Fernwood 2Night - Season 1
Season 1
Network
DatesJul 4, 1977 - Sep 30, 1977
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
Talk to a Jew
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?"")
Jul 4, 1977
Season 1Episode 230 min
Leisure Suits Cause Cancer
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.
Jul 5, 1977
Season 1Episode 330 min
The Wonderblender
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,
Jul 6, 1977
Season 1Episode 430 min
Corporal Punishment I
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.
Jul 7, 1977
Season 1Episode 530 min
Corporal Punishment II
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.
Jul 8, 1977
Season 1Episode 630 min
Fernwood Fascinating Females
Vernon Taylor (AKA ""Uncle Sam, Jr"") reads one of his poems, Candy Lee Hargrove talks about the Fernwood Fascinating Females League.
Jul 11, 1977
Season 1Episode 730 min
Hearing Ear Dogs for the Deaf
Pet control center director Connie Bushman on Hearing Ear Dogs for the Deaf. Also: dancer Lisa Martin; Garth Gimble, Sr. and his dog.
Jul 12, 1977
Season 1Episode 830 min
Congressman Chambers
Jul 13, 1977
Season 1Episode 930 min
No-Frills Hospitals
Ambassador-at-large Harold Mislap talks about his efforts to bring tourism to Fernwood, Dr. Richard Osgood presents his no-frills hospital plan.
Jul 14, 1977
Season 1Episode 1030 min
Ethnic Myths
Daredevil Virgil Simms; Emanuel Kasinski on his latest findings on ethnic myths and prejudice.
Jul 15, 1977
Season 1Episode 1130 min
Lillian Dunbar
Grandmother Lillian Dunbar and presidential namesake James Earl Carter.
Jul 18, 1977
Season 1Episode 1230 min
Uncle Sam, Jr. I
Candy discusses gynacology and the need for female gynacologists. Bart plays the guitar while Happy and Vernon accompany him.
Jul 19, 1977
Season 1Episode 1330 min
Tony Rolletti and Susan Cloud
Jul 20, 1977
Season 1Episode 1430 min
Breeding Athletes
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.
Jul 21, 1977
Season 1Episode 1530 min
Animal Sexuality
Professional football consultant Emanual Kasinski on the breeding of large men.
Jul 22, 1977
Season 1Episode 1630 min
Garth Gimble Memorial Tennis Classic
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.
Jul 25, 1977
Season 1Episode 1730 min
Miss Bun-N-Run
Connie Bushman talks about her dating service for dogs. Radio personality Terry Guy plugs his disc jockey correspondence course.
Jul 26, 1977
Season 1Episode 1830 min
Lou Moffatt on Land Deals
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.
Jul 27, 1977
Season 1Episode 1930 min
Uncle Sam, Jr. II
Vernon Taylor, better known as Uncle Sam, Jr. is back and as passionate as ever.
Jul 28, 1977
Season 1Episode 2030 min
Comedy Sales Techniques
Insurance salesman Elliott J. Tubbs demonstrates his comedy sales techniques. Happy Kyne on shut-ins.
Jul 29, 1977
Season 1Episode 2130 min
Tom Waits
Tom Waits. ""Bud"" Prize on using CB radio to bring in tourists.
Aug 1, 1977
Season 1Episode 2230 min
Mental Illness Home Test
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.
Aug 2, 1977
Season 1Episode 2330 min
Nasally Impaired
Happy Kyne shares the latest gizmo developed by the Olfactory Center of Toledo; the nose aid.
Aug 3, 1977
Season 1Episode 2430 min
Singers and Salesmen
Mario Dorsett on his success as a singer; Tony Rolletti; Mrs. Walter Donker, whose husband sells cars.
Aug 4, 1977
Season 1Episode 2530 min
Criminal Justice
Gilbert Ulysses Nelson discusses the treatment of criminals.
Aug 5, 1977
Season 1Episode 2630 min
Still a Dream
Local opera singer Donny Lee Savage; Dr. Hugh Slocum on his latest scientific discovery; Amateur photographer Marianne Cox.
Aug 8, 1977
Season 1Episode 2730 min
Fernwood Blood Drive
Singing duo Doug and Diana Mitchell; Fernwood blood drive chairman Larry Guy.
Aug 9, 1977
Season 1Episode 2830 min
Ratings Week
Singer Laurie Gallagher performs, accompanied by her mother on drums. Also: Bud Prize and Sylvia Miller.
Aug 10, 1977
Season 1Episode 2930 min
Barbershop Trio
Doctor Alexander Beach discusses his findings on marijuana. How the Humdinger Barbershop Quartet became a trio.
Aug 11, 1977
Season 1Episode 3030 min
Two Ladies Against Pornography
Nettie and Barbara Forman on the elderly.
Aug 12, 1977
Season 1Episode 3130 min
Church of the Devine Lemonade
The founder of the Church of the Devine Lemonade, Billy Jenkins. George and Sally Krepps discuss the La Fromage method of childbirth.
Aug 15, 1977
Season 1Episode 3230 min
Roger Bellman
Marin Worth reads one of his poems. Also: Susan Cloud and chauffeur Earl Simmons.
Aug 16, 1977
Season 1Episode 3330 min
The Fitness Twins
Fernwood mayor Merle Jeeter honors champion Girl scout cookie seller Wendy Price. Also: contortionist Mike Timmins and Mary Lou Bridgewater.
Aug 17, 1977
Season 1Episode 3430 min
You Are You
Alberta Cornwall on how colored clothing affects moods; poet Vernon Taylor.
Aug 18, 1977
Season 1Episode 3530 min
The Barber
Hair stylist Sal Magglione and Presidential namesake James Earl Carter.
Aug 19, 1977
Season 1Episode 3630 min
X-Rated Shopping Mall
Sportscaster Jane Tiffany and W. D. ""Bud"" Prize.
Aug 22, 1977
Season 1Episode 3730 min
Tony Rolletti's Autobiography
Tony Rolletti plugs his autobiography. The Mirth-Makers perform ""Rock Around the Clock"".
Aug 23, 1977
Season 1Episode 3830 min
Getting the Most from Your Warranty
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.
Aug 24, 1977
Season 1Episode 3930 min
Nudists
Linda Barry, owner of the Fernwood Nudist Colony. Toy maker George Ellsworth.
Aug 25, 1977
Season 1Episode 4030 min
Wrestling
Jane Tiffany; Sylvia Miller; Wrestler Rock Mondo and his assisstant.
Aug 26, 1977
Season 1Episode 4130 min
Tony and Chance Rolletti
Aug 27, 1977
Season 1Episode 4230 min
Solving Water Shortages
Representative Chambers on solving water shortages with icebergs. Lucy and Ed Campbell show how they display affection.
Aug 28, 1977
Season 1Episode 4330 min
Sex Therapy
Vern Taylor; Sex therapy clinic founder Matthew Johnson; Happy sings about tooth decay.
Aug 29, 1977
Season 1Episode 4430 min
Real Estate Tips
Comic Buddy Brown; Author Dottie Ann Lee; Eddie Thomerson's real estate tips.
Aug 30, 1977
Season 1Episode 4530 min
Skateboard Angel
Larry Guy takes questions from the audience; The Mirth-Makers play ""Skateboard Angel"".
Sep 2, 1977
Season 1Episode 4630 min
Mobile Home Daredevil
Las Vegas entertainer Debbie Dunbar; Mobile home daredevil Virgil Simms.
Sep 5, 1977
Season 1Episode 4730 min
Rev. Chung Hee
Sep 6, 1977
Season 1Episode 4830 min
Pot Sniffing
Impressionist Reggie Morrison; Principal Marshall Petty; Susan Cloud.
Sep 7, 1977
Season 1Episode 4930 min
Pet Mating Service
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.
Sep 8, 1977
Season 1Episode 5030 min
Harrison Edwards' Moon
Historian Harrison Edwards. Also: Tony Rolletti and Jane Tiffany.
Sep 9, 1977
Season 1Episode 5130 min
Behind Hollywood
Author Duane Goff plugs his book, ""Behind Hollywood"". The Mirth-makers perform ""Fifteen and Free"".
Sep 12, 1977
Season 1Episode 5230 min
Etiquette Guidelines
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.
Sep 13, 1977
Season 1Episode 5330 min
Aunt Edith
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.
Sep 14, 1977
Season 1Episode 5430 min
National Liquor Lobby
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.
Sep 15, 1977
Season 1Episode 5530 min
Dr. Harlen Washburn
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.
Sep 16, 1977
Season 1Episode 5630 min
Theological Correspondence Course
Father George Reese plugs his theological correspondence course, and accordianist Frankie ""Kid"" Carbone.
Sep 19, 1977
Season 1Episode 5730 min
Singles Mingles Club
Sep 20, 1977
Season 1Episode 5830 min
Lattimore Diet Program
Six-year-old trombonist Kevin McCormick. Mrs. Lillian Lattimore describes her diet program.
Sep 21, 1977
Season 1Episode 5930 min
Battery Powered Car
Virgil Simms introduces his battery powered car. Emanual Kasinski on Gay Liberation.
Sep 22, 1977
Season 1Episode 6030 min
Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer discusses his work in TV news.
Sep 23, 1977
Season 1Episode 6130 min
Amusement and Healing Parks
Bob and Joanne Herlick recite Shakespeare.
Nelson Phipps of the Amusement and Healing Parks.
Sep 26, 1977
Season 1Episode 6230 min
Indian Princess
On the show tonight: Indian princess Shosen Rising Star and psychologist Stanley Turnbull.
Sep 27, 1977
Season 1Episode 6330 min
Fan Club President
Barth Gimble fan club president Mercedes Blyweiss presents an award to Barth.
Sep 28, 1977
Season 1Episode 6430 min
The Ransom
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.
Sep 29, 1977
Season 1Episode 6530 min
Save "Fernwood 2Night" Telethon
Barth and Jerry stage a telethon to save the show. Final episode of the series. Continues the next summer as ""America 2Night"".
Sep 30, 1977
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