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3 unusual facts about Fred Willard


Eric Moneypenny

With TMS, Moneypenny has worked with some of the top comedians in the business, such as Fred Willard, Andy Richter, The Whitest Kids U'Know, Steve Agee, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Drew Carey, Paul F. Tompkins, Jerry Minor, Paul Scheer, Jerry O'Connell, Michaela Watkins, and many more.

Ron Pederson

He was discovered in Hollywood while improvising at The Second City with Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard In Joe Flaherty's The Soap Also Rises in March 2002.

This Is Tom Jones

The show also featured comedy sketches by the Ace Trucking Company improvisational group, featuring Fred Willard and Patti Deutsch, among others.


Easy to Assemble

The series has had several notable guest stars, including Jeff Goldblum, Keanu Reeves, Jane Lynch, Justine Bateman, Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley, Jr., Kevin Pollak, Fred Willard, Daryl Sabara, Ricki Lake, David Henrie, Patricia Heaton, and Eric Lange.

Fernwood 2 Night

It was a parody talk show, hosted by Barth Gimble (Martin Mull) and sidekick/announcer Jerry Hubbard (Fred Willard), complete with a stage band, Happy Kyne and His Mirthmakers (featuring Frank De Vol as the ironically dour "Happy" Kyne, and Tommy Tedesco as one of the guitarists).

Retired at 35

Estelle Harris, Mimi Kennedy, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Shelley Long, John O'Hurley, Christina Pickles, Jay Thomas, Ashley Williams and Fred Willard all guest starred within the show's first season.

Stephen Stucker

He went on to perform in the 1977 earthquake-in-Los-Angeles comedy Cracking Up, alongside Fred Willard, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer.

Thicke of the Night

Among the regulars on Thicke of the Night were Richard Belzer, Arsenio Hall, Rick Ducommun, Charles Fleischer, Gilbert Gottfried, Mike McManus, Chloe Webb, Isabel Grandin, Alvernette Jiminez, and Fred Willard.

Undeck the Halls

While Claire (Julie Bowen), Phil (Ty Burrell) and the kids talk to Phil's dad, Frank (Fred Willard) via Skype to wish him Merry Christmas, Claires discovers a burn mark on the arm of the couch.


see also

America 2-Night

In 2001, Martin Mull and Fred Willard reprised their roles in a stage appearance and retrospective at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

Bunny Gibson

Other recent films in which she's had roles include “Scout’s Honor” with Fred Willard, “The Rainbow Tribe,” “I’m Going to Kill Leonard Riley,” “Creepshow 3,” “Karla,” “Second Class Citizens” and "Tao Hung’s Dream."