Dana Carvey by BarkerC

Champion(s):

AdamKing


Runner(s)-Up:

DoyleE
Oscar Wilde said, "One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead." I should've been the one to get to say that.


Quiz Description

Given clues, name the following about the life and career of comedian Dana Carvey.

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Questions:

Carvey had a small part in this 1984 Rob Reiner film where he, alongside Billy Crystal, plays a mime.

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This is Spinal Tap

When Carvey joined the SNL Cast for the 1986-87 season, his breakout character of this first season was this character. (No, it is not [eyebrow raise] SATAN.)

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The Church Lady

Hear me now and tell me next week...which of the bodybuilding duo that hosted Pumping Up did the puny Carvey play?

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Hans

In the late 1990 run-up to what would become Operation: Desert Storm, Carvey's "President Bush" tried to reassure a worried America. What four words complete this sentence. "And if we do go to war, I can assure you---it will not be another Vietnam. Because we learned well the simple lesson of Vietnam: '[BLANK] [BLANK] [BLANK] [BLANK].'"

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Stay out of Vietnam

In 1992, Carvey played both President Bush and H. Ross Perot. In a famous cold open from October 24, 1992, what SNL cast member played Perot's running mate, Admiral James Stockdale?

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Phil Hartman

While Carvey found movie success playing Garth Algar in both Wayne's World and Wayne's World's 2, Carvey's first starring film role was in this flop of a 1990 "comedy" where he plays Chicago con man Eddie Farrell, who is running a love con on Milt Malkin's (Robert Loggia) daughter.

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Opportunity Knocks

Originally intended as a vehicle for Carvey and Jon Lovitz, what 1995 Michael Bay-helmed action film did Carvey turn down, because he was too overwhelmed as a new father to do the role justice?

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Bad Boys

This 1995 HBO stand-up special was not initially a success, but found a massive cult following and second life in the fact that it aired in prime time on Comedy Central 75 times between 1997-2000.

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Critic's Choice

The 1996 Dana Carvey Show lasted but seven episodes but was notable as being the launchpad for this man's TV Funhouse series of animated shorts.

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Robert Smigel

This comedian, who has since found cable success on FX, was the head writer for The Dana Carvey Show.

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Louis C.K. (or Louis Székely)

This 2002 film, in which Carvey plays an Italian secret agent, though a box office success, is considered to be one of the worst wide released film comedies of the new millennium.

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The Master of Disguise

On May 14, 1998, while Carvey was waiting for an angioplasty at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, this Grammy Award winning singer and Academy Award winning actor died six feet away from where Carvey was in bed.

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Frank Sinatra