'Too Funny' for prime time: A new Hulu film takes on the short, absurd life of 1996's 'The Dana Carvey Show'
by Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times
Oct 26, 2017
3 minutes
Imagine you're starting a sketch comedy show, one that will debut on network TV in prime time. Of course, such a bold, probably misguided, idea requires a big star, maybe one who became the centerpiece of "Saturday Night Live" and starred in a summer blockbuster. Fine, done.
But such a series needs performers and writers too, so let's hire a staff. Does Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Louis C.K., Charlie Kaufman and Robert Smigel sound like a good start?
While that sounds more like some comedy fantasy team than a series, this actually happened in 1996
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