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.