Dana Carvey SNL Audition Part 1 of 2

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From Wikipedia: In 1986, Carvey became a household name when he joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live. He, along with newcomers Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Jan Hooks, and Victoria Jackson, helped to reverse the show's declining popularity and made SNL "must-see" TV once again. His breakout character was The Church Lady, the uptight, smug, and pious host of "Church Chat." Carvey said he based the character on women he knew from his church while growing up, who would keep track of the attendance of other church-goers. He became so associated with the character that later cast members like Chris Farley referred to Carvey simply as "The Lady." Carvey's other original characters included Garth Algar (from "Wayne's World"), Hans (from "Hans and Franz"), and The Grumpy Old Man (from Weekend Update appearances). During the 1992 US presidential election campaign, he did an impression of independent candidate Ross Perot; in a prime-time special before the election, Carvey played both George H. W. Bush and Perot in a three-way debate with Bill Clinton, played by Phil Hartman. As Perot—prerecorded and timed to give the appearance of interacting with the live Bush and Clinton—Carvey eschewed the show's signature "Live from New York" opening line, telling Carvey (as Bush) "Why don't you do it, live-boy?" Carvey left SNL in 1993. In 1992, Carvey joined Mike Myers to bring their popular "Wayne's World" sketch to the silver screen with Wayne's World, the movie. A sequel was filmed and released in 1993, titled Wayne's World 2. After the two reprised their Wayne's World characters at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards (see below), Myers shot down rumors that there would be a second sequel. Carvey's SNL work won him an Emmy in 1993 for "Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program." He has a total of six Emmy nominations. He held the record for having said "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" most often, until Darrell Hammond surpassed him. In 1997, he underwent open-heart surgery for a blocked artery, but the doctors operated on the wrong artery. Carvey, suffering from Angina pectoris, later sued for medical malpractice and was awarded $7.5 million. He has had to undergo a total of five medical procedures (four angioplasties and one surgery) to correct his heart problems. Carvey stated in an interview with Larry King that he donated all the money awarded to him to charity.

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  • It's weird seeing him do his thing with no one laughing..

  • This is actually the first time ive seen him not in the Garth costume, lol

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  • Wow they used this in one of the most famous scenes from SNL..... Genius from the beginning.

  • omg i love this

  • Genius

  • he's a good singer

    

  • HOT

  • CLASSIC!

  • Dana Carvey, Cheri O'Teri and Gilda Radner are my favorite SNL cast members.

  • Makes me proud to be from Missoula!

  • WTF? There is no volume button available for this video??

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