DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: This is a documentary about a TV sketch comedy series that came and went quickly 21 years ago, and is most remembered today for an infamous opening sketch so polarizing, literally millions of viewers changed channels before it was over. The program was ABC’s
The Dana Carvey Show, and it’s worth remembering, in this very funny documentary, because of its all-star lineup of writers and performers.
Saturday Night Live and
Wayne’s World star Carvey had such then-unknown on-camera help as Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert, and the writers’ room included Louis C.K., Robert Smigel, and Charlie Kaufman. Watch, in particular, for one particularly Pythonesque sketch: “Waiters Who are Nauseated by Food” (pictured, with Colbert and Carell).
For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website.