Louis C.K. and Dana Carvey go back to the early 1990s when the stand-up comic was hired to write for Carvey’s new sketch comedy show. Little did Carvey know then that the new kids on his staff would go on to stardom. “I’m sitting back in life and I go, ‘Oh, (Steve) Carell, oh, (Stephen) Colbert! What are the odds — two guys, cast members, and they’re movie stars. Incredible.”
As for The Dana Carvey Show’s head writer, C.K.? “Louis became the greatest stand-up, potentially,” Carvey blushed on the latest Fly on the Wall podcast. He told the comedian that recent guest Andrew Santino agreed, also naming C.K. as the greatest comic ever.
“It feels good to hear,” admitted C.K.
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You think? Being called “the greatest stand-up” has to feel better than hearing “He abused his power,” “He proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating,” or simply “Gross,” assessments leveled in a 2017 New York Times article about the comedian’s behavior toward female comedians.
None of C.K.’s dark past was a concern to Carvey and David Spade, who didn’t ask a question about those allegations or the comedian’s later confession that the stories were true. Carvey kept his focus on C.K.’s comedy, lauding him for “being honest on stage, and then it just went from there.”
Give C.K. this — his stand-up has said some of the quiet parts out loud, like the fact that men like him are the number one threat to women. “We’re the worst thing that ever happens to them,” he said as part of a 2013 routine before the allegations went public.
Carvey and C.K. took turns building their mutual admiration society. “Working with you was a big deal for me,” C.K. gushed. “You were legend.”
C.K. kept on kissing Carvey’s funny ass. “I loved working with you because you had this great, deep, traditional background of comedy,” he said. “You were a purebred. You’re just a Hall of Fame guy. You’re great at what you do. And you still are.”
“Were we recording?” asked Carvey, wanting to make sure the adulation was recorded for posterity.
The smooches kept coming. Louis remembered Carvey fawning over him back in the 1990s after watching a set C.K. had done on Letterman the night before: “Do you understand that when I was out there doing what you’re doing, being a standup, and if you had a set like that back in the 70s or 80s, you would have been huge! A never-to-look-back-again star. You’d walk anywhere, they’d give you a standing ovation. You’d be the next guy.”
“So I was right,” beamed Carvey.
It’s a wonder David Spade didn’t ask if they wanted the room to themselves, so as not to intrude on their loving interlude.
Old friends sharing fond memories can be fun, I guess. But when an elephant in the room is as big and damning as Louis C.K.’s backstage behavior, it’s a weird, complicit listen when everyone involved ignores the beast in favor of giving everyone their comedy flowers.
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