VHS : Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
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starring: Corbin Bernsen, Nora Dunn, Linda Hamilton, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781573628020
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1573628026
Label: Vidmark / Trimark
Manufacturer: Vidmark / Trimark
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark
Release Date: February 15, 2000
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 19076
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1975
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The opening sequence of this video, a lively and hilarious parody of a contentious Ross Perot press conference, immediately makes one wonder whether the public, when recalling Perot's 1992 presidential campaign, remembers Perot himself or Dana Carvey's dead-on impression of the eccentric billionaire. From his position as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, Carvey's skill as an impressionist was a national sensation, and this video captures him at his best, doing his Perot, his President George Bush (with the trademark fractured syntax and oddly disconnected hand gestures), and a devastating Carsenio, a diabolical amalgam of Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall. Besides the great impressions, The Best of Dana Carvey also offers sketches featuring the insufferably conceited weightlifters Hans and Franz, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth of 'Wayne's World,' and of course the Church Lady (who does her bizarre stiff-backed dance, rips into a mean drum solo, and of course makes her perennial sarcastic comment, 'Isn't that special?'). Some sketches, such as one featuring the misbegotten character Massive Head Wound Harry, may make you wonder how it wound up on this tape, but for the most part this is very impressive collection of Carvey's best work. --Robert J. McNamara
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "Not that Great"
Many of the skits just dragged on for much too long. I wish I had read these reviews BEFORE I purchased it.....
Disappointed
Rating:  - SNL BEST OF DANA CARVEY
LOVE THE CHURCHLADY. I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I FOUND THIS DVD. I HAD NOT SEEN THE CHURCHLADY IN MANY YEARS. I LOVE THIS DVD.
Rating: - Awesome!!!!!!
I am new to SNL, and this was a great intro. BUY IT! I was laughing the whole time, my favorites were the Church Lady. (Isn't that special!) The Wayne's World skit wasn't that funny, but Massive Head Wound Harry made up for it. Dana is brilliant in it. You will get your money's worth!
Rating: - Dana Carvey
This is exactly like it state's, "The Best of Dana Carvey" from 1986-1992. If you are familiar with Dana Carvey in any way, you will love this DVD. If you are not familiar with him and you have any sense of humor at all, you will not be disappointed. It has a lot of great skits in it.
Dana Carvey is truly one of the funniest comedians of our time. Carvey has also been in a few movies, notably "Wayne's World", but my personal favorites are "Opportunity Knocks" and a movie for the ... Read More
Rating: - Back In My Day, Dana Carvey Was On "SNL", And We Liked It!
Dana Carvey left "Saturday Night Live" 12 years ago, but he left behind a hilarious body of work only matched by Phil Hartman and Will Ferrell. He was one of the show's most vesatile performers of the classic 1986-93 years, creating a wide range of classic characters and dead on impressions. "The Best Of Dana Carvey" features all of his best moments from his seven year career, plus several from his eight guest appearances.
All of Dana's best charcters are here, including the Church Lady, ... Read More
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