Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Larry David and Michael Richards in ABC's "Fridays" in 1981

Today our time machine is taking us back to December 1981, when Larry David and Michael Richards were in a sketch about people with Jewish names who aren't Jewish. You probably won't recognize them as they looked 42 years ago (before Seinfeld), but their voices are recognizable. 

The sketch was performed in the third and final season of Fridays, ABC's attempt to duplicate the success of NBC's Saturday Night Live, which, at the time, was in its fifth season featuring the original "Not Ready for Prime Time" cast, along with several writers (and SNL band leader at the time, Paul Shaffer) who had been promoted to feature player status, as well as newcomer Harry Shearer.

Like SNL, Fridays featured popular musical guests and, beginning in the second season, celebrity guest hosts, some of whom had appeared on SNL before and after Fridays aired, such as Andy Kaufman, Billy Crystal, William Shatner, Mark Hamill, and George Carlin. (Carlin, who had hosted the very first SNL in 1975, was also Fridays' first official "guest host" in 1981.) 

Enjoy!

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