Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of the Dana Carvey Show (2017)
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
95 min
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.
- Release date
- October 21, 2017
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- John Piscitello
Where to watch
Subscription
Hulu
Trailer
Cast
- Dana Carvey as Self
- Steve Carell as Self - Cast Member
- Stephen Colbert as Self - Former Unemployed Actor
- Louis C.K. as Self (archive footage)
- Robert Smigel as Self - SNL Nerd
- Bill Hader as Self - Once Skipped School
- Jon Glaser as Self
- Robert Carlock as Self - Inexpensive Writer
- Spike Feresten as Self
- Charlie Kaufman as Self (archive footage)
- J.J. Sedelmaier as Self
- Ted Harbert as Self - Chairman, ABC Entertainment
- Bill Chott as Self - Cast Member
- Heather Morgan as Self - Cast Member
- John Fortenberry as Self - Director, The Dana Carvey Show
Crew
- Josh Greenbaum · Director
- Josh Greenbaum · Writer
- Dana Carvey · Writer
- J.J. Sedelmaier · Writer
- Robert Smigel · Writer
- Josh Greenbaum · Producer
- Chris Leggett · Producer
- Rafael Marmor · Producer
- John Piscitello · Composer
- Paul de Lumen · Cinematographer
- Dan Gold · Cinematographer
- Sean Kirby · Cinematographer
- Daniel Marracino · Cinematographer
- Billy McMillin · Editor