'Wasn't That Special' Season Eight Bonus Clips

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Here are some of the materials we discuss throughout the Season Eight episode:

Buckwheat Dead: America Mourns

Tyrone Green’s Art Opening

Dueling Joan Rivers

Pudge and Solomon: Laid Off

David Letterman: Gumby’s Bloopers

Dion and Blair: Dion’s Dreams

Howard Hesseman Monologue: ‘Moon Ronald Reagan’

“Nah!”

Sylvester School

(Scot liked this sketch. Christian…not as much.)

Big Zit

The Bridges Brothers Massage Each Other

Our pick for probably the worst sketch of the year.

Some of the commercials from this season:

Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix

Robin Duke’s highlight on the show.

Stevie Wonder: Kannon Camera

Biological Watch

“Thank You, Ronald Reagan”

And, of course, Season Eight had plenty of guest appearances:

Steven Wright Does Stand-Up

Harry Anderson Does Card Tricks

At the beginning of Season Eight, Joe Piscopo worried about his acting career, wondering if people just saw him as someone who does impressions.

In the middle of the season, Eddie Murphy became the biggest comedy star in the world:

But not everyone was enamored with Eddie’s act:

And the early returns for Season Eight were not good: