| | | 1975 - 1976.
Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, English
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (DVD MOVIE)
Editor's Note
With relevant satire that's just as funny today as it was in 1975, the first season of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE still triggers giggles from people even if they weren't even born when Gerald Ford was in office. The famous "Not Ready for Primetime Players" made their debut in this revolutionary sketch comedy show created by Lorne Michaels. Chevy Chase is hilarious as the first anchor of Weekend Update, and John Belushi shines as both Don Corleone and a samurai working at a deli. Whether playing a young girl or confused commentator Emily Latella, Gilda Radner is pitch perfect. Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, and Laraine Newman round out this spectacular cast that has never been equaled in more than three decades of the show. This season began the show's tradition of getting top guest hosts including Richard Pryor, Buck Henry, and Candice Bergen. Musical guests include classic artists such as Simon and Garfunkel, ABBA, and Carly Simon. Each episode is in its original 90-minute format.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Comes With Limited Edition Photo Book With Rare SNL Photos Of The Cast & Lorne Michaels (32-Pages) | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | DVD Review: Saturday Night Live - The Complete First Season By: El Bicho - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 12/4/2006 10:13 PM | | You'll have a good night and a pleasant tomorrow with this landmark set in your DVD collection. After Johnny Carson’s request that NBC stop airing Best of Carson on the weekends, the network wanted to fill the gap with a 90-minute variety show. Former Laugh-In writer Lorne Michaels was hired to run the show, and the rest is television history, but how many people actually know the entire history?...read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 12/5/2006 |
| Running Time: 1594 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1975 | | Catalog ID: 61030565 | | UPC: 00025193056528 | | Number of Discs: 8 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1976) | | | Emmy, Lorne Michaels, Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series | | | Emmy, Chevy Chase, Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music | | | Emmy, Dave Wilson, Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | | | Emmy, Al Franken, et. al., Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | |
Nominee (1976) | | | Emmy, Edie Baskin, Bob Pook, Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"[The season] where the format was being invented on the fly....They had one of the century's crystallizing pop culture syntheses..." -- Grade: A 12/08/2006 p.66Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he music is as good as ever -- particularly the three-song Simon and Garfunkel reunion." 12/28/2006 p.122 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he humour is as fresh as ever....Simply peerless entertainment." 03/01/2007 p.118 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "For a post-Vietnam, post-Nixon audience of young, cynical adults SNL was outrageous, unique and totally relevant." 07/01/2007 p.141 Uncut
3 stars out of 5 -- "[Belushi] shows himself to have possessed from the outset a warm genius for engaging physical comedy." 08/01/2007 p.136 |
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