Yeah, I gotta agree that the old seasons may not be as great as some people think.  I bought the first season of SNL on Dvd when it came out after hearing how "legendary" it was; and, frankly, I hated almost all of it!  Some of those early episodes were not funny at all (to me) and were just peculiar.  The only performer I liked was Gilda Radner.  I watched about half the season before giving up but some day I may watch the rest.