Fernwood Tonight - "Lattimore Diet Program" - WFLD-TV (Complete Broadcast, 9/21/1977) 📺

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The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)

6 жыл бұрын

Here's a complete airing of the Fernwood 2 Night (a.k.a. Fernwood Tonight) episode "Lattimore Diet Program" (S01E58) as aired over WFLD Channel 32.
The series starred Martin Mull as host Barth GImble, Fred Willard as Jerry Hubbard and Frank DeVol as bandleader Happy Kyne. In this episode featured guests, 6 year old trombone player Kevin Williamson (Kevin Brando), newspaper writer and seeded tennis player Harold Clemens (Archie Hahn), and diet author Mrs. Lillian Lattimore (Carol Arthur).
Also featured are the end of The People's Choice with Jackie Cooper, and the opening moments of a Classic 39 Honeymooners episode.
Includes:
Ending moments and credits for The People's Choice episode "Sock, The Fund Raiser" (S01E32) (with voiceover for Fernwood Tonight coming up next by Bud Kelly)
(The original) Field Communications slide (voiceover by ?? - I wish we could ID this one. It's not Darwin Gillette, who took over doing the IDs in 1979)
Legal Station ID / promo for The Honeymooners (with excerpt of "Mind Your Own Business"; voiceover by Bud Kelly)
Opening of Fernwood 2 Night and first guest performing "When The Saints Go Marching In" and "Tiger Rag"
WFLD Fernwood Tonight bumper (1st variant)
Commercial: Homemakers Furniture - with Shelley Long
Promo for People magazine with Cheryl Ladd on cover (September 26th issue)
Commercial: RCA Trades Fantastic Color TV Sale (ending voiceover by Bud Kelly)
Commercial: Wendy's hamburgers (check out the "in joke" on the side of the blue van) - now serving you in Chicago and Northern Indiana
WFLD Fernwood Tonight bumper (2nd variant)
Segment 2, with second guest, Harold Clemens promoting his "Power Tennis for the Blind"
WFLD Fernwood Tonight bumper (1st variant)
WFLD "Look at Us!" promo for The Honeymooners with excerpts of episodes "Young At Heart" and "Opportunity Knocks But" (voiceover by Bud Kelly)
Record offer for "A Country Style Christmas" featuring 1960's and '70's country legend Connie Smith (ending voiceover by Bud Kelly)
(there's an incomplete version of this ad, from a slightly later airing with the price raised a dollar, posted separately here: • A Country Style Christ... )
WFLD Fernwood Tonight bumper (2nd variant)
Segment 3, with Happy Kyne telling Barth that he spends many
Saturdays at the local orphanage entertaining the kids, which he believes to be tax deductible. Then Lillian Lattimore director of the Last Resort prison weight loss camp, explains her system
WFLD Fernwood Tonight bumper (1st variant)
Commercial: Visa credit card from First National Bank of Chicago - "Chicago's Bank"
Record offer for "Rock Revival" by Sessions ("Rock" Revival? Shouldn't it be called "Soul Revival" based on the track list??) (voiceover by ??) (ending voiceover by ??)
WFLD Fernwood Tonight bumper (2nd variant)
Segment 4, with Barth giving PSA for "Water for California" and ending credits (with ending voiceover by Fred Willard, followed by a local voiceover promo for The Honeymooners by Bud Kelly)
Station ID / promo for Rod Serling's Night Gallery for 11pm (voiceover by Bud Kelly)
First few minutes of The Honeymooners episode "The Babysitter" (S01E17) before recording cuts out (no opening credits though?)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, September 21st 1977 during the 9:59pm to 10:34pm timeframe.
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@halwarner3326 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best shows ever. Way ahead of its time

@francescaa8331 Жыл бұрын

Way

@makucevich 4 жыл бұрын

Funny how The Honeymooners seemed like a program from a long time ago back then when it was 20 years old and now Fernwood 2 Night is over 40.

@garykobley289 4 жыл бұрын

Fred was 43 here and he lived another 43 years, R.I.P. Fred Willard.

@Fordham1969 4 жыл бұрын

Just curious though, Fred has mentioned his own birth year in interviews as being 1939, yet many sources continue to list it as 1933. Can anyone out there explain the discrepancy? What's the evidence that he was born in 33?

@525Lines 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fordham1969 He probably was just lying about his age.

@buddy-yn9bd 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my Goodness, Shelly Long before cheers!

@blue04mx53 4 жыл бұрын

yeah, that was a surprise. 5 years before Season 1 of Cheers I think !

@marclandes9779 4 жыл бұрын

I thought so. Good spot

@tahoepoet 2 жыл бұрын

at 7:44

@TexasWildheartsFan 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Jerry Hubbard

@bobnodzo2818 4 жыл бұрын

This show was so great the chemistry between Barth, Jerry, and Happy was incredibly funny.

@2574mcu 4 жыл бұрын

I remember some of the commercials like the Wendy's and the Country Christmas albums. It's nice how you kept the vintage commercials in. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for the great memories.

@kevinohare9216 4 жыл бұрын

There's another video that had a Tab (soda) commercial. I'd long forgotten how catchy that jingle was.

@truthalways8071 4 жыл бұрын

phenomenal that you left the commercials in at first I was thinking I hope he fast-forward through the commercials but The Honeymooners commercials put a smile on my face thumbs up

@kentclark6420 5 жыл бұрын

I used to get a real kick out of this show, and Mary Hartman. There were times watching this show when I kept laughing uncontrollably.

@jeffberger6162 3 жыл бұрын

I love a tv food tray table for his desk!

@DavidSmith-sb2ix 4 жыл бұрын

The commercials are a great touch.

@charleswinokoor6023 4 жыл бұрын

The whole thing, in retrospect - format, set, tone - reminds me of the first couple years of Letterman show in early 80s.

@JeffTrexler 4 жыл бұрын

The influence was particularly clear in Letterman's daytime summer show on NBC before he moved to late night. On that show he had scripted character guests, a la Fernwood and American 2-Night.

@donmoore7785 4 жыл бұрын

The actor who played Happy Kyne is actually quite famous for other work associated with movies and tv - Frank DeVol. Shelly Long doing local tv commercials very shortly before she was discovered.

@6828Lu 4 жыл бұрын

DeVol scored dozens of films and TV shows; he was more famous as a composer and arranger than he was an actor.

@rf8479 4 жыл бұрын

Actually this is better than Fallon, Kimmel, and Colbert all put together.

@georgemoore8832 4 жыл бұрын

you got that right.

@teresa67factoid95 4 жыл бұрын

The current late night Trump bashing morons are unwatchable.

@francescaa8331 Жыл бұрын

This really is better than most late night shows.

@Longshot_NYC Жыл бұрын

I met Norman Lear at a Broadway show and thanked him for all the great shows, that was just a few years ago. Few people recognized him. He appreciated the recognition.

@blue04mx53 4 жыл бұрын

Lillian Lattimore was in Blazing Saddles. Picture her in a blue bonnet.

@BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 жыл бұрын

Zero👎! A true testament to the brilliantiness of this magical N. L. production...long live the timeless and ageless King Norm! he is the man

@VIRGONOMICS 2 жыл бұрын

The Best Days Ever !

@xnonsuchx 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P., Fred Willard :-(

@SuzPratt11 4 жыл бұрын

Weird Enough......I always loved Fernwood Tonight, TY 4 sharing 😄📺

@davidhitchen5369 4 жыл бұрын

Shelley Long stars in the Homemaker commercial.

@jimfitts1 4 жыл бұрын

David Hitchen m

@benvye4279 4 жыл бұрын

@@CoopyKat Supposedly it was. I remember in an interview with her while Cheers was on she mentioned she worked in Chicago.

@andybroberg7084 5 жыл бұрын

What a great show. Very groundbreaking for the time it seems like

@matthewgray469 4 жыл бұрын

When I first saw it it was like seeing Monty Python for the first time I thought here's a great ,new form of comedy. I knew Martin Mull from his records and I knew he was funny.

@francescaa8331 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewgray469 that's how I felt. It was very hip, and on the edge for it's time. And like Monty Python very big with the herbal crowd.

@tapeduk 4 жыл бұрын

I always liked Martin Mull's hair...... his hair from the 70's

@jocelynhansen37 2 жыл бұрын

And his little 'stash. I thought he was pretty cute.

@2574mcu 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was a kid watching this and Mary Hartman. If I remember correctly this was on after Mary Hartman.

@donmoore7785 4 жыл бұрын

I believe your memory is correct. I believe quite late - like perhaps 12 midnight for the first, and 12:30 for the latter.

@lloydweber2451 4 жыл бұрын

I remember it as a summer replacement for Mary Hartman.

@JakeMabe1 3 жыл бұрын

It was a summer replacement series for "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."

@chrishaines1677 2 жыл бұрын

The Honeymooners was on after Mary Hartman in Fla.

@jamesjahoda1613 3 жыл бұрын

The camera work was spot on.

@katherenewedic8076 4 жыл бұрын

Fred's hair and sideburns are rock'n

@42awww 3 жыл бұрын

I definitely detect a show that had some influence on the one and only SCTV. (Which Fred Willard did one of the funniest episodes)

@ggaudin100 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Fred, thanks for all the great memories

@newstarcadefan 6 жыл бұрын

I remember they used to show this on Nick at Nite in the very early 90s, along with America 2 Night it's spinoff.

@wmbrown6 6 жыл бұрын

From what I remember growing up in New York where I remain to this day, WFLD's future sister station, WNEW Channel 5, had aired "Fernwood 2 Night" first-run, at 11 P.M. EDT. The only question is what day this episode would have been shown in my neck o' the woods. In the days before satellite transmission, there was a discrepancy of when syndicated episodes aired "first" in a given market. (Since it debuted there July 4th, I'd presume the same date for this episode as here - except when you consider the big blackout of July 13-14.)

@ericjonmagnuson2728 6 жыл бұрын

For a show like Fernwood, though, I wouldn't be surprised if it ran more consistently among the various markets. After all, it was specifically a summer replacement for Mary Hartman--which, since it was serialized, had to be run in order. In the case of Fernwood, any locally preempted episodes might've been burned off on a weekend or simply not shown.

@MR_MRM_ 6 жыл бұрын

That's where I discovered it. Great stuff. Normal Lear, if I recall. Wasn't "America 2 Night" when the show "went national" in the series plotline -- just like "Donahue" went from Ohio to Chicago when it got picked up in the early 70s?

@BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 жыл бұрын

+Michael McConnell Norman is anything but Normal...thank Maude!

@kevinpogue7294 4 жыл бұрын

@@MR_MRM_ They changed things because many hollywood celebrities wanted to be on the show. But the makers knew that a local Fernwood show wouldn't really get celebs, so they changed the premise, by saying that they moved and went national.

@troylowe814 2 жыл бұрын

We had a local tv show very much like fernwood tonight, the Bob Braun show filmed in Ohio, when I first watched fernwood I assumed it was a legit local talk show like the Bob Braun show. The parody of regional talk shows was dead on, doing for talk shows what this is spinal tap did for rockumentaries. So close to the real thing it could easily fool you.

@daveyvane9431 5 ай бұрын

The first commercial is Diane from Cheers!

@chriscaspers2373 6 жыл бұрын

I think we had the Christmas 8-track tapes back in the day. I recognize some of those versions.

@larryloveshisshinolarug8286 4 жыл бұрын

Shelley Long in local commercial pre-cheers. 7:40

@danjohnson2104 10 ай бұрын

I got a kick out of that misnamed “Rock Revival” album commercial - the one that contained 25 of the latest SOUL hits. 😂🤣🤣

@francescaa8331 Жыл бұрын

Wow Shelly Long.

@ddburrows988 4 жыл бұрын

Dom DeLuise’s wife, Carol, from “The Last Resort” is very funny.

@bobnodzo2818 4 жыл бұрын

Now we know where we got : hands across America 😎

@claudecat 8 ай бұрын

One of the great forgotten veins of comedy, an offshoot of the delightfully weird, sometimes hilarious Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. These writers and performers were doing things decades before Letterman, etc. turned it into something advertisers liked better. The link between the Smothers Brothers 60's and the late night shows we know today, albeit with much lesser hosts nowadays.

@truthalways8071 4 жыл бұрын

And God only knows how five people could have given you a thumbs down for this what were they expecting

@LTJR. 4 жыл бұрын

20:19 when ''weight loss guest '' Lillian Lattimore is introduced the band plays 'Candy' ...those Mirth makers, tch tch! This is first I'm learning of Fred Willard, Aaahhh man, sad news.

@DougGrinbergs 7 күн бұрын

20:11 diet lady 22:51 fat quiz 27:43 PSA: California water relief drive

@OofusTwillip 6 жыл бұрын

07:43 - Shelley Long in the Homemakers commercial.

@MisterUptempo 6 жыл бұрын

If the spot was recorded in '77, the year this show aired, then Long would have just finished her stint on WMAQ-TV's "Sorting It Out", which ended in 1976. It was also about this time that she decided to leave broadcasting, in order to join Second City. The experience and exposure she received at Second City likely played a large role in later success in "Cheers".

@monoped8437 5 жыл бұрын

the dryness, is saharian! i like that i saw elvin and grace....

@duenge 4 жыл бұрын

This must be before Garth joined the Reno Sheriff's Department...

@smokencoffee7680 4 жыл бұрын

Homemakers Furniture... "Because you want to go where everyone knows your name."

@misstee101 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@user-ek6to9gd8l Жыл бұрын

Shelly Long doing that commercial

@deanrane1961 4 жыл бұрын

Those Rock Revival songs weren't that old in '77. Some maybe 10 yrs at the most.

@DavidMcFarner 2 жыл бұрын

@7:43 a very young Shelly Long doing commercials in Ft. Wayne, Indiana before she want to Hollywood.

@FuzzyMemoriesTV 2 жыл бұрын

Ft. Wayne?

@MATTFROMMI 6 жыл бұрын

0:31 That was a way early cut-off...we didn't even get to see whatever logo would've been seen on The People's Choice at the time.

@sexymama1966 6 жыл бұрын

i had to look up on another episode: McCadden Productions, the one that was used at the end of George and Gracie Show's closing credits.

@eddiehascals1 4 жыл бұрын

that kid was picking his noise when he got interrupted to shake Happy's hand. You can see the booger still on his finger when he shakes his hand!

@ScambaiterX 4 жыл бұрын

Do you happen to have any recordings of this with the T.A.T. Communications logo at the end?

@millicentsquirrelhole582 4 жыл бұрын

Nice perm on lil Kev' there an' Shel' Long with tha' dish towel thing aroun' her neck, then Power Tennis for the Blind with guitar strings in their rackets, knock-knock jokes, weight loss prisons, pass water hand by hand (whoa!) for Cali' drought relief, and Happy Kyne and the Mirth Makers...fun viewing for the whole family...maybe.

@PetProjects2011 5 жыл бұрын

Pre-Whose line Archie Hahn

@brianbecker759 8 ай бұрын

Is that Shelly Long in the furniture commercial?

@Janster59 4 жыл бұрын

the chick from Blazing Saddles

@kengeorgejones6855 6 жыл бұрын

Between the announcer deciding to just SHOUT his lines randomly in the last album ad and Connie Smith hilariously transitioning to lip sync at the end of her album ad I'm sorry all over again that today's audiences don't get to see these ridiculous treasures.

@BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 жыл бұрын

treasures is right

@garykobley289 4 жыл бұрын

imagine if you will, AMAZON purchases, please send CHEQUE or MONEY ORDER with order.

@markjeffries3684 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like the recorder stopped the tape right at the beginning of "The Honeymooners," not recording the titles, then starting it right before the beginning of the episode.

@FuzzyMemoriesTV 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. This was a timer recording all the way. Only question is what happened on WFLD's end?

@markjeffries3684 6 жыл бұрын

In that case, I'm guessing that the titles were on a video tape cartridge and master control forgot they were on and went ahead and rolled the film. WFLD did a lot of putting edited titles and credit sequences on the tape carts in the late 70s and early 80s, usually editing out the supporting cast. I'm sure if asked for a reason, they would claim that they weren't editing the actual program--or editing less of the actual program.

@MATTFROMMI 6 жыл бұрын

As a reminder, the TAT in-credit mentions are all that appears, as this was two years before TAT debuted their infamous and partially-found end logo.

@BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 жыл бұрын

partially-found: semi-virginous somewhat-nymphette...if you lost one please don't give me no never-mind or nothing cuz she way cool

@joehudson6391 4 жыл бұрын

Was that Shelley Longcock I saw in that commercial????

@MrTruckerf 4 жыл бұрын

Shelly Long........no 'cock'.

@OofusTwillip 6 жыл бұрын

"The People's Choice" uses the same theme tune as "The Abbott & Costello Show".

@wmbrown6 6 жыл бұрын

Funny, I thought it would've been the closing theme of "The Jack Benny Program" . . .

@sexymama1966 6 жыл бұрын

me too

@MrYoumatic 4 жыл бұрын

Or "Life of Riley"

@kevinsweeney1381 4 жыл бұрын

Were they making this up as they filmed ?

@kevinsweeney1381 4 жыл бұрын

@Roy G Biv Wish i was that funny

@BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 жыл бұрын

is this the guy who played Chuck Campbell on SOAP or is he Robert Morse Jr.? I surreally knead too no

@dannywilde6988 4 жыл бұрын

It's Archie Hahn.

@artbagley1406 4 жыл бұрын

Thought he looked like Larry Manetti, Rick in the original Magnum P.I., but looked him up on IMDB and it wasn't he.

@jaldav 5 жыл бұрын

Was there a sequel called "Forever Fernwood"?

@eblackadder3 5 жыл бұрын

"Forever Fernwood" was a sequel to "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". "America 2 Night" was the sequel to "Fernwood 2 Night".

@BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 жыл бұрын

+eblackadder3 I'm Fernever contused...Fernwood Forever wasn't like A*F*T*E*R M*A*S*H was it?

@krisscanlon4051 4 жыл бұрын

I think they are goofing on Brooke Shields mom on this one lol MM have a drink lol

@VIRGONOMICS 2 жыл бұрын

Shelly Long ? Homemakers Commercial.

@troylowe814 2 жыл бұрын

Uh...an album called rock revival with the spinners, Stevie wonder, Gladys knight, Jackson 5? What? When were they rock? Talk about misnaming your compilation lp's.

@BrianSmith-ix3ns 5 жыл бұрын

considering that this lady was married to the late great Dom DeLouise I understand the whole fat-shaming dealyboplazapalooza

@kimiisungstartedthekoreanw2771 5 жыл бұрын

Lobotomized Mull was a superstar?

@hochiminhwasamass-murderer8922 4 жыл бұрын

Willard struck me as if he was naturally lobotomised. Same with Mull.

@coolcat1684 4 жыл бұрын

Ho Chi Minh was a mass-murderer that’s called acting

@hochiminhwasamass-murderer8922 4 жыл бұрын

@@coolcat1684 Well no. Mull stated he ( Mull) never yelled in real life. Said that in a magazine interview. Mull may have been naturally lobotomized in real life.