Product Details

• Actors: Mario Joyner, Wanda Sykes
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: February 29, 2000
• Run Time: 64 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003L9CM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,992 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Saturday Night Live - The Best of Chris Rock" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Comedian Chris Rock spent several seasons on Saturday Night Live, and this compilation tape of his best moments showcases his considerable talents while unintentionally highlighting how uneven the show itself is. Even in a video selected to showcase Rock alone, he is all too often mired as the second or third banana in an SNL skit. But there are, thankfully, plenty of opportunities in this video for Rock to shine without being upstaged by other performers or left adrift by limp writing. When he appears behind the "Weekend Update" desk to deliver an editorial commentary or a news report, Rock put his considerable skills as a comedian to perfect use. And in the skits where the focus is on him, he proves himself to be adept at characterizations, such as when he dons a colossal Afro wig to become radical talk show host Nat X, host of "The Dark Side." One peculiar surprise about the video: some of the language in "Def Jam" parodies that was bleeped out for the broadcast of SNL is here presented uncensored, so while this is Chris Rock delivering perhaps his cleanest material, a few choice words are nonetheless delivered loud and clear. --Robert J. McNamara

Product Description

Comedian Chris Rock spent several seasons on Saturday Night Live, and this compilation tape of his best moments showcases his considerable talents while unintentionally highlighting how uneven the show itself is. Even in a video selected to showcase Rock alone, he is all too often mired as the second or third banana in an SNL skit. But there are, thankfully, plenty of opportunities in this video for Rock to shine without being upstaged by other performers or left adrift by limp writing. When he appears behind the "Weekend Update" desk to deliver an editorial commentary or a news report, Rock put his considerable skills as a comedian to perfect use.

In the skits where the focus is on him, he proves himself to be adept at characterizations, such as when he dons a colossal Afro wig to become radical talk show host Nat X, host of "The Dark Side." One peculiar surprise about the video: some of the language in "Def Jam" parodies that was bleeped out for the broadcast of SNL is here presented uncensored, so while this is Chris Rock delivering perhaps his cleanest material, a few choice words are nonetheless delivered loud and clear.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Material Makes Up for lackluster DVD, October 13, 2001

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"nothingmore" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saturday Night Live - The Best of Chris Rock (DVD)

Here are the sketches that are included in this DVD:
Monologue (When Chris hosted SNL)
2 Live Crew Party
Hangin' With MTV: Big Toe Song
Weekend Update: Taxes & Crime
"I'm Chillin'"
Russel Simmons Def Magic Show Jam
The Bensonhurst Dating Game
Def Emergency Room Jam
Weekend Update: Black Vice President
The Dark Side with Nat X - guests: Jesse Jackson & Mike Tyson
Nike Turkey (Pump It Song)
Sinatra Group
Weekend Update: Back To School/Charlie Brown
Proud Pattersons
The Survive The Apollo Guide for White Men
Weekend Update: MLK Holiday In Arizona
Perspectives
Not Getting Any
Ernies Store
Credits / Monologue from SNL 25th Anniversary

Extras
The Dark Side with Nat X - guests: Jimmy Smith / Jerry Coony(?)
Weekend Update: Racial Sterotypes/Names for White People
Sketch/Production Credits

The best sketches by far on here are the Weekend Update's and the Nat X's. The sketches in which Rock plays 'second/third' bannana are 2 Live Crew, Sinatra, Not Getting Any, and Bensonhurst. 2 Live Crew and Not Getting Any aren't even funny. And Ernies is a pretty bad sketch.

The rest on this DVD are pure gold. The Extras are great too. SNL should just include more.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars SNL (...), November 11, 2002

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DECKARD "REPDETECT" (USA) - See all my reviews

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

This collection is an insult to Chris Rock. SNL has succeeded in even making the greatest comedian of our time look bad. Rent this first to see how bad it is before you waste your money as well as your time. Get his concert and HBO shows. This is what happens when you put a comedian from the wild in a SNL cage.... he dies. Thank God he was able to be reborn on HBO. It's just not funny. Sorry.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chris just rocks and that's all there is to it!, March 16, 2000

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Cat (California) - See all my reviews

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

Chris's Best of Saturday Night Live just shines in this collection. His ability to make serious issues downright hilarious is obvious throughout the tape. The executives at Saturday Night Live did not appreciate his talent as much as they should have. I collect Saturday Night Live videos and this is the latest addition to the group and my personal favorite. Some of the material is the same jokes that are in "Bring the Pain" but I don't think you can ever hear them too much. Rock's parodies of early 90's rap and R&B are incredibly funny and his news commentaries on the racial gap are shocking but you can't help but laugh. This video is a definite must for any Chris Rock or Saturday Night Live fan.