But Carvey still doesn’t understand the sketch’s lasting impact.
“I don’t know what it is about it.”
“It’s so dumb and stupid, Dana,” Spade quipped.
Dana Carvey and Sigourney Weaver on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1986.Reggie Lewis/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
“It’s not funny at all, so it’s funny.”
The original sketch sees Carvey waltz into his record label’s office without a demo that was wildly overdue.
So, that laid there, it was a funny conceptual idea."
Rosanna Arquette and Dana Carvey on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1986.Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
Spade spoke to the sketch’s influence when he was rising in the comedy ranks.
“He was breaking, obviously, before anything happened with me,” he said.
“So I watched that, and f—ing ‘Choppin’ Broccoli.'
Carvey recentlyreturnedto Studio 8H forSNL’s historic season 50 premiere.
SNLwill be back this weekend with hostAriana Grandeand musical guestStevie Nicks.
The show airs live Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.
