Dana Carvey
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Damn.
So Saturday Night Live is an emotionally violent place for anyone with mental health stuff.
I never felt like they owed me anything.
Or even in standup, I remember I would talk to young comedians.
Nirvana?
They get all into the drama.
Yeah, I was friends with them.
Into the drama of standup.
I'm getting fucked, man.
I should be middling by now.
And they put that guy getting all wound up in that.
Well, there were no comedy clubs when I started.
Literally, I opened for bands.
That's really the key to enjoying the benefits of the program.
Yeah.
Just opening for bands and getting annihilated.
Normal stuff.
But once I got into a club, a real club, not a honky-tonk bar like the other cafe in the Haight.
I started to progress just because of the environment.
I would say that as quickly as I can that I never was able to wrap my mind around like I'm one of those guys.