Hire Comedian Dana Carvey For Your Event
Dana Carvey, Emmy-award winning comedian, has maintained a tremendous career. Carvey was born June 2, 1955, in Missoula, Montana. Dana went on to college at the San Francisco State University where he won the San Francisco Stand Up Comedy Competition. After his graduation (with a degree in communication arts), Dana Carvey played at numerous clubs in the Bay Area and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career.
A repertory cast member of the sketch comedy show SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE since the 1986-87 season, Dana Carvey left SNL in 1992 after seven seasons. Dana Carvey is best known for his characters the Church Lady; Hans, of the Hans and Franz bodybuilding duo; Garth, Wayne Campbell’s (Mike Myers) “Excellent Co Host” on the immensely popular sketch “Wayne’s World,” and Weekend Update’s Grumpy Old Man.
In addition to these characters, Dana Carvey has received widespread praise for his uncanny and exaggerated comedic impersonations of such political figures as Ex-President George Bush, Bill Clinton, H. Ross Perot, Jerry Brown, David Duke and Bob Dole. He also does impersonations of George Burns, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, John McLaughlin, Mickey Rooney, Casey Casem and Regis Philbin .
On television, Dana Carvey hosted the 1992 presentation of the MTV Music Awards, costarred in two pilots and was a member of the Showtime special SALUTE TO THE IMPROVISATION, with Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Robert Klein. In 1995, Carvey performed standup in his own one-hour comedy special on HBO aptly named CRITICS’ CHOICE.
In 1992, Dana Carvey appeared in the blockbuster film WAYNE’S WORLD, based on the hit SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE sketch. The film grossed over $160 million and was produced by SNL creator Lorne Michaels. The public demanded a sequel, and in 1993, Carvey appeared in WAYNE’S WORLD 2, recreating his role of Garth, alongside Mike Myers’ Wayne. The film was hugely successful.
Dana Carvey’s transfer from the small screen to the large screen included roles in Alan Parker’s THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE, for Columbia Pictures, Richard and Lili Zanuck’s CLEAN SLATE for MGM, and Twentieth Century Fox’s TRAPPED IN PARADISE. His early film work includes his debut in THIS IS SPINAL TAP, RACING WITH THE MOON, ONE OF THE GROUP, where he portrayed Mickey Rooney’s grandson, BLUE THUNDER with James Farentino , TOUGH GUYS, with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, and starring in the comedy OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
Dana Carvey won an Emmy Award in 1993 for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. He has received a total of six Emmy nominations, one of which was for a guest appearance on HBO’s highly acclaimed LARRY SANDERS SHOW. Also, he was honored with the American Comedy Award as Television’s Funniest Supporting Male in 1990 and 1991.
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Summit Comedy was formed many moons ago in 1998 by Chuck Johnson, current owner/President. Chuck Johnson entered the comedy business the day after graduating from Appalachian State University in 1995 where he booked all of the live music and comedy for the university’s club “Legends”. His first job post college?…..one of comedian Carrot Top’s college agents and booking agent for the comedy club chain The Comedy Zone. His second job?…..well, in 1998 he formed Summit Comedy, Inc. and he and his team of amazing agents has turned it into one of the Nation’s Largest suppliers of Stand-up Comedy & Comedy Entertainment for Colleges/Universities, Corporate Events, Country Clubs, Cruise ships, Clubs & beyond.
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