There was a time when I thought Dana Carvey was pretty funny but you couldn't prove it by this stand-up special. He had his moments but the idiosyncratic gestures and repetitious nature of his bits failed to impress for someone who's been on the scene for as long as he has been. At least when he skewered political figures it was fairly even handed, bashing Trump, the Clintons, Bush and Obama with equal abandon. However he did unmask his conservative bent by equating capitalism with the Apple Store, and Socialism as the DMV; that was a pretty apt comparison. And I suppose it comes with one's own demographics, but his taking it to Millennials as a helpless generation found some resonance with this viewer, but it just wasn't that funny. So if I were to advise on a recommendation for a future gig, I'd have to say give it a rest - it just wouldn't be prudent.
Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60
(2016 TV Special)
"This bit's going over better than I thought it would."
7 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers