Whats the connection with “The Dana Carvey Show?
There are many, from the mundane to the downright spooky. The first connection is that Dana Carvey was one of the people who passed up the job at “Late Night” before Conan was hired. (See section 2.5) Secondly, many of the writers on the “Dana Carvey Show” had worked with on Conan’s “Late Night” before, including first Conan head writer Robert Smigel, and writers Dino Stamatapolous, Louis CK, and others. So, in effect, Dana ended up with the writing staff that Conan started with, almost creating a replay of what would have happened if Dana had taken the “Late Night” job when offered it. Many of the writers like Smigel continued working on Conan’s show while developing and working on the Carvey show. “The Dana Carvey Show” itself was a sketch comedy series on ABC. Originally, ABC ordered 13 episodes of the show as a winter replacement series. It ended up airing at 9:30 on Tuesdays. Each episode was to be sponsored by a subsidiary of Pepsico, so the title for each episode would be someth
