The Dana Carvey Show

Within its first few minutes on air The Dana Carvey Show had already alienated the general ABC viewing audience, as then-president Bill Clinton (Carvey) opened his shirt to reveal his lactating, multi-nippled chest from which human babies and puppy dogs fed with glee. The key word here is "glee", since that's what but a tiny percentage of the audience at home (i.e. a 14 year old me) felt as they busted a gut to this unprecedented absurdity from the man they had come to know as "Garth".For 13 years now, the few, the proud, the...criminally insane, have had to hold out hope as they watched worn out VHS copies of the show containing skits such as "World Leaders and Their Baths" for the 1,000th time, that someone, somewhere would employ Dana Carvey so that his fame would warrant a DVD release of his short-lived, 7 episodes of madness.Well, that didn't happen (Dana Carvey's return to the spotlight, I mean) but in an even bigger fluke formerly unknown castmates Steven Colbert and Steve Carell (if only he'd changed his name to STEVEN Carvey) have become national comedy superstars and thus we, the patient(and deranged) will soon be treated to a complete DVD set with a cover most likely featuring large graphics of Colbert and Carell with Carvey relegated to peaking out from behind their shoulders. But personally, I'll take these episodes anyway I can get 'em.Classic skits like: "Waiters Who Are Nauseated By Food", "Deleted Scenes from the Wizard of OZ" and "Academy Awards: Best Foreign Animated Short" are sure to please the masses, but I for one can't wait to see the likes of "Grandma The Clown", Prince Charles singing Beatles-style about chopping Lady Di's head off and any skit featuring Bob Dole in all their digital glory.Whichever former sponsor(whether Mountain Dew or Szechuan Dynasty) forked out the dough for the release of this DVD set I thank you, especially since this wonderful gift is being released on my Birthday. Somebody up there likes me or maybe 24 hour a day phone calls to ABC have finally paid off. Thanks, again."Bob Dole knows the flavor of soup!"

It’s really a shame this show didn’t get its due when it was on. So many people owe so much to this show. If your a fan of comedy or comedy history then this needs to be in your collection period.

Dana Carvey is hilarious. His impersonations of various political figures and celebrities is always a riot. This show was simply to funny to be on tv. The show struggled to get sponsors and that only made it funnier. The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show with dancing tacos. Sounds crazy but in this show it works. The biggest problem this show faced was its 8 PM timeslot. Dana couldn't seem to water down the content which he did so well in late night on SNL. He wouldn't compromise and why should he. Not with crazy bits were as Bill Clinton he milks puppies or others were he declares "I am the giant bubble creature.". The humor was very topical and it showcased the political characters of the time period. That may make it feel a bit dated to some and others simply won't get it. It's not that it isn't funny, it is. You just have to have been aware of current events at the time the show ran to fully appreciate it all. The eigth and final episode is the best. Former President Gerald Ford may agree.

I was 16 and newly licenced to drive when this show premiered and I stayed home on the night it was on. Luckily for my social life it was short lived, but very unlucky for my funny bone. This show was ahead of it's time or in the wrong time slot... or maybe just on the wrong network. If you like SNL or Mad TV, say hello and cry goodbye to their superior! This show did everything they did right without anything they did wrong! The laughs don't quit 'till you get to the end of disc 2, and then your left wanting... No needing more! I don't know exactly why it was cancelled, but it was a way wrong decision! Because as you will notice quite a bit of great comic talent we have today got started here. If you remember the show, you probably already have this DvD set, and if you don't remember it and like sketch comedy this is a must buy! It's only 8 episodes but I would have payed $100 for it, it's that good!

Glad I got a chance to watch it, but not very funny. Occasionally something silly and good, but all the topical humor doesn’t hold up in 2022. Just reminds you that no one will remember most of this political nonsense we joke about today. I was hoping for something more like Mr. Show. The Ben Stiller Show is a better one season wonder

Too bad there were only eight episodes. This is excellent. If you like Dana Carvey this will make a nice collection to your stash.

While there are some gems here, on the whole the skits are chuckle-worthy at best. Not what I was hoping for.

A painfully funny show that was too quick, too smart and too irreverent for America in 1996. You'll either love it or scratch your head, wondering why people find this stuff funny. "Grandma the Clown" left me wheezing in laughter precisely because Grandma was such an unfunny clown, her infirmities overwhelming her meager comic talent. Given what happened to Bill Clinton after he won reelection, the "nursing puppies" skit seems incredibly mild instead of shocking, but still hilarious. Some skits will still shock us: Pat Buchanan eating the beating, slightly spicy "Mexican" heart; comparing Mountain Dew (a show sponsor) to a similarly colored liquid. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! It's about time this was freed from the vaults.

I laugh many times.