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Re: Saturday Night Live-Season 5...Any News?
Personally, I don't care if others think that certain seasons aren't that great.....doesn't matter what TV series it is, there will always be people who will trash a season that isn't well liked....Hell, I've done it myself on occasion. I say release all of them - warts and all. There will always be someone out there who will want them for their collection.
Hope they announce Season 5 soon.
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Re: Saturday Night Live-Season 5...Any News?
I just recently started collecting SNL. I bought the first 2 seasons last month and plan on getting 3 and 4 soon. I really, REALLY hope season 5 gets a release. I remember dating back to the first season release, David Lambert had said that in order for subsequent seasons to be released, the first set would have had to sell extremely well. As is the case with most TV/DVDs, subsequent seasons tend to sell less copies than the one before it. Based on that, the struggling economy and the costs incurred to clear the music, I have to wonder if it's enough to justify a 5th season release.
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Re: Saturday Night Live-Season 5...Any News?
Well I'd like the non-Lorne yes solely because of Eddie Murphy. I remember in the late 80s I had the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live" VHS tape Paramount had put out. I watched it so many times I practically wore it thin. Should they decide to even consider releasing those seasons, they'd have to put either Murphy, Joe Piscopo or Julia Louis-Dreyfuss on the box art. I have a feeling the 'casual' fan won't remember too much about Charles Rocket, Mary Gross or Gary Kroeger.
Also, I know there's been a lot of discussion about the dreaded 80-81 season but I'd still like to see it released. That season after all was Eddie Murphy's debut. And given the quality (or lack thereof) of the season, it can't be much worse than some of the stuff SNL has spewed out in recent years. Just my $0.02.
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Re: Saturday Night Live-Season 5...Any News?
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Also, I know there's been a lot of discussion about the dreaded 80-81 season but I'd still like to see it released. That season after all was Eddie Murphy's debut. And given the quality (or lack thereof) of the season, it can't be much worse than some of the stuff SNL has spewed out in recent years. Just my $0.02.
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Plus don't forget the infamous Charles Rocket incident. I think it could sell fairly well. Not only the Eddie Murphy aspect but the musical guest lineup would be a good selling point for that season as well (Prince, James Brown, Cheap Trick). Plus it was only 13-ish episodes so they would probably use a lower price as a selling point.
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Re: Saturday Night Live-Season 5...Any News?
I'm guessing we'll get it around the Holidays.
I'd be willing to bet that the season 3 didn't sell as well as the others due to the Spring release as opposed to the other 3 Holiday releases. A similar thing happened with "Seinfeld", they tried the Spring release once and after that all the releases came out during the holiday season like the first releases.
If they insist on doing it this way I wish they'd at least give us two releases at once to offset the horribly slow release pattern. I've said it before: yearly releases are a bad idea on a show with 30+ seasons. I understand holding releases for the holiday season but releasing 2 or even 3 simultaneously would be a way they could have their cake and eat it too.
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Actually I believe Lorne Michaels and Broadway Video (his production company) do have approval over the entire run of the series, even the non-Michaels stuff. I could be wrong but as far as I know it's very similar to like a LucasFilm situation where Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros. etc. have rights to release the content but what is release and if/when it is even released in the first place is Lucas's call.
Universal may have the rights to release the non-Michaels stuff but there's a good chance that they are only able to release that after Michaels gives the go-ahead.
Speaking of my theory re: holiday releases, I could see them quietly issuing Doumanian and Ebersol seasons and saving the more-marketable seasons for the Holidays. There is a demand for them (not a huge one) and on top of that you have the inevitable confusion of skipped seasons.
Furthermore, people tuned into SNL back then expecting to see something comparable to what they'd seen before and there may be some money in similar DVD purchases.
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It still comes down to business. The early 80's Murphy/ Piscopo years were popular and very well-remembered. Everyone involved with these releases would be utterly foolish if they didn't give the royal treatment to these years.
Some of you, for whatever reason, don't seem to like this era or have never seen it and have no idea how good it was. You're pushing your own agenda by saying certain seasons or era could "never be released". In fact, what you're wanting is for them to skip over the seasons that you have no interest in so they can get to your personal favorites.
You're making wild assumptions about entire chunks of the show's history not being released and yet you have nothing to back this up with. To say that only Lorne's years are important or that they are the only ones that are worthy is just plain stupid. Lorne has produced MANY bad eps of SNL. He is not made of gold as so many of you seem to think.
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AMEN! I personally don't think they'll skip that era. Lorne may have not been involved but for all rights and purposes, it was still SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. You also can't ignore the fact that this era had many, many memorable moments that fans and collectors of the show will want to relive. Most of Eddie Murphy's work on the show is enough reason alone to warrant the release of these sets. Then there's the amazing musical performances from that era. Should they all be discarded for the sole reason that Lorne wasn't involved? I think not. On a retail standpoint, this era has a lot going for it. Aside from the name recognition and star power of Eddie Murphy which would surely drive sales, we have Julia Louis-Dreyfuss. Between 'Seinfeld' and 'Old Christine', flash her face on a cover and I'm sure some people would take interest.
You know, frankly I would love.....LOVE to own the Hartman / Carvey / Nealon / Lovitz era as quickly as possible. But NOT at the expense of losing a huge chunk of the show which was great in and of itself, even without Lorne's involvement. It should not be overlooked.
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