SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: THE BEST OF SATURDAY TV FUNHOUSE is coming to DVD on Oct. 24, 2006, from Universal Studios Home Ent. Produced by Broadway Video, the DVD features highlights from a series of irreverent adult cartoons that skewer everything from politics and current events to superheroes. The brainchild of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's Emmy Award winning writer Robert Smigel, these animated segments introduced some of the show's most memorable sketches and characters. Classic sketches including the cult-favorite "Ambiguously Gay Duo" starring Stephen Colbert ("HE COLBERT REPORT) and Steve Carell (THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN), "The X-Presidents," "Michael Jackson," "Saddam and Osama" and "Fun with Real Audio." THE BEST OF SATURDAY TV FUNHOUSE includes the critically-acclaimed NBC special featuring live segments with hosts Ace and Gary and the entire SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE cast, here with uncut versions of the greatest animated segments of the series.
Bonus features include over an hour of additional cartoons, some of which have never before aired on TV, and commentaries from Smigel, Colbert, Carell, the animators, David Wachtenheim, Robert Marianetti and JJ Sedelmaier, and many celebrities who've been parodied on TV FUNHOUSE including Mr. T, Al Franken, Bryant Gumbel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and more. Even James Carville comments on the infamous "Fun with Real Audio: Clinton's Apology" cartoon. The DVD is priced at $19.98.
Universal Studios Home Ent. is a unit of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is a part of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% owned by Vivendi.
Broadway Video Ent. is a major independent producer of television and film entertainment and one of New York's leading design and post-production services companies. Founded in 1979 by Lorne Michaels, Emmy Award-winning creator/exec producer of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Broadway Video provides award-winning design, video and audio production services, as well as duplication, encoding and DVD authoring services for leading entertainment and corporate clients. Broadway Video develops and produces popular feature film and television entertainment through its Broadway Video Motion Pictures and Broadway Video Television divisions. In addition, its Broadway Video Enterprises manages the company's extensive library of original and acquired entertainment content, distributing it to television and home video markets worldwide. For information, visit www.broadwayvideo.com.
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