Fridays (1980)
Fridays is the name of ABC's weekly late-night live comedy show, which aired on Friday nights from April 11, 1980 to April 23, 1982.
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Episode 1 - Eddie Money
Release Date: 1980-09-05--Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
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Episode 2 - Kim Carnes
Release Date: 1980-09-12--Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
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Episode 3 - The Cars (1st appearance)
Release Date: 1980-09-19--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
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Episode 4 - Al Jarreau
Release Date: 1980-10-03--Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
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Episode 5 - Ted Nugent
Release Date: 1980-10-10--Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
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Episode 6 - Split Enz
Release Date: 1980-10-17--Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
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Episode 7 - Dire Straits
Release Date: 1980-10-31--Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
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Episode 8 - Devo (2nd appearance)
Release Date: 1980-11-07--Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
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Episode 9 - The Busboys
Release Date: 1980-11-14The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
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Episode 10 - Heart
Release Date: 1980-11-21--Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
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Episode 11 - November 28, 1980
Release Date: 1980-11-28 -
Episode 12 - Pat Benatar
Release Date: 1980-12-05--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
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Episode 13 - Steve Forbert
Release Date: 1980-12-12--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
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Episode 14 - Rockpile
Release Date: 1980-12-19--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
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Episode 15 - George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Release Date: 1981-01-09--George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
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Episode 16 - Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics
Release Date: 1981-01-16--The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
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Episode 17 - Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon
Release Date: 1981-01-23--REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
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Episode 18 - Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band
Release Date: 1981-02-06--Valerie Bertinelli (host) --Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")
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Episode 19 - Michael McKean & David L. Lander / Kool & The Gang
Release Date: 1981-02-13--Michael McKean & David L. Lander (co-hosts, in character as ""Lenny & Squiggy"") --Kool & The Gang - ""Celebration,"" ""Take It To The Top"" & an instrumental song
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Episode 20 - Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet
Release Date: 1981-02-20--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs
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Episode 21 - Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner
Release Date: 1981-02-27--On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
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Episode 22 - David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band
Release Date: 1981-03-13--Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
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Episode 23 - Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship
Release Date: 1981-04-03--Don Novello (host, in character as Father Guido Sarducci) --Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, the singing duo ""Dawn,"" appear with Sarducci. --Jefferson Starship perform ""Find Your Way Back"" and ""Jane""
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Episode 24 - Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts
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Episode 25 - Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett
Release Date: 1981-05-08--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""
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Episode 26 - George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds
Release Date: 1981-05-15--Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""