Eddie Money

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01

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

9/5/1980

Kim Carnes

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02

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

9/12/1980

The Cars (1st appearance)

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03

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

9/19/1980

Al Jarreau

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04

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

10/3/1980

Ted Nugent

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05

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

10/10/1980

Split Enz

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06

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

10/17/1980

Dire Straits

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07

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

10/31/1980

Devo (2nd appearance)

10.0

08

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

11/7/1980

The Busboys

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09

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

11/14/1980

Heart

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10

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

11/21/1980

November 28, 1980

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11

11/28/1980

Pat Benatar

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12

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

12/5/1980

Steve Forbert

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13

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

12/12/1980

Rockpile

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14

--Rockpile performs ""Teacher Teacher""

12/19/1980

George Carlin / George Thorogood & the Destroyers

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15

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

1/9/1981

Shelley Winters / The Plasmatics

8.0

16

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

1/16/1981

Henny Youngman / REO Speedwagon

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17

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

1/23/1981

Valerie Bertinelli / Jim Carroll Band

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18

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

2/6/1981

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

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19

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

2/13/1981

Andy Kaufman / Sir Douglas Quintet

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20

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

2/20/1981

Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner

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21

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

2/27/1981

David Steinberg / Marshal Tucker Band

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22

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

3/13/1981

Father Guido Sarducci / Jefferson Starship

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23

--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""

4/3/1981

Madeline Kahn / Frankie & The Knockouts

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24

4/10/1981

Mark Hamill / Jimmy Buffett

9.0

25

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

5/8/1981

George Hamilton / Gary U.S. Bonds

8.0

26

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

5/15/1981