Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy (Bonus Edition)

Editorial Review:
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Perhaps one of the greatest lights ever to shine on late-night television, Eddie Murphy has gone on to well-deserved international superstardom. Check out his earliest television work on Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy, a collection of his greatest roles, from Gumby to Stevie Wonder to Buckwheat. Of course, some would argue that his best role was as himself, and there is plenty of evidence for that--many of the skits feature Murphy au naturel and the opening sequence is taken from his monologue when he returned to the show triumphantly after leaving for Hollywood. Exploring the world around him and finding laughs everywhere, Murphy can take a simple idea (such as the "James Brown Hot Tub Party") and run wild with it, leaving the audience hysterically begging for more. You don't have to be a fan to enjoy this collection, but odds are you'll be one by the time you're finished. --Rob Lightner
Product Description
In the early 80s, Saturday Night Live came back alive and the reason was Eddie Murphy. It's all here-Gumby, Buckwheat, Little Richard Simmons, a dip in James Brown's Hot Tub. Pay a visit to Mr. Robinson's neighborhood and see the best of Velvet Jones, Stevie Wonder and more!

System Requirements:

Running Time 66 Min


Format: DVD MOVIE

Average customer rating: How About A 'Best Of' SNL By Year? Not what I expected. Yes, they messed-- but they did add--- messed with the original VHS release, made it worse Falls Short!

Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy (Bonus Edition) Starring: Eddie Murphy , Mr. T , Joe Piscopo , Robin Duke , and Tim Kazurinsky Manufacturer: Lions Gate ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Ron Howard | Comedy Directors | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Eddie Murphy | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video General | Television | Genres | DVD | Video Saturday Night Live | S | TV Series, A-Z | TV Series | Television | Genres | DVD | Video Duke, Robin | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Gross, Mary | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Howard, Ron | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kazurinsky, Tim | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Mr. T | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Murphy, Eddie | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Piscopo, Joe | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Wonder, Stevie | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 Comedy | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 Television | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video All Lions Gate Titles | Lions Gate Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video Television | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: Saturday Night Live - The Best of Steve Martin SNL - Best of John Belushi Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey SNL - Best of Dan Aykroyd SNL - Best of Gilda Radner ASIN: B00014NE9E Release Date: 2004-02-24

Product Description

In the early 80s, Saturday Night Live came back alive and the reason was Eddie Murphy. It's all here-Gumby, Buckwheat, Little Richard Simmons, a dip in James Brown's Hot Tub. Pay a visit to Mr. Robinson's neighborhood and see the best of Velvet Jones, Stevie Wonder and more!

System Requirements:

Running Time 66 Min


Format: DVD MOVIE

Amazon.com

Perhaps one of the greatest lights ever to shine on late-night television, Eddie Murphy has gone on to well-deserved international superstardom. Check out his earliest television work on Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy, a collection of his greatest roles, from Gumby to Stevie Wonder to Buckwheat. Of course, some would argue that his best role was as himself, and there is plenty of evidence for that--many of the skits feature Murphy au naturel and the opening sequence is taken from his monologue when he returned to the show triumphantly after leaving for Hollywood. Exploring the world around him and finding laughs everywhere, Murphy can take a simple idea (such as the "James Brown Hot Tub Party") and run wild with it, leaving the audience hysterically begging for more. You don't have to be a fan to enjoy this collection, but odds are you'll be one by the time you're finished. --Rob Lightner

Customer Reviews:

How About A 'Best Of' SNL By Year?.......2007-06-23

How about making 'Best Of' Saturday Night Live by year? Not by host, not something with interviews and commentary, just best skits only and by year. Best of 1978, Best Of 1986, Best Of 1994, etc...

Not what I expected........2007-06-08

The DVD blacked out and some of the scenes I rememberd from watching it previously were deleted.

Yes, they messed-- but they did add---.......2007-03-01

I too was surprised that the new, improved DVD version of The Best of Eddie Murphy was not the same as my old VHS version. Sure, James Brown doing Hot Tub and Bu'wheat and Velvet Jones were there; but there was only 1 Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood instead of 2, and it was missing a few gems like the discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation and a sketch with Stevie Wonder. But where the DVD redeemed itself was on the inclusion of a Gumby skit (I didn't care which one, I couldn't believe they didn't include one on the VHS and I wanted Gumby, dammit!), the prison film in which the poet recites the ever-popular and billiant poem, "Kill My Landlord" (C-I-L-L my landlord), and Stevie Wonder playing a nerd trying to do a Stevie Wonder impersonation, only to be taught by Eddie how to do Stevie. So they taketh away with one hand, and giveth with the other. Could they have included ALL of them, and then some, on a new DVD? OF COURSE THEY COULD! And why didn't they? Good question. But to be fair to the DVD, I welcomed the new inclusions. Just don't get rid of your old VHS. If it was ALL in one, it would be 5 stars. But just having Gumby ordering a Morey Amsterdam sandwich again made me feel good all over (dammit). Not perfect, but I'll give it better than a C (a bouncy C).

messed with the original VHS release, made it worse.......2007-02-07

Loren Michels ruins most things he touches. they left out the "Hot Tub" sketch, where eddie play's as the late, great James Brown. it may be one of THE most funny sketches in the history of television!!!! I could see that thing 100 times and i would still laugh as hard as the first time seeing it! i stand buy the greatness of that sketch, SNL was riding the Eddie Murphy thing all the way to the bank ( the show would most likley been canceled, in my opinion, the show was unwatchable without him an piscapo teamed up).
then to make this thing worse is that the VHS version had zero Gumby sketches in it ( still great without it thought). i see they have a Gumby sketch in the dvd version, i think "oh, cool, a Gumby dammit segment", but it ends up being one of the lamest one's around. what, they didn't want to pay piscapo the royalties for showing the one where Gumby goes on Letterman (Piscapo as letterman)?
do everyone a favor and don't purchase this watered down version....Delirious just came out. get that instead. that is GARUNTEED to make u laugh! this dvd....meeeeh!

Falls Short!.......2006-08-21

This DVD fell short of the quality of the original VHS version. There were so many great clips left out. I can sum it up in one sentence: More Eddie, less Buckwheat.

Average customer rating: How About A 'Best Of' SNL By Year? Not what I expected. Yes, they messed-- but they did add--- messed with the original VHS release, made it worse Falls Short!

Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy Starring: Christopher Guest , and Robert Smigel Director: Christopher Guest , Robert Smigel , Robert Altman , Paul Thomas Anderson , and Albert Brooks Manufacturer: Lions Gate ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Comedy | By Genre | Art House & International | Genres | DVD | Video General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Albert Brooks | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video General | Television | Genres | DVD | Video Saturday Night Live | S | TV Series, A-Z | TV Series | Television | Genres | DVD | Video Guest, Christopher | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Smigel, Robert | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Anderson, Paul Thomas | ( A ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Brooks, Albert | ( B ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Delia, Bill | ( D ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Guest, Christopher | ( G ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Idle, Eric | ( I ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Judge, Mike | ( J ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Meshekoff, Matthew | ( M ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Robbins, Tim | ( R ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Weis, Gary | ( W ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video All Lions Gate Titles | Lions Gate Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video Comedy | By Genre | Foreign & International | Stores | DVD | Video General | Indie & Art House | Stores | DVD | Video Comedy | By Genre | Indie & Art House | Stores | DVD | Video Television | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: Saturday Night Live - The Best of Steve Martin SNL - Best of John Belushi Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey SNL - Best of Dan Aykroyd SNL - Best of Gilda Radner ASIN: B0000APVG8 Release Date: 2003-08-12

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Perhaps one of the greatest lights ever to shine on late-night television, Eddie Murphy has gone on to well-deserved international superstardom. Check out his earliest television work on Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy, a collection of his greatest roles, from Gumby to Stevie Wonder to Buckwheat. Of course, some would argue that his best role was as himself, and there is plenty of evidence for that--many of the skits feature Murphy au naturel and the opening sequence is taken from his monologue when he returned to the show triumphantly after leaving for Hollywood. Exploring the world around him and finding laughs everywhere, Murphy can take a simple idea (such as the "James Brown Hot Tub Party") and run wild with it, leaving the audience hysterically begging for more. You don't have to be a fan to enjoy this collection, but odds are you'll be one by the time you're finished. --Rob Lightner

Customer Reviews:

How About A 'Best Of' SNL By Year?.......2007-06-23

How about making 'Best Of' Saturday Night Live by year? Not by host, not something with interviews and commentary, just best skits only and by year. Best of 1978, Best Of 1986, Best Of 1994, etc...

Not what I expected........2007-06-08

The DVD blacked out and some of the scenes I rememberd from watching it previously were deleted.

Yes, they messed-- but they did add---.......2007-03-01

I too was surprised that the new, improved DVD version of The Best of Eddie Murphy was not the same as my old VHS version. Sure, James Brown doing Hot Tub and Bu'wheat and Velvet Jones were there; but there was only 1 Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood instead of 2, and it was missing a few gems like the discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation and a sketch with Stevie Wonder. But where the DVD redeemed itself was on the inclusion of a Gumby skit (I didn't care which one, I couldn't believe they didn't include one on the VHS and I wanted Gumby, dammit!), the prison film in which the poet recites the ever-popular and billiant poem, "Kill My Landlord" (C-I-L-L my landlord), and Stevie Wonder playing a nerd trying to do a Stevie Wonder impersonation, only to be taught by Eddie how to do Stevie. So they taketh away with one hand, and giveth with the other. Could they have included ALL of them, and then some, on a new DVD? OF COURSE THEY COULD! And why didn't they? Good question. But to be fair to the DVD, I welcomed the new inclusions. Just don't get rid of your old VHS. If it was ALL in one, it would be 5 stars. But just having Gumby ordering a Morey Amsterdam sandwich again made me feel good all over (dammit). Not perfect, but I'll give it better than a C (a bouncy C).

messed with the original VHS release, made it worse.......2007-02-07

Loren Michels ruins most things he touches. they left out the "Hot Tub" sketch, where eddie play's as the late, great James Brown. it may be one of THE most funny sketches in the history of television!!!! I could see that thing 100 times and i would still laugh as hard as the first time seeing it! i stand buy the greatness of that sketch, SNL was riding the Eddie Murphy thing all the way to the bank ( the show would most likley been canceled, in my opinion, the show was unwatchable without him an piscapo teamed up).
then to make this thing worse is that the VHS version had zero Gumby sketches in it ( still great without it thought). i see they have a Gumby sketch in the dvd version, i think "oh, cool, a Gumby dammit segment", but it ends up being one of the lamest one's around. what, they didn't want to pay piscapo the royalties for showing the one where Gumby goes on Letterman (Piscapo as letterman)?
do everyone a favor and don't purchase this watered down version....Delirious just came out. get that instead. that is GARUNTEED to make u laugh! this dvd....meeeeh!

Falls Short!.......2006-08-21

This DVD fell short of the quality of the original VHS version. There were so many great clips left out. I can sum it up in one sentence: More Eddie, less Buckwheat.

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