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I'm currently watching every episode in order. I will say this is probably the best season of SNL since we can not review the Eddie Murphy or early 90s seasons yet.
The show is still revolutionary, but has fnally found its form and is coasting on its genius. Every member of the Not Ready For Primetime Players shines here. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi get some peak performances while Bill Murray gets to really reveal the personality that would make him the greatest artistic showman the show has ever produced. Gilda Radner is like Lucille Ball with balls. Jane Curtain is excellent while Laraine Newman and Garrett Morris (and his patented oddly charming comedic timing) get plenty of airtime, but still don't connect like their more mainstream counterparts.
The amount of exceptional skits is pretty high. And the amount of duds is very low for such an old show. If you are a fan of the modern SNL, you'll find the current writers are still ripping off the early seasons for jokes and concepts. But this is when the show was cerebral, satirical, daring and funny. BELLY LAUGH FUNNY. Not snicker like school children funny.
The time period of a season really makes or breaks it. This is such an interesting season because its leaving the surreal, pot-fueled Chevy Chase era but not yet the coked-out depressed nihilism of the 80s. The tone is realistic and smart, but playful and hip. There is a disco-inspired "Lets have fun before the party's over" spirit here. The show often eerily anticipates the political corruption, passive morals and crass commercialism of the 80s, 90s and 00s with dead accuracy.
I always wondered what the big fuss was about the original SNL. I thought "How could it have been so sharp and influential?" This is the season that proved it to me. This was smething of global importance and it seems almost impossible to replicate.
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Complete fourth season of the sketch comedy program; with musical guests.
Not as funny as I remember - -
Bought this for a friend for her birthday that had never seen the old SNL. I raved about how funny they were. Then we sat down to watch them (only bot through the first couple) and they were completely lame. I was really embarrassed. I think they definitely had a few funny ones and that was what I remember, but they certainly weren't all that funny!
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