Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

All the elements signaled a blockbuster television triumph: a blazing comic star at the helm, a coveted primetime berth, and a roster of future comedy legends shaping the cast and crew. Yet The Dana Carvey Show—with a writers’ room and ensemble that included then-unknowns Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman, and more—proved spectacularly ill-fated. Too Funny to Fail chronicles the comedic white-knuckle saga of a crew of brilliant misfits who set out to redefine television comedy… and achieved it in a way they never anticipated.