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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.
1980
1980
--Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
1981
--The Pretenders perform ""The Adultress,"" ""Message of Love"" and ""Louie, Louie"" (not the 1960's song by the Kingsmen)
--The Boomtown Rats perform ""Someone's Looking at You"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays""
--The Clash perform ""London Calling,"" ""Train in Vain,"" ""The Guns Of Brixton"" & ""Clampdown"" Comedy sketches include: --""Night Of The Living Dead Dinner"" (""Diner""?)
"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."
--Devo (1st appearance) - ""Girl U Want"" & ""Gates of Steel""
--The Ian Hunter Band - ""We Gotta Get Out Of Here"" (with Ellen Foley) and ""Once Bitten Twice Shy""
--Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform ""Shadow of a Doubt"" and ""American Girl""
--The Beach Boys - ""Keepin' The Summer Alive"" and ""Good Vibrations""/""Goin' On"" medley
--The Jam perform ""Start!"" and ""Private Hell""
--Journey performs ""Walks Like a Lady"" and ""Where Were You""
--Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
--Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
--Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
--Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
--Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
--Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
--Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
--George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
--The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
--REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
--Valerie Bertinelli (host) --Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")
--Michael McKean & David L. Lander (co-hosts, in character as ""Lenny & Squiggy"") --Kool & The Gang - ""Celebration,"" ""Take It To The Top"" & an instrumental song
--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs
--On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
--Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
--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""
--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""
--Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""
--Kim Carnes (2nd appearance) - ""Bette Davis Eyes,"" ""Under My Thumb"" and ""Miss You Tonight""
--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""
--Karen Allen (host) --The Stray Cats - ""Rock This Town,"" ""Stray Cat Strut,"" ""Runaway Boys""
--Marty Feldman (host) --Manhattan Transfer perform ""Boy from New York City,"" ""Spies in the Night"" and ""Route 66""
--David Naughton (host) --Billy Vera and the Beaters perform ""Strange Things Happen,"" ""I Can Take Care of Myself"" and ""Millie, Make Some Chili""
--Jamie Lee Curtis (host) --Garland Jeffreys performs ""96 Tears,"" ""R.O.C.K"" and ""35mm Dreams""
--Shelley Duvall (host) --Al Jarreau performs ""In This Love,"" ""Roof Garden"" and ""Breaking Away.""
--Peter Fonda (host) --King Crimson perform ""Elephant Talk"" and ""Thela Hun Ginjeet""
--The Four Tops perform ""She Was My Girl"" and a medley of their hits
--Beau Bridges (host) --David Grisman performs ""E.M.D.,"" ""Dawg Funk"" and ""Dawg's Bull""
--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.
--KISS performs ""The Oath,"" ""A World Without Heroes"" and ""I""
--Quarterflash performs ""Harden My Heart""
--Chubby Checker performs ""Running,"" ""Harder than Diamond"" and ""Burn Up the Night""
--Huey Lewis & The News - ""Workin' For A Livin',"" ""Do You Believe In Love"" and ""Givin' It All for Love""
--Bonnie Raitt performs ""Me and the Boys,"" ""Keep this Heart in Mind"" and ""Willya Wontcha""
--Sister Sledge -""My Guy"" and ""All the Man I Need"" (Note: another source listed the 2nd song as ""Super Bad Sisters"")
--Anthony Geary (host) --Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder perform ""Ebony and Ivory"" (music video)
Larry David
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Michael Richards
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Melanie Chartoff
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Rich Hall
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Bruce Mahler
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Maryedith Burrell
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Mark Blankfield
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John Roarke
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Stuart Pankin
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Don Kennedy
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The Good Life
1975
