Product Details

• Actors: Pee Wee Herman, A. Whitney Brown, Penn and Teller, Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: August 16, 1993
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302900441
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,004 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny!!!, June 10, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Best of Saturday Night Live 1985 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love this video. I ordered it and it came to me a couple of weeks ago. This has cast members, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Nora Dunn, Jon Lovitz, Anthony Michael Hall, Dennis Miller, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, and Danitra Vance. Featuring Damon Wayans, Don Novelo, Dan Vitale and Penn and Teller. With hosts, Tom Hanks, Pee-Wee Herman and Ron Reagen. I can tell you all of the sketches too. If you want it to be a surprise of what sketches are on this video, don't read the rest of this review.

Entertainment Tonight (Tom Hanks and the cast)

Tom Hank's Monologue (Tom Hanks)

Trojans II

Liars At Home (Jon Lovitz, Tom Hanks, Nora Dunn, Robert Downey Jr.)

Quirky (Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Nora Dunn, Terry Sweeney)

The Stand-Ups (Tom Hanks, Damon Wayans, Jon Lovitz)

Goodnights With Tom Hanks (Tom Hanks And Company)


*NEW SHOW*


Pee-Wee Herman On The Tight Rope (Pee-Wee Herman, Dan Vitale, Danitra Vance, Jon Lovitz, Joan Cusack, Nora Dunn, Anthony Michael Hall)

Monologue (Pee-Wee Herman)

Say No (Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Dan Vitale Damon Wayans)

Locker Room (Pee-Wee Herman, Randy Quaid)

Pee-Wee Herman's Thanksgiving Special (Pee-Wee Herman, Danitra Vance, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Terry Sweeney)

James Brown (Pee-Wee Herman)

Goodnights With Pee-Wee Herman (Pee-Wee Herman And Company)


*NEW SHOW*


Ronald, Nancy and Ron Reagen (Ron Reagen, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney)

Monologue (Ron Reagen)

Where Your Going (Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Lovitz, Randy Quaid, Joan Cusack, Nora Dunn)

The Pat Stevens Show (Nora Dunn, Damon Wayans

Back To The Future (Ron Reagen, Jon Lovitz, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance)

Weekend Update (Dennis Miller, A. Whitney Brown)

Penn And Teller (Penn And Teller)

Goodnights With Ron Reagen (Ron Reagen And Company)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1985 was one of the best season's ever for S.N.L. !, April 22, 2004

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pablo (mendocino, ca usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Saturday Night Live 1985 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have no idea why Lorne Michaels decided to dismiss every cast member from this season except Dennis Miller and Jon Lovits. Maybe the ratings weren't what was to be expected or maybe he missed the raw talent that made the show (Saturday Night Live) what it is. Still, Damon Wayans, Lovits, and Miller are all naturals and all made their debuts on this season of SNL. Pros such as Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., and Joan Cusack are all remarkable and prove that comedy is where they belong. Ron Reagan Jr. and Tom Hanks star in incredibly well done parodies on Back to the Future and Jerry Seinfeld, and one of the greatest monologues in the history of the show is delivered by the great Peewee Herman on this outstanding best of 1985 tape. Don't miss out!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great stuff, September 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Saturday Night Live 1985 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When I watch this video, I get flashbacks of my life during that time. The tape features Tom Hanks when he was just another actor in silly movies, PeeWee Herman, Penn and Teller, and the president's son (no, not Dubya!).
Cameos of audience members, a "Back to the Future" spoof, a yuppie-slamming commercial parody, a Hall and Oates impersonation, etc., all show that 1985 was (and is) the most totally "eighties" year.

My only complaint is that Sam Kinnison made numerous appearences on SNL during this season, but none of those were included on this tape.