Buy Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season on DVD

Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season

DVD
8-disc box set

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Synopsis

Nicknamed the "Not Ready for Prime Time 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 historic Studio 8H in New York City's Rockefeller Center, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, 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, Saturday Night Live has had the cultural impact and relevance that few shows can claim.

Nowhere else can you see the complete first season of SNL, featuring hosts George Carlin, Rob Reiner, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, or original musical performances by Simon & Garfunkel, 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, which include the screen tests of each performer.

Product Format Information

DVD : $62.99 (8-disc box set)

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: No
Region Code: 1
UPC: 025193056528

Studio : Universal

Languages: English Dolby Digital 2.0 (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 Original Aspect Ratio
Features:
Limited Edition Photo Book with Rare SNL Photos of the Cast and Lorne Michaels (32-pages)

Keywords

Comedy, Television

Genres

Late Night/Cult, Music & Theater

Customer Reviews

Finally!

Land Shark wrote on 10/27/2006:

After years of having to watch 60-minute reruns with many bits edited out, and home video compilations that leave out all the music, we can finally see all the brilliance, warts and all. And there were a lot of warts....that was a big part of the appeal!

Remember back then, they actually wrote some of the material themselves and didn't rely on cue cards all the time? And they had real crazy people writing for them like Michael O'Donoghue?

This set might never leave my DVD player.