Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show (2017)
Documentary • TV Movie • 1ч 35м
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.
TMDB rating:
7.9
(68)
Cast
Dana Carvey
Self
Steve Carell
Self
Stephen Colbert
Self
Louis C.K.
Self (archive footage)
Robert Smigel
Self
Bill Hader
Self
Jon Glaser
Self
Robert Carlock
Self
Spike Feresten
Self
Charlie Kaufman
Self (archive footage)
J.J. Sedelmaier
Self
Crew
Josh Greenbaum
Writer
Josh Greenbaum
Director
Josh Greenbaum
Producer
Rafael Marmor
Producer
Billy McMillin
Editor
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