Amazon.com: Few topics have provided such ample fodder for Saturday Night Live as the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal. And while cast member Darrell Hammond has embodied many characters on the long-running television show (including Trent Lott, Ted Koppel, Phil Donahue, Sean Connery, John Travolta, and Jay Leno), he is best known for his dead-on impersonation of President Clinton, so much so that he appeared with the president at the Radio-Television Correspondents Dinner in 1997.
This collection of SNL skits, hosted by Hammond, contains nothing but parodies of the low moments of the Clinton scandal. The uneven quality of the skits is disappointing given the richness of the material; however, there are enough bright moments to make the video worth the watch. A series of mock Gap ads starring Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Ken Starr are hysterical, as are some of the quite short gags in which the laughs last longer than the skits. Sadly, not enough clips feature John Goodman as Linda Tripp, although we get a taste for the character in "Oprah 2001" and in a montage of some of Tripp's best lines. Some of the skits are downright juvenile, as when a gaggle of female journalists turn a news discussion into a pajama-clad slumber party gabfest. Yet watching Lewinsky (Molly Shannon) guided by her P.R. rep (David Slade) interview talk-show hosts for her exclusive interview is comedy at its best. Overall this collection will please political pundits and fans of SNL. --Jenny Brown
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Get the popcorn!
This was a hoot but I wish they showed more of the Linda Tripp skits with John Goodman, those were some of the best!
Rating: - Great VHS
I found this along with a couple more "Best of" tapes at a local Wal-Mart for only $3.88 each. This tape is great well worth the price. I loved the Clinton sketches.
Rating: - Boy, all of history should be this funny!
Darrell Hammond's "Bill Clinton" and John Goodman's "Linda Tripp" have to stand as two of the funniest comic performances even done on the long-running television show.
Rating: - It was alright.
It was alright, but I wanted to see more of the skits with Tripp in them. They cut a lot of them out of this, but it was fun to watch anyway.
Rating: - Great!
This is one great "best of." Every skit is so funny. I think if you love political humor, you'll love this one. It's worth viewing.
- It was alright.