Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show (2017)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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

Director & Crew

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