Fridays

1980

Seasons & Episodes

  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0

EP14 Howard E. Rollins Jr. / Quarterflash Jan 22, 1982

EP21 Prime Time Special: Tony Geary / Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney Apr 23, 1982

7.5| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

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.

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ThiefHott Too much of everything
Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
martysscott yes it is good to know that others like myself share the same comments as to the late T>V> comedy Fridays, and I always wonder why they never made a CD and marketed it to sell and if it ever does will someone send me an E-mail. My reason to comment on the topic Fridays was because mark Blankfield made a comedy movie in which he played the role of the Druggiest it is a very funny movie called Jeckell and Hyde Together again. and thanks to this web I found it so those who have never seen it check it out. Fridays was very funny to me well it goes with the part of my past and you had to be there,SNL was very funny also there comedy and actors did for their show as the producers aired and Mad TV also great and funny what laughter would last if all sows werethe same TOMATOES POTATOS you know what I am saying.fiestybrat46@yahoo.com
mountainattitude I am trying to find out if my memory is correct. I remember a bit on FRIDAYS (?) with Mark Hamill as a soldier that included a large scale replica of a Vietnam era helicopter in it. It had overtones of the coming attempts of the Reagan administration to interfere in Central America(?) It ended with the sounds of the helicopter and Mark Hamill looking up in fear. Anyone else remember this ? I have just stumbled across Fridays again. I have dim but good memories of it. Battle Boy, Gimme Ganja, etc. I hope someone can help flesh out this memory. This was an uneven show with too many drug references that nonetheless took some great chances, unlike Saturday Night Live!, in the early days of the Reagan administration which to most young people then was a scary thing indeed and needed to be laughed at with equal bite to its own edge.
L_Miller Note to those under 30 - this show dates from a time when most TV stations still went off the air at midnight/1 AM and most adults went to bed after the 10/11 o' clock news. It was hip and edgy in those days largely because no one was watching, so they could get away with more, and most of us were pretty young and this had never been done before so we thought it was pretty cool. If you ever saw it, you would yawn and go back to your YouTube NC-17 stuff, so move along please.I remember watching it as well, but also I remember it not being so much about sex but about drugs. Lots of drug humor but also some very creative skits, it (and SCTV, and Almost Live) get contrasted with SNL because SNL always lives in that attenuated narrowcast of comedy where they're imitating something or other. These shows couldn't do that because SNL got there first, so they took chances in other directions.Sounds like Michael Richards and Larry David don't want this released to DVD - too bad. I'd think it might be like The Velvet Underground - not that many people would see it but most people who did would start making their own shows.Eh, well, maybe Michael will be looking for cash after the N-bomb incident and Larry will feel sorry for him, and maybe it will come out. And then, it will never be as special as our collective memories have made it, so maybe it should stay in the can.
xray-20 I remember a few skits about Friday's and it was a show extremely funny and creative. I remember the Jamaican guy who smoked anything and everything. The fish guys that kept going UUUGGGLLLLOOOO, UUUGGGLLLLOOOO. Although, I only remember parts of it, there was a skit in which they kept scaring each other for a while, I think it was great, hilarious. As a matter of fact, at that particular time, I dare to say, it was funnier and more creative than Saturday Night Live. It should'nt went off the air. Besides Richard's who later went on to gain fame on Seinfeld, I wonder what happened to the other cast members, who were also great. If there is any DVD's available of this comedic gem or if they have showed the reruns, I would appreciate if someone let me know.