Fridays
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 3
Episodes | 60
avg.Runtime | 90 min
First EP | 1980-04-11
Last EP | 1982-04-23
Overview
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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.
Created by
Produced by
Moffitt-Lee Productions
The West Coast Comedy Company
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1980-04-11
1
Series Premiere - Kenny Loggins
1980-04-11
2
The Boomtown Rats
1980-04-18
--The Boomtown Rats perform ""Someone's Looking at You"" and ""I Don't Like Mondays""
3
The Clash
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
1980-05-09
5
Boz Scaggs
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)
1980-05-23
--Devo (1st appearance) - ""Girl U Want"" & ""Gates of Steel""
7
Ian Hunter Band
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
1980-06-06
--Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform ""Shadow of a Doubt"" and ""American Girl""
9
The Beach Boys
1980-06-20
--The Beach Boys - ""Keepin' The Summer Alive"" and ""Good Vibrations""/""Goin' On"" medley
10
Graham Parker
1980-06-27
11
Kenny Rogers
1980-07-04
12
The Jam
1980-07-11
--The Jam perform ""Start!"" and ""Private Hell""
13
Journey
1980-07-18
--Journey performs ""Walks Like a Lady"" and ""Where Were You""
CAST
charactor: Self
Original: Larry David
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Michael Richards
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Melanie Chartoff
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Rich Hall
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Bruce Mahler
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Maryedith Burrell
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Mark Blankfield
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: John Roarke
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Stuart Pankin
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Don Kennedy
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Darrow Igus
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self
Original: Brandis Kemp
Total EP: 60
charactor: Self - Announcer
Original: Jack Burns
Total EP: 21
charactor: Self
Original: Al Jarreau
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Valerie Bertinelli
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Tab Hunter
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: David Grisman
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: David Steinberg
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Michael McKean
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Jimmy Buffett
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: David Naughton
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self
Original: Warren Zevon
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Lynn Redgrave
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Howard Rollins
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: George Thorogood
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Victoria Principal
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Marty Feldman
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Anthony Geary
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Madeline Kahn
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Don Novello
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Graham Parker
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Ted Nugent
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Bonnie Raitt
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Pat Benatar
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self
Original: Shelley Duvall
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Boz Scaggs
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Kenny Loggins
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney