uh our next guest folks uh has been a big hit on this year's Saturday Night Live let's
take a look at now at Dana Carvey in action with some of his characters and Impressions
from that program watch closely ladies and Gentlemen please welcome Dana Carvey Dana
oh it's fun to watch nice job you're from originally Missoula Montana Missoula Montana
yes yeah then where'd you go I went to San Francisco and I called my parents and said
it's nice check it out man they came down and it's a joke thank you and I grew up in the San
Francisco Bay Area yeah and you started uh doing stand-up comedy or in that area stand-up comedy
in San Francisco uh no applause for San Francisco it's not that was the obligatory San Francisco I
love the town because you can be anything in San Francisco you can shave your head and paint it
blue and that's fine people walk down the street walk up you go no [ __ ] of blue man you know you
can't do that in Fresno you look like a damn bowling ball so I was there and then I went to
L.A yeah seeking fame and fortune more Applause for California cities I'm kind of taking Credit
in some weird way for both those cities thank you uh and then but this is not your first trip to New
York City is it no I lived here in 1981. I did a show called one of the boys with Mickey Rooney in
this very Studio it's very Room In This Very Room I was a straight man because I basically looked
like a fetus with shoes at that point in my life um I was very young looking and I had lines like
hey you guys get out of here what was the story of that show about guys getting out of places um
well Mickey Rooney was my uh my grandfather and he moved in with me in my college dorm and that's
when the shenanigans started yeah the fun begins when Grandpa yes watch out he's wacky Grandpa you
can't put a pizza on your face [Music] how long was that show on that show was on for 13 weeks
everything I've ever done was on for 13 weeks you're very lucky David how long is this is five
years uh roughly okay 13 weeks and um then I got canceled and I did a show called Blue Thunder a
helicopter show in my line now that is frightening there are fans of Blue Thunder here they should be
removed from the studio team no that show was a helicopter women being shot at and stuff my
lines on that show were lines like here comes a missile hey you guys let's get out of here
so I'm very proud of my work on that show that was that that was the ABC helicopter
yes I didn't know if we plugged another Network there was also a CBS helicopter yeah there were
a wolf ranger air wolf ranger I don't know air Thunder it was good guys and bad guys
and we shot them at some point in the hour and then we went to a commercial now do you do you
do you like being in New York you like living here yeah I do have your uh you have a family
um I have a wife yeah is she with you uh no she isn't yeah um I didn't want to move her out right
away because I thought I'd be back for Christmas you know because everything is canceled I've seen
about four months honey yeah and so she's gonna move out pretty soon yeah and do you mind living
alone I get uh when I first moved to New York I get a little paranoid at night do you ever
how many people have ever been in a house alone at night and got gotten into bed and then got
paranoid and thought maybe there's someone in my closet just maybe out of yourself have you gotten
out of your bed and walked to the closet have you ever done this don't you feel stupid because what
are you gonna do if you find somebody in there yeah just want to know you're in there the guy's
sitting there with an ax I was gonna kill you but you found me so I'll just let myself out thank you
um I guess and in the city it's about 50 50. yeah yeah I do oh yeah yeah her yeah him uh him her yes
I do uh now where does that come from in your past experience it's very frightening isn't it
it's weird it's weird had you ever done a character in drag before you got to this not at
all it was just a part of my stand-up and I just it was from when I was a kid we'd missed Church
you remember when your family would miss church for a couple Sundays and then you'd show up sort
of embarrassed how to make an experience we had a barbecue lighten up man you know
the church ladies would be there they were the people just never left the church they
were like waiting out in front and they like lived there and uh parents would show up and
they'd look at my mom and say well I see the Carvey family decided to show up for the Lord
apparently some of us come to church when it's convenient [Applause]
isn't that special
that's very funny it's uh yeah so it was the Moment of Truth they put the
dress on me they had a pink frilly one yeah and I've learned a lot about myself since I
started working I uh it's weird for my wife because people at work go you're married to
the church lady and then she tells them that hey he's a guy get out of here yeah
um things are going great geez it's a pleasure to have you with us and anytime you want to
drop down feel free to do so thank you very entertaining thank you thank you for being here
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