Season 2 (1980)
Back to main1. Eddie Money
--Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""
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1h 30min
September 5, 1980
2. Kim Carnes
--Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""
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1h 30min
September 12, 1980
3. The Cars (1st appearance)
--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""
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1h 30min
September 19, 1980
4. Al Jarreau
--Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""
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1h 30min
October 3, 1980
5. Ted Nugent
--Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""
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1h 30min
October 10, 1980
6. Split Enz
--Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""
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1h 30min
October 17, 1980
7. Dire Straits
--Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""
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1h 30min
October 31, 1980
8. Devo (2nd appearance)
--Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""
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1h 30min
November 7, 1980
9. The Busboys
The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.
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1h 30min
November 14, 1980
10. Heart
--Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""
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1h 30min
November 21, 1980
11. November 28, 1980
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1h 30min
November 28, 1980
12. Pat Benatar
--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""
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1h 30min
December 5, 1980
13. Steve Forbert
--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""
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1h 30min
December 12, 1980
14. Rockpile
--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""
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1h 30min
December 19, 1980
15. George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers
--George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""
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1h 30min
January 9, 1981
16. Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics
--The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""
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1h 30min
January 16, 1981
17. Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon
--REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""
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1h 30min
January 23, 1981
18. Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band
--Valerie Bertinelli (host)
--Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")
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1h 30min
February 6, 1981
19. Michael McKean & David L. Lander / Kool & The Gang
--Michael McKean & David L. Lander (co-hosts, in character as ""Lenny & Squiggy"") --Kool & The Gang - ""Celebration,"" ""Take It To The Top"" & an instrumental song
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1h 30min
February 13, 1981
20. Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet
--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs
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1h 30min
February 20, 1981
21. Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner
--On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.
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1h 30min
February 27, 1981
22. David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band
--Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""
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1h 30min
March 13, 1981
23. Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship
--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""
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1h 30min
April 3, 1981
24. Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts
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1h 30min
April 10, 1981
25. Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett
--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""
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1h 30min
May 8, 1981
26. George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds
--Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""
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1h 30min
May 15, 1981