Before I had a VHS player, I taped most of these on cassette, listening to them so many times like a radio show that I memorized them. Frank DeVol’s band was incredible.

So glad to see Charleton Heston had a real sense of humor.

Remember looking forward to watching this every night back while I was in high school Just brilliant . Wish more people new about it

Loved this show. RIP Fred Willard.

Thanks so much for posting..have never gotten enough of martin since i saw him perform with his traveling furnature

This and Fernwood 2-Night were very early send ups of tv talk shows. Cable tv hadn’t made it too far in 77-78.

The first late-night show to lampoon late-night shows. "Fernwood 2 Night" and "America 2 Night" were summer replacements for "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and it's successor "Forever Fernwood". I used to watch this show regularly, although I didn't catch a lot of the dry humor at the tender age of 13. Seeing it now gives me a whole new appreciation of the great writing, the excellent characterization of Martin Mull and Fred Willard, not to mention the genius of Norman Lear (these shows were his brainchild). Truly a classic!

It was difficult seeing Mull without Willard after this! You could trace this humor back to Bob & Ray, and the Smothers Brothers! SCTV also fit the format! RIP Mr Mull....Thank you for the laughs.

Simply brilliant!

Never forgot the humor of this show. Charlton Hestom was quite a sport for doing this.

Delicate content for 1978 with an epidemic in the near future.

Classic. Have not found this yet on KZfaq Did NOT appreciate the humor at the age of eight.

First episode from Mon. 4/10/78

Program consultant Harry Shearer in the credits.

That was amazing, thanks for posting!

For some reason I've been trying to find myself not liking Fred Willard for years but that Charlton Heston interview was the best Fred Willard ever

Charlton heston

Kids are still there. Hope their brains are still intact! I mean the kids at the other end of the couch of course.

Somehow the talent on here reminded me of the Gong Show

what the hell were those little kids doing there listening to these men talk about all that stuff, wild for 1978

Fox news considers this a serious talk show.

The nighttime 32 lineup was pretty excellent. Saturdays? I kind of think this came on before midnight special.

Produced by Jason Seaver and program consultant Principal Skinner

Hey-y-y-y-y, they shorted those kids 25 seconds! Watch! 2 good 2 last ! ooh... this one IS offensive! (enjoy 'em whilst U can!)

Barth Gimble and my dad had the same taste in clothes. Problem is, my dad was 20 years older than him back then.

how did they get a big name like Charlton Heston?

I'LL TAKE JERRY HUBBARD OVER ALL THE LATE NITE TALK IN 2022.....

Henlo

Anyone have the rolletti sherwood wedding?

Strange they would have that perverse conversation with those kids there. Even though they're acting. I guess hollywood has always been hollyweird.

OVS: Did you just remove the 1978 Y&R episode you uploaded recently?

As funny as the Jerry Hubbard character was , they gave him far too much to do in America 2night, which threw the show off balance and made it a little too irritating. I think that’s why it never lasted longer than a year. Because looking back on this and on Fernwood 2night, these were groundbreaking. Everything that came after it copied it, including Letterman, especially Conan O’Brien… What a great show this was.

Pure cheese!