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July 19, 2007 on 10:13 pm | In 4. "FRIDAY'S" ABC tv comedy dvd set | No Comments

(attention fridays fans; did you know steve martins movie “the jerk” had a tv version and it starred mark blankfield! “the jerk, too” 1984. i have it, 90min, grade A, i also have the mark blankfield movie who’s character was based on the “pharmacist” skit from “fridays”; the 1982 classic comedy “JEKYLL & HYDE TOGETHER AGAIN” 90min. grade A. as well there was a follow up to that movie that mark starred in called “frankenstein general hospital”, 90min grade A. mark was also in a sitcom called “good and evil” with teri garr, i’ve got that too.)

———————-FRIDAY’S 7 disc set description;————————–

this is a dvd set of the short lived, completely CLASSIC!!! and extremely rare, saturday night live styled weekly sketch comedy show “FRIDAYS” on ABC television Friday nights from 1980-1982 and had in the cast Michael Richards and Larry David of seinfeld fame. this is where you see the beginning of the Kramer character start to emerge! ahead of its time and much more edgy than SNL. also famous for the infamous andy kaufman appearance where andy starts a fight on live television.

…….7 dvd set episode list;
(all 6 discs also have misc fridays extras at the end of each disc)
disc 1) the primetime special with guest appearances by tony geary, william shatner, marilu henner, and marty feldman and music by paul mccartney and stevie wonder. …….next episode-the pilot episode with no host and music guest kenny loggins, ………next episode-valerie bertinelli with music by the jim carroll band, ……….next episode-victoria principal w music by chubby checker, next-susan sarandon w the four tops.
disc 2) the famous andy kaufman episode with music by the sir douglas quintet, …………next-billie crystal w randy meisner and the silverados, …………next-lynn redgrave w huey lewis and the news, …………next-william shatner w kim carnes, ……….next father guido sarducci w jefferson starship.
disc 3) gregory hines w bonnie raitt, …………next-karen allen w the stray cats, …………next-tab hunter w kiss, ………..next-tony geary and gene francis w devo, ………..next-mark hamill w (missing the music act on this episode).
disc 4) david steinberg w the marshall tucker band, ………..next-madeline kahn w (missing music act), ………..next-howard rollins w quarterflash, ……….next-shelly duvall w al jarreau, ………..next-the return of andy kaufman w the pretenders.
disc 5) valerie harper w the cars, ……….next shelly winters w the plasmatics, …………next-no host with second appearance by devo.
disc 6) a compilation of over 5 hours of fridays musical acts, most are from episodes i am missing. artists listed below.
disc 7) misc./left over skits not found on the previous discs.
…disc 6 Artist list; DEVO (21st show- 11/7/80) “Whip It”, “Uncontrollable Urge” GEORGE THOROGOOD (28th show- 1/9/81) “I’m Wanted”, “Can’t Stop Loving”, 1 more… PLASMATICS (29th show- 1/16/81) “Living Dead”, “Butcher Baby”… HEART (23rd show- 11/21/80) “Bebe Le Strange”, “Tell It Like It Is”… REO SPEEDWAGON (30th show- 1/23/81) “Don’t Let Him Go”, “Keep On Loving You”… THE CARS (16th show- 9/19/80) “Touch And Go”, “Shoo Be Doo”, “Gimme Some Slack”… JIM CARROLL BAND (31st show- 2/6/81) “People Who Died”, “Wicked Gravity”, “Day And Night”… RANDY MEISNER (34th show- 2/27/81) “Hearts On Fire”, 2 more… TOM PETTY (8th show- 6/6/80) “Shadow Of A Doubt”, “American Girl”… ROCKPILE (27th show- 12/29/80) “Knife And A Fork”, “Teacher Teacher”, 1 more… STRAY CATS (43rd show- 10/16/81) “Runaway Boys”, “Stray Cat Strut”, “Rock This Town”, 1 more… PRETENDERS (40th show- 9/18/81) “The Adultress”, “Message Of Love”, “Louie Louie”… QUARTERFLASH (53rd show- 1/22/82) “Harden My Heart”, “Find Another Fool”, 1 more… KING CRIMSON (48th show- 12/4/81) “Elephant Talk”, “Thela Hun Gingeet” GRAHAM PARKER (10th show- 6/27/80) “Empty Lives”, “Stupefaction”… EDDIE MONEY (14th show- 9/5/80) “Running Back”, “Trinidad”… DIRE STRAITS (20th show- 10/31/80) “Skateaway”, “Romeo And Juliet”… HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (57th show- 3/5/82) “Workin’ For A Livin’”, “Do You Believe In Love?”, “Giving It All For Love”… MARSHALL TUCKER BAND (35th show- 3/13/81) “Heard It In A Love Song”, “This Time I Believe”… JOURNEY (13th show- 7/18/80) “Walks Like A Lady”, “Where Were You”… BOOMTOWN RATS (2nd show- 4/18/80) “Someone’s Looking At You”, “I Don’t Like Mondays”… KOOL & THE GANG (32nd show- 2/13/81) “Celebration”, “Take It To The Top”, Instrumental… THE CLASH (3rd show- 4/25/80) “London Calling”, “Train In Vain”, “Guns Of Brixton”, “Clampdown”.
KIM CARNES (15th show- 9/12/80) “Cry Like A Baby”, “More Love”… THE CARS (16th show- 9/19/80) “Touch And Go”, “Shoo Be Doo”, “Gimme Some Slack”… BUS BOYS (full) (22nd show- 11/14/80) “KKK”, “Johnny Soul’d Out”, “Minimum Wage Rock And Roll”… HEART (23rd show- 11/21/80) “Bebe Le Strange”, “Tell It Like It Is”… THE JAM (12th show- 7/11/80) “Start!”, “Private Hell”… IAN HUNTER w/ ELLEN FOLEY & MICK RONSON (7th show- 5/7/80) “We Gotta Get Out Of Here”, “Once Bitten Twice Shy”… BONNIE RAITT (58th show- 3/12/82) “Me And The Boys”, “Keep This Heart In Mind”, “Willya Wontcha”… SISTER SLEDGE (59th show- 3/19/82) “My Guy”, “All The Man I Need” THE BLASTERS (54th show- 2/5/82) “I’m Shaking”, “Marie Marie”, “American Music”, 1 more… GARY “U.S.” BONDS (39th show- 5/15/81) “This Little Girl”, “Way Back When”, “Jole Blon”… AL JARREAU ((47th show- 11/20/81) “We’re In This Love Together”, “Rooftop Garden”, “Breaking Away”