Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel
• Directors: Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Albert Brooks
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: October 30, 1995
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630390842X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,922 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Hosted by: George Bush (Dana Carvey). Bill Clinton (Phil Hartman) and Ross Perot (Dana Carvey). Sketch titles: Debate '92, Monologue, The Republican Party, Oval Office, Dan Quayle Oath, Debate/Campaign '88, Hart Ad, Billy Carter, The Pepsi Syndrome, Blind Ambition, George Bush Ad, Clarence Thomas Hearings, Ford/Carter Debate, Nixon/Frost, Risky Business, Mastermind and Barbara and Nancy. Cast: Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Tim Meadows, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, Chevy Chase, Ron Nessen, Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Gary Busey, Laraine Newman, Richard Benjamin, Bill Murray, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Rodney Dangerfield, Buck Henry, Bill Murray, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Farley, Lily Tomlin, Eric Idle, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Ron Reagan Jr., A. Whitney Brown, Dennis Miller, Nora Dunn.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old politics still funny today, November 16, 2000

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"eriklr1" (Highland Park, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

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

The SNL Presidential Bash is the funniest collection of skits based on a theme (e.g. Halloween, Christmas, specific cast members). Even though all of the Clinton skits are missing(the anthology was produced during the 1992 election), the video contains skits that are funny even if you have superficial knowlege of politics. The video spans from the early years to the golden years (Carvey, Hartman, Farlye, et al.). In the early years, Chevy Chase interprets the bungly President Ford and Dan Akroyd plays a President Carter who knows exact details of every insignificant thing.

Dana Carvey is omnipresent. He is in the 1988 presidential debates between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Jon Lovitz played Dukakis, an emotionless and short candidate who had (in the skit) a mechanical lift to elevate him to the height of the podium. Carvey's Ross Perot charicature has chronic cameos as the host of the special. Perot also had a hillarious infomercial where he explained that his salary would be based upon the growth of the country ("1% growth, I don't see a dime; I'll be ok, I've got $3 billion back home...4% growth, I get $1 billion. That still leaves you up $119 billion.)

You can watch this video over and over again. This will always be the best compilation of Saturday Night Live.

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome, January 24, 2010

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

The SNL Presidential debate video is a classic and I'm sorry it can't be bought on DVD. There are so many funny skits and I remember when alot of them first aired. The comedians don't get enough credit for being such great actors because Phil Hartman as Clinton, Dana Carvey as Bush 1 and Perot are spot on. Dan Ackroid's Bob Dole is classic. If you buy this DVD you won't be disappointed and many will want to borrow it. That's how I lost my original, too many people borrowed it and I don't know where it ended up.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hurry and put this gem on DVD, July 18, 2008

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

This 2000 election was the first one that my young son was "forced" to pay attention to, so he could get news savvy and used to the dark world of politics.

We couldn't have chosen a better election, because SNL had us all in stitches between the imitation of Al Gore's "lock-box" speech, to George Bush's word-wrangling, and so much more. Needless to say, this 'hanging-chad' of an election left my son with the impression that politics are hilarious and not as boring as he first thought.

Our job as parents was so much easier. Lol!

Hope this comes out on DVD.