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Saturday Night Live - The Best of Dana Carvey (1975) Starring: Fred Armisen Dan Aykroyd Director: Leon Ichaso Matthew Meshekoff Review: The opening sequence of this video a lively and hilarious parody of a contentious Ross Perot press conference immediately makes one wonder whether the public when recalling Perot s 1992 presidential campaign remembers Perot himself or Dana Carvey s dead-on impression of the eccentric billionaire. From his position as a cast member on Saturday Night Live Carvey s skill as an impressionist was a national sensation and this video captures him at his best doing his Perot his President George Bush (with the trademark fractured syntax and oddly disconnected hand gestures) and a devastating Carsenio a diabolical amalgam of Johnny Carson and Arsenio Hall. Besides the great impressions The Best of Dana Carvey also offers sketches featuring the insufferably conceited weightlifters Hans and Franz Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth of "Wayne s World " and of course the Church Lady (who does her bizarre stiff-backed dance rips into a mean drum solo and of course makes her perennial sarcastic comment "Isn t that special "). Some sketches such as one featuring the misbegotten character Massive Head Wound Harry may make you wonder how it wound up on this tape but for the most part this is very impressive collection of Carvey s best work. DVD Details: Actors: Fred Armisen Dan Aykroyd Peter Aykroyd Morwenna Banks James Belushi Directors: Leon Ichaso Matthew Meshekoff Format: Closed-captioned Color NTSC Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Studio: Lions Gate DVD Release Date: February 15 2000 Run Time: 89 minutes
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