"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

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:

Eight episodes were produced but ABC canceled the series after seven episodes aired due to low ratings. The sketches from the final episode were reworked into sketches for an 1996 episode of "Saturday Night Live" which Carvery hosted.

I liked this show, but why was it canceled?

Well, like what the first persion who commented on this show said "it's was too funny". And a funny show it is. Their are proboably only 5 or 6 episodes of THE DANA CARVEY SHOW that aired on ABC, but they have not been "found". But I loved every minute of THE DANA CARVEY SHOW.

At the time of 1996, the year was very slow for me. When I first caught THE DANA CARVEY SHOW on ABC, it was when my mon and dad were laughing outloud at the show. They found it funny. And I did too. It was so funny that I began to record the show and place it with my copies of THE SIMPSONS (another fabulous TV sitcom).

Why ABC canceled THE DANA CARVEY SHOW is still a mystery to me. But it still strikes me as why cancel a show THAT HAD THE POSSIBLITIES TO BECOME A CLASSIC IN THE HOMES OF ALL COMEDY SHOW FANS. Was it because it was too much like SATUDRAY NIGHT LIVE? Or was it too racy for TV? Of course, at the time of THE DANA CARVEY SHOW's public debut SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was beginning to fail rapidly. And SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is now a dead, unfunny show to this day and why it is still on TV is beyond me. But, Dana Carvey's show was funnier than SNL. And though THE DANA CARVEY SHOW was racy to the extereme, in 1995 the airing of THE DREW CAREY SHOW marked the real meaining of edgy and racy. And that show is still on TV and Drew also has another show called WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? that is also profitable in the extreme. So why not Dana Carvey? I guess it was because Carvey was too out-of-it to be a household name in comedy, unlike Drew Carey who is just a regular guy who just happened to be comedy material. But to me, Drew Carey is just a nutball who thinks spewing out a sex joke will make people laugh like that. Oh well, like the old saying goes, "The audience is like a bunch of seals, toss them a fish and they start clapping."

Dana Carvey is the real comedian. And I hope that ABC is kicking themselves in their fat a** for letting such a funny show go downhill due to TV censors and idiodic network re-tooling. WAY TO RUIN COMEDY!