The cast of Season 1 of 'Saturday Night Live'

The disk features the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players -- (from left) Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. (AP Photo/ NBC Studios, Inc., Edie Baskin) AP Photo/ NBC Studios, Inc., Edie Baskin

Television

'SNL' set says much about past and present

Originality and urgency are on display in season one DVD

By Matthew Gilbert

Globe Staff / December 10, 2006

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You must speak of the early years of "Saturday Night Live" in awed, "back-in-the-day" tones. In the 1970s, Lorne Michaels' s late-night series was a perfect string of all-time classic sketches, the comedy equivalent of a Beatles album on which every track was instantly immortal. And the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, including John Belushi, Gilda Rad-ner, and ... (Full article: 752 words)