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Saturday night live. The complete fourth season, 1978-1979 / NBC Studios, Inc. ; produced by Lorne Michaels ; directed by Dave Wilson ; written by Dan Aykroyd ... [and others].
LIBRA DVD 019 719 disc 1-7
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television commercials.
- Politics and government.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1977-1981--Drama.
- Television commercials--Drama.
- Genre:
- Television programs.
- Television comedies.
- Variety shows (Television programs)
- Live television programs.
- Parody television programs.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 7 videodiscs (1353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Full frame.
- Other Title:
- Saturday night live. The complete 4th season, 1978-1979
- Title on container: SNL, 1978-1979. The complete fourth season
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment : distributed by Broadway Video Enterprises, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Features hours of hilarious sketches, memorable skits from the original Season 4 cast, and all the original musical performances.
- Contents:
- disc. 1. Rolling Stones, special guest Mayor Ed Koch (Oct. 7, 1978) ; Fred Willard, musical guest Devo (Oct. 14, 1978) ; Frank Zappa (Oct. 21, 1978)
- disc 2. Steve Martin, musical guest Van Morrison (Nov. 4, 1978) ; Buck Henry, special guest Grateful Dead (Nov. 11, 1978) ; Carrie Fisher, musical guest The Blues Brothers (Nov. 18, 1978)
- disc 3. Walter Matthau, musical performance by Garrett Morris (Dec. 2, 1978) ; Eric Idle, musical guest Kate Bush (Dec. 9, 1978) ; Elliott Gould, musical guests Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger, special guests Bob & Ray (Dec. 16, 1978)
- disc 4. Michael Palin, musical guest The Doobie Brothers (Jan. 27, 1979) ; Cicely Tyson, musical guest Talking Heads (Feb. 10, 1979) ; Rick Nelson, musical guests Rick Nelson & Judy Collins (Feb. 17, 1979)
- disc 5. Kate Jackson, musical guest Delbert McClinton, special guest Andy Kaufman (Feb. 24, 1979) ; Gary Busey, musical guests Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines, Gary Busey (Mar. 10, 1979) ; Margot Kidder, musical guest The Chieftains (Mar. 17, 1979)
- disc 6. Richard Benjamin, musical guest Rickie Lee Jones (Apr. 7, 1979) ; Milton Berle, musical guest Ornette Coleman (Apr. 14, 1979) ; Michael Palin, musical guest James Taylor (May 12, 1979)
- disc 7. Maureen Stapleton, musical guests Linda Ronstadt & Phoebe Snow (May 19, 1979) ; Buck Henry, musical guest Bette Midler (May 26, 1979).
- Participant:
- Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray.
- Credits:
- Video, Nicholas Bruno; music, Howard Shore; title photography, Edie Baskin.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of all 20 episodes which were originally broadcast during the 1978-1979 season.
- Special feature: archival interview footage from original cast.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- OCLC:
- 256972131
- Publisher Number:
- 025195017343
- 61102145 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- 2007821 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- 2008265 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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