[balls]

Fernwood Tonight and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman were very clever and on a par with Monty Python, but too subtle for those who like the laugh track and obvious humor of today.

"Fernwood" was a take-off of Norwood, Ohio, a blue collar town on the outskirts of Cincinnati. Residents of Norwood usually hated these shows but didn't know why. The reason was the humor cut too close to home.

[ArneFufkin]

That bandleader on Fernwood was a hoot.

[browardchad]

"Fernwood"

Head 'em up, move 'em out, Rathide! (The looney sociologist who planned to stop the ghetto's rat problem by herding and marketing rodents.)

Funny show -- in the good old days before PC.

[LowOiL]

My faves are the older classics of course...

1. Andy Griffin

2. Little House on the Prairie.

3. Captain Kangeroo (ok, I was raised on it)

4. Samson and Son

5. Adam's Family

6. Funniest videos (hate ABC though)