Dana Carvey on his ‘SNL’ years: ‘An outer-body experience’
nypost.comwith Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell) in “Wayne’s World” and the Ahnuld-inspired weightlifters Hans & Franz (with Nealon). He also unleashed a dizzying array of impressions of celebrities (Casey Kasem, Robin Leach) and politicians (President George H.W.
Bush — “Wouldn’t be prudent” — and Ross Perot).Spade, 57, joined “SNL” in 1990 along with Rock, Chris Farley and Adam Sandler and enjoyed a six-year run with memorable skits, among them a dismissive flight attendant (“Buh-Bye”), a recalcitrant receptionist (“And you are?”) and his snarky “Hollywood Minute” segment on “Weekend Update.”Carvey spoke to The Post about “Fly on the Wall” and his memories of “SNL” and its co-creator/executive producer, Lorne Michaels.How did the podcast come about?David is always in my neighborhood in LA — we met in 1985, before either of us was on ‘SNL’ — and we started having dinner at this quiet restaurant pretty regularly … and we talked about the show and started riffing.
David has a very distinct, casual, self-deprecating patter that’s kind of brilliant and he’s so low-key. We have a very organic chemistry; I have it with other people, too, but especially with David.
It’s like playing ping-pong with a very good ping-pong player. We wanted to do something very specific and go in all different directions; with Tom Hanks [who’s hosted “SNL” 10 times] I asked him about the 1965 movie “Jason and the Argonauts” and he nearly jumped out of his chair.
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