• Air date: 05 Sep '80 26 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (26)
    • 1. Eddie Money

      05 Sep '80
      --Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
    • 2. Kim Carnes

      12 Sep '80
      --Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
    • 3. The Cars (1st appearance)

      19 Sep '80
      --The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
    • 4. Al Jarreau

      03 Oct '80
      --Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
    • 5. Ted Nugent

      10 Oct '80
      --Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
    • 6. Split Enz

      17 Oct '80
      --Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
    • 7. Dire Straits

      31 Oct '80
      --Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
    • 8. Devo (2nd appearance)

      07 Nov '80
      --Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
    • 9. The Busboys

      14 Nov '80
      The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
    • 10. Heart

      21 Nov '80
      --Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
    • 11. November 28, 1980

      28 Nov '80
    • 12. Pat Benatar

      05 Dec '80
      --Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
    • 13. Steve Forbert

      12 Dec '80
      --Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
    • 14. Rockpile

      19 Dec '80
      --Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
    • 15. George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers

      09 Jan '81
      --George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
    • 16. Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics

      16 Jan '81
      --The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
    • 17. Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon

      23 Jan '81
      --REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
    • 18. Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band

      06 Feb '81
      --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

      13 Feb '81
      --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

      20 Feb '81
      --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

      27 Feb '81
      --On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
    • 22. David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band

      13 Mar '81
      --Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
    • 23. Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship

      03 Apr '81
      --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

      10 Apr '81
    • 25. Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett

      08 May '81
      --Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""