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Yar, you be here: Saturday Night Live - The Best of Christopher Walken > Customer Reviews Saturday Night Live - The Best of Christopher Walken Customer Reviews (1 - 3 of 3 Reviews)Some Good, Some Bad
There is a lot of stuff in this DVD that is truly hilarious. The "Trivial Psychic" skit, of course. The "Hardball" skit where Walken does a brilliant performance of the French Foreign Minister. The "Cowbell" skit. The "Pranksters" skit. Love it, love it, love it. However, I didn't like the "Colonel Angus" one, nor did I like the "Making of the Continental" extra, where Walken's character referred to the French as "Frogs". Also, there were some sketches that just didn't make sense. I don't really think those sketches belong in a "Best of" collection. All in all, I gave the DVD three stars because the good is really good and the bad is, IMHO, what the "skip" button on your DVD player is for. If you're a Walken fan, get it. If you're an SNL fan, buy others first. Not the Best of SNL Walken
Christopher Walken is, in my opinion, one of the best hosts of SNL to grace the show. And this DVD doesn't do his appearances justice. He barely appears in the "Colonel Angus" skit, and the DVD extras aren't really worth looking at. It's also a let down to see so many skits cross over between the 25th anniversary edition & other "best of" discs. A show that's been on so long should put a little more into their realeases. All let-downs aside, there are hilarious moments in the Walken DVD that are worth watching. The "Captain of the Boat" was a favorite when I first saw it and I'm glad to see it here. Some Filler Sketches, But Mostly Very Funny
Christopher Walken has hosted "Saturday Night Live" six times. He has given the show some of its most hilarious moments, such as the Blue Oyster Cult sketch and "The Continental". Thankfully, the good people at "Saturday Night Live" decided to give Walken his own "best of" dvd. It is very funny, though there a few flaws. The majority of the sketches ont his dvd are very funny. The best sketches are the two "Continental" bits, "Ed Glosser: Trivial Physcic" (my favorite and a parody of his role in the "The Dead Zone"), "Hardball", the Mango bit, Rita Del Vechio, the cowbell sketch, his monologue with Jimmy Fallon, "Pranksters" and the Census questioning. The downside is there are several sketches that are not great that should have been left off. The "Centaur Interview" is amausing but not really funny. I liked the double-entendre in "Colonel Angus" but Walken doesn't appear in it until the end, and by that time the joke has run its course. The "Lifeboat" sketch is to absurd for his own good, and not a favorite. What I would have loved to see was Chris as Rainbow Head on "Attitudes" from is first episode in early 1990. And what about the first "Continental" sketch? It was, as one reviewer, pointed out, the best one. The extras are surprisingly interested. The "Fonzie" sketch is hysterical, and the angel sketch is really entertaining as well. "The Continental" making off is a very intriguing at how this seemingly complex sketch comes into being. Overall, a very enjoyable dvd. Now when will they release "The Best Of Tom Hanks"?
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