Arts Movie Reviews

This movie is absolutely fabulous. I couldn't pick out a funnier movie. It's a great movie even if you know nothing about music. I definetely recommend this.

All Cedric the Entertainer fans need this DVD! I have been watching him since he was the host of BET's Comic View after DL Hughley completed his season the the popular TV show, now in it's 10th year. The reason I think I like his comedy is because I can relate to many of his jokes. His skits include: that old music where he explains Al Green and his "documentary" song "Love and Happiness", the difference between white churches and black churches, "Old School", where "Flashlight" by the Parliament Funkdelic is playing, while he entertains the audience by doing a series of dances, old and new, plus many others. Other benefits of this DVD include: Quick Clips, the skits/jokes from other comedians. If you are a Cedric the Entertainer fanatic, you have to have this one to add to your growing DVD collection.

This DVD runs only about 44 minutes, instead of the listed 60 minutes. Each routine segment is about 3 minutes long and a few aren't even that funny. Although Brad Garrett's impersonations (especially Bill Cosby's) are extremely funny, this DVD is a huge disappointment.

I liked it! I bought this DVD cause of David Spade! hes the funniest one on there! Brad was very funny too but I think David is the best one! Buy this DVD if your a David Spade fan like me!

The only reason I bought this was because Paula Poundstone was on it and as of yet, there is no full-length DVD of her stand-up act. Her clip didn't even last four minutes! Right when I got into it, it ended! None of the other comics (except Tim Allen) were that good. Not worth it.

The editorial review says, "A must have for collectors and all connoisseurs of comedy!" That reviewer obviously did not watch the same DVD. Although the length is listed at 60 minutes, the DVD runs only about 50 or so minutes since you only see brief parts of comic routines. Plus, Rick Overton (the host) can get quite annoying after a while. Skip this!

This is a 45-minute TV special which may prominently feature Jerry Seinfeld on the cover, but in all honesty, Seinfeld fans will want to go with "I'm Telling You for the Last Time" which contains all of Jerry's famous standup routine about life's amusing minutiae. Here, if you blink (well, a 1-minute blink), you just might miss Jerry altogether. The other celebrity stand-up comedians featured in this edition get more time, but none more than a few minutes.

"Best of the Improv" would imply that this would be first-rate standup comedy, but most of it is not. Ray Romano's shtick is a funny forerunner to his popular sitcom. Norm Macdonald's deadpan delivery is good for a bunch of laughs in a short amount of time, particularly his dentist comedy. Tim Allen can be one of the funniest people on the planet, but what's selected from him is only mildly amusing.

Most of the other comedians who are featured are no-names to those who are not stand-up buffs. There's a good reason they're not very well known, as they're not very funny. All in all, it's mostly forgettable and not worth purchasing, particularly if you are expect to see Seinfeld and Tim Allen at their funniest. Not something you'd revisit.

More like negative stars. This DVD is non-Functional. It only plays 10min at a time. The quality of footage is very low. If I could watch the footage of Otsuka Sensei, it would be worth it, but I cannot. The audio commentary is silly. For any who has trained with Suzuki Sensei, or in Japanese karate would know that the terms that the commentators use are incorrect. The most frustrating thing is that even when the DVD was sent back for a better copy it came back with the same errors in playability. I am surprised that Amazon would sell such an untested product. My suggestion is to not buy anything from yamazato-video. It seems that most of their products are unsatisfactory.