Dana Carvey Biography

Comic actor Dana Carvey led a near-monastic existence while growing up in Montana, not out of choice but because the truly popular kids were bigger and better-looking. "I was a fetus in shoes" commented Carvey on his high-school years. While attending San Francisco State University, Carvey launched his career as a stand-up comic. The going was rugged for a while, but by 1981 Carvey had built up enough of a reputation to earn second billing on the Mickey Rooney TV sitcom One of the Boys. Though the show was cancelled by mid-1982, Carvey was now on a roll. In 1984, he showed up as a regular on the TV police adventure series Blue Thunder, and was spotlighted in the parody rockumentary film This is Spinal Tap; two years later he was signed as a regular on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Carvey's gallery of comic characterizations is too vast to fully recount here, but his greatest popularity rested on two recurring characters. As "The Church Lady" (an amalgam of all the well-meaning pious neighbors Carvey had known while growing up), Carvey entered the Catchphrase Lexicon with his oft-repeated "Isn't that special?" and "Could it be....SATAN?" And as mop-topped teenage couch potato Garth (again drawn from life--this time based on Dana's brother Brad), Carvey was teamed with Mike Myers in a flawless on-going parody of cheap cable-access television. After a misfire movie vehicle, 1990's Opportunity Knocks, Carvey became a major box-office commodity by co-starring with Mike Myers in the megahit Wayne's World (1992). While the 1993 sequel Wayne's World 2 didn't quite match the take of the original, Carvey was artistically satisfied that same year with an Emmy award for his performance as H. Ross Perot (among others) on TV's Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash. Undaunted by the lack of response to Opportunity Knocks, Carvey once again took a stab at solo success with the similarly panned Clean Slate in 1994. After appearing in a pair of supporting roles (Trapped in Paradise and The Road to Wellville (both 1994)) and a cameo (1996's The Shot) shortly thereafter, Carvey disappeared almost entriely from the public eye until resurfacing in the 1999 Saturday Night Live; Presidential Bash and once again taking a small role in Adam Sandler's Little Nicky (2000). Eager to resume his once lucrative career and make a feature that his children could enjoy, Carvey returned to the silver screen as an Italian waiter who takes the art of mimicry to new and uncharted heights in The Master of Disguise (2002). In 1997 he underwent a heart operation that was bungled to such a degree that he was awarded millions in a lawsuit, and had to undergo multiple procedures to correct the problems caused by the initial incident. He finally reappeared on big-screens in 2011 in the Adam Sandler comedy Jack and Jill. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

• 1. Garth Algar: She makes me feel kind of funny, like when we use to climb the rope in gym class.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Josh D (4 months ago)

• 1. Wayne Campbell: [aside] This is Stan Mikita's Donuts. Excellent munch post. *walks over to Glen* This is the manager, Glen. He's here 24 hours a day. I recommend the sugar pucks; they're excellent. Come on.
  2. Mikita's Manager Glen: [aside] I'd never done a crazy thing in my life before that night. Why is it if a man kills another man in battle it's called heroic, yet in the heat of passion, it's called murder?
  3. Wayne Campbell: Hello? What do you think you're doing? Only me and Garth get to talk to the camera.
  4. Garth Algar: [aside] I really don't have too much to say right now. *points* Hey, what's that? *camera pans to where Garth pointed* [runs away] Gaah!
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by A H (5 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: Stop torturing yourself man! You'll never afford it! LIVE IN THE NOW!
  2. Wayne Campbell: It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Domenica D (6 months ago)

• 1. Pistachio Disguisey: [as Tony Montana] Say hello to my little friend. [shows shrunken head]
  From The Master of Disguise. Submitted by Redwan A (10 months ago)

• 1. Alvin Firpo: Oh my god, guns.
  From Trapped in Paradise. Submitted by Austin C (11 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: If you're gonna spew, spew into this.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Aaron P (11 months ago)

• 1. Pistachio Disguisey: [while slapping Trent] Who's your daddy, who's your daddy, who's your daddy?
  From The Master of Disguise. Submitted by Jakub L (12 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: Foxy! Lady!
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Jack W (13 months ago)

• 1. Pistachio Disguisey: This is what your doing. This is what I want you to do. Get it, got it, doubt it.
  From The Master of Disguise. Submitted by Carolyn F (14 months ago)

• 1. Del Preston: Now. It take two people to run a stage. One out front, and one backstage. Now Garth will be out her in the front with his team, and Wayne will be backstage with his team. To the left and right will be the machine gun nests. Now these babies tend to heat up, so shoot in three second bursts. In the event of capture, I will personally be issuing cyanide pills to be placed under the tongue, as so. [places a cyanide capsule under his tongue] Any questions?
  2. Garth Algar: Uh, yeah, I have a question. When did you turn into a nut bar?
  From Wayne's World 2. Submitted by T R (15 months ago)

• 1. Honey Hornee: Garth, I'm going to be frank.
  2. Garth Algar: Ok. Can I still be Garth?
  From Wayne's World 2. Submitted by T R (15 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: I am no longer a stranger to the ways of the woman.
  2. Wayne Campbell: Excellent, my friend! On that note, Game On!
  3. Garth Algar: Game On!
  From Wayne's World 2. Submitted by T R (15 months ago)

• 1. Stacy: Hi Garth!
  2. Garth Algar: [grimacing] Hi Stacy.
  3. Stacy: Have you seen Wayne?
  4. Garth Algar: No, no, I uh, haven't seen Wayne. No.
  5. Stacy: I'm really worried about him! He seems to be going through this phase. Your his best friend. What do you think I should do about it?
  6. Garth Algar: Um, get over it and go out with somebody else.
  7. Stacy: Get over it and go out with somebody else. Oh.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by T R (15 months ago)

• 1. Wayne Campbell: I thought we'd go for a little Bohemian Rhapsody, gentlemen?
  2. Garth Algar: Good call!
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by T R (15 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: Stop torturing yourself, man! You'll never afford it!
  2. Wayne Campbell: It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by T R (15 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: Uh oh. Don't look over there. Stacy...
  2. Wayne Campbell: [looks] Oh! No! I made eye contact! [all 4 guys at the table shade their eyes with their hands]
  3. Stacy: Hey Wayne!
  4. Wayne Campbell: Hello Stacy.
  5. Stacy: Happy Anniversary! I brought you a present!
  6. Wayne Campbell: Stacy, we broke up two months ago!
  7. Stacy: But that doesn't mean we can't still date!
  8. Wayne Campbell: Um, yeah! It does! That's what breaking up means!
  9. Stacy: Are you gonna open the present?
  10. Wayne Campbell: If it's a severed head I'm going to be very displeased.
  11. Stacy: Open it...
  12. Wayne Campbell: [opens it] What is it?
  13. Stacy: It's a gun rack!
  14. Wayne Campbell: Stacy, I don't even have A gun! Much less MANY guns that would necessitate me having a gun rack! WHAT am I going to do with a gun rack?
  15. Stacy: Well fine, if you don't like it. But if you're not careful you're gonna lose me, Wayne. [walks off offended]
  16. Wayne Campbell: I already lost you! We BROKE UP two months ago!! Are you mental? Get the net!
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by T R (15 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: If she were a president, she'd be Baberham Lincoln.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Michael C (16 months ago)

• 1. Pistachio Disguisey: Am I not turtley enough for your turtle club?
  From The Master of Disguise. Submitted by Stephen D (23 months ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: Do you have any Megadeth?
  From Wayne's World 2. Submitted by Rocky F (2 years ago)

• 1. Garth Algar: [Holds out a Dixie cup] Hey Phil, if you're gonna spew, spew into this.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Nancy H (2 years ago)

• 1. Pistachio Disguisey: It's so crazy, it just might work!
  From The Master of Disguise. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

• 1. Wayne Campbell: (same time) We're not worthy. We're not worthy.
  2. Garth Algar: (same time) We're not worthy. We're not worthy.
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

• 1. Wayne Campbell: (same time) Schwing!
  2. Garth Algar: (same time) Schwing!
  From Wayne's World. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)