Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

October. 20,2017      NR
Rating:
7.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Dana Carvey as  Self
Steve Carell as  Self
Stephen Colbert as  Self
Louis C.K. as  Self
Robert Smigel as  Self
Bill Hader as  Self
Jon Glaser as  Self

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Reviews

Lovesusti
2017/10/20

The Worst Film Ever

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BallWubba
2017/10/21

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

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Jonah Abbott
2017/10/22

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Scarlet
2017/10/23

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Matt Greene
2017/10/24

This is just so right up my alley...punk rock, subversive, hilarious, smart. Sure, it's a documentary, but it's easily one of the funniest movies of the year (Colbert and Carrell reacting to 90's ad that said, "a very special episode of Home Improvement, followed by the Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show").

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Ringding3
2017/10/25

Why do they feel the need to interrupt every sketch with commentary....shut-up

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Sean Lamberger
2017/10/26

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 drafted a staggering cast of pre-fame talent (Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis CK, Robert Smigel, even a few episodes with Bob Odenkirk) but then tossed the brilliantly absurd, counter-culture fruits of their labor to primetime ABC. Even before Disney purchased the network, this marriage was doomed. It's a fundamentally simple story, perhaps too scant for a full-length feature, and that leads this documentary to feel somewhat padded. There's lots of fun material - candid footage of the baby-faced soon-to-be superstars auditioning, goofing around in the writer's room, looking back fondly upon the experience - but too often relies on highlights from the show or awkward bits stolen from other, tangentially-related programs and films. As this was produced by Hulu, which just so happens to be the show's online home, you'd think the goal would be prodding unfamiliar viewers to move right on to a binge-watch, to judge the material for themselves. Instead, I felt like I'd already done so.

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joyceaward
2017/10/27

So many talented writers, actors, show runners; so much mutual admiration; such fun being had by all. Two women on screen in this entire movie, only one of whom was interviewed, and briefly at that.I guess these comedy heroes didn't know funny women, or any who they thought were deserving of a big break on the Dana Carvey show. Or maybe it just wasn't as much fun working with female colleagues - is that it?I'd had quite enough of them congratulating one another - including Louis C.K. - on their subsequent careers by the end. Dispiriting.

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