Fridays — Season 2
26 episodesFirst aired 5 September 1980
E1Eddie Money
Sept 19801h 30m
--Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
- E2
Kim Carnes
Sept 19801h 30m
--Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
- E3
The Cars (1st appearance)
Sept 19801h 30m
--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
- E4
Al Jarreau
Oct 19801h 30m
--Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
- E5
Ted Nugent
Oct 19801h 30m
--Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
- E6
Split Enz
Oct 19801h 30m
--Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
- E7
Dire Straits
Oct 19801h 30m
--Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
- E8
Devo (2nd appearance)
10.0Nov 19801h 30m
--Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
- E9
The Busboys
Nov 19801h 30m
The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
- E10
Heart
Nov 19801h 30m
--Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
- E11
November 28, 1980
Nov 19801h 30m
- E12
Pat Benatar
Dec 19801h 30m
--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
- E13
Steve Forbert
Dec 19801h 30m
--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
- E14
Rockpile
Dec 19801h 30m
--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
- E15
George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Jan 19811h 30m
--George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
E16Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics
8.0Jan 19811h 30m
--The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
- E17
Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon
Jan 19811h 30m
--REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
- E18
Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band
Feb 19811h 30m
--Valerie Bertinelli (host) --Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")
- E19
Michael McKean & David L. Lander / Kool & The Gang
Feb 19811h 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
- E20
Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet
Feb 19811h 30m
--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs
- E21
Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner
Feb 19811h 30m
--On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
- E22
David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band
Mar 19811h 30m
--Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
- E23
Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship
Apr 19811h 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 Your Way Back"" and ""Jane""
- E24
Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts
Apr 19811h 30m
- E25
Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett
9.0May 19811h 30m
--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""
E26George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds
8.0May 19811h 30m
--Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""