The Dana Carvey Show was a prime-time sketch comedy show that ran for seven episodes in 1996. It starred Dana Carvey, coming off an incredibly successful run on Saturday Night Live, Robert Smigel, one of SNL's head writers, and then-unknowns Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell. It was intended to be edgy comedy that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in prime-time network TV but was hamstrung by network interference (ABC had just been bought by Disney), advertiser desertion, and struggled to find its audience after a lead-in of Home Improvement.
Obviously, the documentary is full of comedians so it's very funny. Personally, I never liked Dana Carvey's comedy, I was slightly too young for his SNL days and none of his movies have particularly wowed me. He does seem like he's very funny in person, though. I have no memory of ever coming across The Dana Carvey Show. I think all the episodes are on YouTube if you want to check them out. The documentary is on Hulu. Which also got bought out by Disney. Which is darkly funny.
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