No other show is as much of a pop culture time capsule as SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. From the hosts plugging a then popular movie or TV show and musical guests, to the sketches focusing on what was in the news that week, and the Weekend Update jokes about some forgotten news event, they gave you a better look at the period than any sitcom or hour long drama.
Sadly, it appears that Universal has given up on the Season Sets. After releasing the first five seasons, featuring the original cast, there has been no announcement for a release this year.
Some have argued that it was because the next season to be released (which had Eddie Murphy as a featured player) was not at all popular. But on a personal level, the 1980-1981 season is when I first started to watch it on a regular basis. I’ve seen some on Comedy Central in recent years and it wasn’t as bad as people remember. While I would have definitely bought it, I guess Universal didn’t think enough would and the series is going to stay on the shelf.
Instead, Universal is releasing a Best of collection of the 2009 / 2010 season. Much like last year’s set that was originally sold at Starbucks, this is a 103 minute collection of sketches.
The sketches on this DVD are:
- Cold Open with Barack Obama and Chinese Presdent Ju Jintao
- Betty White Monologue
- Brownie Husband commercial with Tina Fey
- ESPN Classics Bowling with Will Forte’s hilarious sports announcer.
- What Up With That?
- Three McGruber Skits
- The Return of Delicious Dish with Betty White’s muffins
- DIGITAL SHORT: SHY RONNIE with Rihanna
- Jon Hamm as Senator Scott Brown
- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire with Gabourey Sidibe
- A collection of WEEKEND UPDATE jokes
- A parody of THE TWILIGHT ZONE's Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
- Zach Galifinakis and Kristen Wiig learn about a bidet
- The Sarah Palin Network
- Hollywood Dish with Taylor Swift
- The Kick Spit Underground Rock Festival - "Literally everyone gets a pitchfork!"Worth buying the DVD for this alone!
- The Vincent Price Christmas Special
- DIGITAL SHORT: ON THE GROUND
- TCM Parody with Alec Baldwin
- Goodnights with Betty White
I’m sure everyone will have favorite sketches that didn’t make the set. Where are Jenny Slate’s commercials for the doorbell company?
The EXTRAS Are:
- A Bronx Beat deleted sketch with Betty White
- From Update, a deleted bit with Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig as Garth and Kat, the never prepared singing duo.
- There are outtakes from Update featuring jokes that didn’t make air or went really badly.
- There are also a few sketches from WEEKEND UPDATE THURSDAY.
SHOULD I BUY IT?
I can see not buying this set. In a way, buying it is telling the studio it is okay that they aren’t releasing the full seasons anymore. But, there is also some good material here that makes it worth seeing.
Let’s hope that Universal either continues with the full season SNL releases or licenses them out to someone who will.
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