More SNL: The Complete First Season Reviews

Moviehole.net gives the recent DVD release of Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season three out of five stars, having this to say:

"Looking back on the first season of Saturday Night Live is like staring at a photograph of your 10th birthday party: You knew you had a wonderful time first-time around, but you wonder whether it’d get you as excited now."

Also, TVshowsOnDVD.com checks in with their review, and reveals that using the word "complete" in this set's title isn't exactly accurate:

"Now here's the big problem with the set; it's not uncut, despite assurances from Broadway Video that it would be. The first bit of material missing are the bumpers (the still photos) that would appear before and after the commercial breaks. Broadway Video told me that they don't really consider those part of the show, and they were removed (except for the last bumper) to make the episode on DVD flow better. Some fans will be pissed by that, and others won't care, but it's an edit that was made. A discussion at the Home Theater Forum has turned up more edits, and these are far worse than missing bumpers. A few episodes have things missing from them, like the Wrigley's Gum commercial from the Rob Reiner episode, or the Ambassador Training Institute and New Dad commercials from the Peter Boyle episode. Those last two were rerun commercials (something they did quite often), but the Wrigley Gum commercial is missing from its original airing, and its rerun (in the Buck Henry episode). I've already contacted Broadway Video about the edits, and I'm waiting to hear back from them. These edits may be very minor to you, or they may cause you not to buy the set - that's a decision that you'll have to make; at least all the musical acts are here."

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