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2 | ->''"I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human."'' |
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4 | Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955 in Missoula, Montana) is a stand-up comedian and comedy actor. |
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6 | He started his acting career with a few small movies, including ''Film/HalloweenII1981'' and ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''. |
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8 | Carvey ultimately joined ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' during its second GoldenAge (1986-1993)[[note]]after Lorne Michaels returned and his plans on making celebrities of his new "Not Ready For Primetime" cast (the 1985-1986 season) fell through and nearly got the show cancelled, resulting in the cast overhaul that would bring the show back from the dead[[/note]]. Carvey's characters on ''SNL'' included the Church Lady ("Isn't that special?"), Garth of ''Film/WaynesWorld'', President UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush ("Wouldn't be prudent"), and numerous other celebrity impersonations, most notably Creator/JohnnyCarson. (Fun fact: the same day he was invited to join ''SNL'', he got another offer, to host ''Series/DoubleDare1986''!) |
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10 | After he left SNL, he starred in both ''Film/WaynesWorld'' films and ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' with Jennifer Esposito. In 1996, he hosted ''Series/TheDanaCarveyShow'', a VarietyShow which was critically liked but had poor ratings. It also had among its writing staff future comedy stars Creator/LouisCK, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/StephenColbert, and ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen almost]]) Creator/JimmyFallon. He also appeared in the film ''Film/LittleNicky'' with ''SNL'' castmate Creator/AdamSandler. |
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13 | !! His impersonations and their tropes: |
14 | * UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush: Carvey's {{Cloudcuckoolander}} was a sort of TropeCodifier for other impersonators. |
15 | ** He's impersonated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNGd4T1b_M almost every presidential candidate from the past thirty years.]] Of the ones in that video, his George HW Bush and Ross Perot were used on SNL. |
16 | * "A Grumpy Old Man": A... well.. GrumpyOldMan who reminisced about AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching and WhenIWasYourAge with the tag line "...and we liked it!" |
17 | * Lyle The Effeminate Heterosexual: essentially a highly {{Justified|Trope}} MistakenForGay. |
18 | * The Church Lady: a takeoff on fundamentalist Christians -- she runs a talk show -- that was quite successful despite (or because of) invocations of PoesLaw. She also drums. |
19 | * Garth Algar of "Wayne's World": a nerdy metalhead. (It should be noted Carvey based his portrayal of Garth [[WriteWhoYouKnow off his own brother]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Carvey Brad Carvey]], one of the co-creators of the Platform/{{Amiga}}-based VFX machine Video Toaster; correspondingly, Garth wears a T-shirt with a Video Toaster test card on it during ''Wayne's World 2''.) |
20 | * Whitey Duvall in Film/LittleNicky: A basketball referee character made by Adam Sandler. |
21 | * Hans of "Hans and Franz" ("Ve vant to ''pump'' [''clap''] you ''up!''") |
22 | * John [=McLaughlin=] of ''Series/TheMcLaughlinGroup'': '''WRONG!''' |
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24 | !! His works include: |
25 | * ''Film/HalloweenII1981'': His first film. |
26 | * ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' |
27 | * ''Film/ToughGuys'' |
28 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': From which many of his characters come. |
29 | * ''Film/OpportunityKnocks'' his first starring role (1990) |
30 | * ''Film/WaynesWorld'': A recurring skit on SNL and two movies -- he played Garth. |
31 | * ''Dana Carvey: Critic's Choice'' Carvey's first full-length stand-up special. |
32 | * ''The Dana Carvey Show'': TheEponymousShow. The show also had [[ProductPlacementName a different sponsor each week with their name forced in]] as an homage to the shows of old e.g. ''The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show''. |
33 | * ''Film/CleanSlate'' |
34 | * ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'': Clearly trying to take advantage of Carvey's loads and loads of impersonations. |
35 | * ''Film/LittleNicky'': As [[WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights Whitey Duvall]]. |
36 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' as Schnozmo, Cosmo's brother. |
37 | * ''Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies'', Carvey's second full-length stand-up special. |
38 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' as Pops, the resident [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Dog]] |
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