Season 2

Season 2 (1980)




Episodes List

Ep.1 Eddie Money

Air Date: 1980-09-05

--Eddie Money performs ""Running Back"" and ""Trinidad""

Ep.2 Kim Carnes

Air Date: 1980-09-12

--Kim Carnes (1st appearance) - ""Cry Like A Baby"" and ""More Love""

Ep.3 The Cars (1st appearance)

Air Date: 1980-09-19

--The Cars perform ""Touch and Go,"" ""Shoo Be Doo"" and ""Gimme Some Slack""

Ep.4 Al Jarreau

Air Date: 1980-10-03

--Al Jarreau (1st appearance) - ""Spain"" and ""Distracted""

Ep.5 Ted Nugent

Air Date: 1980-10-10

--Ted Nugent performs ""Scream Dream"" and ""Paralyzed""

Ep.6 Split Enz

Air Date: 1980-10-17

--Split Enz performs ""I Got You"" and ""I Hope I Never""

Ep.7 Dire Straits

Air Date: 1980-10-31

--Dire Straits performs ""Skateaway"" and ""Romeo and Juliet""

Ep.8 Devo (2nd appearance)

Air Date: 1980-11-07

--Devo - ""Whip It"" and ""Uncontrollable Urge""

Ep.9 The Busboys

Air Date: 1980-11-14

The Busboys performed ""KKK,"" ""Johnny Soul'd Out"" and ""Minimum Wage"" from their 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' album.

Ep.10 Heart

Air Date: 1980-11-21

--Heart performs ""Bebe-La-Strange"" and ""Tell It Like It is""

Ep.11 November 28, 1980

Air Date: 1980-11-28

Ep.12 Pat Benatar

Air Date: 1980-12-05

--Pat Benatar sings ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot"" and ""Hell Is For Children""

Ep.13 Steve Forbert

Air Date: 1980-12-12

--Steve Forbert performs ""Romeo's Tune,"" ""Lonely Girl"" and ""Get Well Soon""

Ep.14 Rockpile

Air Date: 1980-12-19

--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""

Ep.15 George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers

Air Date: 1981-01-09

--George Thorogood & the Destroyers perform ""Can't Stop Lovin'""

Ep.16 Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics

Air Date: 1981-01-16

--The Plasmatics perform ""Living Dead"" and ""Butcher Baby""

Ep.17 Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon

Air Date: 1981-01-23

--REO Speedwagon perform ""Don't Let Him Go"" & ""Keep On Lovin' You""

Ep.18 Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band

Air Date: 1981-02-06

--Valerie Bertinelli (host) --Jim Carroll Band - ""People Who Died"" (and possibly ""Wicked Gravity"" & ""Day and Night"")

Ep.19 Michael McKean & David L. Lander / Kool & The Gang

Air Date: 1981-02-13

--Michael McKean & David L. Lander (co-hosts, in character as ""Lenny & Squiggy"") --Kool & The Gang - ""Celebration,"" ""Take It To The Top"" & an instrumental song

Ep.20 Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet

Air Date: 1981-02-20

--Andy Kaufman (host) - the infamous fistfight episode --Sir Douglas Quintet performs ""You're Gonna Miss Me,"" ""Mendocino"" + 2 more songs

Ep.21 Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner

Air Date: 1981-02-27

--On tape: Andy Kaufman appears in a videotaped apology.

Ep.22 David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band

Air Date: 1981-03-13

--Marshall Tucker Band perform ""Heard it in a Love Song"" and ""This Time I Believe""

Ep.23 Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship

Air Date: 1981-04-03

--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""

Ep.24 Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts

Air Date: 1981-04-10

Ep.25 Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett

Air Date: 1981-05-08

--Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band perform ""Margaritaville"" and ""It's My Job""

Ep.26 George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds

Air Date: 1981-05-15

--Gary U.S. Bonds performs ""This Little Girl,"" ""Way Back When"" and ""Jole Blon""