Fridays

1980
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1 Episode 1
11.4.80
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
25.4.80
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
25.4.80
Musical guests The Clash perform "London Calling" and "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)"
4 Episode 10
27.6.80
Musical guests Graham Parker and The Rumour perform "Stupefaction" and "Empty Lives".
5 Episode 15
19.9.80
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
30.10.80
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
7.11.80
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
4.12.80
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
27.6.80
Musical guests Graham Parker and The Rumour perform "Stupefaction" and "Empty Lives".
11 Episode 31
20.2.81
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
27.2.81
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
25.9.81
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
15.10.81
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
7.1.82
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
15.1.82
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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