Product Details

• Actors: Sheree Ali, Joan Armatrading, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Beatts, John Belushi
• Directors: Kenneth Bowser
• Writers: Kenneth Bowser
• Producers: Kenneth Bowser, Ken Aymong, Lisa Ammerman, Rachel Talbot, Stacey Foster
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005
• Run Time: 154 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000A6T23A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,867 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "SNL - First 5 Years" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/06/2007

Customer Reviews

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192 of 200 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kinda feel misled a bit, September 7, 2005

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Close Reader (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SNL - First 5 Years (DVD)

This DVD is a documentary special about the cast and crew from those years, and while it is interesting, it is still the same thing you already got if you read "Live From New York." All in all it is okay but I was expecting a standard SNL DVD full of the old skits. That's what I plunked my $ down for. Not for this. So if you're looking to buy this for sketches, beware. On a lighter note, the Best of Aykroyd is perfection.

101 of 114 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I wish we could go negative in stars, September 16, 2005

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D. de Gruchy (Campbell, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SNL - First 5 Years (DVD)

How is it that all the other SNL dvd's have comedic clips and this one is a documentary? And its not even funny! This is just to cash in on the success of the individual performer dvd's. The dvd is actually 2 documentaries, and neither are really worth watching since they are the same thing really. I think they had two runner's up and just put both on the disc.
The remaining members of the original cast and crew talk a little bit about what it was like doing the show or what it was like working with comedian 'X'...
Save your money, or if you must have this, buy mine please.

55 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars RIP OFF! BEWARE! It's not what you think!, December 31, 2005

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K. Little (Colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SNL - First 5 Years (DVD)

I usually read reviews before I buy stuff on Amazon, but for some reason I didn't this time and boy, was that a mistake!

Since purchasing this DVD and being sorely disappointed that there was not ONE sketch presented in its entirety, I went back to read the other reviews and they are all right on the money! This DVD is grossly mis-represented as classic sketches from the first 5 years of SNL and it is NOTHING like that. It is simply a documentary about the first five years with lots of interviews from various people involved (cast members, producers, hosts, etc). The only time I found myself laughing or enjoying myself was when there was a short clip of a sketch. Yes, that's right, a SHORT clip. There was not ONE sketch showed in its entirety. And even the short clips were few and far between.

I am sorry that I can't return this DVD and since it sucks so bad, I'm guessing that I won't be able to sell it used either. So I am stuck with it. But let that be a lesson to all of us consumers out there: READ REVIEWS when they are available. The corporate world is trying to stick it to us whenever they can so we have to watch out for each other!

Do NOT buy this DVD!!!! It is a RIP OFF!!!!