Saturday Night Live - Season 1
a.k.a. Saturday Night Live - The Complete First Season
Cast:
John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner
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- DVD Release Date: 12/05/2006
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Includes a limited-edition 32-page book with vintage photos of the original SNL cast and series creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels.
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Disc #1 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 1-3
1. Wolverines: Cold Open [2:28]
2. Monologue: Sports [3:34]
3. New Dad [1:29]
4. Billy Preston: "Nothin' From Nothin'" [3:01]
5. Trial [1:53]
6. Andy Kaufman: Might Mouse [1:56]
7. Monologue: Questions We All Ask [2:32]
8. Janis Ian: "At Seventeen" [4:14]
9. Shark Bite [1:40]
10. Jamitol Gay [:49]
11. Paul Simon: Next Week Promo [:14]
12. Update I [2:28]
13. Tri-Openin' [:58]
14. Update II [:48]
15. Muppets [5:31]
16. Monologue: Food [2:10]
17. Albert Brooks Film: The Impossible Truth [4:21]
18. Bee Hospital [1:20]
19. Academy of Better Careers [1:41]
20. Valri Bromfield [2:13]
21. Show Us Your Guns [1:35]
22. Monologue: God [4:23]
23. Billy Preston: "Fancy Lady" [3:48]
24. Home Securities [4:06]
25. Triple Track [1:29]
26. Janis Ian: "In the Winter" [2:58]
27. Goodnights & Credits [1:48]
1. "Still Crazy": Cold Open [4:41]
2. Monologue: "Loves Me Like a Rock" [3:37]
3. Rubin Wallpaper [1:58]
4. Paul Simon: "Marie" [1:12]
5. Randy Newman: "Sail Away" [3:26]
6. Paul & Killer Bees [:29]
7. Update I [1:25]
8. Basketball [7:08]
9. Mrs. Robinson: Art's Entrance [2:21]
10. Simon & Garfunkel: "The Boxer" [5:03]
11. Simon & Garfunkel: "Scarborough Fair" [3:40]
12. Simon & Garfunkel: "My Little Town" [3:46]
13. Art Garfunkel: "I Only Have Eyes For You" [3:23]
14. Muppets [3:12]
15. Albert Brooks Film: Parent's Home Video [5:53]
16. Phoebe Snow: "No Regrets" [3:38]
17. Paul, Phoebe & Jesse Dixon Singers: "Gone at Last" [3:28]
18. Try-Hard [:31]
19. Paul Simon: "American Tune" [4:08]
20. Goodnights & Credits [2:46]
1. Wheelchair: Cold Open [2:20]
2. Monologue [6:27]
3. Pancreas [1:33]
4. Fashion Don'ts [3:51]
5. Golden Needles [1:35]
6. Andy Kaufman: Pop Goes the Weasel [3:09]
7. Squeaky [1:08]
8. Felina [1:21]
9. Lockers [4:35]
10. Update I [3:35]
11. People Movers [1:04]
12. Update II [1:12]
13. Joe Cocker: "With a Little Help From My Friends" [3:20]
14. Muppets [3:56]
15. Droolers [1:18]
16. Square Dance [1:21]
17. Nuns [3:56]
18. What Gilda Ate [1:27]
19. Albert Brooks Film: Operation [12:47]
20. Bees [4:47]
21. Goodnight & Credits [:51]
Disc #2 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 4-6
1. Ford Speech: Cold Open [3:09]
2. Bee Monologue [2:26]
3. Ambassador Training Institute [1:44]
4. C.I.A. [3:47]
5. Jaws II [4:06]
6. Esther Phillips: "What a Difference a Day Makes" [3:41]
7. Alas Poor Yurick [2:08]
8. Long Distance [:54]
9. Update I [3:18]
10. Tri Openin' [:56]
11. Update II [1:39]
12. Catherine Deneuve [1:16]
13. Andy Kaufman: Nothing Works [6:10]
14. Chat [3:20]
15. Albert Brooks Film: Super Season [6:50]
16. Kiwi Trappers [3:35]
17. Crank Call [1:06]
18. Muppets [4:44]
19. Irk the Turk [3:30]
20. Black Perspective [2:46]
21. Pong: Girlfriend [1:55]
22. Esther Phillips: "I Can Stand a Little Rain" [3:26]
23. Goodnights & Credits [1:09]
1. Sherry Norwalk: Cold Open [2:37]
2. Monologue [7:20]
3. ABBA: "S.O.S." [3:30]
4. Pong: Mid-Term Exams [2:10]
5. Minute Mystery [3:36]
6. Bee Centennial [1:04]
7. Loudon Wainwright III: "Bicentennial Certainty" [2:35]
8. Greg Allman [1:09]
9. Peckinpah [4:28]
10. Update I [3:52]
11. Jamitol Straight [1:00]
12. Update II [2:38]
13. Exterminators [5:26]
14. Fireman [2:37]
15. Muppets [6:06]
16. Monologue: College [3:31]
17. K-Put [:50]
18. Loudon Wainwright III: "Unrequitted to the Nth Degree" [2:26]
19. Looks at Books: Emily Litella [2:22]
20. Ambassador Training Institute [1:43]
21. Robert Klein: "I Can't Stop My Leg" [2:09]
22. Abba: "Waterloo" [2:04]
23. Goodnights & Credits [1:11]
1. Oval Office: Cold Open [3:38]
2. Monologue [3:49]
3. Beethoven I: Tie a Yellow Ribbon [1:42]
4. All Nurse Band: "St. James' Infirmary" [3:19]
5. Tri Openin' [:58]
6. Jaws III [7:02]
7. Bell-Hop [1:03]
8. Edith Ann Skates [1:47]
9. Beethoven II: My Girl [1:45]
10. Gilda: Next Week Promo [:44]
11. Update I [3:04]
12. Spud [1:00]
13. Update II [1:13]
14. Patty [4:13]
15. Muppets: I Got You Babe [5:55]
16. Albert Brooks Film: The Impossible Truth [5:31]
17. Beethoven III: What'd I Say [2:14]
18. Hard Hats [4:54]
19. Diet Pills [1:05]
20. Margo's Dance Palace [6:03]
21. Bee Scat/Credits [3:34]
Disc #3 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 7-9
1. Restaurant: Cold Open [2:43]
2. Monologue I [6:20]
3. Samurai Hotel [3:41]
4. Gil Scott-Heron: "Johannesburg" [3:33]
5. Talk Show [2:33]
6. New Dad [1:27]
7. Line-Up I [:31]
8. Word Association [2:27]
9. Pong: Hockey [1:38]
10. Black & White [2:23]
11. Update I [3:45]
12. Spud [1:00]
13. Update II [3:15]
14. Line-Up 2 [:20]
15. L-Pill [1:09]
16. Muppets [3:52]
17. Line-Up 3 [:26]
18. Exorcist II [4:56]
19. Albert Brooks Film: Sick in Bed [5:44]
20. Assassination [:40]
21. Shelly Pryor: Christmas Carousel [3:07]
22. Monologue: Wino [6:25]
23. Gil Scott-Heron: "A Lovely Day" [3:04]
24. Goodnights & Credits [1:05]
1. Ford/Christmas Tree: Cold Open [3:43]
2. Monologue I [1:06]
3. Martha Reeves: "Higher & Higher" [3:16]
4. Mel's Char Palace I [:38]
5. Parent's Nightmare [2:06]
6. Bee Capades [3:30]
7. Don Digital I: Ashtray [1:29]
8. The Stylistics: "You Make Me Feel Brand New" [4:15]
9. K-Put [:49]
10. Latent Elf [5:13]
11. Update I [6:59]
12. Princess Grace Tarnoff [1:07]
13. Update II [2:08]
14. Laundromat [3:24]
15. Pong: Tommy [:31]
16. Muppets [5:17]
17. Mel's Char Palace 2 [:36]
18. Band of Angels: Walking in a Winter Wonderland [2:15]
19. Don Digital 2: Mood Ring [:15]
20. Minute Mystery [3:03]
21. Don Digital 3: Suit [:14]
22. Martha Reeves: "Silver Bells" [2:44]
23. What Gilda Ate [1:23]
24. Swedish Christmas [2:30]
25. Mel's Char Palace 3 [:37]
26. Candy & Kuhn [2:51]
27. Homeward Bound [2:45]
28. Goodnights & Credits [1:45]
1. Dead String Quartet: Cold Open [2:12]
2. Monologue [4:09]
3. Try-Hard [:31]
4. Interior Demolitionists [3:50]
5. Godfather Therapy [6:13]
6. Shimmer [1:20]
7. Weis Film: Play Misty for Me [2:52]
8. Gilda & Elliott: Dressing Room [:31]
9. Anne Murray: "Long Distance Call" [2:26]
10. Update I [4:30]
11. Jamitol Gay [:48]
12. Update II [3:40]
13. Killer Bees: Fire Director [7:58]
14. Gilda & Elliott: Mom [1:12]
15. Albert Brooks Film: Audience Research [6:37]
16. Gilda & Elliott: Happy Together [:54]
17. Muppets [5:34]
18. Leboyer Birthright [3:46]
19. Anne Murray: "Boogie With You" [2:41]
20. Franken & Davis: "Bureau of White Man Affairs" [4:44]
21. Goodnights & Credits [1:11]
Disc #4 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 10-12
1. Suicide Prevention: Cold Open [1:25]
2. Monologue [4:09]
3. Samurai Deli [3:35]
4. Kennedy Talk [3:14]
5. Ford Press Conference [8:31]
6. Bill Withers: "Ain't No Sunshine" [2:50]
7. Evelyn Woodski [:52]
8. Update I [6:04]
9. Germasol [1:16]
10. Update II [1:57]
11. Citizen Kane II [7:47]
12. Muppets [3:28]
13. Triple Track [1:31]
14. Toni Basil: "Wham" [2:22]
15. Mechanics Bedtime Story [2:47]
16. Why Call It Dope? [1:25]
17. Weis Film: Who's Funny? [2:58]
18. King Bee [3:04]
19. Mr. Mike: Mike Douglas [2:10]
20. Constipation [2:52]
21. Goodnights & Credits [1:41]
1. Bomb Squad: Cold Open [3:44]
2. Monologue [5:48]
3. Utah Prison [9:33]
4. Neil Sedaka: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" [3:25]
5. Holiday in an Elevator [2:42]
6. Update I [5:30]
7. People Movers [1:02]
8. Update II [3:17]
9. The Frog & Peach [6:26]
10. Weis Film: Novelty Store [3:28]
11. Sonny & Cher [2:39]
12. Gilda & Skred [1:39]
13. Neil Sedaka: "Lonely Night" [2:58]
14. Backstage Banter [3:33]
15. Lovers [:29]
16. Operating Room [:57]
17. Gospel Truth [6:45]
18. Goodnights & Credits [2:40]
1. Voodoo Doll: Cold Open [3:24]
2. Monologue [6:02]
3. Hunter Sketch [6:42]
4. Dick Cavett Auto School [1:08]
5. Jimmy Cliff: "The Harder They Come" [3:47]
6. H & L Brock I [:59]
7. Update I [5:57]
8. Felina [1:21]
9. Update II [2:24]
10. Cavett Hydroplane [1:00]
11. Our Town [4:29]
12. Jimmy Cliff: "Many Rivers to Cross" [3:51]
13. Cavett Look Alike [3:41]
14. Weis Film: Clothing Designer & Plastic Surgeon [2:54]
15. Dance to the Nation [2:46]
16. H & L Brock 2 [1:09]
17. Nebraska Pimp [3:55]
18. Jimmy Clipp: "Wahjaka Man" [3:48]
19. H & L Brock 3 [:53]
20. Home Movie: The Apple Follies [2:58]
21. Al Alen Petersen [2:31]
22. Goodnights & Credits [1:24]
Disc #5 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 13-15
1. St. Valentine's Day: Cold Open [3:14]
2. Monologue [3:38]
3. Corrida [:46]
4. Samurai Divorce Court [4:54]
5. The Shapiro Sisters: Everlasting Love [2:31]
6. Acid Trip [5:35]
7. Al Jarreau: "We Got By" [4:02]
8. Update I [7:31]
9. K-Put [:50]
10. Update II [3:24]
11. Tag Team Bees [4:09]
12. Nixon Reflects [3:02]
13. Weis Film: Pledge Allegiance [:20]
14. Duelling Brandos [2:20]
15. Janitor in a Fridge [4:17]
16. A Home Movie [1:21]
17. Valentine's Day Card [1:38]
18. Al Jarreau: "Pretty As a Picture" [3:48]
19. Weis Film: Homeward Bound [3:03]
20. Goodnights & Credits [2:21]
1. Ford's Shrink: Cold Open [4:17]
2. Monologue [2:09]
3. Rubin Carter [:57]
4. Impotence [1:46]
5. Vampire [1:29]
6. Habberwocky [3:28]
7. Very White [3:47]
8. The Lucy Show [8:33]
9. Update I [3:23]
10. Diet Pills [1:06]
11. Update II [2:31]
12. Untouchables [8:54]
13. Lucy & Ethel Intro [1:38]
14. Cuban Pete [2:36]
15. Weis Film: Pet Talk With Taylor Mead [3:49]
16. Cuban Acupuncture [6:15]
17. Double Talk [2:24]
18. Bisexual Minute [1:11]
19. Lucy Intro: Desi Book [:13]
20. Babalu/Goodnights & Credits [5:57]
1. Chevy & Lorne: Cold Open [4:25]
2. Monologue [3:33]
3. Herstory: Anna Freud [2:41]
4. Guidance Counselor [10:06]
5. Leon Redbone: "Ain't Misbehavin" [3:40]
6. White Guilt Relief Fund [1:23]
7. Herstory: Isadora Duncan [1:39]
8. Update I [5:30]
9. H & L Brock: Religion [1:27]
10. Update II [2:22]
11. Coast Guard Choir: Sea Cruise [4:36]
12. Car Yummies [1:09]
13. The Milkman [2:22]
14. Gary Weis: Wegman [3:21]
15. Andy Kaufman: Old MacDonald [4:10]
16. Restaurant [2:35]
17. Leon Redbone: "Big Time Woman" [2:52]
18. Herstory: Indira Gandhi [2:25]
19. Home Movie: Mr. Bill [4:24]
20. Grable & Lombard Goodnights & Credits [1:34]
Disc #6 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 16-18
1. Chevy at Desk: Cold Open [4:33]
2. Monologue [4:32]
3. Marijuana 1 [1:08]
4. Hello Dolly Therapy [2:15]
5. Household Hints [5:09]
6. Bates Motel [2:47]
7. Muppets 1 [2:19]
8. Betty Carter: "Music Maestro Please & Swing Brother Swing" [3:47]
9. Marijuana 2 [1:46]
10. Update I [4:58]
11. Shopping Center [1:05]
12. Update II [4:32]
13. Happy Hour [2:46]
14. Muppets 2 [2:45]
15. Marijuana 3 [1:09]
16. Weis Film: Cats & Dogs [3:51]
17. You Got a Bee [2:50]
18. Coming Attractions [4:45]
19. Home Movie: Peanut Fever [3:34]
20. Betty Carter: "I Can't Help It" [2:18]
21. Butt County [2:52]
22. Muppets Goodnights & Credits [1:42]
1. Gerald Ford/Dead String Quartet: Cold Open [2:32]
2. Monologue [3:52]
3. Bassomatic [1:36]
4. Oval Office [6:31]
5. Fluckers [1:59]
6. Patti Smith Group: "Gloria" [5:38]
7. Press Secretaries Throughout History 1 [:43]
8. Lie Detector [1:36]
9. New Army [2:05]
10. Update I [5:12]
11. Rubin Wallpaper [1:51]
12. Update II [1:39]
13. Weis Film: Garbage [3:40]
14. Autumn Fizz [1:42]
15. Snyder [4:39]
16. Home Movie: Men's Room Urinal [2:13]
17. Press Secretaries Throughout History 2 [:38]
18. Supreme Court [5:10]
19. Press Secretaries Throughout History 3 [1:10]
20. Billy Crystal [5:03]
21. Cliche [1:15]
22. Patti Smith Group: "My Generation" [3:21]
23. Goodnights & Credits [2:23]
1. Presidential Candidates: Cold Open [4:00]
2. Monologue [4:06]
3. Purina Rat Chow [1:35]
4. Decibet [2:58]
5. Muppets 1 [3:11]
6. Phoebe Snow: "All Over" [3:55]
7. Claudine Longet Ski [2:51]
8. Polaroid [1:05]
9. Herstory: Howard Hughes [3:13]
10. Jane Curtin: Next Week Promo [:23]
11. Update I [7:27]
12. Bisexual Minute [:52]
13. Update II [2:57]
14. John Sebastian: "Welcome Back" [3:47]
15. Beatle Offer [2:05]
16. One Flew Over the Hornet's Nest [7:05]
17. Equal Time [1:16]
18. Weis Film: Raquel [2:44]
19. Phoebe Snow: "Two Fisted Love" [4:32]
20. Ain't Necessarily So [2:46]
21. Muppets 2 [2:51]
22. Shirt Off Goodnights & Credits [1:51]
Disc #7 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 19-21
1. Ronald Reagan: Cold Open [3:04]
2. Monologue [2:46]
3. Wilderness Comedian [2:18]
4. Not for Ladies Only [2:47]
5. Slumber Party [5:28]
6. Fondue [1:34]
7. Muppets [3:14]
8. I Feel Pretty [3:58]
9. Update I [5:00]
10. Panty Hose [1:53]
11. Update II [2:38]
12. Carly Simon: "You're So Vain" & "Half a Chance" [8:15]
13. Final Days [8:50]
14. Weis Film: No Reason to Leave New York [2:53]
15. Follow Him [3:37]
16. Parakeet [2:32]
17. Lost in the Stars [3:10]
18. Goodnights & Credits [1:51]
1. Chevy's Repeat Fall: Cold Open [2:37]
2. Monologue [4:27]
3. Soft Drink Test [1:25]
4. Hearing Test [2:25]
5. Dead Delivery Boy [5:02]
6. Bulgaria This Winter [5:05]
7. Leon & Mary Russell: "I Want to Satisfy You" [4:55]
8. Buck, Gilda & Laraine: Next Week Promo [:46]
9. Update I [5:44]
10. Anita Bryant [1:06]
11. Update II [2:09]
12. Funeral [5:23]
13. Weis Film: Niagara Falls [4:15]
14. Bathwater of the Stars [2:59]
15. Marine [3:09]
16. Leon & Mary Russell: "Daylight" [3:45]
17. Johnny Angel [2:47]
18. Cresk [1:43]
19. Home Movie: The Hub Cap Thief [4:04]
20. Goodnights & Credits [2:31]
1. Crutches: Cold Open [3:20]
2. Monologue [6:00]
3. Peter Lemon Mood Ring [2:32]
4. Samurai Tailor [4:41]
5. Phone-In Talk Back [6:16]
6. Toads [1:58]
7. Gordon Lightfoot: "Summertime Dream" [2:43]
8. Polaroid [1:22]
9. Update I [5:55]
10. Germasol [1:15]
11. Update II [2:49]
12. Crowd [3:45]
13. Beatle Offer 2 [2:54]
14. Baba Wawa & Lina [2:59]
15. Weis Film: Toilet Seats [3:27]
16. Sex Talk [2:28]
17. Gordon Lightfoot: "Spanish Moss" [4:46]
18. Garrett Song [3:39]
19. Mr. Mike: Tony Orlando & Dawn [2:32]
20. Goodnights & Credits [1:16]
Disc #8 -- Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season - Episodes 22-24
1. Wax Museum: Cold Open [2:23]
2. Monologue [2:28]
3. Academy of Better Careers [1:41]
4. Card Game [7:58]
5. Uvula [1:58]
6. Leon Redbone: "Shine on Harvest Moon" [3:25]
7. Star Trek [11:23]
8. Muppet Postcard [:29]
9. Update I [3:12]
10. Vibramatic [1:50]
11. Update II [3:52]
12. Shirley Temple [6:09]
13. Weis Film: Dance & Singing Teacher [3:17]
14. The Honeymooners [5:21]
15. Leon Redbone: "Walking Stick" [4:05]
16. People Movers [1:03]
17. Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson: "Heaven Only Knows" [3:07]
18. Goodnights & Credits [2:10]
1. Back From Vacation: Cold Open [2:52]
2. Monologue [9:11]
3. Idi Amin [2:00]
4. Swedish Movie [3:07]
5. Pot Holders [1:53]
6. Louise & Dog [4:39]
7. Cathode Ray [3:19]
8. Update [7:04]
9. Girl Talk [4:49]
10. Diner Sketch [7:08]
11. Belushi Clothes [2:49]
12. Jimmy Carter [2:28]
13. Preservation Hall Jazz Band: "Panama" [4:43]
14. Mary Mary [8:43]
15. Goodnights & Credits [1:42]
1. Help Me Make It Through the Night: Cold Open [3:23]
2. Monologue [1:13]
3. Elizabeth Ray [3:11]
4. Samurai General Practitioner [6:04]
5. Rita Coolidge: "Hoola Hoop" [4:17]
6. Jesse Owens [:53]
7. Ford Delegate [6:47]
8. Police State [5:01]
9. Update I [3:13]
10. Talk Country [1:59]
11. Update II [2:34]
12. Bobby McGee [6:57]
13. Blind Date [4:57]
14. Kris & Rita Duet: "Eddie the Eunuch" [2:35]
15. Carter-Young [3:55]
16. Waiting for Pardo [4:14]
17. Kris Kristofferson: "I've Got a Life of My Own" [3:27]
18. Goodnights & Credits [1:39]
Editorial Reviews
Saturday Night Live's first season may not be its best, but with the envelopes pushed, taboos broken, and talent unleashed, it is surely the most exhilarating. Series producer Lorne Michaels, some fresh-thinking writers, and the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" broke the Carol Burnett Show variety mold and redefined it for generations to come. The original cast -- Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner -- and legendary National Lampoon scribe Michael O'Donoghue delivered a show that mined two comic sensibilities. On the one hand, you have satirical comedy sketches such as "Slumber Party" featuring host Madeline Kahn from Episode 19; on the other, gonzo pop-culture carpet-bombings like the infamous "Claudine Longet Invitational" (Episode 18). There was also, at heart, a genuine affection for old-school show business, such as the The Untouchables-meets-I Love Lucy cross-parody produced for the Desi Arnaz-Desi Arnaz Jr. episode (14). The characters and catchphrases come in waves throughout this 24-episode run, including Belushi's Samurai, Radner's Emily Litella, Chase's Land Shark, and others. The classic sketches in this Emmy-winning season are too numerous to mention, but more fascinating for SNL buffs is watching the show find its voice. The first host, George Carlin, eschews sketch appearances in favor of three distinct monologues. Paul Simon guest-hosts the second episode, and there’s more music than comedy. Over the course of the season, we see home movies solicited from viewers, including poor, put-upon "Mr. Bill"; wonderful short films by Albert Brooks; occasional stand-up performances adult Muppets; and a stream of counterculture comedians and musicians who normally didn't do television, such as Richard Pryor, Patti Smith, and Jimmy Cliff. The show also served as a platform for not easily pigeonholed novelties, such as Leon Redbone, and other unnatural acts, most famously Andy Kaufman. It is also fun to distinguish between the guest hosts who got it (Elliott Gould, Buck Henry, Candice Bergen, Lily Tomlin, Madeline Kahn) and those who seemed absolutely lost (Louise Lasser). Unlike Your Show of Shows, SNL is a topical show, but you don't have to be old enough to remember the Jeno's Pizza Roll commercial to appreciate the parody in "Show Us Your Guns." For three decades, imitators have tried to duplicate SNL's success. But, to paraphrase one of Chase’s signature lines, we see here why this is Saturday Night, and they're not. Donald Liebenson, Barnes & Noble
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