Top 20 movies like Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Following the departure of the show's original cast and creator after five seasons, SNL in the '80s is a look back at a decade of turbulent, often uncertain times that included the hiring and firing of several casts, numerous writers, producers and ultimately the revitalization of the show with the return of executive producer Lorne Michaels.

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found is of 1 hour(s) and 26 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Universal Television. It was released on 2005-04-15.

Genres: Documentary

1. Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Documentary looking back at the history of Saturday Night Live, focusing on the years 2000-2009.

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2. The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

This behind-the-scenes special features cast members musing over public television's beloved "The Red Green Show," the wacky sketch series revolving around the wit and wisdom of outdoors-man, handyman and populist philosopher Red Green . Backstage anecdotes, rare outtakes and cast commentary shed light on the smart writing and spot-on acting that helped make this unlikely show such a long-running success.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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3. The Laughter Life

The Laughter Life

The Laughter Life follows a week in the life of the young comedians who write and star in Studio C, a popular sketch comedy television show that has garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

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4. Gilly and Keeves: The Special

Gilly and Keeves: The Special

A feature-length sketch comedy special from John McKeever and Shane Gillis, including original sketch comedy, behind the scenes footage, outtakes, as well as live footage from Gilly And Keeves: Live at the TLA in Philadelphia.

It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.

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5. Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! - With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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6. Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and crew as well as hosts. Features memorable sketches and behind the scenes dynamics.

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7. Saturday Night Live Backstage

Saturday Night Live Backstage

Originally a special celebrating the 35th anniversary of the show was planned but it was scrapped and replaced with this special, which shows viewers how an SNL episode is created within the span of a week.

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8. Death Bed

Death Bed

Harrison attempts to throw the best funeral reception ever

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9. Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of future comedy legends in the cast and crew. So why did The Dana Carvey Show—with a writers room and cast including then unknowns Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman, and more— crash and burn so spectacularly? TOO FUNNY TO FAIL tells the hilarious true story of a crew of genius misfits who set out to make comedy history… and succeeded in a way they never intended.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

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10. Fullveldisdagskrá VHS (Fullveldisdagskrá VHS)

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It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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11. Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

Friends and fans pay tribute to a great comic talent in this celebration of the life and work of the hugely popular Victoria Wood, who died of cancer in April 2016 at age 62. Victoria wrote some of television's greatest comedy sketches and musicals, won two BAFTAs for her drama Housewife, 49, and was once voted by the British public as the person they would most like to have as their next door neighbour.

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12. The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

The Sid Caesar Collection:  Inside the Writer's Room

The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides and howling at his uproarious antics and those of his inspired sidekicks--Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris. These are compilations of fan favorites--digitally remastered to be as crisp as they were in the 1950s. "The Fan Favorites" includes gems from the heyday of live TV, as well as interviews with writers and actors, including Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Neil Simon. 3-3/4 hours on 3 cassettes or 3 DVDs. Set 1 features live gut-busters from "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour", including 18 of Caesar's own favorite sketches, plus revealing interviews with contemporaries, including Mel Brooks and Neil Simon. Three digitally remastered volumes: "The Magic of Live TV, Inside the Writer's Room," and "Creating the Comedy". Almost 4 hours on 3 cassettes or 3 DVDs.

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13. The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

The Sid Caesar Collection:  Creating the Comedy

The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides and howling at his uproarious antics and those of his inspired sidekicks--Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris. These are compilations of fan favorites--digitally remastered to be as crisp as they were in the 1950s. "The Fan Favorites" includes gems from the heyday of live TV, as well as interviews with writers and actors, including Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Neil Simon. 3-3/4 hours on 3 cassettes or 3 DVDs. Set 1 features live gut-busters from "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour", including 18 of Caesar's own favorite sketches, plus revealing interviews with contemporaries, including Mel Brooks and Neil Simon.

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14. Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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15. The Craig Ferguson Show

The Craig Ferguson Show

Craig Ferguson tells jokes and introduces filmed skits.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

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16. Don't Ask

Don't Ask

A sketch comedy short where a family gets together for a typical dinner. With an unexpected guest who knows too much.

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17. The Batguy

The Batguy

A comedy mockumentary about a guy that decides to become the first real world superhero, but isn't cut out for it

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18. The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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19. Viewer Discretion Advised

Viewer Discretion Advised

Sketch comedy loosely organized around parodies of televsion genres.

It has an average vote of 2.5 on TMDB.

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20. An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse

An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse

The show will celebrate not only their sketch characters, but also, for the first time, will introduce the real Harry and Paul, who appear almost live on stage as themselves as they take questions and introduce their favourite sketches from programmes including Harry Enfield and Chums, Harry and Paul and Harry Enfield's Television Programme. These include Kevin Patterson, Tim Nice-But-Dim, Wayne and Waynetta Slob, Dragons' Den, The Scousers and Smashie and Nicey. Harry and Paul also take it in turns to play the host of celebrities that have joined them to celebrate their anniversary, such as Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell from BBC Drama Wolf Hall; Rob Brydon, Ricky Gervais, Prince Charles, Miranda Hart, Stephen Hawking, Boris Johnson, Melyn Bragg and Jimmy Carr as they take viewers on a trip down memory lane. There's also a very special guest appearance from a Harry and Paul favourite.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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