Fridays
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.
Type: tv
Season: 3
Episode: N/A
Duration: 90 minutes
Release: 1980-04-11
Rating: 5
Season 1 - Fridays
1980-04-11
1980-04-18
--The Boomtown Rats perform ""Someone's Looking at You"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays""
1980-04-25
--The Clash perform ""London Calling,"" ""Train in Vain,"" ""The Guns Of Brixton"" & ""Clampdown""
Comedy sketches include: --""Night Of The Living Dead Dinner"" (""Diner""?)
1980-05-09
1980-05-16
"Chatty Lady Can't Get a Studio Audience Seat," "Melanie Chartoff and Johann the Parakeet," "Ted Kennedy's Image Problem," "Dick at the Gym," "The Friday Edition (featuring Maryedith Burrell's field report on a new swear word)", "Luis Valdez's Gringo Coffee", "Matzoi!", and "The Last Male Heterosexual in San Francisco." Boz Scaggs performs "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "JoJo."
1980-05-07
--The Ian Hunter Band - ""We Gotta Get Out Of Here"" (with Ellen Foley) and ""Once Bitten Twice Shy""
1980-06-06
--Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform ""Shadow of a Doubt"" and ""American Girl""
1980-06-20
--The Beach Boys - ""Keepin' The Summer Alive"" and ""Good Vibrations""/""Goin' On"" medley
1980-06-27
1980-07-04
Season 2 - Fridays
1980-09-19
--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
1980-11-14
The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
1980-11-28
1980-12-05
--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
1980-12-12
--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
1981-01-09
--George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
1981-01-16
--The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
1981-01-23
--REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
1981-02-06
--Valerie Bertinelli (host)
--Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")
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
1981-02-20
--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs
1981-03-13
--Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
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""
1981-05-08
--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""
1981-05-15
--Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""
Season 3 - Fridays
1981-09-18
--The Pretenders perform ""The Adultress,"" ""Message of Love"" and ""Louie, Louie"" (not the 1960's song by the Kingsmen)
1981-09-25
--Kim Carnes (2nd appearance) - ""Bette Davis Eyes,"" ""Under My Thumb"" and ""Miss You Tonight""
1981-10-09
--Tony Geary & Genie Francis (co-hosts)
--Devo (3rd appearance) - ""NuTra Theme,"" ""Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth,"" ""Jesus in my Stew,"" ""Through Being Cool"" & ""Working In A Coal Mine""
1981-10-16
--Karen Allen (host) --The Stray Cats - ""Rock This Town,"" ""Stray Cat Strut,"" ""Runaway Boys""
1981-10-30
--Marty Feldman (host) --Manhattan Transfer perform ""Boy from New York City,"" ""Spies in the Night"" and ""Route 66""
1981-11-06
--David Naughton (host) --Billy Vera and the Beaters perform ""Strange Things Happen,"" ""I Can Take Care of Myself"" and ""Millie, Make Some Chili""
1981-11-13
--Jamie Lee Curtis (host) --Garland Jeffreys performs ""96 Tears,"" ""R.O.C.K"" and ""35mm Dreams""
1981-11-20
--Shelley Duvall (host) --Al Jarreau performs ""In This Love,"" ""Roof Garden"" and ""Breaking Away.""
1981-12-04
--Peter Fonda (host) --King Crimson perform ""Elephant Talk"" and ""Thela Hun Ginjeet""
1981-12-11
--The Four Tops perform ""She Was My Girl"" and a medley of their hits
1981-12-18
--Beau Bridges (host) --David Grisman performs ""E.M.D.,"" ""Dawg Funk"" and ""Dawg's Bull""
1982-01-08
--The Cars (2nd appearance) - ""Shake It Up,"" ""Since You're Gone"" and ""Think It Over""
--Also: videotaped segments from past hosts: Shelley Duvall, Peter Fonda, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Valerie Bertinelli and Anthony Geary.
1982-02-05
1982-02-12
1982-02-19
--Chubby Checker performs ""Running,"" ""Harder than Diamond"" and ""Burn Up the Night""
1982-03-05
--Huey Lewis & The News - ""Workin' For A Livin',"" ""Do You Believe In Love"" and ""Givin' It All for Love""
1982-03-12
--Bonnie Raitt performs ""Me and the Boys,"" ""Keep this Heart in Mind"" and ""Willya Wontcha""
1982-03-19
--Sister Sledge -""My Guy"" and ""All the Man I Need"" (Note: another source listed the 2nd song as ""Super Bad Sisters"")
1982-04-23
--Anthony Geary (host) --Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder perform ""Ebony and Ivory"" (music video)
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