Fridays

1980
4.6
8 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (16)

1 Episode 1
4/11/80
Musical guest Kenny Loggins performs "Keep The Fire". Sketches include: Parents who are awaiting the arrival of their daughter and what they think is her fiancŽ, but get more than they bargained for, two men in a bar with a drinking/drooling problem, an organization that promotes jobs of servitude for African-Americans, and a man visits a plastic surgeon that specializes in making people resemble celebrities.
2 Episode 3
4/25/80
Musical guests The Clash perform "London Calling" and "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)". Sketches include: A couple that stops at a roadside eatery which caters entirely to zombies, a commercial for an instant VD test for denizens of the bar scene, a priest who receives the answer to his prayers via mail order, and a talk show for and about expectorating ladies.
3 Episode 3
4/25/80
Musical guests The Clash perform "London Calling" and "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)"
4 Episode 10
6/27/80
Musical guests Graham Parker and The Rumour perform "Stupefaction" and "Empty Lives".
5 Episode 15
9/19/80
Musical guests The Cars perform "Touch and Go". Sketches include: Groucho Marx as the new president of Iran in a spoof of Duck Soup, a paranoid and drug-addled pharmacist struggles through his day, a young boy's backyard playtime that has violent overtones, and a lonely pianist tries out a song with the help of a formally dressed chicken from his refrigerator.
6 Episode 19
10/30/80
Musical guests Dire Straits perform "Skateaway" and "Romeo And Juliet". Sketches include: a horror film spoof set in the Carter White House, a woman who wakes up after a drunken night with Ken the Monster, a commercial for the 1980 Commemorative Flip Coin, the perfect tool for undecided presidential election voters, and a liberal woman who experiences turmoil when her husband admits that he'll be voting for Reagan.
7 Episode 20
11/7/80
Musical guests Devo perform "Whip It". Sketches include: a chronicle of the transition between the Carter and Reagan administrations, Battle Boy's playtime gets disturbed by another child's playing doctor, and a pharmacist attempts to handle another work day and a delivery girl.
8 Episode 8
6/6/80
Musical guests Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers perform "Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)" and "American Girl".
9 Episode 23
12/4/80
Musical guest Pat Benatar performs "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". Sketches include: a political parody of Allen Funt's "Candid Camera", a trio of half-men, half-fish venture into a pet store and cross its bigoted owner, and a DJ performs a commercial for a Liquid Plumber type of product.
10 Episode 10
6/27/80
Musical guests Graham Parker and The Rumour perform "Stupefaction" and "Empty Lives".
11 Episode 31
2/20/81
This episode is known as the infamous fistfight episode because of a staged fight at the end of the program orchestrated by guest host Andy Kaufman. Other sketches include: a conservative take on the variety show format, including a musical number and a magic act, a commercial for a television series in which liberal celebrities get hit in the head, and a sketch about two couples getting high in a restaurant collapses into chaos and violence.
12 Episode 32
2/27/81
Musical guests Randy Meisner and The Silverados perform "Hearts on Fire" and "Gotta Get Away". Sketches include: a parody of Altered States where Ronald Reagan experiments with sensory deprivation and hallucinogens, a homage to A Chorus Line and All That Jazz with comics auditioning like dancers, and producer John Moffitt attests that the Kaufman altercation from the last episode was a joke, but Andy refuses to read his prepared statement.
13 Episode 39
9/25/81
Musical guest Kim Carnes performs "Miss You Tonight". Sketches include: a trailer for a slasher movieÉ where Ronald Reagan is slashing budgets, an otherwise suave and masculine fellow embarrasses himself when he overreacts to a series of small injuries, and a father becomes overly competitive playing baseball with his young daughter.
14 Episode 41
10/15/81
Musical guests The Stray Cats perform "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town". Sketches include: a small-scale parody of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a commercial for a product designed to prevent popsicles from sticking to one's tongue, a sports call-in show receives a series of annoying callers, and a commercial which satirizes the crass commercialism that occurs after a celebrity death.
15 Episode 49
1/7/82
Musical guests The Cars return to the show and perform "Shake It Up" and "Since You're Gone". Sketches include: a commercial for a company that exists only to give change, a child inundated with more modern toys is flummoxed by his mother's gift to him: a teddy bear, and a man speaks entirely in gibberish and sound effects until his co-worker enters.
16 Episode 50
1/15/82
Musical guests Kiss perform "A World Without Heroes" and "I". Sketches include: a parody of Hollywood Squares hosted by Dr. Rubik, a mockumentary offering proof of the existence of flying saucers, and a fast-talking street dealer offers a customer some stuff that will blow his mind.

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Fridays presented a hilariously twisted view of the early 80s to adventurous viewers on a weekly basis. Their outrageous characters left audiences laughing long into the wee hours of the night.

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