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saturday night live the best of eddie murphy | Year: 1975 Classification: Television Directed: - Paul Miller - Adam McKay - Dave Wilson - Robert Smigel - Albert Brooks - Bill D'Elia - Beth McCarthy-Miller - Mike Judge - Gary Weis - Tom Schiller Funny, yes, but the VHS version from late 80s was better This DVD has collected most of the best moments compiled on the VHS best-of Eddie Murphy version that came out circa the late 80s, but is missing a few moments that could have easily been fit in. 1) The Eddie Murphy "Ronald Reagan is my father" skit, which has Murphy pleading for his father to return, talking about how the last time he saw him was when he asked him to get some cereal, and he never came back. 2) Where Eddie Murphy interviews Ron Howard about his new movie, but Murphy can't get over that Ron Howard once played Opie on The Andy Griffiths Show, frustrating Howard. 3) Where Eddie Murphy and Stevie Wonder do a commercial for something called similar to Plantation Land, where people can go and pick cotton, being treated like slaves. 4) A talent show at a veterans post, with Tyrone and his Reggae Band, where Eddie Murphy plays the lead singer singing some hilarious lines I probably can't mention here, so I won't, but it would also ruin the humor. but let's just say the crowd is mad, and starts to leave. Murphy manages to both show the honesty in reggae music, and also make fun of reggae itself. 5) Popeil's Galactic Prophylactic, a superstrong condom that can last decades and be passed down generation to generation. ultra-hilarious. So the DVD version is funny, but it's too bad they couldn't find room for these. rather disappointing. The DVD is still worth getting, but try finding a copy of the videotape. A Great DVD Eddie Murphy joined the cast when hey needed him most. The original cast had left, and the new cast wasn't drawing much laughs. So they hired 19 - year - old Eddie, and voila, the show was saved. Murphy spent three seasons on the show and performed as a variety of different characters. The opening sketch, "Buckwheat Sings", has Murphy as Buckwheat, and he captures him perfectly. It's funny to hear him sing "Three Times A Lady" and "Bette Davis Eyes" in his own language. Buckwheat also appears in anaother skit with the Duwpemes, and Murphy does a rather messed - up version of "Reach Out And Somebody's Hand". This is not all the classic sketches. Velvet Jones, the author of several different sexual novels is shown in 3 very funny sketches. His potrayal of Clarence, the lost fifth Beatle, had me in stitches. And who can forget "White Like Me", the famed film in which Eddie Murphy goes undercover as a white man. There are other great sketches as well. Mr. Robinson, Gumbi, and a host of others. It's also very appropiate with the exception of the explicit Velvet Jones sketches, which a choice word beginning with "h" more than once. Still, excellent. Comedy At Its Best After 5 years of classic comedy, "Saturday Night Live" entered a cold streak in 1980. Heavyhitters like John Belushi and Gilda Radner were replacd with Gail Matthius and Charles Rocket, and Jean Domanian (and later Dick Ebersol) replaced the show's guiding force, exceutive porducer Lorne Michaels. The results: bad reviews and the show's worst ratings. The show needed someone to revive the show's magic. Someone who could elicit guffaws in even the worst sketch. They found that in 19 - year old comedian Eddie Murphy. Murphy's best moments in his 3 - year stint on the show are all on this 28 - sketch set. Whether you enjoy "Buckwheat", "Gumby", or "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood", there'll never be a more comprehensive Eddie Murphy/"SNL" retrospectie. Also, a lot of less popular sketches are here. "Buckwheat Shot" and "Buckwheat Dead" (one of the few 2- part "SNL" skecthes) is among the show's greatest staircal news parodies. Eddie does the Little Rascal flawlessly, while Joe Piscopo does a dead - on Ted Koppell. (Piscopo is actually in most of the sketches, probably because he brough out the best in Murphy). Also, a variety pf his classxci impressions are here: Desmond Tutu, James Brown, Stevie Wonder (the real wonder pops up in the final sketch), Jesse Jackson and others. I wish they'd included his Michael Jackson impression, though. Another plus: Eddie's hilarious Little Richard Simmons, a sidesplitting amalgam of Little Richard and Richard Simmons that most likely inspired Dana Carvey's Carsenio. And the classic short film "White Like Me" is here. The makeup artists did a great job of making Eddie look white. This dvd is also special because it's Eddie's cleanest material aside from "Shrek" and "Doctor Dolittle". Aside from a few curses, everything here is tame compared to his movies and standup routines. I suggest this dvd for all comedy fans. 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