
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.
Seasons
1. Series Premiere - Kenny Loggins
Air Date: 1980-04-11
2. The Boomtown Rats
Air Date: 1980-04-18
--The Boomtown Rats perform ""Someone's Looking at You"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays""
3. The Clash
Air Date: 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""?)
4. Warren Zevon
Air Date: 1980-05-09
5. Boz Scaggs
Air Date: 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."
6. Devo (1st appearance)
Air Date: 1980-05-23
--Devo (1st appearance) - ""Girl U Want"" & ""Gates of Steel""
7. Ian Hunter Band
Air Date: 1980-05-07
--The Ian Hunter Band - ""We Gotta Get Out Of Here"" (with Ellen Foley) and ""Once Bitten Twice Shy""
8. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Air Date: 1980-06-06
--Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform ""Shadow of a Doubt"" and ""American Girl""
9. The Beach Boys
Air Date: 1980-06-20
--The Beach Boys - ""Keepin' The Summer Alive"" and ""Good Vibrations""/""Goin' On"" medley
10. Graham Parker
Air Date: 1980-06-27
11. Kenny Rogers
Air Date: 1980-07-04
12. The Jam
Air Date: 1980-07-11
--The Jam perform ""Start!"" and ""Private Hell""
13. Journey
Air Date: 1980-07-18
--Journey performs ""Walks Like a Lady"" and ""Where Were You""
1. Eddie Money
Air Date: 1980-09-05
--Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
2. Kim Carnes
Air Date: 1980-09-12
--Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
3. The Cars (1st appearance)
Air Date: 1980-09-19
--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
4. Al Jarreau
Air Date: 1980-10-03
--Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
5. Ted Nugent
Air Date: 1980-10-10
--Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
6. Split Enz
Air Date: 1980-10-17
--Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
7. Dire Straits
Air Date: 1980-10-31
--Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
8. Devo (2nd appearance)
Air Date: 1980-11-07
--Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
9. The Busboys
Air Date: 1980-11-14
The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
10. Heart
Air Date: 1980-11-21
--Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
11. November 28, 1980
Air Date: 1980-11-28
12. Pat Benatar
Air Date: 1980-12-05
--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
13. Steve Forbert
Air Date: 1980-12-12
--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
14. Rockpile
Air Date: 1980-12-19
--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
15. George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Air Date: 1981-01-09
--George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""

16. Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics
Air Date: 1981-01-16
--The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
17. Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon
Air Date: 1981-01-23
--REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
18. Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band
Air Date: 1981-02-06
--Valerie Bertinelli (host) --Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")
19. Michael McKean & David L. Lander / Kool & The Gang
Air 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
20. Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet
Air Date: 1981-02-20
--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs
21. Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner
Air Date: 1981-02-27
--On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
22. David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band
Air Date: 1981-03-13
--Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
23. Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship
Air 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""
24. Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts
Air Date: 1981-04-10
25. Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett
Air Date: 1981-05-08
--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""

26. George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds
Air Date: 1981-05-15
--Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""
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Rating
5.9/10
Release Date
1980-04-11
Episodes
60 (3 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
Moffitt-Lee Productions
The West Coast Comedy Company











