Talk:Dana Carvey/Archive 1

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I removed the section about Carvey's health problems here because it appeared to be identical to the text of this article in USA Today. Please don't copy text directly from other sources without permission. -- Bailey^(talk) 21:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Also, unrelatedly, I've pulled the remark about the Dana Carvey Show being "most notable for launching the career of Stephen Colbert". Colbert had already performed on the sketch comedy show Exit 57 and on Second City's mainstage for some time before The Dana Carvey show came into existence, and TDCS was so short-lived it wasn't really the boon to his career that it might have been otherwise. Colbert is also only one of several comedians on that cast who went on to become well known, so the premise here is rather flawed. -- Bailey^(talk) 00:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

what does this line mean:

"he doesn't want to be in a career in which his kids would already be grown with his having neglected time with them."

...what? Did anyone catch that, cause I'm lost --Krakko 22:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

It's related to the sentence "I have neglected them." Have-neglected is the phrase here. Moving it into the theoretical future, you get "having neglected." He doesn't want them to grow up, with his having neglected them. Perhaps "he having neglected them" would make more sense... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 18:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

"one of the most famous and respected comedians of all time", huh?

More like "one-hit wonder" to me, but what do I know? If this is to remain, please add the source of this estimate 85.227.226.177 17:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, not exactly 'one-hit' considering he basically carried SNL on his back for 6 years and starred in 2 successful Wayne's World films. Sure, he hasn't had the same success since then (and never really had the film career of someone like Eddie Murphy or Will Ferrell), but a lot of that was due to ill health and his personal decision to perform less. You have to realize what a force this guy was in his heyday, he was easily the most popular/talented guy during his run on SNL and revived the franchise. Pretty much anytime someone would imitate George H. Bush during the '90s' they were just copying Carvey's impersonation.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.245.252.145 (talk) 16:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Wow. This article is chock-full of opinions (and some pretty bad ones at that). Avoid words like 'unfortunately' and 'dead-on'. The primary author of this article needs to review Wikipedia's neutrality rules for biographies at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view Vinteron (talk) 00:07, 11 April 2008 (UTC)vinteron