*_I DIDN'T CARE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE mtv. THIS SHOW WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THAT EYE AT _**_0:24_**_ AS BEING 1 OF my NAKED EYES, TRYING TO STAY AWAKE! :)_*
Talk about throwbacks! This, and GEORGE MICHAEL'S SPORTS MACHINE were some of my earliest NBC memories. Listening to this video on my headphones, I forgot what a privilege it was for 80's families to afford color TV sets with Dolby Stereo speakers.
Wow I was just a month into the 8th grade. It was so cool when this was simulcast on the radio because if we were out late we could listen to it. Was great because my dad was listening to all of that stuff too.
I've always loved the opening music. I found out the theme music was written by John Leffler and William Wittman. I found an end credits sequence online. Has the original long version ever been available?
Nick Michaels: Tonight on 'Friday Night Videos', brand new videos by Billy Joel. Cheap Trick. Def Leppard. John Cougar. Madness. A video vote between Robert Plant and ZZ Top, with a free 'Friday Night Videos' t-shirt given away every fifteen seconds during the voting. Classic videos by Tom Petty and Santana. A Private Reel on Loverboy. Plus Elvis Costello. Peter Schilling. Peter Gabriel. Olivia Newton-John. And the Pretenders.
80s was such a magical time. We were getting a taste of technology without choking on it. Family still had real value and most everyone could actually take a joke and have fun. I really miss those days.
I was there too. Thing is, "most everyone could actually take a joke" = "people who got mistreated by the majority mostly didn't dare say anything about it b/c their lives could be ruined or taken" but you do you ok
Oh man we stayed up most of the night on Friday nights watching Friday Night Videos and then got up early to try and tape our favorite songs off the radio from Casey Kasem's Top 40. It took forever to get to the number 1 song but we didn't care, it was awesome.
I taped American top 40 also. Plus I think I wrote the titles of the songs also and on Sunday I typed them out on an old manual typewriter lol (this was for me in the 70s), then watched Friday night videos in 1984-1985. I used to watch one from an abc affiliated also titled All Htt Videos. I miss the 80s!
I stayed up late too but often had the volume cranked WAY too loud and more than once Dad stormed up the stairs to yell at me to turn that shit down! ;-)
Nostalgia hits hard. FNV, ShowBiz Pizza, 8 Wheels roller rink. Atari and then Nintendo, & blockbuster summer movies that were just FUN and didn't try to carry a message.
I was in 6th grade. We had no cable or satellite, thus no MTV. I remember watching this episode by the line up mentioned. Brings back LOTS of memories.
*_ROLLING MY NAKED EYES. I USED TO MISS THE 80s TOO, BUT I DON'T ANYMORE. I'VE HAD better TIMES THAN THE 80s SINCE THEN! AND AS FOR TODAY'S KIDS BEING "STUPIDER", WELL THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE FROM THE 50s USED TO SAY ABOUT US! THE OLD HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED DOWN ON THE YOUNG, AND THEY ALWAYS WILL_*
We didn't have cable back in the 80's, and this the one show I looked forward to watching every Friday night. It came on at 1:00 am in the morning. I couldn't wait for the intro to start. Good times.
I remember watching this as a kid. Thriller came on and I was home alone. I kept imagining zombies looking inside while I was watching Friday Night Videos. I survived.
Oh man! I actually got my 1st kiss watching the Thriller debut on that show. A magical time.... Can't remember her name or face but I remember getting my 1st kiss.
Watched this all the time i Actually like Friday night videos more than MTV...Friday Night Videos ran from 1983 to 1991..and won a Emmy award..Friday Night Videos was a huge important Part of the Great 1980's music seen..
I was 17 in the summer of 1983. Good times! Drinking California Coolers all night and rolling by McDonald's to get a Quarter Pounder with cheese and 🍟 and renting some VHS movies on the weekends. And of course watching Friday Night Videos!
Friday Night Videos was an awesome show. My family at that time didn't have cable so I watched this show. I remember staying up just to watch Michael Jackson's Billie Jean video for the first time. I almost didn't get to see it because my mom told me to go to bed. I begged her to let me watch Michael's video and she did.
This was my show back in the day. I think it came on at midnight because Johnny Carson still came on at 11:30 on channel 3 in Cleveland. If you didn't have cable, this was how you kept up with the latest music. I forgot about the "Video Vote". I think I tried to vote, but couldn't get through.
Looks like I'm not the only one who didn't have cable as a kid! Friday Night Videos was my MTV until '86. I never missed an episode. Thanks for this blast from the past!
NBC cancelled SCTV to make way for Friday Night Videos in the 12:30AM timeslot following Johnny Carson. Letterman was on Monday through Thursday at 12:30AM until 1987 when Late Night expanded to five nights a week, pushing FNV back to 1:30AM. FNV turned to shit when they evolved into NBC's Friday Night and became more of a late night variety show. I think that had something to do with the record company's decision to start charging TV stations and networks for music videos.
hey there, omg ive been trying to find this on youtube forever! thank u for posting. this was a simpler time. the tv with shows like this gave us something to be excited about and to look forward to at the end of the fri night. it would come on around 11pm. im 45. so i was like 7 when i watched this. life was better. calling girls we met on touch tone phones hoping they were home to answer lol. bless you sir!
Friday Night Videos actually followed The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson at 1230AM from 1983 until 1987, then was pushed back until 130AM when Late Night with David Letterman expanded from 4 nights to 5 nights. FNV was cut down from 90 minutes to 60 minutes around that time. It eventually evolved into NBC's Friday Night when the format switched from music videos to comedy sketches and standup comedy. NBC's Friday Night was eventually cancelled and was replaced by Last Call with Carson Daley which had also replaced NBC's Later on Monday-Thursday nights.
Omg!!!!!! Me and my sister love this show back in tha days!!!! Late night Friday night were awesome to see your favorite artists!!! I miss those good ole days!!!!
Radio shows were better too. That's why I became a DJ later. I was 17 in 1983. I remember they had a contest that pitted Pat Benatar vs. Stevie Nicks as the Queen of Rock. I chose Stevie.
I watched Friday Night Videos religiously when I was a kid in the early to mid 80s. I loved seeing it every week. First time I ever saw 'We're Not Gonna Take It' I almost lost it!!
Why someone with the bankroll 💸 doesn’t fund videos the way they use to be - a lot could still happen if someone had direction - purpose and moo - laa....💰
Funny thing about Sharp Dressed Man was that it seemed to be an extremely popular song, won the Video Vote for like 4 or 5 months, but the song itself did not even crack the Billboard Top 40
Everyone I know including myself had cable back in the 80s and 90s. We all had the illegal cable box with all the channels plus the special movie channels and PPV was all free, maybe this is why I don't remember ever hearing about or watching 'Friday Night Videos'.
Friday nights back then, especially in the 80’s, were fun. Friday nights today, especially in 2023, are not. Why? Because the landscape of music and television has changed. Now on weekends, we’re stuck watching sports and movies. Furthermore, today’s music is crap. Thank God for RUclips, it’s the only place to watch old stuff. Whoever you are and whoever you’re at right now, thank you for posting this Friday Night Videos opener. Have a great afternoon, peace and blessings.
There's a lot of newer bands coming out playing post punk and synthwave stuff I like. There's also a group of L.A. called Fire Tiger that's very 80's rock. It's just that you'll never hear this in the B.S. mainstream scene.
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If you didn't have cable, for MTV, then this is what you watched on late Friday nights, to catch up on the latest music videos.
👍👍😎🎶
+MK Dallas I'm with you there! My brother and I would stay up late to watch this.
+MK Dallas this and NightTracks Chartbusters on TBS Saturday nights.
TBS also cable, so...no
*_I DIDN'T CARE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE mtv. THIS SHOW WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THAT EYE AT _**_0:24_**_ AS BEING 1 OF my NAKED EYES, TRYING TO STAY AWAKE! :)_*
Talk about throwbacks! This, and GEORGE MICHAEL'S SPORTS MACHINE were some of my earliest NBC memories. Listening to this video on my headphones, I forgot what a privilege it was for 80's families to afford color TV sets with Dolby Stereo speakers.
About 1986?
I wouldn't trade growing up in this era for anything.
Had MTV but still liked Friday Night Videos much better simply legendary
I watched this every Friday night back in the early 80s.
This was HEAVEN for everyone that didn't have cable and loved videos.
nuff said?
Man. Friday Night Videos. Back then, we had to be good almost all week to watch this and it was almost impossible! Loved that show!
I do remember watching "Friday Night Videos" during the Winter-Spring seasons of 1983 when I was in 4th grade.
When life was simpler and the music was a whole lot better.
Wow I was just a month into the 8th grade. It was so cool when this was simulcast on the radio because if we were out late we could listen to it. Was great because my dad was listening to all of that stuff too.
It was also simulcast in stereo in many markets through FM affiliates. You'd just turn down the TV and turn up the stereo.
Exactly me too, man I miss those days....
I've always loved the opening music. I found out the theme music was written by John Leffler and William Wittman. I found an end credits sequence online. Has the original long version ever been available?
TONIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!
DAAAAAAAAMN!
Nick Michaels: Tonight on 'Friday Night Videos', brand new videos by Billy Joel. Cheap Trick. Def Leppard. John Cougar. Madness. A video vote between Robert Plant and ZZ Top, with a free 'Friday Night Videos' t-shirt given away every fifteen seconds during the voting. Classic videos by Tom Petty and Santana. A Private Reel on Loverboy. Plus Elvis Costello. Peter Schilling. Peter Gabriel. Olivia Newton-John. And the Pretenders.
80s was such a magical time. We were getting a taste of technology without choking on it. Family still had real value and most everyone could actually take a joke and have fun. I really miss those days.
Amen!
Well said and very true.
I don’t know which 80s you lived in, but half the families I knew were divorced and about 30% of the rest has some serious levels of dysfunction
I was there too.
Thing is, "most everyone could actually take a joke" = "people who got mistreated by the majority mostly didn't dare say anything about it b/c their lives could be ruined or taken" but you do you ok
👍🏾❤👍🏾
Oh man we stayed up most of the night on Friday nights watching Friday Night Videos and then got up early to try and tape our favorite songs off the radio from Casey Kasem's Top 40. It took forever to get to the number 1 song but we didn't care, it was awesome.
I taped American top 40 also. Plus I think I wrote the titles of the songs also and on Sunday I typed them out on an old manual typewriter lol (this was for me in the 70s), then watched Friday night videos in 1984-1985. I used to watch one from an abc affiliated also titled All Htt Videos. I miss the 80s!
I stayed up late too but often had the volume cranked WAY too loud and more than once Dad stormed up the stairs to yell at me to turn that shit down! ;-)
Do me a favour. Don't ever delete this!
The opening theme music AND the graphics scream awesome. That's about as much creativity as you can cram into a 30 second intro
FNV actually WON an Emmy for the opening intro/video..
It has an 8 bit computer graphics look to it that was apparently kinda' Space Age-y ...
I just burst into tears watching this....
TRUE!!!
Me too.
For sure!
Nostalgia. It's such a strange feeling, huh?
Nostalgia hits hard. FNV, ShowBiz Pizza, 8 Wheels roller rink. Atari and then Nintendo, & blockbuster summer movies that were just FUN and didn't try to carry a message.
I was in 6th grade. We had no cable or satellite, thus no MTV. I remember watching this episode by the line up mentioned. Brings back LOTS of memories.
i miss the 80s
+Forest Malcolm Yeah, everything is all fear, doom and gloom now. Everyone is paranoid and suspicious of each other. Sucks
+southport97 good times & kids today are stupider & have no clue .
*_ROLLING MY NAKED EYES. I USED TO MISS THE 80s TOO, BUT I DON'T ANYMORE. I'VE HAD better TIMES THAN THE 80s SINCE THEN! AND AS FOR TODAY'S KIDS BEING "STUPIDER", WELL THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE FROM THE 50s USED TO SAY ABOUT US! THE OLD HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED DOWN ON THE YOUNG, AND THEY ALWAYS WILL_*
SnowbirdFlock totally agree with you.
@@southport97 nothing new
We didn't have cable back in the 80's, and this the one show I looked forward to watching every Friday night. It came on at 1:00 am in the morning. I couldn't wait for the intro to start. Good times.
Same here.
Sure did. I was up
Same!
I remember watching this as a kid. Thriller came on and I was home alone. I kept imagining zombies looking inside while I was watching Friday Night Videos. I survived.
Yes..and that was the last video they showed that night
😂
Same!!! 😂🥰
Oh man! I actually got my 1st kiss watching the Thriller debut on that show. A magical time.... Can't remember her name or face but I remember getting my 1st kiss.
ME TOO! It premiered around Cristmas 1983 making me wish I had a VCR then.
This is the most 80s thing I've ever seen.
Watched this all the time i Actually like Friday night videos more than MTV...Friday Night Videos ran from 1983 to 1991..and won a Emmy award..Friday Night Videos was a huge important Part of the Great 1980's music seen..
When NBC changed the music video format and went to a celebrity gossip type of show, I was very upset.
I was 17 in the summer of 1983. Good times! Drinking California Coolers all night and rolling by McDonald's to get a Quarter Pounder with cheese and 🍟 and renting some VHS movies on the weekends. And of course watching Friday Night Videos!
Someone ought to do a full-length cover of this opening, it would kick butt!
This is what I did just about every Friday night as a kid. Simpler times!
This also premiered the same night as Dallas back when on September 30 the 1983..XD Thanks for the upload !! XD
Friday Night Videos was an awesome show. My family at that time didn't have cable so I watched this show. I remember staying up just to watch Michael Jackson's Billie Jean video for the first time. I almost didn't get to see it because my mom told me to go to bed. I begged her to let me watch Michael's video and she did.
This was my show back in the day. I think it came on at midnight because Johnny Carson still came on at 11:30 on channel 3 in Cleveland. If you didn't have cable, this was how you kept up with the latest music. I forgot about the "Video Vote". I think I tried to vote, but couldn't get through.
I remember recording this show on my Beta VCR. Good times!
Ulysses North yes ! The good days
Me too! Lol
Me too! I also had Beta. I'd watch it every Saturday morning.
@@EricToronto Yeah. I had a Sanyo Beta VCR, wired remote, and it was like gold to me!
Me too!!! All the kids would come to my house after school to watch Thriller lol
This show, ABC Rocks and New York Hot Tracks. That's all my family had without MTV.
Poor man's MTV!
naw. Average person’s MTV.
Only rich people could afford cable.
Yup, it was. We didn't get cable until '85.
Looks like I'm not the only one who didn't have cable as a kid! Friday Night Videos was my MTV until '86. I never missed an episode. Thanks for this blast from the past!
Axis TV should revive Friday Night Videos. Maybe use the old intros, bumpers, and outros with new voiceovers.
OMGGGGGG ;( I miss my childhood so much. I hate this generation and I hate this era. 80s come back!!!!
For those of us whose mom and dad wouldn't budge on getting cable TV.......
When I was young, I could hardly stay up to watch this but I managed to do it every week. Me and my bro would watch it always
Indeed. We looked forward to watching it all week.
yeah looked forward to it too.
I remember these graphics very well! We didn't have cable so we couldn't get our MTV.
Every Friday night I would be the only one up so I had to turn the volume down and sit close to the TV to watch this.
This show was so huge back in the day when not everyone had cable.
Epic. Glad I grew up in the greatest golden era of entertainment.
NBC cancelled SCTV to make way for Friday Night Videos in the 12:30AM timeslot following Johnny Carson. Letterman was on Monday through Thursday at 12:30AM until 1987 when Late Night expanded to five nights a week, pushing FNV back to 1:30AM. FNV turned to shit when they evolved into NBC's Friday Night and became more of a late night variety show. I think that had something to do with the record company's decision to start charging TV stations and networks for music videos.
Every friday night when I was a kid lol.... Never won a shirt with the video vote
Can you say NOSTALGIA ?????
MrS98VAC yup
*New York Hot traxx, Friday Night Videos, and Video Music Box!!!!!*
The best audio I've heard! I love the Intro!!
The 80s is so awesome in my opinion. Futuristic computer graphic animations, very catchy music, etc.
hey there, omg ive been trying to find this on youtube forever! thank u for posting.
this was a simpler time. the tv with shows like this gave us something to be excited about and to look forward to at the end of the fri night. it would come on around 11pm. im 45. so i was like 7 when i watched this. life was better. calling girls we met on touch tone phones hoping they were home to answer lol. bless you sir!
The Legendary Friday Night Videos..NBC 1983 to 1991
I believe this aired just before midnight I think 11:30
Great show! Used to stay up as late as I could to watch it
Friday Night Videos actually followed The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson at 1230AM from 1983 until 1987, then was pushed back until 130AM when Late Night with David Letterman expanded from 4 nights to 5 nights. FNV was cut down from 90 minutes to 60 minutes around that time. It eventually evolved into NBC's Friday Night when the format switched from music videos to comedy sketches and standup comedy. NBC's Friday Night was eventually cancelled and was replaced by Last Call with Carson Daley which had also replaced NBC's Later on Monday-Thursday nights.
@@kevinnelson66 Yup this show replaced ultimately the midnight special.
Wow the memories, thank you for posting this!
Omg!!!!!! Me and my sister love this show back in tha days!!!! Late night Friday night were awesome to see your favorite artists!!! I miss those good ole days!!!!
Wish I had a Time Machine. I was 13.
Damn that was a hell of a line up!
You're not wrong!!!
Takes me back to when I was growing up on Kingsbridge Road, Bronx.....GOOD TIMES!!!...GREAT MUSIC!!!
The good old days.
It's a friday night and I wish it was on.
How about some love for MTV's Friday Night Video Fights? Martha Quinn? Reigning Champ? Duran Duran -Save a Prayer..!
watched thriller for the 1st time on this show.
This gives me good memories.
Radio shows were better too. That's why I became a DJ later. I was 17 in 1983. I remember they had a contest that pitted Pat Benatar vs. Stevie Nicks as the Queen of Rock. I chose Stevie.
I watched Friday Night Videos religiously when I was a kid in the early to mid 80s. I loved seeing it every week. First time I ever saw 'We're Not Gonna Take It' I almost lost it!!
Wow what a memory trip!!
Thanks for the upload !! This aried the same night as Dallas season 6 TV in Friday September 30 , 1983.. XD
If your parents were too cheap to pay for cable & get MTV, this was the best you could do.....
Why someone with the bankroll 💸 doesn’t fund videos the way they use to be - a lot could still happen if someone had direction - purpose and moo - laa....💰
I wanna know who took my music and tv!
We had MTV but still stayed up to watch this every Friday. We thought it was so late.
Wow this brings back great memories! Waiting for your favs to be introduced at the beginning....
THIS THIS A THOUSAND TIMES THIS!
The Legendary Friday night videos
do kids stay up that late now 12:30am
Friday Night Videos and Night Tracks back in the day. Didn't have MTV but these shows were great to watch.
Poor man's cable, those who didn't have cable.
Man. I wonder if any of those original t-shirts are still around.
John Cougar, yea man
So many memories! The 80’s were magical.
I miss these days!
If that ZZ Top was Sharp Dressed Man it was number one for a long time if I recall.
I think it was half the first year, and either "Billie Jean" or "Beat it" took the rest.
Funny thing about Sharp Dressed Man was that it seemed to be an extremely popular song, won the Video Vote for like 4 or 5 months, but the song itself did not even crack the Billboard Top 40
Omg! My favorite show as a youth! Back when you had to mess with the tv antenna with tin foil and switch the channel with a pair of pliers.
One of my fondest childhood memories was watching this with my mom when everyone else was asleep. 11:30 PM, NBC Channel 4
Everyone I know including myself had cable back in the 80s and 90s. We all had the illegal cable box with all the channels plus the special movie channels and PPV was all free, maybe this is why I don't remember ever hearing about or watching 'Friday Night Videos'.
Ah yes...Freshman year - watching this while getting ready to go to the campus parties...
I used to stay up late to watch this show. 🥰
Was it really forty years ago. Sheesh.
I wonder how many kids seeing this today wonder why there's a guy bound & blindfolded to a "pole" and why he's being 'marginalized!"
Friday nights back then, especially in the 80’s, were fun. Friday nights today, especially in 2023, are not. Why? Because the landscape of music and television has changed. Now on weekends, we’re stuck watching sports and movies. Furthermore, today’s music is crap. Thank God for RUclips, it’s the only place to watch old stuff. Whoever you are and whoever you’re at right now, thank you for posting this Friday Night Videos opener. Have a great afternoon, peace and blessings.
You're most welcome 🙏 enjoy!
There's a lot of newer bands coming out playing post punk and synthwave stuff I like. There's also a group of L.A. called Fire Tiger that's very 80's rock. It's just that you'll never hear this in the B.S. mainstream scene.
Kids back then would record this on tv on a cassette and then, watch it in the afternoon in the mid-1980s.
I was 13 and probably playing with myself when this aired.
Its sad alot of new generations will not understand these special simpler times in recent history.
OLIVIA neutron bomb!
This was better than mtv
RIP Tom Petty
MTV for rural people
Was the music at the beginning specifically made for the show, or is it an actual song? If it is an actual song, would very much like to find it.
I just turned 10.
Damn I miss my childhood😢
MTV for those who didnt have Cable TV.
Why does everything comes out in 1983