One of the first movies developed in the wake of Wayne’s World’s success was Hans and Franz: The Girly-Man Dilemma, a pseudo-musical written by Conan O’Brien, Robert Smigel, Dana Carvey, and Kevin Nealon and based around Carvey and Nealon’s macho weightlifters Hans and Franz. Hans and Franz: The Girly-Man Dilemma (1992, unfilmed)Īfter Wayne’s World became a surprise hit in 1992, Lorne Michaels started ordering up SNL spin-off movies right and left.
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The Saturday Night Live Movie didn’t end up getting made, and Lorne Michaels elected to turn his sketch show into a series of movies based around its characters rather than making anthologies.įor more info on The Saturday Night Live movie, check out Drew McWeeny’s script review over at Hitfix. The current SNL cast would have presumably taken most of the roles in the film, and Carvey would have had a big part in a sketch called “Young Bush At Yale.” The biggest chunk of the film, a half-hour mini-movie, “Young Bush” was written by Jim Downey, Al Franken, and Robert Smigel, and it followed a love triangle between college-aged George H. The core of the show’s writing staff, composed of vets like Michaels and Al Franken and young blood like Conan O’Brien and Robert Smigel, cranked out a script for the movie, which featured 16 sketches. With Saturday Night Live arguably doing at its most popular since its 70s heyday, Lorne Michaels and company started putting together plans for The Saturday Night Live Movie, an anthology-style sketch comedy film in the vein of Kentucky Fried Movie. The Saturday Night Live Movie (1990, unfilmed) Let’s take a look now at some of the projects Dana Carvey didn’t end up making, including a Hans and Franz movie, an action-comedy in which he was replaced by Will Smith, and the prestigious late night talk show gig he turned down. He parlayed his character Garth from the “Wayne’s World” sketches into a starring role in the most successful SNL movie ever, the first Wayne’s World, and starred in the cult hit The Dana Carvey Show, giving early jobs to folks like Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., and Charlie Kaufman. Dana Carvey proved to be a rare breed of SNL cast member who could demonstrate a mastery of both characters and impressions.
Al Franken, amongst others) who saved the show from its most tumultuous decade ever – the 1980s – and rang in what was then the most fertile period in SNL’s history since its 70s Glory Era. Carvey was at the forefront of an eclectic group of cast members and writers (including Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, Conan O’Brien, Greg Daniels, Bob Odenkirk, and Sen. One of the most popular SNL cast members of all time, Dana Carvey became one of only three people to win an Emmy for his tenure on the show in 1993 (joining Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner, who received the award in 19, respectively). You were in one of the most successful SNL movies ever, Wayne's World, but you also had a script for Hans and Franz: The Girly Man Dilemma. I wasn't sure what he thought of me, but then later on he said he was already planning on what sketches I would be doing. I did well enough that I met him outside on the sidewalk. Lorne walked in with Cher and Brandon Tartikoff, the head of (NBC) at the time.
But then Lorne Michaels wanted to see me and I said, "Oh, I got to be in a better environment." Rosie O'Donnell was playing a club on the West Side called Igby's, so she let me come in and do 45 minutes instead of five minutes. One time I followed Sam Kinison at the Comedy Store at midnight with no introduction and I bombed, all the SNL people were there. I had auditioned for Saturday Night Live three times and I always bombed - not for Lorne, but for Al Franken and different people. What was your first meeting with Lorne Michaels like? But with me, it's more subterfuge, I don't think maybe people really notice. I think the same kind of things I like to do, but I guess it's more pointed - a little darker, a little edgier. How do you think your standup's changed since Saturday Night Live and your other work in sketch and acting? In an interview, Carvey discussed Saturday Night Live, The Dana Carvey Show and the Hans and Franz movie that never happened.
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