Patton Oswald=complete hypocrite! That being said...Fernwood was one of the most hysterical shows EVER! I miss the days when people LAUGHED at our differences instead of rioting, looting, destroying property and hating because people are different. Better times, back then!
@@patdonnelly9392 lol. Cancel culture is a bullshit idea. The people that talk most about it are the main ones trying to "cancel" people they don't like. It's a fraudulent gimmick for politicians and talking heads to grift off of dummies.
I'm Italian, and I burst out laughing when Willard said that. By the end of that segment, I had tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard. That's some hilarious sh*t right there!!! 😂
Nice to see a shout out for FERNWOOD 2NIGHT, the first true "anti-comedy", still ahead of it's time after close to forty years. Elements of this show could later be seen in the LETTERMAN and LARRY SANDERS shows, clear through to shows like ERIC ANDRE and TIM & ERIC. If you like it edgy, this is the show for you. Available here on UA-cam.
The song they played to bring him out was People, made famous by Barbra Streisand...Fernwood Tonight was great, no way they could do something this good in the politically correct whiner era of today
Mull was hilarious! Always playing the cantankerous, impatient, know-it-all so well. And Willard, with his ability to play the village idiot who thinks he's the smartest person in the room. It took great timing. Both of them had me crying with laughter in F2N.
Holy shit, I've never heard of this show, but I did know about the Mary Hartman one that it was spun off from. Its pretty funny, but of course couldn't be done now. Nearly everything from the 70's, 80s, and even the 90s wouldn't make it on TV now, too many fragile snowflake SJWs would be offended. I've always liked Martin Mull, he's always been able to get movie and TV work, good for him. As for Fred Willard, I didn't know about him until much later on, and he also got a whole bunch of work on TV. He died recently, RIP him.
As great as this was and as edgy as they went with it, the fact that they basically did all stereotypes but Blacks, that felt like a bit of a cop out, especially cause all of the other race stereotypes they did were so funny and relatable, would've been interesting to see where they went with the Black jokes and what they deemed funny and edgy but not too over the line, not just them completely avoiding it
The polish joke reminded me of something a bit weird. In 3rd grade or so my school had a book fair, where they sell some of their old library books. The one I bought was a polish joke book. It had some standard "how many polacks" style jokes, the hack kind, but there were some brutal ones that were just hateful. Some were picture jokes that were hilarious. Picture a big huge beefy man, a surly look to him, squinty slits for eyes, a cigar butt in his mouth and wearing one of those "cabby hats". He's dead pale, wearing too small swim trunks. He's standing in one of those small plastic kiddy pool tubs with some sand around it. There's a lightbulb hanging from a wire above his head. The caption reads "Polack beach party".
Half my family’s polish, so when I was a kid I openly said I was mostly polish. So…. Yeah they started hitting me with polak jokes. Right to my face. Didn’t bother me at the time, and that’s probably because I didn’t understand them. I’d never heard that we were stupid, and I’m betting that probably made it funnier. Odd thing is: I’ll occasionally mention to people I know that I was treated as if I was mentally retarded for a few years there until polak jokes kind of faded off. From about 6 to 10 years old maybe. And sometimes it wasn’t jokes. A few times I was told flat out that my ethnicity meant that I was stupid. It kind of stuck with me till I shrugged it off around 9th grade. Nobody ever seems to react to this as if I was saying something significant. Sometimes I’ll ask if they’d react differently to what I said if I was a black man telling the same story. They kind of get uncomfortable and try to brush that off. Then when I tell them my favorite polak jokes, they act like I’m being a racist. I guarantee that my complexion has a lot to do with all of it.
If you look closely, you can see Tommy Tedesco on guitar. One of the greatest guitar players ever ! A member of "The Wrecking Crew" ! And Frank De Vol, Academy Award winning Musical Director.
I hated his character on that show, he played the exact opposite of every other character he ever played. Maybe that's what he wanted to do, who knows?
I thought it was so funny they didn't know who the other guy on the couch was. Then they went on to mention Jim Varney was on the show a lot but they didn't recognize him when he was sitting right there. Must have been the greasy hairdo that threw them off.
I note with interest that the faux Polish researcher ends the segment by saying the Polish people are "bright, perceptive and highly intelligent" - no doubt to make up for the ridicule that came before. All that being said, right now Poland - and Hungary - are the two nations in Europe displaying the smarts that have kept terroristic 7th-century barbarians out of their countries. It is only a matter of time Germans, for example, will be clamoring at the gates of Poland, this time not to conquer but to stay. And at that point, remembering all those unfair Polish jokes, many Poles will be thinking "So, who's laughing now~?"
"The Japanese enjoy the feeling of leather and straps around their necks..." I was expecting the punchline to this to be far worse than "That's why they enjoy wearing cameras and binoculars."
Patton Oswalt has a thing for weird, obscure stuff, he'll hype some obscure comedy on the show and make it sound like it's this genius work, and then you check it out and it's just stupid and weird, nowhere near as funny/bizarre/interesting/fascinating as he made it sound like it would be
"kris and rita...and marty mull are meetin at the troubadour" from 'lonesome l.a. cowboy' by the new riders 1971! I guess he was kool even before fernwood!
He was a musician and also had a musical comedy show for years before this. He was almost the band leader on the first season of SNL... he had to turn it down because he couldn't read sheet music. He and Steve Martin were contemporaries and friends at the height of the whole 70s rockstar comedian thing.
This show isn't out on dvd nor is it in reruns anywhere probably because of the political incorrectness. Yet when this guy tries to put them up on YT off his old vhs collection they pull his channel everytime. I w got all of them downloaded from his tapes last time except the last ten and they pulled him.
I'd forgotten this show existed. Even though I was a teenager when it originally played and was a fan. I can't imagine anyone now telling a Polish, Jewish, Italian or whatever joke yet they were so common then. Anyway Mull and Willard, both from Ohio, were so damn funny and also on Roseanne as a gay couple. They're both gone now.
Patton and Ant are genuinely laughing about the same subject for completely different reasons. That's real comedy
Is Patton Oswald arguing against white knighting? That mushy hypocrite.
Patton Oswald=complete hypocrite! That being said...Fernwood was one of the most hysterical shows EVER! I miss the days when people LAUGHED at our differences instead of rioting, looting, destroying property and hating because people are different. Better times, back then!
@@patdonnelly9392 people were rioting and burning and killing back then too. What America were you thinking of?
@@phanatic215 the one that invented 'cancel culture' for comedians that 'offend' them.
@@patdonnelly9392 lol. Cancel culture is a bullshit idea. The people that talk most about it are the main ones trying to "cancel" people they don't like. It's a fraudulent gimmick for politicians and talking heads to grift off of dummies.
@@phanatic215 Tell Cumia it doesn't exist. And....the brilliant Fernwood2Night would NEVER be allowed to be made today.
I guess they were right about Italians loving hitting
NOW CLEAN IT UP!
now go home and get ur fuckin shinebox
BOOM [ball flies out of the park to scattered applause]
DAGO
I'm Italian and highly offended by this. *hits wall*
5:42 "All races are alike, we are all the same."
Fred Willard: "Does that apply to the dago also?" I had a small heart attack from laughing at this
Not even dagos, the dago! Hahahaha
I'm Italian, and I burst out laughing when Willard said that. By the end of that segment, I had tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard. That's some hilarious sh*t right there!!! 😂
I think Patton Oswalt forgot comedy pushed boundaries...even in 2018.
He's a complete sellout.
Nick Dipaolo shits on him in the intro to his show.
@@MedroffYT Nick Dipaolo is also crazy. On the stupid level, though
@Steve I strongly disagree. He's one of the funniest men alive.
Patton calling out white knighting wow. He’s part of the “they’d melt down” crowd if this show returned today.
Patton Oswalt making fun of White Knights. The irony.
Tom Waits made an epic appearance on the show. It is a must watch.
Ironic since Patton would call for cancelling this now...
Sellout punk.
Nice to see a shout out for FERNWOOD 2NIGHT, the first true "anti-comedy", still ahead of it's time after close to forty years. Elements of this show could later be seen in the LETTERMAN and LARRY SANDERS shows, clear through to shows like ERIC ANDRE and TIM & ERIC. If you like it edgy, this is the show for you. Available here on UA-cam.
Jack Grattan Why do you CAPITALIZE all the letters in SHOW names for no real REASON?
Forty night
RIP Fred willard
And now Martin Mull, too. Damn, it sucks to have lost so many hilarious people of that era. Comedy was truly funny back then.
“There’s probably too much of that more than we even need”
“Thats up for grabs I think”
I wish so badly we could have this kind of entertainment on TV still.
You could. A lot of people just need to stop being cowards. People like modern day Patton. This type of content is still made. Support it.
I'm black and I feel left out.
Don't worry you are.
+Your Angry Friend You ok..? I'm sure we can come up with some black jokes.
As you should be.
Tell your brothas to not freak out and scream at every single black joke they hear. We'd include you, but we're too afraid of being sued by the SPLC
#metoo
VideOandA, thank you for your service. Your quality work is always appreciated.
Tssss
+Zachary Lewis tss
tssss
Is this the same Patton Oswald who is now a liberal SJW white knight
Yup
bog trotting potato farmer
I'm dying
The song they played to bring him out was People, made famous by Barbra Streisand...Fernwood Tonight was great, no way they could do something this good in the politically correct whiner era of today
Holy shit people would freak out. I'd love to show this in some liberal colleges around the states
"nothing against tab though" hahahaha
I died laughing hearing that!!!
Six year old comment deserves another like dammit
I still watch America/Fernwood Tonite on UA-cam! Love it!
I'm sure this has been said enough already, but here goes.. We need this today. When we could rip on each other, we got along better.
Well, discovering this has been the highlight of my 2020.
Martin Mull and Fred Willard are geniuses. So quick witted and twisted.
I agree, but not just because you are a bigwig at MacIntyre mine.
@@edwarddubois7046 LOL!
Thank you for this. I didn't know this was a thing.
Holy shit this is funny! I've got to find more of Fernwood Tonight!
6:23 audience member sounds like Patrice laughing
it really does! i'm dying over here..
Heard the audio on this a bunch of times... great Patton appearance, but never saw the video. Thank god for VideOandA
Fernwood tonight was a great show!
Happy Kyn (DeVol) was nominated for 4 Oscars. The guitar player a Wrecking Crew member.
RIP to Martin Mull and obviously a few years ago Fred Willard.
Mull was hilarious! Always playing the cantankerous, impatient, know-it-all so well. And Willard, with his ability to play the village idiot who thinks he's the smartest person in the room. It took great timing. Both of them had me crying with laughter in F2N.
Holy shit, I've never heard of this show, but I did know about the Mary Hartman one that it was spun off from. Its pretty funny, but of course couldn't be done now. Nearly everything from the 70's, 80s, and even the 90s wouldn't make it on TV now, too many fragile snowflake SJWs would be offended. I've always liked Martin Mull, he's always been able to get movie and TV work, good for him. As for Fred Willard, I didn't know about him until much later on, and he also got a whole bunch of work on TV. He died recently, RIP him.
Nothing against Tab. lol
I'm fucking gay
Kam same
Anyone else find this kinda weak. Ali G is better.
As great as this was and as edgy as they went with it, the fact that they basically did all stereotypes but Blacks, that felt like a bit of a cop out, especially cause all of the other race stereotypes they did were so funny and relatable, would've been interesting to see where they went with the Black jokes and what they deemed funny and edgy but not too over the line, not just them completely avoiding it
I was disappointed that they didn't do black people.
You realize Jim Crow only "ended" 8 years prior to that show, right? Lol
@@ericmanget4280 your point being?
@@ericmanget4280 Lol at the ended in quotations
@@VCPRPressingIssues RepubliCUNT incel detected.
The polish joke reminded me of something a bit weird. In 3rd grade or so my school had a book fair, where they sell some of their old library books. The one I bought was a polish joke book.
It had some standard "how many polacks" style jokes, the hack kind, but there were some brutal ones that were just hateful. Some were picture jokes that were hilarious.
Picture a big huge beefy man, a surly look to him, squinty slits for eyes, a cigar butt in his mouth and wearing one of those "cabby hats". He's dead pale, wearing too small swim trunks. He's standing in one of those small plastic kiddy pool tubs with some sand around it. There's a lightbulb hanging from a wire above his head. The caption reads "Polack beach party".
Grow up
Half my family’s polish, so when I was a kid I openly said I was mostly polish. So…. Yeah they started hitting me with polak jokes. Right to my face. Didn’t bother me at the time, and that’s probably because I didn’t understand them. I’d never heard that we were stupid, and I’m betting that probably made it funnier. Odd thing is: I’ll occasionally mention to people I know that I was treated as if I was mentally retarded for a few years there until polak jokes kind of faded off. From about 6 to 10 years old maybe. And sometimes it wasn’t jokes. A few times I was told flat out that my ethnicity meant that I was stupid. It kind of stuck with me till I shrugged it off around 9th grade. Nobody ever seems to react to this as if I was saying something significant. Sometimes I’ll ask if they’d react differently to what I said if I was a black man telling the same story. They kind of get uncomfortable and try to brush that off. Then when I tell them my favorite polak jokes, they act like I’m being a racist. I guarantee that my complexion has a lot to do with all of it.
@@chrishestand1 Tell that to Copernicus.
@@voxtango1916 😂🤣. Yeah! …I don’t understand that.
If you look closely, you can see Tommy Tedesco on guitar. One of the greatest guitar players ever ! A member of "The Wrecking Crew" ! And Frank De Vol, Academy Award winning Musical Director.
so sad patton is the white knight he bashed in the past
That show is profound as hell. Wow
Wow that clip was fucking hilarious
Fred Willard rules! I loved him on Everybody Loves Raymond.
I hated his character on that show, he played the exact opposite of every other character he ever played. Maybe that's what he wanted to do, who knows?
@@DreFromMaine8472 I like Fred Willard in almost anything. lol
Loved him best in this and in Best of Show. The guy was hysterically funny!
@@christopherblue2004 Check out "DC Follies."
This was obviously before Patton's wife died.
F2N was the best show, ever.
and not a single twitter apology was made.
... or firing.
The guy on the couch was Jim Varney of "you know what I mean Vern" fame !
I didn't recognize him til he started talking as they did a close up of his face. It's Ernest! 😂
It's a shame Patton killed his wife.
PanasonicTooth *car crash noise*
Do you have any proof of that? Where is your evidence to make such a claim?
Patton has forgotten all about this
Did you have a copyright issue on the channel? Wondered where the uploads went for a whie
Didn’t that manlet kill his wife?
I thought it was so funny they didn't know who the other guy on the couch was. Then they went on to mention Jim Varney was on the show a lot but they didn't recognize him when he was sitting right there. Must have been the greasy hairdo that threw them off.
2:41 I never knew Dave Attell could cut a rug baby!
love video and A, so great man
The original show was "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman".
I note with interest that the faux Polish researcher ends the segment by saying the Polish people are "bright, perceptive and highly intelligent" - no doubt to make up for the ridicule that came before.
All that being said, right now Poland - and Hungary - are the two nations in Europe displaying the smarts that have kept terroristic 7th-century barbarians out of their countries. It is only a matter of time Germans, for example, will be clamoring at the gates of Poland, this time not to conquer but to stay. And at that point, remembering all those unfair Polish jokes, many Poles will be thinking "So, who's laughing now~?"
That is character actor Zale Kessler. And next to him, seen only at the begining, a pre-Ernest Jim Varney. Only Martin Mull is alive as of 2022.
Whoever created The Scientist from The Simpsons totally stole the bald guy. Lol
He's right. Polish people are the most intelligent people out there!
Patton is PART of that problem these days
They completely bitched out on the blacks.
His name is Fred Willard
Wow ahead of its time for sure
Now patton has become the white night
Holy shit that's Martin Mull? Mr. Kraft?
I'll buy that for a dollar
Remember when oswald wasnt an sjw and didnt kill his wife?
Is there a jaws video?
RIP Fred Willard
"The Japanese enjoy the feeling of leather and straps around their necks..." I was expecting the punchline to this to be far worse than "That's why they enjoy wearing cameras and binoculars."
Patton Oswalt has a thing for weird, obscure stuff, he'll hype some obscure comedy on the show and make it sound like it's this genius work, and then you check it out and it's just stupid and weird, nowhere near as funny/bizarre/interesting/fascinating as he made it sound like it would be
Fernwood tonight was really, really funny. I'm with Patton on this one. It wasn't on very long but is definitely a classic.
gail margolis Gail you’re a fucking idiot
i've been getting into this show and madame's place.
I remember this from Nick at Nite from way back. Like 25-26 years ago.
Nonsense. Italians got big arms from tossing pizzas.
What are the odds of airing this on network TV in 2021?
"kris and rita...and marty mull are meetin at the troubadour" from 'lonesome l.a. cowboy' by the new riders 1971! I guess he was kool even before fernwood!
He was a musician and also had a musical comedy show for years before this. He was almost the band leader on the first season of SNL... he had to turn it down because he couldn't read sheet music. He and Steve Martin were contemporaries and friends at the height of the whole 70s rockstar comedian thing.
Is that Mr Kotter?
This is amazing!
Loved Fred Willard in best in show
He was absolutely hysterical in that movie!
This show isn't out on dvd nor is it in reruns anywhere probably because of the political incorrectness. Yet when this guy tries to put them up on YT off his old vhs collection they pull his channel everytime. I w got all of them downloaded from his tapes last time except the last ten and they pulled him.
Dude these shows are hilarious. I love this racial humor. There's great stereotypes for all races, let's laugh and have fun with it.
is that polish dude the 'id buy that for a dollar' guy?
No just a similar cliche creation
Thank you.
I'd forgotten this show existed. Even though I was a teenager when it originally played and was a fan. I can't imagine anyone now telling a Polish, Jewish, Italian or whatever joke yet they were so common then. Anyway Mull and Willard, both from Ohio, were so damn funny and also on Roseanne as a gay couple. They're both gone now.
Between two ferns ?🤔
Maybe you could turn your mic down when you are laughing, you're drowning out the laugh track.
Even ADL lost what they had in the 70s. Just another professionally offended activist group now
Almost as funny as modern woke comedy. Almost.
Let's not undermine Mull's appearance
was this weed humor?