[.ca] Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

The phrase "Best of" is used rather loosely...:
I'm a big Will Ferrell fan. But if you're going to make a single DVD claiming "The Best of Will Ferrell" it should include better selections. I was pretty suprised to see many of my favorites missing. This DVD has sketches including many of your favorite Will Ferrell characters, but I would not say they're the best sketches with these characters... Sometimes the audience barely laughs through the whole scene. Shouldn't that be a major indication that the sketch isn't that great? Some of the sketches are totally incomplete and only feature very short portions of the scene. Why? The DVD doesn't even have a very long playing time. They could've easily fit in more video. But that being said, it does feature some humorous sketches. I enjoyed watching the scenes where they would bust out laughing. In the end, this DVD is just too short and would benefit from some better sketch selections. I wonder which sketches Will Ferrell would choose as his favorites? Would be interesting to know.

Sidesplitting, but needs more material:
A lot of great sketches, here, but alot missing. One of my favorites that was not included is the one with Garth Brooks, where Will plays the Devil.

Not What I Expected:
I am the biggest Will Ferrell fan that I know. So, you could image how excited I was when I heard that the Best of Will Ferrell was coming out on DVD. I picked it up the day it came out, and the second I got home I watched the whole thing through, that is to all 8 or so skits. Not only was it hugely lacking in length, but so many of his most brilliant performances, like the unibomber at his high school reunion, and many others that I can't think of off hand, wheren't included. And, the producers of Will Ferrell's best of managed to pick the worst of his cheerleader and morning talk show skits. The fact of the matter is that Will Ferrell is funny in everything he does. So, the one deciding factor in why not to purchase this dvd is that there are such few skits showed. You will see more of Will Ferrell just watching the SNL reruns on Comedy Central in one night.

More Laughs! More Will! More Cowbell!:
Even though he only left the show two years ago, you still feel a tinge of nostalgia when you watch Will Ferrell on "Saturday Night Live". Perhaps it's because his versatillity evoked memories of such famed castmembers like John Belushi, Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman. Or maybe it was because he was just so damn funny. "The Best Of Will Ferrell" tries its best to capture the best from Ferrell's 7 years on the show, and while it's far from definitive, it makes a vailiant effort. All the sketches here are hilarious. Whether he's Craig The Cheerleader, Robert Goulet or George W. Bush, Will will have you in sketches. Some sketches, namely the nude Art Class sketch, grow on you, but you'll learn to enjoy them. The best sketch by far is "Celebrity Jeopardy". In addition to Will's sidesplitting (if not entirely accurate) Alex Trebek, he gets additonal support from Jimmy Fallon as French Stewart, Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds, and Daryl Hammond's infamous Sean Connery. There's also the classic "Blue Oyster Cult" sketch, which is naturally to funny for words. Everybody has one sketch not here that they would have loved to see. For me, it would be the Jeopardy sketch with "Chardonay". But other than that, this is a hilarious dvd. I also suggest watching Will's auditon tape, especially his hilarious Ted Kennedy impersoantion. Get this dvd today!

"Get Of The &%$#@ Shed!!":
Watching this DVD you realize that Will is a true Comedic acting genius. The extras are worth the price of the DVD. I just wish the DVD was longer. Hopefully they'll release a Vol. 2. All the great political sketches were left off DVD (Bush, Janet Reno). Also, they left off the funniest Jeopardy sketch, the one where Sean Connery writes "Buckfudder".