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Saturday Night Live - The Complete Fourth Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: Aviva Slesin, Christopher Guest, Claude Kerven, Dave Wilson, James Signorelli
Actors: Don Pardo, Lenny Pickett, Darrell Hammond, G.e. Smith, Tim Meadows
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 2898
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 7
Running Time: 1353 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.3
MPN: 61102145
UPC: 025195017343
EAN: 0025195017343
ASIN: B001FFBI9G
Release Date: December 2, 2008
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/02/2008 Rating: Nr
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The fourth season of Saturday Night Live is a peak year for appearances by most of the iconic characters associated with the original Not-Ready-for-Primetime-Players. Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd are still red-hot as the wild and crazy Festrunk brothers from Czechoslovakia. The Coneheads (Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman) treat host Frank Zappa to their alien madness. John Belushi and Buck Henry appear in yet another samurai skit, with Belushi as a sword-wielding, Japanese optometrist. Aykroyd continues to have a hammerlock on Jimmy Carter with insightful impressions of the then-president. Bill Murray and Gilda Radner appear several times as nerds Lisa Loopner and Todd LaBount. Even Belushi's hated Bees turn up in a one-off sketch co-starring Walter Matthau in a The Bad News Bears satire. One of the show's most underrated, recurring sketches--the St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus monthly meeting--occurs several times with a certain warmth and preciseness that suggests they spring from a writer's childhood memories. The fourth season took place at a time before SNL hosts were largely ephemeral celebrities. Thus, sort-of cult figure Buck Henry hosts twice, as does Monty Python's Michael Palin. Perennial favorite (at least during the early years) Elliot Gould hosts once. So do Richard Benjamin, Kate Jackson, Cicely Tyson, Fred Willard, Eric Idle, Matthau, Zappa, and Maureen Stapleton. Rising stars Carrie Fisher and Margot Kidder each host a show, the former game to perform in a sketch inspired by Star Wars, the latter happy to appear as Lois Lane alongside Murray's Superman. Not every episode is brilliant, and the season opener, more or less hosted by the Rolling Stones, is a bit of a train wreck. What stands out are several sketches that are television classics, including Aykroyd's brilliant impression of Julia Child bleeding everywhere in her studio kitchen; the first broadcast performance of Aykroyd and Belushi's Blues Brothers; Garrett Morris singing a Mozart piece at Matthau's request; Aykroyd's weirdly avuncular "Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute;" Paul Shaffer's remarkable impression of rock impresario Don Kirshner; and a Twilight Zone spoof starring Rick Nelson accidentally lost at the Leave It to Beaver residence. Musical guests in season four include the Stones in a rocky performance, Ornette Coleman in an abrasive one, James Taylor doing fine, as do Van Morrison, the Chieftains, the Doobie Brothers, Talking Heads, and the Grateful Dead. The Gould show has two highlights besides the wonderful Christmas edition of the St. Mickey's sketch: Mick Jagger (making up a bit for the earlier Stones fiasco) surprising everyone by joining Peter Tosh in a number, and an appearance by comedy team Bob and Ray. Bob Elliott's son, Chris Elliott, of course, eventually became a cast member of SNL, and consequently Chris' daughter, Abby Elliott, joined the 2008-09 cast. --Tom Keogh Stills from Saturday Night Live – The Complete Fourth Season (click for larger image)
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elliot gould hosts January 4, 2009
J. L. Sutherland (here)
i have season 1, 2, 3, and now this edition, season 4. althought this is my favorite season in most respects, i have a great affinity for seasons with candice bergen hosting. those are all great episodes with her. i miss the sweetness that the earlier seasons had on their christmas episode. and what happened to schiller's real? season one actually brought tears to my eyes with candice bergen hosting the christmas show. elliot gould hosts the christmas episode here and i noticed that don pardo says on the closing credits, "next week, with guest (someone) spillman with musical guest elvis costello". well, that is not in this edition anywhere. it certainly does not follow the gould show. i can not find any comment online regardig this. does anyone have any insight here?
this is the best season for me overall.
highlights from the past 2 seasons however are:
shelly duval from season 3. my little daughter and i both love the shining, and her episode is special for that alone (i know that is totally subjective) but it also speeks to the sweetness i was reffering to earlier that is missing in this season. check it out and you will see what i mean.
sissy spacek is a highlight from season 2. it again shows that there was real emotion that could be captured beyond comedy with these guys. this is more often overlooked that noted but it is what really makes these shows so special to me. they can be outragously funny and they can be very very sweet as well.
enjoy,
j
Superb; TV couldn't get any better than this December 28, 2008
Winston (Canada)
All of my favorite comedians are in it. TV couldn't get any better. Even though I watched the re-runs a few years ago, I think this DVD set is way better than what you saw on TV. It has all the cool features one would expect. I love the whole first 5 seasons of SNL. 5/5... excellent. This is a collection to own. TV at its best.
This SNL fourth season DVD set is superb, but will the fifth season get the same treatment? December 27, 2008
J. McKeon (Williston Park, NY USA)
There isn't much left to say about the shows or the cast from SNL's Classic Years that hasn't already been said and/or written. After watching these shows again all I can say is how amazing and versatile the cast and writers continued to be without resting on their laurels. Back then they didn't beat recurring characters to death. They kept coming up with great new characters and ideas like Buck Henry's "Uncle Roy" and the terrific Knights of Columbus sketches. Even the bits that were repeated often, such as "Point/Counterpoint," remained funny. The big question on my mind is: Will they release a DVD set of SNL's fifth season? As a fan and admirer of Bill Murray, I certainly hope so. He became even more prominent after the departure of Belushi and Aykroyd. So let's hope the fifth season is released even though it featured a somewhat weakened cast. Long live the Not Ready For Prime Time Players!
 A quick ? for anyone who bought this... December 13, 2008
ShieldFan (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
...I'll remove it from the reviews as soon as an answer could be provided by someone.
Is this set the same as the 1st three in the initial run?...with the "bookcase"-type box and the digipak inside it? All I've seen is the pared down version of this box w/no "bookcase". I'll buy it if I have to but I'd rather it matched the ones I already have.....THANKS!
Terrific Comedy Sktis from a First-Rate Cast November 27, 2008
The Movie Man (Maywood, New Jersey USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Saturday Night Live: The Complete Fourth Season" is a seven-disc box set containing all the shows from the 1978-1979 season. This is one of the great years of the NBC sketch comedy show, which has just passed its 33rd anniversary. Maybe it's nostalgia, but it seems the comedy landed a lot more frequently then than in the current season of "SNL."
Some of the skits in this set include Nick the Lounge Singer (Bill Murray singing the "Star Wars" theme to a uninterested cocktail lounge audience), Candy Slice (Gilda Radner), The Loud Family (Jane Curtin), Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute (Dan Aykroyd), and the Nerds (Bill Murray and Gilda Radner). Also included is the "Wild and Crazy" Festrunk Brothers (Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd) and Buck Henry's inappropriate "Uncle Roy." Guest hosts include Fred Willard, Carrie Fisher, Kate Jackson, Gary Busey, and Walter Matthau. Musical guests include Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, the Doobie Brothers, Bette Midler, Talking Heads, Devo, Van Morrison, the Grateful Dead, James Taylor, and Rickie Lee Jones.
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