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Saturday Night Live - 25th Anniversary

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0031398115847
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Running Time: 162 minutes
Sales Rank: 7214
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2000

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Editorial Review:

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

Amazon.com:
Like many of the clips that make up the bulk of its content, the Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary special suffers from that malady specific to almost every SNL sketch: it starts out brilliantly, loses steam about halfway through, then slowly but gamely limps to the finish line with occasional spurts of humor. This special (which actually marks the show's 24th anniversary, but never you mind about those small details!) gathered almost all of the Saturday Night Live alumni--well, the funny ones, anyway--for a celebration of the show's entrenchment in the cultural landscape. It's basically an occasion to show a lot of clips, ranging in time from the Coneheads to Mary Katherine Gallagher, put together in a sprightly, rapid-pace manner and interspersed with occasional live audience-interaction bits. An hysterically funny Bill Murray kicks things off as a lounge singer at an Indian reservation casino who hobnobs with the celebrity audience members; Tom Hanks, a fave guest host, offers up a lively Q&A session (with a dryly funny Christopher Walken, among others); and Billy Crystal revives his Fernando persona to great effect. Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman, and Steve Martin provide the best cast tribute, warmly remembering John Belushi while wryly offering up memorabilia for online auction, and Jan Hooks introduces a heartfelt short film featuring her and the late Phil Hartman. Other cast members, with the notable absence of Eddie Murphy and the surprise appearance of Norm MacDonald, pop up for various intros of clips--some are funny (Dennis Miller), some are not (Adam Sandler), some are obviously uncomfortable (David Spade), but at about the halfway mark it all starts to wear on you, like most tribute shows. Still, the stable of classic skits (including a surprisingly strong showing from the current cast) make this worth sticking around for. And at least this time, unlike during the live broadcasts, you can fast-forward through the unfunny parts. --Mark Englehart




Rating: - vintage snl for baby boomers
all the classics, really laugh out loud. some skits seem flat now. but others, while outdated ,give ... Read More

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Rating: - Too much to cover in too short a time
This DVD functions more or less as an advertisement for the other SNL DVDs that have been and continue ... Read More

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Rating: - great nostalgia
I only started watching SNL in early 2001 after moving to the US from Britain, and hadn't heard much of ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent Collection
SNL- 25th Anniversary really shows the best of the best. Running about 2 hours and 40 minutes long, you ... Read More

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Rating: - Classic.... Just classic!
I haven't seen anything this funny in a long time. There doesn't seem to be anyone in Hollywood (who's ... Read More

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