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Title: Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live by Doug Hill, Jeff Weingrad ISBN: 0-688-05099-9 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: March, 1989 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Book on SNL
Comment: The first and best book on SNL is a very detailed and close up look at the show.
Lots of details on the management from Michaels through to Doumanian to Ebersol are presented. The book covers their relations with NBC in detail, and on through the development and strategy of the show, production changes. At lot of space is dedicated to the creative side and to the cast of outstanding players including the most popular players being (alphabetically) Aykroyd, Belushi, Chase, Curtin, Franken and Davis, Morris, Murphy, Murray, O'Donoghue, Radner, and all the others. The "others" includes amny people that went on to have fabulous careers themselves such as Marty Short and Billy Crystal to name just two. The book follows many of the characters careers on the show giving a brief summary of how they were hired, how they fit into the cast, the dynamics, their contributions, what they did outside the show while being a cast member, and when and why they left, and what happened to them afterwards. It is all quite a comprehensive effort.
There are many humorous stories on how the players interacted and how the shows came together to produce specific plots and memorable scenes. Also the book gives some attention to the musical guests and the guest hosts. Of course the primary writers are followed along with the players and their roles leading up to each show - all in a wild pressure cooker environment of drugs and crazy hours, re-writes and set changes - that drove the NBC brass crazy.
A great book with lots of information and three sets of photos covering the evolution of the cast. A book that is hard to put down once you start to read.
Five stars - the 10 year story in 500 pages of compelling reading.
Jack in Toronto
Rating: 5
Summary: Quite possibly one of the best SNL books ever.
Comment: You never see much of the behind the scenes going ons of SNL. It would probably make a great documentary "A week in the life of SNL" Until that video comes out (if ever) this is probably the next best thing. I havent finished it yet and already there is a wealth of things I learned. ...Come out with another edition guys! We want more.
Rating: 4
Summary: As entertaining as the show itself (the good episodes)
Comment: An excellent book, in terms of its breadth and the behind-the-scenes perspective it gives to the Saturday Night Live episodes we have all seen on TV. The writers certainly did their homework, and yet the scores of names, dates, and places mentioned never bog down the flow of this story. It is fascinating to read about the clashes between these stars who were both comic geniuses and petulant egomaniacs, and frankly, it is surprising that any episodes were able to air at all. Despite what you think about Saturday Night Live, you cannot deny the show's existence as a television institution, and reading this book makes you appreciate its innovation then, and longevity now, all the more.
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Title: Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years by Michael Cader, Edie Baskin ISBN: 0395708958 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests by James A. Miller, Tom Shales ISBN: 0316735655 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Saturday Night Live: Equal Opportunity Offender by William G. Clotworthy ISBN: 0759600988 Publisher: 1stBooks Library Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.54 |
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Title: The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater (book with 2 audio CDs) by Sheldon Patinkin, Robert Klein, Alan Arkin ISBN: 1570715610 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title:Let It Be... Naked ASIN: B0000DJZA5 Publisher: Capitol Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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