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.

glk6 Friday's was one of the best shows I have ever watched. It was well written and superbly performed. I would love to see the show re-runs so they could be enjoyed by a whole new generation of people. The character development was superior to anything on television today. I was trying to tell my 21-year old about this show but words can't describe the superior comedic performances that appeared week after week. I still don't understand how lesser-quality comedy shows survived while this one didn't. The pharmacist and the angry little kid (played by Michael Richards) was side-splitting comedy at its best. I still chuckle when I think of some of those crazy skits. Any ideas out there on how to revive the shows for syndication?

hotmikeoo7 I watched every episode....it was hilarious!!! It would have been a huge success but got lost in the Saturday Night Live limelight. Does anyone know if re-runs or vhs are available for this great tv show???

TomRMD Fridays was a wonderful late-night comedy show which filled the void left by SNL after the original cast and crew left. Each show had the potential to be outrageous, side-splitting, and memorable. Michael Richards' Reagan is the most dead-on satire during his presidency.Remember how every show opened with a musical sketch? Remember Nat E. Dred? Remember Richard's "cool guy". This show deserves to resurface in full and uncut.The only thing to kill this piece of 80's culture was another icon from the 80s: The Iranian Crisis. Koppel's nightly updates evolved into Nightline, which expanded into five nights a week. *sigh*