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