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Saturday Night Live: Bad Boys [VHS]

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WOW! WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS SPECIAL ON TELEVISION, I WAS AMAZED. THIS REALLY IS ONE OF THE BEST SNL SPECIALS EVER. WITH ADAM SANDLERS HILARIOUS "OPERAMAN" "CANTEEN BOY", THE EVER SO SARCASTIC DAVID SPADE, THE "MR. CASUAL SEX" FUNNYMAN ROB SCHNIEDER, THE FURIOUS CHRIS ROCK AND HIS "NATX" AND THE UPROARIOUS CHRIS FARLEY. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG. THIS WAS SO FUNNY. A FEW OF THEIR BEST SKITS ON THE SPECIAL WERE THE HANUKKAH SONG, ORGASIM GUY, THE HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, NAT X, AND CHRIS FARLEY OF THE CHRIS FARLEY SHOW. AMAZING. I SUGEST YOU BUY IT TODAY, BEFORE IT SELLS OUT

This compilation of material from Saturday Night Live features skits with Chris Farley, David Spade, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, and Chris Rock, as well as appearances by Helen Hunt, Kirstie Alley, Sara Gilbert, Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, Sting, Roseanne, Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, Christina Applegate, Sean Penn, Steve Martin, Shannon Doherty, Glenn Close, and David Duchovny.
The problem with skits is that they usually are an extended one joke; there is no structural arc or payoff, which is true of what is presented here. However, as most of the skits are short, there is generally more hit than miss.
The studio audiences howls of homophobic derision at Alec Baldwin with Adam Sandler in Canteen Boy Goes Camping is pretty hard to take, though the parody of heterosexual behaviour in beer commercials in Schmitts Gay is less offensive. I liked Spade, Sandler and Farley in drag as Gap mall girls; how Roseanne steals from Spade as Dick Clark Productions obstructive receptionist; Farleys self-conscious interviewing of Jeff Daniels; Spades parody of Michael J Fox to Sean Penn; Rocks editorial comments which are edited into a montage; Spades montage of Hollywood Minutes; Sandlers Operaman; and 5 reasons not to see Whoopi Goldbergs new movie in Rocks Nat X.
Regrettably we cut away from Steve Martin before he does anything to Spade giving a bad review of Martins Leap of Faith, and Doherty makes her reading her lines from cue cards strangely obvious.
Its interesting to observe this group of comedians in their early years, before they graduated into TV sitcoms and film careers.

...As far as the skits go, the best two are the first two and it's all downhill from there. The first one is the classic skit with Helen Hunt where her and David Spade are a couple of flight attendants. They are trying to get the people off of their plane as quickly and rudely as possible. "B-bye!!" The second skit is the one with Kirstie Alley in an Italian restaurant. The amorous employees of the restaurant become more and more affectionate toward Ms. Alley...much to the dismay of her husband (Kevin Nealon). It's very funny!

Alas, the rest of the tape has a few chuckles but I think the makers of the video knew what the best material was. They purposely put it first on the tape to get you quickly into a laughing mood. Skits involving the "Copy Guy" (Schneider) and Dick Clark's obnoxious receptionist (Spade) may have been a cute idea many years ago but they now seem painfully dated and unfunny.

As far as Farley and Rock go? Ouch! I am not commenting on their abilities as comedians. I am simply letting you know that the material chosen for this tape is not even close to being their best stuff. Look elsewhere if you want to see their comedic talents.

All in all, this tape is a lot like the TV show. There are a few big hits but way too many misses...

This is the best SNL movie other than the best of CHRIS FARLEY.