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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 15807
Released: May 23, 2006 |
| Our Price: $7.43 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Cheri Oteri's peppy, energetic style always made her characters on SNL hilarious to watch. From physical comedy (along side Will Ferrell) as the Cheerleader, Arianna, to impressions of Barbara Walters and Judge Judy, to wacky characters like Rita Del Vecchio, Nadeen or prescription drug junkie Collette Reardon, Cheri made audiences laugh so hard they often needed time to "Simma Down." Now you can own the best of Cheri's performances on one DVD. Be sure check out the bonus features such as the audio commentary and get a first-hand account of SNL from Cheri herself, as well as a sketch from a dress rehearsal that's never been seen until now!
Description of Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri:
Cheri Oteri breathed bracing fresh air into the seasons she appeared on Saturday Night Live, and created memorable characters both absurd and delightful. This 78-minute disc contains samples of some of her signature performances, including the preternaturally peppy cheerleader, Arianna, paired with a strapping Will Ferrell. (Ever tried to lead a cheer at the team's…swim meet? Arianna never met a challenge she couldn't conquer.) Oteri also takes on media icon Barbara Walters, satirized decades earlier by the incomparable Gilda Radner as Baba Wawa. Oteri's impersonation both pays homage to Radner's and takes it to a new level of absurdity; Oteri's Walters is a randy, name-dropping old coot who doesn't miss a beat--or an opportunity to aggrandize herself ("I was horseback riding the other day with Saddam Hussein…"). Don't miss the brief skit where Walters tries to have phone sex with a nonplussed Tom Brokaw. Other signature characters include Oteri's Judge Judy and the prescription hound Collette (appearing here in a priceless bit with John Goodman as a flummoxed pharmacist). And of course, the abusive Burger Castle counter chick Nadeen, who shoots down every customer request with a "Simma down, now!" Extras include audition and dress rehearsal footage, and an audio commentary by Oteri. --A.T. Hurley
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri Reviews:
Short in stature, big in talent 
2009-12-18 - As part of the latter wave of SNL girls to come onto the show (and after a particularly disastrous '94-95 season), petite Cheri Oteri managed to breathe new life back into an ailing SNL (alongside Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Kris Kattan, Ana Gasteyer, Norm McDonald, Darrell Hammond, Tracy Morgan, etc.). She created wonderfully wacked-out characters (prescription junkie Colette, who looked as if she applied her makeup during an earthquake; relentlessly perky Arianna in the "Cheerleaders" sketches; the "Simma Down Na" girl) & impersonations (Barbara Walters, Debbie Reynolds) that paralleled (and paid tribute to) the late great Gilda Radner (though lacking Gilda's essential sweetness). And placing her beside the tall Ferrell in the Cheerleaders sketches was pure comic genius, making them the "Mutt & Jeff" of SNL.
There's much to like about this collection because Oteri lit up each & every sketch she was in with her unique comedic brilliance. Simply put, Oteri was one of the funniest women ever to grace SNL.
Funny dvd! 
2008-07-22 - Cheri was one of my favorite SNLers so it was great to get this dvd and at such a great price!
CHERI OTERI is HILARIOUS!
2008-04-05 - If you love SNL then this DVD is well worth it! I never get tired of watching the cheerleaders, Debbie Allen, talk show host and more. Good times!
Cheri Oteri
2007-12-26 - Let me start out by saying, I have seen all the "Best Of's" of the Saturday Night Live dvd's and besides Will Ferell,Vl.1, this is the best. Cheri Oteri is such a talented comdedian and her versatility as a comedian is just amazing!!!! I was so disappointed when she left the show. There was such a void, she had such a presence about her. If you want to laugh hard, buy this, you will not be disappointed!!!!
Ya best simmah!
2007-06-28 - This is one of my favorite SNL DVDs. I've always wondered why these DVDs weren't longer; they could easily fit twice the skits on one disc. Still, they chose Cheri's material well: Nadeen's "simmah" skit with Tobey Maguire, Collette's prescription chase with John Goodman, Cheri's horny wife to Chris Kattan's horny husband with Sarah Michelle Gellar, and the classic Mrs. Delvecchio skit with Christopher Walken...not to mention 2 awesome cheerleader sketches. All of these characters had other great skits as well (the horny husband and wife buying a car from Ben Affleck was priceless) but this is a solid 80 minutes of comedy for a great price. Pick one up - you won't be sorry.
