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Fernwood 2 Night

1977

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EP1 Talk to a Jew Jul 04, 1977

Barth talks about his unusual day-to-day contract. Howard Palmer, a man in an iron lung, plays the piano. ""Talk to a Jew"" -- Morton Rose answers audience questions. (""When is Barbra Streisand's next movie coming out?"")

EP2 Leisure Suits Cause Cancer Jul 05, 1977

Barth thanks the viewers for their support that got him renewed for another episode. Rocket to Stardom: Baby Irene sings ""I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded"". Barth talks to her about gun control. Happy talks about his nostrils. From Fernwood Commmunity College: Doctor Richard Osgood has proof that leisure suits cause cancer. (You see, they dress up the mice in tiny leisure suits... No, really!) Bury the Hatchet: Iris and Joseph Case want their son, a Catholic priest, to come back to them. Howard Palmer plays, while Baby Irene dances.

EP3 The Wonderblender Jul 06, 1977

Barth introduces his dad. The body language of April McTear -- contortionist. Lou Moffatt plugs Blendermatic, the Wonderblender. The owner of the Butterfly Deli, Susan Cloud (""...the body _requires_ burgers""). Barth's father Garth Sr. and his idiot dog perform,

EP4 Corporal Punishment I Jul 07, 1977

Hula hoopist Darius Washington. South Vietnamese gardener Mein Ko Thein (?) plugs his book: ""Yankee Doodle Gook"". The Other Side of the News:High School Principal Marshall O. Petty discusses corporal punishment by demonstrating it on Debbie Dunbar. Lastly, Garth Sr. and his dumb dog.

EP5 Corporal Punishment II Jul 08, 1977

Barth talks with Debbie Dunbar's mother. Since ""last weeks"" on-air spanking, Debbie has gotten several lucrative modeling jobs. Russ Tuttle, the Fernwood coroner talks about cut rate funeral alternatives; Mrs. Dunbar appears with both of her daughters, shamelessly plugging the phone number for her ""talent agency"". Jerry rambles on about families. Barth sings ""Feelings"" while Debbie does cheerleader stuff. Once again, Garth and Louie.

EP6 Fernwood Fascinating Females Jul 11, 1977

Vernon Taylor (AKA ""Uncle Sam, Jr"") reads one of his poems, Candy Lee Hargrove talks about the Fernwood Fascinating Females League.

EP7 Hearing Ear Dogs for the Deaf Jul 12, 1977

Pet control center director Connie Bushman on Hearing Ear Dogs for the Deaf. Also: dancer Lisa Martin; Garth Gimble, Sr. and his dog.

EP8 Congressman Chambers Jul 13, 1977

Plot of this episode is not specified yet.
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EP9 No-frills Hospitals Jul 14, 1977

Ambassador-at-large Harold Mislap talks about his efforts to bring tourism to Fernwood, Dr. Richard Osgood presents his no-frills hospital plan.

EP10 Ethnic Myths Jul 15, 1977

Daredevil Virgil Simms; Emanuel Kasinski on his latest findings on ethnic myths and prejudice.

EP11 Lillian Dunbar Jul 18, 1977

Grandmother Lillian Dunbar and presidential namesake James Earl Carter.

EP12 Uncle Sam, Jr (I) Jul 19, 1977

Candy discusses gynacology and the need for female gynacologists. Bart plays the guitar while Happy and Vernon accompany him.

EP13 Tony Rolletti and Susan Cloud Jul 20, 1977

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EP14 Breeding Athletes Jul 21, 1977

Barth challenges Jimmy Carter to come on the show and compete with him to prove just who is a star. Lou Moffet offers tips on home music ripoffs and the presents the American Guitar Studios home study course offered by Gimblco Enterprises. Happy & band member Tommy Maranucci sit and chat.

EP15 Animal Sexuality Jul 22, 1977

Professional football consultant Emanual Kasinski on the breeding of large men.

EP16 Garth Gimble Memorial Tennis Classic Jul 25, 1977

This episode is tentatively scheduled for air on TV LAND July 20th at midnight. Original production number: 127 Barth promotes the planned Garth Gimbel Memorial Tennis Classic. W.D. ""Bud"" Prize (Kenneth Mars) returns, and bows to public demands that he reveal the secret of his chinadonture treatment. In a rebuttal to Dr. Van Moot (aka Dr. Osgood), Phil Maltby (Morgan Upton) of Phil's Fashion Funwear and Medical Research Lab explains that leisure suits, far from causing cancer, actually can help cure disease. ""Bud"" Prize is so stimulated by this revelation that he falls asleep.

EP17 Dating Service for Dogs Jul 26, 1977

Connie Bushman talks about her dating service for dogs. Radio personality Terry Guy plugs his disc jockey correspondence course.

EP18 Lou Moffatt on Land Deals Jul 27, 1977

Lou Moffatt on land deals; Bassist Eddie Thomerson. Sylvia Miller also appears and discusses how a martian violated her with a beam of blue light.

EP19 Uncle Sam Jr. II Jul 28, 1977

Vernon Taylor, better known as Uncle Sam, Jr. is back and as passionate as ever.

EP20 Comedy Sales Techniques Jul 29, 1977

Insurance salesman Elliott J. Tubbs demonstrates his comedy sales techniques. Happy Kyne on shut-ins.

EP21 Tom Waits Aug 01, 1977

Tom Waits. ""Bud"" Prize on using CB radio to bring in tourists.

EP22 Dumbness measuring machine Aug 02, 1977

A dumbness measuring machine is demonstrated. Actually, more like a dumbness alarm. Say a dumb thing, and the alarm goes off. Like every time that Jerry opens his mouth.

EP23 no info Aug 03, 1977

Happy Kyne shares the latest gizmo developed by the Olfactory Center of Toledo; the nose aid.

EP24 Singers and salesmen Aug 04, 1977

Mario Dorsett on his success as a singer; Tony Rolletti; Mrs. Walter Donker, whose husband sells cars.

EP25 Criminal Justice Aug 05, 1977

Gilbert Ulysses Nelson discusses the treatment of criminals.

EP26 Still a Dream Aug 08, 1977

Local opera singer Donny Lee Savage; Dr. Hugh Slocum on his latest scientific discovery; Amateur photographer Marianne Cox.

EP27 Fernwood Blood Drive Aug 09, 1977

Singing duo Doug and Diana Mitchell; Fernwood blood drive chairman Larry Guy.

EP28 Ratings Week Aug 10, 1977

Singer Laurie Gallagher performs, accompanied by her mother on drums. Also: Bud Prize and Sylvia Miller.

EP29 Barbershop Trio Aug 11, 1977

Doctor Alexander Beach discusses his findings on marijuana. How the Humdinger Barbershop Quartet became a trio.

EP30 Two Ladies Against Pornography Aug 12, 1977

Nettie and Barbara Forman on the elderly.

EP31 Church of the Devine Lemonade Aug 15, 1977

The founder of the Church of the Devine Lemonade, Billy Jenkins. George and Sally Krepps discuss the La Fromage method of childbirth.

EP32 Roger Bellman Aug 16, 1977

Marin Worth reads one of his poems. Also: Susan Cloud and chauffeur Earl Simmons.

EP33 The Fitness Twins Aug 17, 1977

Fernwood mayor Merle Jeeter honors champion Girl scout cookie seller Wendy Price. Also: contortionist Mike Timmins and Mary Lou Bridgewater.

EP34 You Are You Aug 18, 1977

Alberta Cornwall on how colored clothing affects moods; poet Vernon Taylor.

EP35 The Barber Aug 19, 1977

Hair stylist Sal Magglione and Presidential namesake James Earl Carter.

EP36 X-Rated Shopping Mall Aug 22, 1977

Sportscaster Jane Tiffany and W. D. ""Bud"" Prize.

EP37 Tony Rolletti's autobiography Aug 23, 1977

Tony Rolletti plugs his autobiography. The Mirth-Makers perform ""Rock Around the Clock"".

EP38 Getting the most from your warranty Aug 24, 1977

Virgil Simms tells how to get the most out of your new-car waranty. Basically, you make sure that it goes into the shop just before that waranty expires.

EP39 Nudists Aug 25, 1977

Linda Barry, owner of the Fernwood Nudist Colony. Toy maker George Ellsworth.

EP40 Wrestling Aug 26, 1977

Jane Tiffany; Sylvia Miller; Wrestler Rock Mondo and his assisstant.

EP41 Tony and Chance Rolletti Aug 27, 1977

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EP42 Solving Water Shortages Aug 28, 1977

Representative Chambers on solving water shortages with icebergs. Lucy and Ed Campbell show how they display affection.

EP43 Sex Therapy Aug 29, 1977

Vern Taylor; Sex therapy clinic founder Matthew Johnson; Happy sings about tooth decay.

EP44 Real Estate Tips Aug 30, 1977

Comic Buddy Brown; Author Dottie Ann Lee; Eddie Thomerson's real estate tips.

EP45 Skateboard Angel Sep 02, 1977

Larry Guy takes questions from the audience; The Mirth-Makers play ""Skateboard Angel"".

EP46 Mobile Home Daredevil Sep 05, 1977

Las Vegas entertainer Debbie Dunbar; Mobile home daredevil Virgil Simms.

EP47 Rev. Chung Hee Sep 06, 1977

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EP48 Pot Sniffing Sep 07, 1977

Impressionist Reggie Morrison; Principal Marshall Petty; Susan Cloud.

EP49 Pet Mating Service Sep 08, 1977

Connie Bushman on her computer pet mating service; Sherry McCormick performs "" I Like Dreamin'""; The Birchfield, Ohio mayor tells how he spent 90 days in jail.

EP50 Harrison Edwards' Moon Sep 09, 1977

Historian Harrison Edwards. Also: Tony Rolletti and Jane Tiffany.

EP51 Behind Hollywood Sep 12, 1977

Author Duane Goff plugs his book, ""Behind Hollywood"". The Mirth-makers perform ""Fifteen and Free"".

EP52 Etiquette Guidelines Sep 13, 1977

Barth starts the show with a slide show of his travels around Hollywood. Guests for this episode are etiquette authority Meg Endicott and her new book, Etiquette Guidelines for the Future and U.S. Defense Department representative, Col. Morris Chandler, announcing the newly formed War Deprogramming Center, a facility that helps war veterans ease back into the civilian life by first returning them to the war.

EP53 Aunt Edity Sep 14, 1977

The show starts off on a somber note when Barth announces that the recently hired sportscaster, Jane Tiffany, was injured and is now in a coma, her prognosis uncertain. They proceed to hold an impromptu tribute to her which was quickly thrown together without hardly any thought or preparation and it shows. The first guest claimed to be Barth's Aunt Edith but is in fact Barth's former "patron" from Miami. This much older woman has tracked him down for the promised "services to be rendered" once she "put mirrors on every ceiling." The next guest claimed to be an accomplished dancer who defected from the Soviet Union but it becomes obvious that Serge Nabokov was kicked out because, as his mother put it, "you stink.

EP54 no info Sep 15, 1977

Barth says a prayer on the show before introducing former daredevil now auto mechanics instructor Virgil Simms. He talks about being an auto-mechanics instructor at the Fernwood Community College. Also appearing is Elliot J Tubbs, the newly appointed National Liquor Lobby representative furthering the alcohol industry's cause. Barth ends the show with a song about truckers and fruit.

EP55 no info Sep 16, 1977

The show begins with Barth and Jerry reacting to some comments made by Tom Snyder. With the band's strike over, things return to normal. Tonight's guests include Edward Bailey, a hamburger bun juggler from the Bun-N-Run, Dr. Harlen Washburn, who describes his vision of integrated education and returning guest Baby Irene performing Animal Crackers.

EP56 Theological Correspondence Course Sep 19, 1977

Father George Reese plugs his theological correspondence course, and accordianist Frankie ""Kid"" Carbone.

EP57 Singles Mingles Club Sep 20, 1977

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EP58 Lattimore Diet Program Sep 21, 1977

Six-year-old trombonist Kevin McCormick. Mrs. Lillian Lattimore describes her diet program.

EP59 Battery Powered Car Sep 22, 1977

Virgil Simms introduces his battery powered car. Emanual Kasinski on Gay Liberation.

EP60 Harry Shearer Sep 23, 1977

Harry Shearer discusses his work in TV news.

EP61 Amusement and Healing Parks Sep 26, 1977

Bob and Joanne Herlick recite Shakespeare. Nelson Phipps of the Amusement and Healing Parks.

EP62 Indian Princess Sep 27, 1977

On the show tonight: Indian princess Shosen Rising Star and psychologist Stanley Turnbull.

EP63 Fan Club President Sep 28, 1977

Barth Gimble fan club president Mercedes Blyweiss presents an award to Barth.

EP64 The Ransom Sep 29, 1977

Happy Kyne talks about where songwriters get their inspiration. Happy and the Mirth-Makers sing ""Ice Cream Baby"". Barth interviews three heavily-disguised criminals. Barth explains to Jerry how cartoons work. Bud Prize talks about the ransom note. Somebody has his chow-chow! Barth gets a singing telegram -- actually a summons from Miami.

EP65 Save "Fernwood 2Night" Telethon Sep 30, 1977

Barth and Jerry stage a telethon to save the show. Final episode of the series. Continues the next summer as ""America 2Night"".
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Fernwood 2 Night was a comedic television program that ran from July 1977 – September 1977. It was created by Norman Lear and produced by Alan Thicke as a spin-off/summer replacement from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. It was a parody talk show, hosted by Barth Gimble and sidekick/announcer Jerry Hubbard, complete with a stage band, Happy Kyne and His Mirthmakers. Barth was the twin brother of Garth Gimble from Mary Hartman. Like Mary Hartman, Fernwood 2 Night was set in the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio. The show satirized real talk shows as well as the sort of fare one might expect from locally-produced, small-town, midwestern American television programming. Well-known actors usually appeared playing characters or a contrivance had to be written for the celebrity to appear as themselves. After one season of Fernwood, the producers revamped the show the following year as America 2-Night. In this second version, Barth and Jerry's show moved to California and was broadcast nationally on the fictional UBS network, whose slogan was "We put U before the BS". This change allowed the show to now have well-known actors on the show as themselves.

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Lori I absolutely rolled on the floor with laughter at this show. Martin Mull and Fred Willard were the perfect choices to play the hosts of "Fernwood Tonight". During those days, Johnny Carson was so popular and it was hilarious to see the hosts of "Fernwood Tonight" act as if their show was just as popular on a small town scale. I would love to see this series come out on DVD. It's a shame that this type of humorous show is no longer....there is too much nudity,sex and violence on TV these days. I miss just laughing at something silly! It would be so much fun to reminisce and watch this show. After all these years, I've never forgotten it. So many other shows seemed to be released on DVD right away, PLEASE release "Fernwood Tonight" to DVD!
trw6142 Martin Mull and Fred Willard made the perfect comedy team for this satire of talk shows and small-town TV. I loved every episode! Having worked in small-town radio for several years, this series really rang true. But for me, the real treat was 'Happy Kine,' the band director (aka Frank De Vol). If you have access to any cable or satellite music channels, check out the 'Easy Listening' channel, and you'll find plenty of music by De Vol, his professional name when he was doing serious music. That's right, 'Happy Kine' was a major player in the 'long hair' and elevator music fields in the 50's and 60's. He also scored many motion pictures and TV shows. Look him up in Wikipedia. You'll be surprised!
Doug-135 Other than Monty Python, I can't think of too many shows where I would actually hurt from laughing so hard, but this was one of those shows.I think there were a lot of elements that made this show so great: all the characters were wonderful, and I like how they were so earnest in the way they went about doing their show in the small town of Fernwood Ohio, the guests who happened along and got their 15 minutes of fame momentarily, the non-PC way Barth and Jerry conversed about pretty much any topic or person, and of course, Happy Kyne and the Merthmakers.I'd like to see the shows again to see if they were all as good as I remember.
Mike O'Brien One of my favorite features on Fernwood Tonight was the guests. One was a scientist researching the effects of polyester using white rats. He held up a rat dressed in a tiny polyester leisure suit, and a control rat dressed in tweed. He reported that, not only did the rats in tweed get less cancer, they got more girls.