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

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

NR 2017 · 95 min · ★ 7.9 · Documentary, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Josh Greenbaum · Written by Josh Greenbaum

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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

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