Agreed, it was one of a few VHS tapes I had in early college and watched it daily for a long while. Its different in tone because it was largely written by Kevin dealing with depression, with the others having little input or none at all (Foley just acted, iirc). That and the usual studio meddling, similar to the Mr Show movie.

There's a good interview in the avclub from long ago with Kevin MacDonald about it.