The reason Fridays isn't on DVD - I've found it!
http://www.tvparty.com/80fridays4.html
Turns out they need Michael Richards' permission! Somebody write him!
i just read that myself. i am very unhappy now.
shareYeah this blows. I had always assumed it was getting clearance from all the music acts (which held up Heavy Metal's DVD release for years). I loved the show when it was on, but seeing people like the Plasmatics, or the Busboys, or Split Enz was the main reason I tuned in. Remember this was before MTV.
shareIt really wasn't before MTV, but your point is a good one
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Yep! Fridays was very much before MTV. I remember that DEVO was on the show in support of the New Traditionalists album. They performed the songs while walking on treadmills and I believe they were also on platforms about 10 feet above the stage. I was 13 at the time so my memory maybe a bit clouded. qxyz, how much is the cost of your DVD set?
shareFridays aired from 1980 to 1982. MTV debuted in August of 1981, but it wasn't very common to have cable T.V. yet.
"Stop your job! Look at the insensitive man!"
Again, 1980 is before 1981...so, yes, Fridays was before MTV by about a year. And Al Jarreau's performances were what sold me on the show, even though I was a dedicated Andy Kaufman fan well before that time.
shareYeah, I totally remember Friday's being funnier than SNL. I am also pissed that Michael Richards is holding up the release of this show. He must have a ton of money now after doing all those years of Seinfeld. What's the downside for him? His selfishness is preventing us from great TV moments, like Mark Blankfield's drug-addled pharmacist!
shareFrankly, I think Richards' Battle Boy scenes were the best. Hiding in his plywood covered hole in his back yard... nailing green army men to the wall, setting fire to his little sister's Barbie Corvette... all to the lilting tune "Come play with me..."
Funnier than SNL! I wish I had kept those old video casettes!
They had better do something soon as the show is only remembered by those old enough to see it back in the day. Richards better give in. He should be happy that people remember him from something OTHER than Seinfeld. It would be good for his career and "Fridays" fans where the show is but a memory, and a fading one at that!
shareFridays was way way better than SNL.The music guests were very varied that made the show very interesting,lets face it there wasnt much else on tv back then on friday nights.ABC should absolutely without a doubt release the whole series and make a whole lot of people happy.Fridays aired during my teen years and i'm sure i would remember every sketch once i started watching them again because i don't think i ever missed an episode.So let's do all we can to get this great show on dvd.
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At this point in Michael Richards' career this would be prudent move. After his recent fall from grace this would restore some of his image. His are the skits I want to see again - the ganja chef with the dancing chicken - I remember laughing so hard I thought I was going to die because I couldn't breathe! I'd love my 16 year old son, who's currently into Seinfeld, to see this show. If you have a Netflix account, go request it be added to their rentals. I've already done it. Maybe he would respond to Netflix's request.
shareYou can't request it be added to Netflix until it shows up on home video first. A better place to go is www.tvshowsonDVD.com.
shareI was getting the cornish game hens ready to bake on Thanksgiving, and it reminded me of Bruce Mahler's sketches about the piano-playing guy with a chicken on one hand. It's a vague memory, but I remember (I think) that he would put a bow tie on the chicken and maybe dress it up, twirling the bird while his hand is inside the body cavity (thank goodness the chicken was dead), all the while playing the piano and singing.
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When the hell is somebody going to release "Jekyll and Hyde...Together Again" on DVD???
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internet? any sketches??
The world is expanding.