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Saturday Night Live is one of the longest-running television
series ever, and rightfully so. With an all-star cast of
comedians, constantly changing for various reasons, the
show has always managed to hold together, providing over
30 years of laugh-out-loud sketch comedy. ***
This set combines the best Saturday Night Live material
from the 2006-2007 television season. I won't lie, this
is a show that is long since past its glory days. And yet,
despite the greatest era of the show being long gone, it's
not a show I can simply “give up on.” While the variety
of material on the show has become a bit hit-and-miss in
recent years, this DVD does a great job combining the season's
highlights. It's definitely a nice alternative to have to
endure a lengthy show, and only getting a few laughs along
the way. ***
Amongst those featured on this disc are Jason Sudiekis,
Kristen Wiig, Darrell Hammond, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph,
Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, Alec Baldwin, Dane Cook,
Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Laurie, Matthew Fox, Ludacris, Julia
Louis-Dreyfus, and Peyton Manning. ***
While definitely not the show's best season, there
are more than enough reasons to get this DVD. Amongst the
many highlights featured here are the A-Holes sketch (Sudeikis
and Wiig), Darrell Hammond impersonating Donald Trump, the
Bronx Beat sketch (Rudolph), and last but not least, the
now-infamous Dick in a Box sketch (Samberg and Timberlake.)
Buying this set is a fine alternative to having to endure
the all-too-long, hit-and-miss shows of recent years. There's
no filler here - just the highlights. ---
Image And Sound:
The material here is very recent, all recorded within
the last 3 years. As such, it looks and sounds far better
than the numerous Saturday Night Live retro sets that Universal
has been releasing. While the audio and visual quality here
aren't the best they could have been, I'm not complaining.
The set is viewable with no major issues, and that's what
really counts.
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Naturally, the extra features on this disc are a bit
minimal, but what little is included here will definitely
be checking out if you're an SNL fan. The real draw here
will be the never-seen-before sketches filmed during the
season, which are a nice incentive to pick the set up if
you're a completist. And if you're one of those fans, you'll
get a kick out of the outtakes as well. The commentaries
are worth listening to at least once, but the feel like
they were rather hurriedly thrown together. And the “uncensored”
Dick in a Box sketch is identical to its aired counterpart,
just with the bleeped language airing uncensored - so don't
expect any big surprises there. With all that goes on behind
the scenes when filming SNL, I have no doubt that this could
have been a 2-disc set, with an entire disc being extras.
Still, this 1-disc set isn't half bad.
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