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I don't think anyone said SCTV or Saturday Night Live, two shows hurt my music licensing fees.

Most certainly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Blues

I did see a set once upon a time at Costco so yes, this must be the same material.

https://timelife.com/products/the-best-of-the-merv-griffin-show Didn't see any mention of this, so I thought I would throw this up here. Been trolling the Time Life page for a while hoping for news of additional Saturday Night Live sets. Lee . . . show us your lining . . .

Did A&E ever say what happened to the "Biggles Dictates a Letter" sketch which was missing some footage?

The first instance of the "Tonight" song getting cut that I was aware of was the A&E DVDs. I grew up with that line on my PBS-taped VHS version and then on the Paramount VHS tapes that I upgraded to. I was disappointed not only that that line wasn't inserted back into the episode but that the...

I have the Network version and the travel agent sketch line "What a silly bunt" is NOT restored. Is it in this US version?

Well, I think almost all of the remaining seasons of SNL are somewhat marketable for a physical release. The Ebersol years obviously have Eddie Murphy while the late 80s were a definite resurgence and are almost -- for me, anyway -- on par with the original years. I don't know how they licensed...

What a waste of time. All the original DVDs are still available. Would love to think that this is a sign of future seasons to come but doubt it.

This would be on both of the 12 disc and 22 disc versions And I apologize for putting this in the blu ray forum by accident. These are definitely DVDs!

I had been debating for a while about buying the Robin Williams Comic Genius box set from Time-Life but something odd made me pull the trigger: I noticed in the description on the Time-Life set that the Williams-hosted Saturday Night Live episodes that previously filled up disc two (of volume...

My box too arrived damaged as pictured above. The box is really useless and will probably be tossed in a closet never to be seen again. I was blown away at the size of the four books. Means I'm going to have to clear more time in my schedule to read than to view! Was also astounded at the...

In regards to the extras, you have to get The Life of Python set if you want “everything.” Those two discs are not included in the 16-ton megaset. They include the material created for the 30th anniversary and one of the German shows.

You are correct on all counts.

I see the release date for this has now been moved up to November 4 from the previously announced November 12. Bill Hunt wrote in today's Digital Bits that the site was working on a review, so obviously review copies are out.

While I'm excited about the restored footage and reinstated material, I have to admit I'm disappointed that they didn't get any of the surviving Pythons to do commentary/interviews or even better a text commentary.

This release has been postponed to November 4. Apparently due to some new material that was found.

Lot of assumptions here, not the least of which assuming Barnes and Noble will still be in existence.

I’m thrilled at the price of this set. I still remember buying the whole series on VHS back in the 1990s. That was $20 for two episodes per tape for a total of about $440. I couldn’t hit buy now on this release fast enough.

I've read that the songwriting credits have been changed on this new edition to please Sir Paul. Any truth to that?

No, all those listed above are unreleased, save the four episodes that were on The Tim Conway release. My understanding is that the "cheaper" (yeah, right) version of this new set includes 33 episodes, 22 unreleased and 11 previously released. Unless I'm missing something, there has been no...

This also happened during the third season of Cheers. Shelley Long was pregnant so they filmed the season finale earlier. Other, less Diane-centric episodes aired earlier, and try as producers might, she is quite clearly pregnant in many shots. Of course Seinfeld was also an example of shows...

Well, Shout never finished SCTV, either. But the fact that no one mentioned it tells me that people aren't looking for it.

Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad wrote a terrific book on the original years of Saturday Night Live. Would have loved their commentary on the season sets of the 1975-1980 SNL. I don't think Lorne Michaels would be particularly revealing, whereas specific cast members/writers are unlikely to want to...

Anybody know if Costco has an exclusive version of this set? I went yesterday and they didn't have any out, so maybe Costco isn't even carrying this release?

A lot has to do with how the shows are marketed for me. Good examples are The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and earlier Tonight Show (not Vault Series) releases. Since neither were intended to be complete, it didn't bother me that individual episodes were severely -- severely -- edited. However...

Hadn't seen anybody else post this, so I will. HBO will begin airing The Godfather Saga in HD this weekend. It is the unedited (unlike AMC) 424-minute version. Haven't seen this for 25 years, so I'll be DVRing. Thanks to The Digital Bits for the heads-up.

True, but I guess since that One More Time set never got a retail release (did it?), it seems like a bonus disc to me.

Ramis left basically after season one, but made a couple early appearances in season 2. The first 9 episodes of SCTV on NBC -- the first cycle and the first volume of Shout's releases -- relied often on sketches from seasons 1-3 as they didn't have enough material together to meet their NBC...