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slinger
10-13-2006, 10:40 AM
Nicknamed the "Not Ready for Primetime Players," the original cast of Saturday Night Live ignited a comedy revolution with their mix of irreverent characters and satirical impressions of political figures and pop culture icons.

From the premiere of this groundbreaking sketch comedy show on October 11, 1975, live from historical Studio 8H in New York City's Rockefeller Center, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner launched themselves into instant stardom and were often referred to as "The Beatles of Comedy."

Created by Lorne Michaels over three decades ago, few other shows have had the cultural impact and relevance of Saturday Night Live.

Nowhere else can you see the complete first season of SNL, featuring hosts George Carlin, Rob Reiner, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Elliott Gould, Candace Bergen, or original musical performances by Simon & Garfunkle, ABBA, Patti Smith, Jimmy Cliff, and Carly Simon. And if you're curious as to how the original cast was hired, check out the DVD bonus features that include the screen tests of each performer.

That's right, the thing we thought would never happen is happening; season 1 of Saturday Night Live is coming on December 5. The EIGHT disc set (all single-sided) will sell for $69.98 and includes a 32 page limited edition photo book with rare SNL photos of the cast and Lorne Michaels. The set will feature full frame (1.33:1) video, along with English stereo audio. The set includes 1594 mins of material - over 26 hours!

Obviously the big question on everyone's minds is "What about the musical performances?" and it's something we don't have the answer to right now, but we'll look into it and post anything we can find out.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6503

Wow, I was expecting to see a season set from SNL. They've done plenty of Best Ofs and Specials and the one thing holding back the DVDs was the musical performances. I figured they would have a better chance releasing seasons after 2000 on DVD then the ones from the early years. SCTV had trouble and released their seasons out of order on DVD. But TVonDVD gets bigger and bigger each year. Remember, Albert Brooks also had some films and The Muppets appeared throughout the season. People complain about how long it takes for The Simpsons to come out on DVD, even with two or three releases a year it'll take quite awhile for SNL to put out 32 seasons. Or maybe they won't put out 80-81, 85-86, 94-95.

10/11/75: George Carlin / Billy Preston, Janis Ian
10/18/75: Paul Simon / Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow
10/25/75: Rob Reiner
11/08/75: Candice Bergen / Esther Phillips
11/15/75: Robert Klein / ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III
11/22/75: Lily Tomlin
12/13/75: Richard Pryor / Gil Scott-Heron
12/20/75: Candice Bergen / Martha Reeves, The Stylistics
01/10/76: Elliott Gould / Anne Murray
01/17/76: Buck Henry / Bill Withers, Toni Basil, The Blues Brothers
01/24/76: Peter Cook & Dudley Moore / Neil Sedaka
01/31/76: Dick Cavett / Jimmy Cliff

02/14/76: Peter Boyle / Al Jarreau
02/21/76: Desi Arnaz / Desi Arnaz, Jr.
02/28/76: Jill Clayburgh / Leon Redbone, The Singing Idlers
03/13/76: Anthony Perkins / Betty Carter
04/17/76: Ron Nessen / Patti Smith
04/24/76: Raquel Welch / Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian
05/08/76: Madeline Kahn / Carly Simon
05/15/76: Dyan Cannon / Leon & Mary Russell
05/22/76: Buck Henry / Gordon Lightfoot
05/29/76: Elliott Gould / Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson
07/24/76: Louise Lasser / Preservation Hall Jazz Band
07/31/76: Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge
Boiiinng
10-13-2006, 11:56 AM
Holy sh-t! There's no way they would do this for each season. It's such a money waster. But then again, like Conan says, NBC is crazy!
Tornado
10-13-2006, 12:04 PM
Yeah uhh... who's honestly going to buy these? I'm a fan of the show (well, I'm a fan of the Dana Carvey/Adam Sandler/Rob Schneider days), and never once has the need for a complete season of SNL on DVD crossed my mind.
boydston_14
10-13-2006, 02:13 PM
Holy crap! I never thought they'd actually put out season sets but wow!
JBond
10-13-2006, 04:00 PM
Wow, I didn't think it would happen either. Depending on the price, I might buy some of the first 5 years. But then I wouldn't buy any until the late 80's cast. (Hartman, Carvey, Meyers, Spade, Farley, Sandler, etc.)
JBond
10-13-2006, 04:10 PM
TVshowsonDVD.com:

-The 8-disc set will be released on December 19th for $68.98.

-1594 minutes, over 26 hours.

-All musical performances are included

http://www.tvshowsondvd.net/graphics/news3/SNL-S1.jpg
http://www.tvshowsondvd.net/graphics/news3/SNL-S1-Trade.jpg
Fanible
10-13-2006, 06:56 PM
I'd say that's a pretty good price for all that you get. I'll be seriously tempted. Well... I'm definitly going to rent them anyway.
Kris Hodgson
10-14-2006, 01:40 AM
I'm a sucker for nice packaging, and that is really nice.
halo7
10-14-2006, 10:57 AM
I will buy specific seasons that I enjoy. But otherwise meeeh.

I think this one will probably be worth the money though.
slinger
10-14-2006, 02:06 PM
Yeah uhh... who's honestly going to buy these? I'm a fan of the show (well, I'm a fan of the Dana Carvey/Adam Sandler/Rob Schneider days), and never once has the need for a complete season of SNL on DVD crossed my mind.

Well the show had over 20 million viewers 30 years ago plus how many number of fans they've gained in those 30 years, that's larger than any show on TV today that have DVD sets out every year. Plus its pretty hard to impossible to watch episodes, even entire episodes from that era. So you'll get the curious young SNL fan, the diehards of all ages, the fans from the 70s who don't watch the show anymore etc.

Wow, I didn't think it would happen either. Depending on the price, I might buy some of the first 5 years. But then I wouldn't buy any until the late 80's cast. (Hartman, Carvey, Meyers, Spade, Farley, Sandler, etc.)

People seem to forget the Christopher Guest/Billy Crystal/Martin Short season of SNL in the 80s before Lorne returned (and had a horrible season). 1984-85 is still one of the best seasons ever.
JBond
10-14-2006, 03:36 PM
Well honestly, I haven't seen much of the time inbetween.

But when the 84-85 season comes out (In 2013), remind me about it. ;)

I'll buy the first set alone for the one with George Harrison. Does he perform that year, too?
slinger
10-14-2006, 09:42 PM
Well honestly, I haven't seen much of the time inbetween.

But when the 84-85 season comes out (In 2013), remind me about it. ;)

I'll buy the first set alone for the one with George Harrison. Does he perform that year, too?

11/20/76: Paul Simon / George Harrison

Sorry, season two. Which also has the first two episodes hosted by future superstar Steve Martin. I would buy it for the Harrison performances as well, Simon and Harrison combined for 6 performances that night.
IanTheCool
10-15-2006, 02:12 PM
wow, this seems nuts. i mean, its cool that theyre doing it, but whos gonna buy all the seasons??
IanTheCool
10-15-2006, 02:12 PM
I'm a sucker for nice packaging, and that is really nice.
i am too. and it is nice,
Fanible
10-15-2006, 05:24 PM
wow, this seems nuts. i mean, its cool that theyre doing it, but whos gonna buy all the seasons??

The same kinda people who buy all the seasons for X-Files, or Seinfeld, or Star Trek... or any other really long running show for that matter.
JBond
10-15-2006, 09:05 PM
What kind of people is that? I have all of the X-Files and Seinfeld seasons. ;) Though I hate the last 3 of X-Files.
iv3rdawG
10-15-2006, 09:17 PM
Ya I got all the seasons of Seinfeld too. What's so bad about that? ;)
Doomsday
10-15-2006, 11:46 PM
The same kinda people who buy all the seasons for X-Files, or Seinfeld, or Star Trek... or any other really long running show for that matter.

I think what he means is.....would anyone buy the 30 or so seasons of SNL. That would be pretty nuts.
slinger
10-16-2006, 12:39 AM
I think what he means is.....would anyone buy the 30 or so seasons of SNL. That would be pretty nuts.

I'm sure there are and will. There has to be people who have bought all the Star Trek DVDs and that has to be almost 30.
They haven't mentioned anything about how they scored the music so who knows, maybe certain releases will be delayed or skipped over ala SCTV.
FVD
10-16-2006, 12:39 AM
I suppose the first season would be worthwhile for John Belushi alone.
slinger
10-16-2006, 11:45 AM
I suppose the first season would be worthwhile for John Belushi alone.

1st season - Chevy's only full season, the first of everyone else
2nd season - Chevy's final episodes, Bill Murray's 1st season
3rd season - Probably the best season of the first five years
4th season - Last season of Danny and John
5th season - Last season of everyone else

I wonder if the Milton Berle episode will be included. Lorne has never re-aired that episode, he hated it. It was a wreck. He wanted to do his old show, not Saturday Night Live. Lorne was forced into bringing him in; so hopefully they include it just so everything is 'complete'.
Boiiinng
10-16-2006, 11:56 AM
It's not monetarily feasible to do every season of SNL. We're up to what? 32 this year? The show may never end, even after Lorne, so what's the point of having every season? There's not enough time in anyone's life to watch all of that again. Only half of every night is good material anyway. I like the Best Of DVDs and I have a lot of them. That's enough for me.
JBond
10-16-2006, 06:20 PM
Do you suppose certain skits that "broke the rules" will be included? I assume they would, but I have the feeling some of them are never aired.
IanTheCool
10-16-2006, 06:42 PM
whats next? every complete season of jeopardy on dvd??
JBond
10-16-2006, 06:47 PM
It's funny you should say that, because recently I saw news fo rthe realse of "Match Gane 73" on DVD.

Soooo, yeah. Maybe game shows are next.

I wonder how much the complete series of "The Price is Right" would cost? Although, that show really "jumped the shark" in its 7th season.
slinger
12-04-2006, 11:30 AM
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/sitereviews.cfm?ReleaseID=6254

Here's a review. Apparently some small stuff is missing, one of them being the bumpers, that would've been nice to have. The other are some commercials. Waiting on the word for that, I can understand not having the rerun of the commercial air later in the season.
JBond
12-04-2006, 06:37 PM
You mean like SNL fake commercials or the commercial breaks?
slinger
12-04-2006, 06:40 PM
You mean like SNL fake commercials or the commercial breaks?

Yeah the SNL fake ones. And the bumpers you see after commercial to tell you its back on are missing except the last one before the goodnights.
JBond
12-04-2006, 06:41 PM
Hmm, that's too bad. I think I'll still buy it though.
werebadger
12-05-2006, 10:30 AM
From what I've seen of it, it's one of the most impressive Season sets I've seen. I haven't picked one up myself, but the guy in front of me at Best Buy this morning had one and opened it up to look through everything, Its very nice, I'm sure I'll pick one up, a couple of fake commercials missing or not.
Andrey83
12-05-2006, 03:03 PM
whats next? every complete season of jeopardy on dvd??

The bold and the beautiful ;)
carnage4u
12-05-2006, 04:35 PM
It's funny you should say that, because recently I saw news fo rthe realse of "Match Gane 73" on DVD.

Soooo, yeah. Maybe game shows are next.

I wonder how much the complete series of "The Price is Right" would cost? Although, that show really "jumped the shark" in its 7th season.


LOL
altough I hate to see you say jump the shark, in this moment I will simply laugh at the funny :)
JBond
12-05-2006, 10:49 PM
I know you do, that was all for you. ;)
jbailey84
12-12-2006, 03:29 AM
i'll probably get the first 5 of SNL then hand pick the seasons as they come out.