Toonces and Friends (The Best of Saturday Night Live) Digital Life VHS

Toonces and Friends (The Best of Saturday Night Live)
starring: Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel
directed by: Christopher Guest, Robert Smigel, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Albert Brooks

Used Price: $3.84
Collectible Price: $28.88
Third Party New Price: $22.95

Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302900514
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302900514
Label: Starmaker Entertainment
Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starmaker Entertainment
Release Date: August 15, 1993
Sales Rank: 10432
Studio: Starmaker Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1975

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- I finally found Coach Dobbs!
I finally found Coach Dobbs! I've been trying to remember for 15 years where I had seen a way-above average compilation of "SNL brand" material one foggy prime-time night years ago. The memory of Randy Quaid as Coach Dobbs getting beaned by a baseball over and over again, or Joe Flaherty as Abe Lincoln returning from a trip to the near future in his time machine (Catherine O'Hara as Mary Todd Lincoln:"What about me? Was I there?" Abe:"Yeah...you go nuts." Mary:"Damn!I knew it!!")have made me smile all these years and there lots of other reasons to want this unknown
but VERY funny compilation of skits made to support the then-popular SNL recurring character of Toonces the Cat. Made primarily by Christopher Guest and Robert Smigel, if you like snarky, tongue-in-cheek comic creativity, this half-hour tape is for you--AND ME!

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- Liked the Friends Part More Than The Toonces Part
Not that the Toonces sketches weren't funny too but IMO the best stuff on here is what some people might consider "filler".

The so-called "filler" stuff has lots and lots of great comic actors and writers on board and it's all pretty top notch.

The "Zactu And Mondo From Way, Way Beyond-O" sketches featuring George Wendt from "Cheers" and Kevin McDonald from the Kids In The Hall as two bumbling aliens attempting to make contact with the people of Earth (and failing miserably) are pretty funny, but to me, the best sketch of all on there is Dave Thomas (of SCTV fame) in "Abraham Lincoln And His Time Machine"---this sketch had me crying I was laughing so hard.

This tape is truly a rare gem for comedy nerds everywhere and DEAR VIACOM OR NBC OR WHOEVER HOLDS THE RIGHTS TO THIS STUFF: I WOULD PAY CASH FOR A DVD OF THIS COMPILATION.

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- "Toonces and Friends" Short On Toonces
Toonces and Friends is a big disappointment. I wandered why it wasn't available on DVD, it's because the entire program is only 24 minutes in length. That wouldn't be an issue if those 24 minutes were filled with Toonces sketches from SNL. However, Toonces is in only 3 of the 11 sketches on the videotape... what a waste! The remaining 8 sketches are comprised of material from the late 80's when SNL wasn't very funny.

Toonces was in 10 Saturday Night Live episodes between May 20, 1989 - April 17. The videotape doesn't include 3 of the best Toonces sketches: Toonces & Martians w/ John Goodman, Driving Miss Daisy w/ Quincy Jones, and the funniest of all... Urban Toonces w/ Debra Winger. Don't buy this VHS unless you can get it for $5 or less.

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- He Can Drive, Just Not Very Well...
Quite possibly the funniest video you'll ever watch. Yes, it's a little too heavy on the "and Friends" part (the "Fugitive Couple" skit is not worth watching, and most of the others are there as filler), but the Toonces portions are laugh-out-loud funny. There is one exception to that... the "Scruffy The Rat" skit is every bit as funny as the "Toonces" skits. I actually bought this video just for Scruffy, and then fell in love with Toonces too.
Toonces is without a doubt the funniest imaginary character to grace the screen at SNL. Do you have a friend who never laughs, or who you perhaps secretly suspect of being made of concrete... well fear no more, even they will laugh when they watch Toonces!
The tape quality isn't the best (it is in SP speed, but it was duplicated on a high-speed unit at the factory and that didn't help the picture quality), but it isn't bad.
If this ever comes out on DVD, ... Read More

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