Product Details

• Actors: Eddie Murphy, Sheree Ali, Billy Crystal, James Downey, Robin Duke
• Directors: Andy Breckman, Claude Kerven, Dave Wilson
• Writers: Eddie Murphy, Michael O'Donoghue
• Producers: Dick Ebersol, Ken Aymong, Michael Shoemaker
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• 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 24, 2004
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00014NE9E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,216 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

In the early 80s Saturday Night Live came back alive and the reason was Eddie Murphy. It's all here-Gumby Buckwheat Little Richard Simmons a dip in James Brown's Hot Tub. Pay a visit to Mr. Robinson's neighborhood and see the best of Velvet Jones Stevie Wonder and more!System Requirements: Running Time 66 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 031398115243 Manufacturer No: LG1152D

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

211 of 214 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars rip off, July 19, 2005

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M. Sullivan (Boston , Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (DVD)

I saw the original VHS years ago when it came out and it was great. So how come in this day and age of DVD digital storage does this DVD come off as a total rip off? Let me explain: Firstly, it's not complete I mean where is "James Brown is Annie", "Kill the White People" and other sketches contained on the original VHS cassette? Since one can store more on a DVD than a VHS why didn't the producers of this DVD not make a simple transferral of the VHS cassette? As a consumer one expects quality and since many of the VHS excerpts are missing how can you possibly refer to it as The Best of Eddie Murphy (Bonus Edition) when the VHS format from years ago was vastly superior?

I don't understand why this DVD collection is at least not a verbatim copy of the VHS cassette. They could of then added extras to it and hailed it as something special. I'm sure there would have been enough space on the DVD to incorprate all of the VHS cassette and then some extras making it a DVD worth having.

As it stands I now have to buy the original VHS cassete in order to enjoy my favourite sketches of Eddie Murphy. Thereby having good video quality (DVD) alongside an outdated format of inferior quality (VHS) and paying double the money.

I'm pretty sure Eddie Murphy had nothing to do with the production of this DVD he probably does not own the rights to his SNL years.I find it an insult to him and to the consumer not to give the public the best possible product which in this day and age is possible.

I regret having bought the DVD version and had I known sketches were missing I would not have purchased it at all.

Sincerely
Mick

117 of 119 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars CAREFUL! The DVD is missing sketches that were on the original VHS version!, September 22, 2005

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craig-o-rama (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (DVD)

First off, I love Eddie Murphy. In my opinion, he's one of the more brilliant talents to come out of SNL. But it's a crying shame that sketches that were included on the original VHS version of "Eddie Murphy: Best of SNL" have been deleted from the DVD version. My particular favorite piece (Eddie playing a rastafarian singing "we're gonna kill da white people" at a meeting of mostly white VFW members) is NOT on this DVD along with a number of others. Have the SNL folks suddenly become squeamish and politically correct - I can only assume that such cowardice and overly correct behavior is at the root of such an obvious ommission. After having owned the VHS version, I can honestly say that I regret having purchased the DVD. I would return it if I could. Listen to the other viewers and don't be fooled.

76 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rip Off, January 4, 2006

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P. Rosine "the Dude" (Plainfield, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (DVD)

Like many of the other reviewers I feel cheated. Anything contoversial was left out. As a dumb suburban honkey myself, I demand the reissue of this dvd with "Kill the White People". What good are all those funny sketches if SNL doesn't have the balls to put them on dvd?

I also didn't read any reviews as I assumed I was getting the same product that was put on vhs years ago. Instead I got scammed. What's even worse is the "bonus scene" is the Opie Cunningham interview which was already on the original vhs. Please explain how this is a bonus.

I was furious when the movie ended. The least they can do is put out a part 2. I thought I was buying the Cadillac of comedy. Instead I got the Ford Pinto of crap.