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Posted May 12th 2009 10:02AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Reality-Free
I had forgotten how very funny
The Dana Carvey Show was until several months ago when I decided to watch a bunch of
episodes online. It may sound cliched to say, but I think this was an underrated show, ahead of its time, and would probably survive for a few more seasons today on Comedy Central or FX or FOX. I can picture that.
We won't get a revival, of course, but we now have a great DVD set (in stores today) to keep forever. All of the episodes are here (including one that didn't even make it to ABC), and a couple of good extras.
Continue reading The Dana Carvey Show: Complete Series - DVD review
Posted May 14th 2008 3:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Standout Episodes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E7) Originally aired on April 30, 1996.
It's easy to forget just how funny this show was. It's not just that it had a bunch of funny material and a talented cast (including Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Robert Smigel), it's that the batting average for each show was damn good. There's more funny stuff in each 30 minutes of a Dana Carvey Show episode than in 90 minutes of Saturday Night Live or even SCTV. No dead moments to sit through. I'm not sure why this show was so short-lived (other than the fact that the first episode featured Carvey as President Clinton, suckling a bunch of cats on his teats). And ratings, ratings, blah, blah, blah.
It was actually kinda hard to pick a standout episode since so many episodes have a lot of great stuff. But I think the video after the jump has some classic moments.
Continue reading The Dana Carvey Show: Episode 2 - VIDEO
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