how was 'the dana carvey show' not the best show on television ever?

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look at the writing staff!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115148/fullcredits#writers

(btw, i realize the answer to my thread question is "dana carvey", but still.)

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Dana Carvey.

― Darius Rucker Lookalike (deangulberry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

sub-wayne!

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Holy friggin' Jesus!

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Who knew one man could ruin so much?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

what else did those guys write?

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

mmm louis c.k.

― lychee mello (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, man - Dana Carvey must suck a lot worse than I suspected.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:17 (twenty-one years ago)

its really unbelievable isn't it.

this proves by science that dana carvey is the comedic neutralizing equivalent of the daily show, chappelle's show, saturday tv funhouse and POOTIE TANG all at once.

― mark (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

and, um, charlie kaufman.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw about 1 minute of his non-SNL-related stand-up act on some Comedy Central list show. Playing piano. Singing "CHOPPIN' BROCOLLAH" ovah & ovah. He's probably worse than what any of you thought.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

i loved this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i saw that routine!i loved that routine!!!!!

― yesterYEARs, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

upon further inspection, the writer's cumulative credits also include dude where's my car, mad tv and joey. backstage must have been an epic showdown between funny and unfunny!

(xpost whoa easy there tiger)

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually say THANK GOD that show didn't work, what the fuck would've happened in comedic tv over the last few years if Chappelle, Carell/Colbert, etc etc were doing THIS instead of what they actually did do? *shiver*

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

You know, the thing that made the Choppin Broccoli skit funny was Phil Hartman and Sigourney Weaver looking all wispy as he sang it... OH why couldn't it have been Dana Carvey's wife that had gone .. are you familiar with the expression "mental" ?

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

What was "The Dana Carvey Show" like? Was it a sitcom or a sketch show?

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Wait a sec - the "CHOPPIN' BROCCOLAH" bit was an SNL skit, too? WTF, dude! WRITE ONE NEW BIT!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

it was a sketch show, apparently incredibly more edgy/disgusting/vulgar than snl and in primetime too. so i've heard. i've never really heard if it was very funny though.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

dude, it's like all he has! that and the church lady.

i remember when he was the star of snl. what funny times.

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― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

He was funny as Garth Algar!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

god he must HATE mike myers

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Dana Carvey + edgy = CRISIS!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

dude it was hilarious. he compared mountain dew to piss and pepsi was his sponsor!!

that's almost all i remember but i'm sure other memories sweet memories will come flooding back to me soon.

― antagonizer, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

ts: a lame ass meme about cutting vegetables vs. being richer than god

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

You know, come to think of it, I remember Tom Hanks giving Peter Scolari some work when he was able to - WTF is up w/ Myers giving Dana the high hat, eh?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

god he must HATE mike myers

"he"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Unless The Master of Disguise made DC rich beyond reason.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

o c'mon - massive head wound harry was funny!

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

One time I saw Dana Carvey do this stand-up bit where he said he rented an all-midget p0rn called Itty Bitty Gang Bang. It was kinda funny at the time!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

it's pretty well known myers ripped off dr. evil from carvey's impersonation of lorne michaels

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember hearing there was a part where he (as Bill Clinton) had puppies suckle at his eight nipples.

― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

you know what ISNT pretty well known!?! master of disguise is a great frickin movie!!!

― king turtle man, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought he ripped off Dr. Evil from Lorne Michaels! what part makes carvey the middle man?

― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

did he start doing softer comedy as a result of some sort of near-death experience?

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"didN'T" sorry, god im squirrelly today

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

give it fifteen years, you'll hear a newstory about a naked, gibbering Dana Carvey being discovered in the fetal position atop of George Bush's grave, gnawing on his fingernails.

DANA: babble, gah gah, munch...
SECURITY GUARD: Mr. Carvey, Mr. Carvey...
(gently pulls DANA's hands away from his mouth)
SECURITY GUARD: You're just chewing bone now. Come on.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

could be, he had some heart thing a few years back.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

he was under the false impression he was terminally ill. Turned out the doctor had fucked up.

― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

In defense of Dana Carvey - He's not Robin Williams. But damn is he getting embarassingly close.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

also it wasn't really very funny but the last time i can think of him being on snl a few years back they had a sketch where him and ferrell as 41 and 43 going out hunting with the joke being george the elder weighing killing his son for the good of the country.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

his bush was good, i'll give him that

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

ok apparently myers always hated CARVEY because wayne's world was myers's thing and carvey wormed his way into it. there was no garth in the original concept

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

so don't let's get the wrong idea about who's zooming who

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

the show was funny. the network cancelled it because it kept offending advertisers. dana carvey is much more funny than you'd expect.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

from imdb:

Underwent open-heart surgery for a blocked artery in 1997 but had the wrong artery operated on. Later sued for medical malpractice and was awarded $7.5 million. He's had to undergo five operations in total to correct his heart problem.

his Bush was good but I'll never forgive him for milking any laugh inspired by a hand-gesture. He could never fight his urge to repeat it until the giggles died.

― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

no, from what i remember from the shales book, apparently carvey did a 'killer' and apparently quite mean impersonation of lorne michaels on the set of snl (he's like one of five people in the book not scared to death of lorne michaels) and myers dr. evil is a straightup lift of it. it's also very clear in the book that him and myers 'had issues'. apparently myers very very much didn't want garth to be in the wayne's world sequel.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

lets also not get the wrong idea about who's got the longdong- myers is a much bigger dick than carvey.

― what, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

that shales book is the best.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

it's pretty great - janeane garofalo comes off very very very badly in it

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

i gotta read that thing one of these days. I definitely remember hearing Myers was pissed about the "Honey Hornay" Kim Basinger subplot. Fuckin' camera hog.

― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

james tell me more!

im so glad i started this thread.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, someone gave Colin Quinn his OWN SHOW! On the COMEDY CHANNEL! It is NEVER FUNNY!

this is precisely why SNL must be stopped...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.tmalliance.com/uploads/000010/BrianFellow.jpg

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

PLEASE WELCOME... A DONKEYYYYYYYYYYYY

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

One of the funniest things I've ever seen on SNL was Kevin Nealon doing a Sam Donaldson imitation where he started out by using his index fingers to push his eyebrows into Donaldson's drag-queen arch, said, "Good evening, I'm Sam Donaldson," then removed his fingers and continued the sketch like he hadn't been completely ripping on Donaldson's amazingly fucked-up eyebrows.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

oh christ norm mcdonald doing weekend update was the funniest thing EVER on SNL after the non-Lorne Michaels 1984 season. His moments were the anti-SNL. Is there a best of DVD of him yet?

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

The only time I can remember finding Norm MacDonald funny was that incredibly brilliant David Lettermen sketch.

"Uhhh.... got any gum?"

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I do think Nealon is underrated in general, but Weekend Update was not his strong suit -- he never had the ability to make light of himself when he fucked up his delivery. It was just quiet and awkward. I rank 90s W.U. anchors: McDonald > Nealon > Quinn.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

It was disappointing in Comedian to see that Seinfeld and Quinn hang out all the time.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, someone gave Colin Quinn his OWN SHOW! On the COMEDY CHANNEL! It is NEVER FUNNY!

It's gone now, mercifully. This was to be predicted. All he did near the end was make pained little "jokes" about how no one likes him. It's funny because it's true! No, wait... it's still not funny!

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Kevin Nealon's delivery = joke-read-without-timing-or-beat -> forced pathetic smirk.

I am convinced you are confusing Kevin Nealon with Colin Quinn.

No, though Quinn was much worse, Nealon had a habit of doing this as well. And the subliminal man thing was stupid.

However, along with Nealon pushing his eyebrows up like Sam Donaldson, I also enjoyed his Brent Musburger imitation where he just simply stretched the sides of his eyes with his fingers.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a skit where Nealon plays an interviewer who looks at the camera and makes a fucked-up expression once he gets his subject to cry. I saw it for the first time while tripping on robotussin and IT BLEW MY FUCKING SKULL APART.

― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I could have been less prepared to have Kevin Nealon stare at me and drop the side of his mouth.

― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Why the fuck isn't there a Maya Rudolph movie?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

or a playboy spread?

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

WORD.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 17 March 2005 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Amy Poehler is really the only reason to watch SNL this season.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

there was another short bit that ran a few times with maya rudolph and tracey morgan as two old drunks in a bar. it was like watching tv from fifty years ago, no punchlines, very short (ALL SNL BITS END AROUND 3 MINUTES AFTER THEY SHOULD), a little touching actually.

― f--gg (gcannon), Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i remember several years back the season premiere had no repeat characters, no catchphrases, and one sketch that was like one of those old gilda radner things where they seemed to be aiming for sublime as much as hilarious. it was pretty much crutch free, minus most of the negative tendencies of the show since michaels came back, and while not actually any better than a normal episode still sorta refreshing or surprising at least, like 'o look, mom's sober'.

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:35 (twenty-one years ago)

haha!

funny we haven't talked about guests much. nancy kerrigan, anyone? michael jordan? colin farrell?

my two recent favorites: kirsten dunst and john mccain.

― f--gg (gcannon), Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

yes there is only like 45% overlap between the ideas "let's make a funny show" and "let'd make an SNL episode"

― f--gg (gcannon), Thursday, 17 March 2005 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay it's off-topic now, but I remember the Dana Carvey Show being hilarious. Bear in mind I was thirteen at the time. The only things I remember are the Mountain Dew = piss/corporate sponsor blowout and a segment called "Germans Who Say Nice Things," where Carvey and some other dude would scream polite things like "You have a fantastic hairstyle!" in heavy German accents. Actually, reading it over, that sounds terrible. But probably 99% better than SNL now or at the time.

― brooke edel (brookedel), Thursday, 17 March 2005 08:41 (twenty-one years ago)

the british people feel like they're missing out. the british people enjoyed 'wayne's world', 'mean girls', 'stripes', 'fletch', and 'anchorman', so they could feel worse.

― NR_Q, Thursday, 17 March 2005 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Fred Armisen is actually goddamned funny as hell .. They need to use him more. I accidentally saw him do standup last year & was roffling - I don't think any of it would be funny to most of the people who watch SNL though.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 17 March 2005 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Why the fuck isn't there a Maya Rudolph movie?

3001, A comedy by Mike Judge.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 March 2005 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.comedytown.com/2002/images/Armisen.jpg

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 17 March 2005 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

AY DIOS MIO

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 17 March 2005 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i cant remember one funny thing tim meadows has ever said or done.

Weird, I was just thinking the same thing about every single "comedian" mentioned on this thread!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember this show. It had a new sponsor every week -- at first it was like Mountain Dew Present's the Dana Carvey Show or whatever. I remember not liking it at the time, even having very low standards for humor then.

― David Allen (David Allen), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Fred Armisen is funny as fuck! Even if his only role ever had been the "ess-COO-zeeh" guy in Eurotrip!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

funny we haven't talked about guests much. nancy kerrigan, anyone? michael jordan? colin farrell?

The best guest/host EVER = Christopher Walken. They should do a Best Of Walken SNL DVD! The Continental! The creepy guy who predicts mundane things about the future when he touches people! The Bruce Dickinson cowbell skit! Etc!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

They have a best of Walken DVD! I've seen it at Target.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 17 March 2005 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

3001 looks like it could be good, nick, but I see Luke Wilson's name above Maya Rudolph's. I'm talking about a goddamn MAYA RUDOLPH MOVIE which won't happen, because SNL doesn't push its the characters its women come up with nearly as hard as it does the men, for whom each character becomes some apparently genius archetypal prototype for which many sequeles must be filmed, just to catch each facet of the myriad genius possibilities of fucking Deuce Bigalow or what the fuck ever. I mean I think the key grip dude has had his own movie franchise by the point. Yeah I know, newsflash, SNL is totally sexist, I know I'm not blowing anyone's mind here, but it seems especially egregious now when the only consistently good folks are the ladies, they're the ones people tune in to see, and still they get 2nd-banana roles in Mike Judge films instead of the full-on SNL treatment. Maya can run with the ball! GIVE MAyA THE BALL.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Molly Shannon got a movie! Um.

I actually really like the fact that Tina Fey's movie was not at all about Tina Fey.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Nevertheless it still kind of sucked.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

it wasn't produced by Lorne Michaels either so it doesn't really count

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

When the women start creating excruciating one note characters who screech catchphrases in episode after episode after episode they'll get to make "SNL" movies. How Molly did it. How Tim Meadows finally did it. Remember that Rob Schneider got his movies via Adam Sandler's (Silkk The Shocker to his Master P), not Lorne (correct me if I'm wrong).

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― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

They should've made a DOG SHOW movie.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Maya Rudolph should play Beyonce in a biopic!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

the camera will not come to you. you must come to the camera, LEAPING AND SCREAMING

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude the Dana Carvey Show wasn't as horrible as everyone seems to think it was...but it was really...uncomfortable. I mean yeah the famous Mountain Dew=piss thing when the fucking sponsor was Pepsi, wtf? And I remember that German guy skit too, that was actually kind of funny and not as uncomfortable to watch. What no one here seems to remember as the absolute pinnacle of "completely discomforting television" was the skit where he PLAYED PRINCE CHARLES, AS A TAMPON. I had blocked that from memory UNTIL I saw this thread title. This was like the most alarming thing I've ever seen, IIRC he SANG A SONG ABOUT BEING PRINCE CHARLES, THE TAMPON, and there was graphical indications of what was going to be done with PRINCE CHARLES, TAMPON. And it was like FIFTEEN MINUTES LONG.

Norm MacDonald was not unfunny to me, the David Letterman Show skit and his constant usage of Hasselhoff as a punchline were pretty amusing, every time.

― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

also this is one of the first photographs you find on image search for Maya Rudolph!

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/tv_pix/vh1/vh1_fashion_awards_photos/_group_photos/donatella_versace19.jpg

― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Thursday, 17 March 2005 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

NO WAIT I'M WRONG

I am confusing TWO SEPARATE SKETCHES ABOUT PRINCE CHARLES

Tampon Skit did NOT include a song. The song one was about BEHEADING PRINCESS DIANA, which he then did, to a mannequin, at the end of it.

BOTH were like 15 minutes long.

Fucking disturbing, seriously.

― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

there must be copies of this show floating around. it needs to be on dvd.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, no, after writing that all out I'm now kind of questioning the fact that I hold the opinion that this wasn't the best show on television ever.

― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:03 (twenty-one years ago)

God I am so in love with Maya Rudolph.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean honestly everything I am now recalling from this show can be graphically described in the following fashion:

http://www.hellblazer.com/media/jumping-the-shark.jpg

I think maybe it is much better than SNL has been in quite a long time! But that's not too difficult!

― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Thursday, 17 March 2005 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

did you know that maya rudolph is minnie ripperton's daughter?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 19 March 2005 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

six years pass...

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201108/dana-carvey-oral-history-dana-carvey-show#ixzz1UXNWfFAg

― scott seward, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 14:03 (fourteen years ago)

i watched all of this a few years ago and it wasn't very funny but i guess i'll read that. did they interview charlie kaufman?

― full on... mask hysteria (history mayne), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 14:07 (fourteen years ago)

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