Episode guide
Fridays: Season 2
26 episodes · first aired Sep 5, 1980
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- 1 Eddie Money Sep 5, 1980 · 1h 30m --Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
- 2 Kim Carnes Sep 12, 1980 · 1h 30m --Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
- 3 The Cars (1st appearance) Sep 19, 1980 · 1h 30m --The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
- 4 Al Jarreau Oct 3, 1980 · 1h 30m --Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
- 5 Ted Nugent Oct 10, 1980 · 1h 30m --Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
- 6 Split Enz Oct 17, 1980 · 1h 30m --Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
- 7 Dire Straits Oct 31, 1980 · 1h 30m --Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
- 8 Devo (2nd appearance) Nov 7, 1980 · 1h 30m --Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
- 9 The Busboys Nov 14, 1980 · 1h 30m The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
- 10 Heart Nov 21, 1980 · 1h 30m --Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
- 11 November 28, 1980 Nov 28, 1980 · 1h 30m
- 12 Pat Benatar Dec 5, 1980 · 1h 30m --Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
- 13 Steve Forbert Dec 12, 1980 · 1h 30m --Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
- 14 Rockpile Dec 19, 1980 · 1h 30m --Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
- 15 George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers Jan 9, 1981 · 1h 30m --George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
- 16 Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics Jan 16, 1981 · 1h 30m --The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
- 17 Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon Jan 23, 1981 · 1h 30m --REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
- 18 Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band Feb 6, 1981 · 1h 30m --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 Feb 13, 1981 · 1h 30m --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 Feb 20, 1981 · 1h 30m --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 Feb 27, 1981 · 1h 30m --On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
- 22 David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band Mar 13, 1981 · 1h 30m --Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
- 23 Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship Apr 3, 1981 · 1h 30m --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…
- 24 Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts Apr 10, 1981 · 1h 30m
- 25 Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett May 8, 1981 · 1h 30m --Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""
- 26 George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds May 15, 1981 · 1h 30m --Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""