Saturday Night Live: The Complete Seasons 1-5
Saturday Night Live: The Complete Seasons 1-5
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“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
The first five years of Saturday Night Live featured some of the most beloved cast members of all time, including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman - the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players.” They set the stage for some of the most hilarious television comedy, and it was all live! Now the best of the original cast is available unlike ever before. They’re still not ready for prime time, but now you can watch them any time!
This 38-DVD Collector’s Set Includes:
- Every episode of Seasons 1-5, complete and uncut. That's 106 episodes in total!
- The original groundbreaking, irreverent, hilarious cast
- All-time classic sketches including “Land Shark,” “Word Association,” “The Killer Bees,” “Super Bass-o-Matic,” “Weekend Update,” “The Franken and Davis Show,” “Olympia Café,” “The French Chef,” and so many more.
- Iconic characters including Coneheads, Samurai, Emily Litella, Chevy Chase as President Ford, Shower Mike, The Blues Brothers, Baba Wawa, Nick the Lounge Singer, The Wild and Crazy Festrunk Brothers, The Loud Family, Buck Henry’s Uncle Roy, and more!
- Unforgettable guest hosts including Candice Bergen, George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Carrie Fisher, Buck Henry, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Walter Matthau, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin, Frank Zappa and more!
- 28-Page Collector’s Book telling the story of the show and all of your favorite “Not Ready For Primetime Players”
- Exclusive bonus features, behind-the-scenes footage, screen tests with the entire original cast, and television interviews with the cast and showrunner Lorne Michaels.
- FREE BONUS DVD of Mr. Bill Classics digitally remastered from the original Super-8 and 16mm films
SNL: The Complete First Season
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, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner launched themselves into instant stardom.
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Disc 1
GEORGE CARLIN
musical guests
BILLY PRESTON, JANIS IAN
original air date
OCTOBER 11, 1975PAUL SIMON
musical guests
SIMON & GARFUNKEL, PHOEBE SNOW, RANDY NEWMAN, THE JESSE DIXON SINGERS
original air date
OCTOBER 18, 1975ROB REINER
musical performance by
JOHN BELUSHI as JOE COCKER
original air date
OCTOBER 25, 1975 -
Disc 2
CANDICE BERGEN
musical guest
ESTHER PHILLIPS
original air date
NOVEMBER 8, 1975ROBERT KLEIN
musical guests
ABBA, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
original air date
NOVEMBER 15, 1975LILY TOMLIN
musical guest
HOWARD SHORE’S ALL-NURSE BAND
original air date
NOVEMBER 22, 1975 -
Disc 3
RICHARD PRYOR
musical guest
GIL SCOTT-HERON
original air date
DECEMBER 13, 1975CANDICE BERGEN
musical guests
MARTHA REEVES, THE STYLISTICS
original air date
DECEMBER 20, 1975ELLIOTT GOULD
musical guest
ANNE MURRAY
original air date
JANUARY 10, 1976
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Disc 4
BUCK HENRY
musical guests
BILL WITHERS, TONI BASIL
original air date
JANUARY 17, 1976PETER COOK & DUDLEY MOORE
musical guest
NEIL SEDAKA
original air date
JANUARY 24, 1976DICK CAVETT
musical guest
JIMMY CLIFF
original air date
JANUARY 31, 1976 -
Disc 5
PETER BOYLE
musical guest
AL JARREAU
original air date
FEBRUARY 14, 1976DESI ARNAZ
musical guest
DESI ARNAZ
original air date
FEBRUARY 21, 1976JILL CLAYBURGH
musical guest
LEON REDBONE
original air date
FEBRUARY 28, 1976 -
Disc 6
ANTHONY PERKINS
musical guest
BETTY CARTER
original air date
MARCH 13, 1976RON NESSEN
musical guest
PATTI SMITH GROUP
original air date
APRIL 17, 1976RAQUEL WELCH
musical guests
PHOEBE SNOW, JOHN SEBASTIAN
original air date
APRIL 24, 1976
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Disc 7
MADELINE KAHN
musical guest
CARLY SIMON
original air date
MAY 8, 1976DYAN CANNON
musical guests
LEON & MARY RUSSELL
original air date
MAY 15, 1976BUCK HENRY
musical guest
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
original air date
MAY 22, 1976
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Disc 8
ELLIOTT GOULD
musical guests
LEON REDBONE, HARLAN COLLINS & JOYCE EVERSON
original air date
MAY 29, 1976LOUISE LASSER
musical guest
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
original air date
JULY 24, 1976KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
musical guests
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE
original air date
JULY 31, 1976BONUS
- Screen Tests:
- Dan Aykroyd
- Garrett Morris
- John Belushi
- Laraine Newman
- Chevy Chase
- Gilda Radner
- Jane Curtin
- The Tomorrow Show (Original Air Date: September 27, 1975)—TV interview with cast members and producer Lorne Michaels
- Screen Tests:
SNL: The Complete Second Season
Although only the second year on the air, the Primetime Emmy® Award-winning 1976–1977 season turned out to be the last for Chevy Chase, but the first for a young comedian named Bill Murray.
The complete second season of SNL contains legendary musical performances by artists Joe Cocker, The Band, Brian Wilson, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry, The Kinks, Santana and Tom Waits and classic appearances by hosts Lily Tomlin, Norman Lear, Steve Martin, Dick Cavett, Jodie Foster, Candice Bergen, Ralph Nader, Fran Tarkenton, Sissy Spacek, Elliott Gould and Shelley Duvall.
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Disc 1
LILY TOMLIN
musical guest
JAMES TAYLOR
original air date
SEPTEMBER 18, 1976NORMAN LEAR
musical guest
BOZ SCAGGS
original air date
SEPTEMBER 25, 1976ERIC IDLE
musical guests
JOE COCKER, STUFF
original air date
OCTOBER 2, 1976 -
Disc 2
KAREN BLACK
musical guest
JOHN PRINE
original air date
OCTOBER 16, 1976STEVE MARTIN
musical guest
KINKY FRIEDMAN
original air date
OCTOBER 23, 1976BUCK HENRY
musical guest
THE BAND
original air date
OCTOBER 30, 1976 -
Disc 3
DICK CAVETT
musical guest
RY COODER
original air date
NOVEMBER 13, 1976PAUL SIMON
musical guests
PAUL SIMON, GEORGE HARRISON
original air date
NOVEMBER 20, 1976JODIE FOSTER
musical guest
BRIAN WILSON
original air date
NOVEMBER 27, 1976
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Disc 4
CANDICE BERGEN
musical guest
FRANK ZAPPA
original air date
DECEMBER 11, 1976RALPH NADER
musical guest
GEORGE BENSON
original air date
JANUARY 15, 1977RUTH GORDON
musical guest
CHUCK BERRY
special guest
RICKY JAY
original air date
JANUARY 22, 1977 -
Disc 5
FRAN TARKENTON
musical guests
LEO SAYER, DONNIE HARPER & THE VOICES OF TOMORROW
original air date
JANUARY 29, 1977STEVE MARTIN
musical guest
THE KINKS
special guest
LILY TOMLIN
original air date
FEBRUARY 26, 1977SISSY SPACEK
musical guest
RICHARD BASKIN
original air date
MARCH 12, 1977 -
Disc 6
BRODERICK CRAWFORD
musical guests
THE METERS, DR. JOHN, LEVON HELM, PAUL BUTTERFIELD
special guest
LINDA RONSTADT
original air date
MARCH 19, 1977JACK BURNS
musical guest
SANTANA
original air date
MARCH 26, 1977JULIAN BOND
musical guests
TOM WAITS, BRICK
original air date
APRIL 9, 1977
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Disc 7
ELLIOTT GOULD
musical guests
KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE, ROSLYN KIND
original air date
APRIL 16, 1977ERIC IDLE
musical guests
ALAN PRICE, NEIL INNES, HOWARD SHORE AND HIS BOBBY BLUE BAND
special guest
JEANNETTE CHARLES
original air date
APRIL 23, 1977SHELLEY DUVALL
musical guest
JOAN ARMATRADING
original air date
MAY 14, 1977
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Disc 8
BUCK HENRY
musical guests
JENNIFER WARNES, KENNY VANCE
original air date
MAY 21, 1977BONUS
- SNL Mardi Gras Special (Original Air Date: February 20, 1977)
- Dress Sketch 1 (audio)
- Dress Sketch 2 (audio)
- Screen Test: Andy Kaufman
SNL: The Complete Third Season
Continuing the enormous success of the previous two years, the third season of SNL (1977–78) showcased a fearless cast that created some of the most memorable sketches to ever appear on the show.
With hilarious breakthrough characters like “The Nerds” (Bill Murray and Gilda Radner), “Coneheads” (Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin), “Nick the Lounge Singer” (Bill Murray), “Samurai” (John Belushi), a singing King Tut (legendary SNL host Steve Martin), and featuring “Father Guido Sarducci” (Don Novello) as well as “The Franken and Davis Show” (Al Franken and Tom Davis), SNL continued to define itself as the pinnacle of irreverent humor and political satire.
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Disc 1
STEVE MARTIN
musical guest
JACKSON BROWNE
original air date
SEPTEMBER 24, 1977MADELINE KAHN
musical guest
TAJ MAHAL
special guest
BARRY HUMPHRIES AS DAME EDNA
original air date
OCTOBER 8, 1977HUGH HEFNER
musical guest
LIBBY TITUS
original air date
OCTOBER 15, 1977 -
Disc 2
CHARLES GRODIN
musical guests
PAUL SIMON & THE PERSUASIONS
original air date
OCTOBER 29, 1977RAY CHARLES
special guest
FRANKLYN AJAYE
original air date
NOVEMBER 12, 1977BUCK HENRY
musical guest
LEON REDBONE
original air date
NOVEMBER 19, 1977 -
Disc 3
MARY KAY PLACE
musical guest
WILLIE NELSON
original air date
DECEMBER 10, 1977MISKEL SPILLMAN
musical guest
ELVIS COSTELLO
original air date
DECEMBER 17, 1977STEVE MARTIN
musical guests
THE DIRT BAND, RANDY NEWMAN
original air date
JANUARY 21, 1978
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Disc 4
ROBERT KLEIN
musical guest
BONNIE RAITT
original air date
JANUARY 28, 1978CHEVY CHASE
musical guest
BILLY JOEL
original air date
FEBRUARY 18, 1978O.J. SIMPSON
musical guests
ASHFORD & SIMPSON
original air date
FEBRUARY 25, 1978 -
Disc 5
ART GARFUNKEL
musical guest
STEPHEN BISHOP
original air date
MARCH 11, 1978JILL CLAYBURGH
musical guest
EDDIE MONEY
original air date
MARCH 18, 1978CHRISTOPHER LEE
musical guest
MEAT LOAF
special guest
RICHARD BELZER
original air date
MARCH 25, 1978 -
Disc 6
MICHAEL PALIN
musical guest
EUGENE RECORD
original air date
APRIL 8, 1978MICHAEL SARRAZIN
musical guests
KEITH JARRETT, GRAVITY
original air date
APRIL 15, 1978STEVE MARTIN
musical guest
THE BLUES BROTHERS
original air date
APRIL 22, 1978
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Disc 7
RICHARD DREYFUSS
musical guests
JIMMY BUFFETT, GARY TIGERMAN
original air date
MAY 13, 1978BUCK HENRY
musical guest
SUN RA
original air date
MAY 20, 1978BONUS
- Bonus Show—Things We Did Last Summer (Original Air Date: October 28, 1978)
- Wardrobe Test: John Belushi and Howard Shore
SNL: The Complete Fourth Season
Returning for a fourth season (1978–1979), the cast and writers of SNL maintained their reputation for hilarious characters and innovative sketch-comedy creating hits such as “The Blues Brothers” (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd), “Nick the Lounge Singer” (Bill Murray), “Candy Slice” (Gilda Radner), “The Loud Family” (Jane Curtin), “Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute” (Dan Aykroyd), and “The Nerds” (Bill Murray and Gilda Radner). Other favorites include the return of iconic host Steve Martin (with Dan Aykroyd as the wild and crazy “Festrunk Brothers”) and Buck Henry’s inappropriate “Uncle Roy.”
The complete fourth season of SNL features classic performances from hosts Fred Willard, Carrie Fisher, Kate Jackson, Milton Berle, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Elliott Gould, Frank Zappa, Gary Busey, and Walter Matthau. Unforgettable musical guests such as Peter Tosh, Mick Jagger, The Doobie Brothers, Bette Midler, Talking Heads, Devo, Van Morrison, Grateful Dead, Rickie Lee Jones, James Taylor, and the legendary Rolling Stones play live from Studio 8H.
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Disc 1
THE ROLLING STONES
special guest
MAYOR ED KOCH
original air date
OCTOBER 7, 1978FRED WILLARD
musical guest
DEVO
original air date
OCTOBER 14, 1978FRANK ZAPPA
musical guest
FRANK ZAPPA
original air date
OCTOBER 21, 1978 -
Disc 2
STEVE MARTIN
musical guest
VAN MORRISON
original air date
NOVEMBER 4, 1978BUCK HENRY
special guest
GRATEFUL DEAD
original air date
NOVEMBER 11, 1978CARRIE FISHER
musical guest
THE BLUES BROTHERS
original air date
NOVEMBER 18, 1978 -
Disc 3
WALTER MATTHAU
musical performance by
GARRETT MORRIS
original air date
DECEMBER 2, 1978ERIC IDLE
musical guest
KATE BUSH
original air date
DECEMBER 9, 1978ELLIOTT GOULD
musical guests
PETER TOSH & MICK JAGGER
special guests
BOB & RAY
original air date
DECEMBER 16, 1978
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Disc 4
MICHAEL PALIN
musical guest
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
original air date
JANUARY 27, 1979CICELY TYSON
musical guest
TALKING HEADS
original air date
FEBRUARY 10, 1979RICK NELSON
musical guests
RICK NELSON, JUDY COLLINS
original air date
FEBRUARY 17, 1979 -
Disc 5
KATE JACKSON
musical guest
DELBERT MCCLINTON
special guest
ANDY KAUFMAN
original air date
FEBRUARY 24, 1979GARY BUSEY
musical guests
EUBIE BLAKE & GREGORY HINES, GARY BUSEY
original air date
MARCH 10, 1979MARGOT KIDDER
musical guest
THE CHIEFTAINS
original air date
MARCH 17, 1979 -
Disc 6
RICHARD BENJAMIN
musical guest
RICKIE LEE JONES
original air date
APRIL 7, 1979MILTON BERLE
musical guest
ORNETTE COLEMAN
original air date
APRIL 14, 1979MICHAEL PALIN
musical guest
JAMES TAYLOR
original air date
MAY 12, 1979
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Disc 7
MAUREEN STAPLETON
musical guests
LINDA RONSTADT & PHOEBE SNOW
original air date
MAY 19, 1979BUCK HENRY
musical guest
BETTE MIDLER
original air date
MAY 26, 1979BONUS:
- Today (Original Air Date: July 27, 1978)—TV interview with John Belushi
- Today (Original Air Date: April 14, 1980)—TV interview with Gilda Radner
- The Tomorrow Show (Original Air Date: October 29, 1979)
SNL: The Complete Fifth Season
Returning for what would be the final season (1979–1980) for many of the original cast and writers of SNL, the complete fifth season features an array of comedic hosts, including Steve Martin, Eric Idle, Buck Henry, Rodney Dangerfield, Martin Sheen, Bea Arthur, Ted Knight, Elliott Gould, Burt Reynolds, Bob Newhart, and former cast member Chevy Chase.
The complete fifth season of SNL features classic musical performances by Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Randy Newman, The B-52’s, J. Geils Band, Anne Murray, Grateful Dead, and Blondie, as well as Paul Simon and James Taylor celebrating the 100th episode live from Studio 8H.
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Disc 1
STEVE MARTIN
musical guest
BLONDIE
original air date
OCTOBER 13, 1979ERIC IDLE
musical guest
BOB DYLAN
original air date
OCTOBER 20, 1979BILL RUSSELL
musical guest
CHICAGO
original air date
NOVEMBER 3, 1979 -
Disc 2
BUCK HENRY
musical guest
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
original air date
NOVEMBER 10, 1979BEA ARTHUR
musical guest
THE ROCHES
original air date
NOVEMBER 17, 1979HOWARD HESSEMAN
musical guest
RANDY NEWMAN
original air date
DECEMBER 8, 1979 -
Disc 3
MARTIN SHEEN
musical guest
DAVID BOWIE
original air date
DECEMBER 15, 1979TED KNIGHT
musical guest
DESMOND CHILD AND ROUGE
original air date
DECEMBER 22, 1979TERI GARR
musical guest
THE B-52’S
original air date
JANUARY 26, 1980
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Disc 4
CHEVY CHASE
musical guest
MARIANNE FAITHFULL
original air date
FEBRUARY 9, 1980ELLIOTT GOULD
musical guest
GARY NUMAN
original air date
FEBRUARY 16, 1980KIRK DOUGLAS
musical guests
SAM & DAVE
original air date
FEBRUARY 23, 1980 -
Disc 5
RODNEY DANGERFIELD
musical guest
J. GEILS BAND
original air date
MARCH 8, 1980THE 100TH SHOW
musical guests
PAUL SIMON, JAMES TAYLOR, DAVID SANBORN
original air date
MARCH 15, 1980RICHARD BENJAMIN & PAULA PRENTISS
musical guest
GRATEFUL DEAD
original air date
APRIL 5, 1980 -
Disc 6
BURT REYNOLDS
musical guest
ANNE MURRAY
original air date
APRIL 12, 1980STROTHER MARTIN
musical guest
THE SPECIALS
original air date
APRIL 19, 1980BOB NEWHART
musical guests
BRUCE COCKBURN, THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES
original air date
MAY 10, 1980
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Disc 7
STEVE MARTIN
musical guests
PAUL & LINDA MCCARTNEY, 3-D
original air date
MAY 17, 1980BUCK HENRY
musical guests
ANDREW GOLD, ANDRAÉ CROUCH AND VOICES OF UNITY
original air date
MAY 24, 1980Audio Commentary By:
- Buck Henry
- Elliott Gould
Bonus DVD: Ohh Nooo!!! Mr. Bill’s Classics!
Straight out of the vault, all of the classic Mr. Bill films! Plus, rare, never-before-seen clips and behind-the-scenes audio commentary with Mr. Bill and Mr. Hands!
This DVD includes:
- The best Mr. Bill films from SNL including “Mr. Bill Goes To The Circus,” “Mr. Bill Goes To New York,” “Mr. Bill Goes To SNL,” “Mr. Bill Strikes Back,” and more!
- Games, including “Name That Ooooo!” and “Pop Quiz”
- Animated storyboards of the films
- Plus, an Attic with special family memorabilia including Mr. Bill’s baby pictures and High School yearbook
Also available as a stand-alone DVD at TimeLife.com/MrBill