Saturday Night Live - The Best of Dana Carvey

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Summary: Utterly, hysterically funny
Review: I am a huge fan of Dana Carvey (and, by the way, was sorely disappointed when the idiotic network honchos cancelled his terrific solo comedy show). This video is a compilation of many of the funniest and most brilliant moments from his Saturday Night Live appearances. Carvey does impeccable impressions, from George Bush to Dennis Miller (including a great clip with him imitating Miller while sitting next to him at the news desk) to Jimmy Stewart (the lost ending to "It's a Wonderful Life" sketch is deliciously irreverent). All of the favorite characters Carvey created are here, too, e.g., Church Lady (of course!), Wayne & Garth, Hans & Franz, Grumpy Old Man, and my personal favorite, the improvising songwriter ("...she's chopping brocoli..."). Sly, satiric, clever and incredibly funny -- well worth the price of admission.

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Summary: The best of Dana Carvey...NOT
Review: I ordered this DVD (along with several others from the 'best of' collection) because I used to really enjoy watching SNL when I was an undergraduate in CA and because it is unavailable in Europe. This DVD has some mediocre to good skits with Dana Carvey from SNL, but does not include a single full skit of "Church Chat" opting instead for a "Church Chat Montage" which has small snippets of various church chat skits. I found it quite annoying to watch a few seconds of a skit and then have it cut short - I wanted more. My rating of three stars is because I think several full-length skits of 'Church Chat' should have been included as they were one of the most popular (and one of my favourites). For those of you who can tape episodes when they appear as re-runs, I would suggest doing that rather than buying this DVD. A disappointing 'best of' for a great SNL cast member.

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Summary: Comedy That Will Pump You Up!
Review: I think that Dana Carvey is probably the funniest and most creative SNL Member ever to join the cast and this DVD celebrates his creativity. Most of the sketches are very very funny but you have to wonder why some of them ended up on this DVD like Massive Headwound Harry. It's about Dana with this huge spurt of blood spurting out of his skull and he comes to a cocktail party. But most of them are very funny such as Wayne's World on Communism and the Church Chat Montage. In Wayne's World, Wayne Campbell [Mike Myers] and Garth Algar [Carvey] tell us "THE TOP 10 REASONS WHY THEY'RE BUMMED COMMUNISM FELL IN THE SOVIET UNION" and Church Chat contains snip-its from the Church Lady, like a conversation with the husband of Madonna and Danny DeVito singing alongside Church Lady playing the drums. The Extras contain Dana Carvey's Audition Tape and Where Are They NOW?: Hans and Franz. I recommend this DVD to all SNL fans everywhere.

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Summary: One of the best comedians of our era
Review: It's too bad Dana Carvey didn't get a big movie break as a comedian, or he would've been superb. This video has some of his greatest sketches, although I felt that it could've contained some more Carsenio sketches (he's so cool).

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Summary: Slapstick
Review: One word..........SLAPSTICK! Dana Carvey is outstanding.

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Summary: Could it be.....Dana?!
Review: Terrific! I loved all the scetches(ex.massive headwound Harry!) My favorites were Church Lady, Grumpy old man, Fresh-a-pepper, and improvising songwriter. I also enjoyed Hans & Franz, and the various free-style character improvisations from Dana. Is there anything this guy can't do? He can imitate real people, create characters of his own, play the piano and the guitar,and sing...wow! If you love talent, you'll love this DVD!

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Summary: A pure comedic genius at work
Review: The Best of Dana Carvey shows one of Saturday Night Live'sliving legends. His incredible talent for celebrity impersonationssuch as Bob Dylan, Jimmy Stewart, Ross Perot, George Bush, John McLaughlin, George Michael, Dustin Hoffman, and many others. From his offbeat characters as Massive Headwound Harry, Hans of Hans and Franz, and most famously, Church Lady, Carvey is definitely one of the smartest comedians working today. This showcases some of his best work. I'm glad he's gonna be in Little Nicky and the deal he made with Disney.

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Summary: Great DVD
Review: This collection was great. George Bush is one of my favorites but the best is Carsenio;the person that said that skit was boring is an idiot....Carsenio RULES

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Summary: Great DVD
Review: This collection was great. George Bush is one of my favorites but the best is Carsenio;the person that said that skit was boring is an idiot....Carsenio RULES

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Summary: Tom Brokaw and George Bush
Review: This is a great DVD! Carvey as Tom Brokaw going through all the possible ways former President Gerald Ford might perish (eaten by wolves, from an overdose of crack-cocaine, strangled by Nixon, etc) is by far the best skit on this DVD. Carvey as Bush was of course his signature, but I wish they would have included more Presidential scenes. There is only one Perot scene and two Bush scenes on this DVD - a few more of these (such as the Bush-Dole skit from Nov 96) would have made this a 5-star DVD. It still is a great buy and I highly recommend it.