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Creem Profiles

FRIDAYS

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

September 1, 1981

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HOME: The network that brought you Love Boat.

AGE: These enfants terribles slurp up Geritolin their bottles. PROFESSION: Fooles.

HOBBIES: Watching Saturday Night Live, reading National Lampoon, videotaping Second City.

LAST BOOK READ: The Perfect Audience: Just A Bunch Of Drunk Teenagers Who Can't Even Change Channelsby Bob Eubanks.

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Exposed Melanie Chartoff s bod so much, a cathode ray tube made her pregnant.

QUOTE: ''Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll!' Whaddya mean we have to pay royalties to Ian Dury?!?'

PROFILE: In the decade of the clone, Fndat/s became ABC's answer to the other network's 'hip,' irreverent, not-ready-for-prime-time comedy show. Fridays was chosen TV Show of the Year in the 1980 CREEM readers' poll, beating out fierce competition like Over Easy and The Toni Tennille Show.

BEER: Not Boy Howdy! They stole these cans from John Belushi!