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In 1996, Dana Carvey could have taken his primetime sketch comedy show, The Dana Carvey Show​, to any network he wanted. Carvey, then 40, was hot off an unprecedented run as one of the most popular cast members in Saturday Night Live​ history and the success of two Wayne’s World films. And he would soon be armed with what is now a who’s who of comedy names: Robert Smigel​, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert​, Steve Carell​, Spike Feresten, 30 Rock​ showrunner Robert Carlock, Delocated star Jon Glaser​, and Community writer and supporting player Dino Stamatopoulos​, among many others. Not to mention a guy who would go on to write some of the most abstract and beloved films in history—including Being John Malkovich​ and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind​—Charlie Kaufman​.

Unfortunately, Carvey chose ABC. Saddled with a timeslot following the Tim Allen family favorite Home Improvement, the raunchy first sketch—featuring Carvey as President Bill Clinton breastfeeding a litter of puppies—doomed the show to cancellation before it could air its eighth episode. But today, The Dana Carvey Show has found new life on the Internet—all eight episodes can be viewed on Hulu for free. Its legacy is that of a cultural oddity and comedy prognosticator, considering its exceptionally talented cast. It also foretold standouts on other shows. Consider: This was the birthplace of “The Ambiguously Gay Duo​,” soon to be a mainstay on Saturday Night Live—only this was primetime. In this expansive oral history, 15 years later, the cast and writers—as well as devoted superfans like Jon Hamm​ and Jimmy Fallon​—take GQ through the absolute genius and the absolute absurdity that was The Dana Carvey Show.
Continue reading “GQ: An Oral History of the Rise and Fall (and Rise) of “The Dana Carvey Show”.” »

Categories: Interviews, Magazine Tags: Bill Chott, Charlie Kaufman, Dana Carvey, Dino Stamatopoulos, GQ, Heather Morgan, Interview, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Glaser, Jon Hamm, Louis C.K., Magazine, Robert Carlock, Robert Smigel, SNL, Spike Feresten, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, The Dana Carvey Show