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This edition covers the first two seasons of Saturday Night Live, with a cast consisting of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, George Coe, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, Michael O'Donoghue, and Gilda Radner. Featuring interviews, scripts, photos, and ephemera.
These books were made to give the show a life outside the screen. In the 1970s, consumer-recording devices didn't exist, so if you missed a show you missed a show. No re-runs. One vital element is the way in which the collective energies of humor, performance, sound, music, and set design come together and is translated from a live format to a still or flat one. The books are also important examples of how documents or support publications relate to an existing institution, but can exist independently in its own form.