Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
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2017
1h 35m
NR
English
Documentary
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Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
NR
Movie
2017
1h 35m
English
Documentary
It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of future comedy legends in the cast and crew. So why did The Dana Carvey Show—with a writers room and cast including then unknowns Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman, and more— crash and burn so spectacularly? TOO FUNNY TO FAIL tells the hilarious true story of a crew of genius misfits who set out to make comedy history… and succeeded in a way they never intended.
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Directed By: Josh Greenbaum
Written By: Josh Greenbaum
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drqshadow
/10 5 years ago
An oral history, with clips and highlights, of one of the 1990s' most notorious flops. Riding high as a celebrated Saturday Night Live alumni, fresh graduate Dana Carvey had his choice of suitors / collaborators / formats. His picks were spot-on for everything but the broadcast partner, as he dr More
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