Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy

Starring:Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel
Director: Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Albert Brooks, Bill D'Elia, Eric Idle, Mike Judge, Claude Kerven, Robert Marianetti, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Matthew Meshekoff, Tim Robbins, Aviva Slesin, David Wachtenheim, Andy Warhol, Gary Weis, Walter Williams (IV), Dave Wilson
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

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!

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Running Time 66 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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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:

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.

Not as funny as I remembered.......2006-04-10

When I saw this DVD- I just had to get it, because my husband and I remembered how hilarious that one sketch was - the one where he pretends to be a white man. But after seeing it again after all these years, I must say that our society has "outgrown" its humor. It just isn't as funny because we've all grown to accept much edgier comedy, with the likes of Dave Chapelle, Carlos Mencia, etc. It still was amusing and brought back good memories from back in the day, but it just wasn't as hilariously shocking as it once was.

Saturday Night Live - The Best of Eddie Murphy

Average customer rating:

Not what I expected.
Yes, they messed-- but they did add---
messed with the original VHS release, made it worse
Falls Short!
Not as funny as I remembered

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

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Release Date: 2003-08-12

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Customer Reviews:

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

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

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.

Not as funny as I remembered.......2006-04-10

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