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This anniversary show was just okay the first time around-in 1989. That's right. If anyone taped that show(or owns it)there's a really good reason why THAT show, the 15th anniversary, isn't here-IT'S THE EXACT SAME SHOW!!! The 25th anniversary is not a taped rerun, mind you, but the EXACT same script(with minor changes in guests-which is understandable: some may not have been able to make this one). I thought that this was beyond surreal, when I first saw this one. I mean, it was down right just plain lazy on the writer's part. Am I the ONLY person to have caught this? C'mon, you guys!!! Anyway, since the 15th anniversary is no longer available here, no one else will ever know. Pathetic! As far as the show goes, itself, it's about as good-and bad-as the other criticism here explains. What really needs to be done is, as with any other TV show, start freaking releasing the seasons. I mean, they can stand on their own. Sadly, it'll only become more obvious that the writing became lazier-and less pointed-after the 70s. However, very little ever holds up to it's original incarnation-ie. original seasons(M*A*S*H, All in the Family, The Jackie Gleason Show, Texaco Star Theatre w/ Milton Berle, Bewitched, Lost in Space, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke). There are fans for most of the seasons, though. Anyway, if there are completists for shows like "X-Files" and "M*A*S*H", there are surely those for this show. Just get them out NOW-or be caught behind the times(really, with what's left of the big 70s-90s shows finally being released, it's already way late). C'mon, already!
Rating:  -
A show like "Saturday Night Live" definitely deserves a special like the one it got for its 25th anniversary special. Stars from all walks of comedy showed up that night, bigger stars appeared and the late greats were payed tributes.
Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon, Mike Myers, David Spade, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Garth Brooks and Chris Rock are just a few of the big stars on hand to celebrate the festivities this evening. Of the show's big stars, only Eddie Murphy and Dana Carvey are absent.
There are touching tributes to Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, John Belushi and Gilda Radner included. Gilda's is the best, as Cheri Oteri and Molly Shannon present the classic "Nerds Make Out" skit.
Also, there are great montages each representing a five - year period in the show's hsitory, as well as a hysterical "Weekend Update" montage.
The only thing not so good is the musical performances. I didn't like any of he oerformers. They could've had someone like Aerosmith or Billy Joel or Paul Simon perform or include the montage of msuical performances (there was one included when this was aired on television).
Other than that note, this is a great look at "Saturday Night Live's" first five years. Let's hope that a big bash is in store for the show's thrirtieth anniversary special.
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O.k., except for the old farts who don't like profanity, the wheezer who only thought 20 minutes of it was entertaining and the chick who thought the intro was lame (Bill Murry's send-up of the reservation theme was genius), this is a very funny DVD. There are definitely some lame moments (David Spade's trying too hard to be `cooler than everyone else in the room' shtick), some painful moments (Adam Sandler's piece was embarrassingly horrible) and yet one more intensely boring musical piece from the lately ubiquitous Prince, whose own shtick of sexual ambivalence, wimpy voice and imminently forgettable tunes only rival his/her movie exploits for tedium.
Anyhow, although I think the MadTV folks do occasionally find a finer honed edge than the SNL crowd (and the first two seasons were consistently funnier), they are also taped and would have a hard time doing it live on a consistent basis. Like the ebb and flow of sun-spot activity, SNL has had good and bad casts, strong and weak seasons, but always has something going on that makes it worth while watching, and almost always pulls off one immensely funny skit during the evening. This is a collection of those efforts. Don't miss it. I just wish they would release the 15th anniversary taping. It was hilarious.
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What a waste of talent! Watching this anemic compilation of unfunny bits begs the question.....who is at fault? I mean if this show was as bad as is represented here how did it ever stay on so long? First of all I don't blame the actors, actresses, and comedians. As we all know some of them were and are great. No.....here's how I think it all happenes. A bunch of pinhead writers (the kind that used to get beat up in high school) using this as a forum to "get even" with whoever and whatever snicker and giggle at what they percieve as a comedy bit that requires as much thought as turning a door knob come to a "comedy" meeting that is overseen by a dictatorial producer (let's be nameless here) threatening cast members for example with: "Hey you'll wear the rubber penis on your nose and cluck like a chicken or you'll be back doing open mic shots in the morning"! In short: vulgar, crass, lethargic, unfunny, unhip, eneven, assortment of pathetic bits that wouldn't make it past the first draft on Second City, Mad TV, or Sid Caesar. Awful!
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