Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies (2008) (TV)

Director:

John Moffitt

Writer:

Dana Carvey

Release Date:

14 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Performer Name In Title | Standup Comedy | Live Audience

Cast

Dana Carvey

...

Himself

Directed by
John Moffitt

Writing credits
Dana Carvey

Produced by
Dana Carvey	....	executive producer
Benn Fleishman	....	supervising producer
Marc Gurvitz	....	executive producer
Cynthia Kistler	....	associate producer
John Moffitt	....	producer
Pat Tourk Lee	....	producer

Film Editing by
David W. Foster

Production Design by
John Sabato

Makeup Department
Jenny Zielon	....	hair stylist
Jenny Zielon	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jeremy French	....	production manager
Risa Thomas	....	production supervisor
Leslie E. Vincent	....	post-production supervisor (as Leslie Vincent)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sandra Restrepo	....	associate director

Sound Department
Debbie Fecteau	....	sound: a2
Jeffrey Fecteau	....	house audio (as Jeff Fecteau)
Ed Greene	....	sound mixer
Bob La Masney	....	post production audio (as Bob LaMasney)
Josh Morton	....	post production audio
Paul Sandweiss	....	post production audio

Visual Effects by
Vincent Jimenez	....	graphic design (as Vince Jimenez)
Wilt Manglicmot	....	graphic design
Juli Pritchard	....	graphic design

Camera and Electrical Department
Alan Adelman	....	lighting designer
Rob Darcy	....	camera operator
Jimmy Dunn	....	camera operator
Larry Heider	....	camera operator
Dave Hilmer	....	camera operator
Greg King	....	camera operator
Al Novak	....	gaffer
John Palacio Jr.	....	video control (as John Palació Jr.)
Craig Poulsen	....	lighting board operator
Bruce Solberg	....	videotape
Danny Zemenack	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Larry Jean	....	wardrobe

Other crew
Dan Andresen	....	head utility
Jay Barker	....	production coordinator
Rick Bartalini	....	director of programming
Mitchell Boyce	....	utility
Mike Brown	....	production assistant
Sarah Cowperthwaite	....	travel coordinator
Scott Gilroy	....	production assistant
Keith Hall	....	communications
Glenn Hazlett	....	video truck engineer
Marc Hershon	....	opening
Camille Kuznetz	....	assistant: executive producers
Dennis Langston	....	staging supervisor
Julie May	....	assistant: executive producers
Dana McLure	....	video truck engineer
Andrea Naier	....	stage manager
Mark Pitta	....	opening
Randy Pully	....	utility
Alan Reback	....	production accountant
Vince Rooks	....	production assistant
Beth Stiller	....	technical director
Adam D. Sussman	....	assistant: producers (as Adam Sussman)
Keith Winikoff	....	technical consultant
Paul Wright	....	opening
Jon Zuccaro	....	utility
Michele Zugschwerdt	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Larry Brown	....	special thanks (as Larry 'Bubbles' Brown)
Dex Carvey	....	special thanks
Thomas Carvey	....	special thanks (as Tom Carvey)
Marc Gurvitz	....	special thanks
Marc Hershon	....	special thanks
Chip Karr	....	special thanks
Dennis Miller	....	special thanks
Robert Norman	....	special thanks
Mark Pitta	....	special thanks
Flip Schultz	....	special thanks
Paul Wright	....	special thanks
Paula Zwagerman	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Dana Carvey Enterprises
• Moffitt-Lee Productions

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Comedy Central (200?) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Kober Post Productions  post-production facilities (as Kober Post Production)
• M-Dots Design  graphic design (as MDots Design)
• Sound Design Corporation  post-production facilities
• Video One  television facilities

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

Wells Fargo Center for the Arts - 50 Mark West Springs Rd., Santa Rosa, California, USA

Company:

Dana Carvey Enterprises

Movie Connections:

References "Batman" (1966)

Still crazy funny after all these years

Oh, how I missed Dana Carvey and his antics! And he hasn't lost his touch.

The act is easily one of Carvey's best and laugh-out-loud funny pretty much from start to finish. As always, his political observations & impressions are spot-on and side-splittingly funny, and he spares no one. His Reagan bit is so good, it actually made me appreciate the late president just a bit.

The only part of the act I found a little weak was his Al Gore bit, which started out very strong & funny, but went on too long and lost its way. Reminded me of when Robin Williams goes on one of his characteristically clever-but-exhausting tangents and doesn't know when to stop! But is was an exception to an otherwise solid act.

The "unorganized" religion bit was one of the best parts of the show and completely fresh comic writing. And don't miss the 'Special Features'; both the deleted scenes and the audience "Q & A" are hilarious. If you're from Northern California or lived there, you'll especially relate to some of his references. But that's just a small part of his act.

As always, Carvey never crosses the line into mean-spiritedness, but easily glides in and out of every impression & expression, reminding us of the huge talent we came to know and love before he left the scene due to his heart condition. It's a bittersweet irony that Dana Carvey is one comic who is ALL heart...

~NN