Ken Rocker

A remarkably terrible AMERICAN GRAFFITTI rip off from the guy who did an actually terrific movie called AMERICAN HOT WAX. An infantile, juvenille piece of filth that I thank God I number among my collection. If you ever have loved The Movie Channel during the 80s, chances are you came across this wonderful piece of Gold Plated Turd. I really, really love this garbage. Honest. Notable for Robert Wuhl's bravura performance as Newbomb Turk. Volare'!..........

Friday's was ridiculed as a poor man's Saturday Night Live and I think that's an unfair assessment. The show had a wealth of talent with a brilliant Mark Blankfield, a very funny Melanie Chartoff and our first look at Michael "Cosmo Kramer" Richards. It displayed inventive, cutting edge comedy and simply awesome musical guests (among which was a must-be-seen-to-be-believed performance by British punkers The Clash and the shock theatrics of The Plasmatics). Unfortunately, Fridays never quite caught on with the masses and died a rather premature death. I'm sure everyone has heard about the brawl involving Andy Kaufman on one episode. Even though it was staged, the hype surrounding it was just as funny and a great stunt. Along with SNL and SCTV Network 90, Fridays gave America in the early 1980s a reason to stay home on weekends. Those of us who remember late night TV back then should consider ourselves very lucky to have had a show to watch of this calibre. I was very disappointed when it was canceled. I think there would be no Kids In The Hall or Mr. Show without the late night comedy TV shows of the late 70s/early 80s. Fridays is certainly on that list.