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Thanks for the info, Skeeter. Wanna see that Stones footage :) There is one important fact that hasn't really been addressed regarding further seasons, which is cost/effort of licensing. If it was a simple matter of transferring episodes and funding a DVD release, it MAY be financially...

I''ve always wondered, since you seem to know maybe you could answer. Why are there audio recordings of at least some dress sketches from those years? It never made sense that there would be separate audio recordings from the video/audio tapes. I wonder the same about the first Johnny Carson...

Not at all! They have multiple tapes* for every episode. The original as-broadcast live tape, a repeat (edited) copy, and a tape of the dress rehearsal. The live show is usually not seen again after its original broadcast. *They used to do tapes, maybe still do, I don't know. On NBC's SNL...

Long story short: Since 1989 SNL's production facilities have allowed them to re-edit every video and sound element after-the-fact, rather than the linear downmix of old. Virtually every episode since then has been at least partially edited from its live premiere. Often it's small edits, like...

The most logical way that we will ever see any further seasons on home video will be doing annual 5-year "era" releases on BluRay. 1980-85, 85-1990, etc. on through 2005. I also think it would work to time these releases with a more contemporary season release on BluRay, from the past five years...

Did you really just compare a bug to unique photography art that is different not only every week, but almost every single instance within a given episode? I'm getting what you're saying, but it's not a fair comparison. (I WOULD like original commercials, fwiw, and no locals... just 60 seconds...

There's a few shades of grey between the two extremes.

I'm glad you wrote that, Cheetah, because that means I don't have to. Agreed 100%. The flow of the show is part of its character. It was very frustrating for me when the first season was released on DVD and I found out about this, along with the other edits. I didn't purchase the set out of...