as his empty headed sidekick.The show rather mercilessly skewered small town America, its prejudices and foibles. One show for example featured a Jewish man whose car broke down in Fernwood and was featured as a guest in a segment called "Talk to a Jew".(One old lady: "Barth, I can't believe someone as sweet as this young man murdered Our Lord").It only lasted one season and for some bizarre reason the next year, the show moved its setting to Hollywood and became 'Hollywood 2Night" but without the small town setting the show's point was lost.

    Extra props to the late, great Frank DeVol(veteran tv/movie composer of the 'My Three Sons" theme) as the eternally basset hound faced show's band leader Happy Kyne and His Mirthmakers, who also owned Fernwood's finest fast food joint the "Bun

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    • Release date
      • July 4, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fernwood 2Night
    • Filming locations
      • Metromedia Square - 5746 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • TAT Communications Company
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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