"The Dana Carvey Show" (1996) TV series

Writer:

Dave Chappelle (writer)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A Saturday Night Live alum, Dana Carvey brings his talent for sketch comedy to his own show with "The Dana Carvey Show." Not afraid to be lewd...

Plot Keywords:

Company Sponsor Name In Title | Product Placement

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 12 of 13)

Dana Carvey	...	Host / ... (6 episodes, 1996)
Steve Carell	...	Various Characters (6 episodes, 1996)
Bill Chott	...	Various Characters (6 episodes, 1996)
Stephen Colbert	...	Various Characters (6 episodes, 1996)
Heather Morgan	...	Various Characters (6 episodes, 1996)
Peggy Shay	...	Various Characters (6 episodes, 1996)
Robert Smigel	...	Various Characters (6 episodes, 1996)
Elon Gold	...	Various Characters (5 episodes, 1996)
Chris McKinney	...	Various Characters (5 episodes, 1996)
James Stephens III	...	Various Characters (5 episodes, 1996)
Colleen Dunn	...	Performer (5 episodes, 1996)
Robert J. Locke	...	Court Bailiff (5 episodes, 1996)

Also Known As:

The Dana Carvey Show Sponsored by Pepsi (USA) (alternative title)
The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show (USA) (alternative title)
The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show (USA) (alternative title)
The Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show (USA) (alternative title)
The Szechuan Dynasty Dana Carvey Show (USA) (alternative title)
The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Trivia:

The first six episodes featured the name of the show's sponsor in the show's title. Dana Carvey wanted this as an homage to variety shows of the 1950's and 60's that had their sponsors' names in their titles.

Why it was cancelled

I saw The Dana Carvey Show on TV and I knew immediatly it would be cancelled. It was too pointed and it was going to offend too many people to be on TV. I thought the show was extremely funny, and I also thought it was totally unleashed, unrestrained, in its point of view. It was very sharp, gritty, no-nonsense stuff, with plenty of sharp barbs and dead-on observations. It reminded me of the straight, uncensored political and social humor of Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Don Rickles, and even the vulgar physical humor of Charley Callas, when those guys were really at the top of their form. I was so sorry that TV cannot put this kind of great humor on and keep it on. That says a lot about our TV and its limitations, and proves that our TV has not lived up to its potential. The Dana Carvey Show was not tolerable; and we are not as free a people as we think we are.

Dana Carvey is one of our best comics and his shows should not be muted. He is very insightful, and his humor can shake us to the core. Where is an open forum where he can let loose? Long gone, on Chestnut Street.