Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of the Dana Carvey Show
Released: October 20, 2017Runtime: 95 min
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.
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Dana Carvey
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Robert Smigel
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Bill Hader
as Self - Once Skipped School
Ted Harbert
as Self - Chairman, ABC Entertainment
Steve Carell
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Stephen Colbert
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Robert Carlock
as Self - Inexpensive Writer
Bill Chott
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Heather Morgan
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John Fortenberry
as Self - Director, The Dana Carvey Show
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