Longtime comedian Dana Carvey to perform three shows at Orleans Showroom

Emmy-award winning comedian Dana Carvey will return to Las Vegas for three special performances scheduled on July 24^th, 25^th and 26^th at the Orleans Hotel and Casino. Carvey, best known for his characters and impersonations on Saturday Night LIVE and for his roles in movies such as “Wayne’s World” and “Master of Disguise”, will entertain the audience with his sharp stand-up routines and hilarious impersonations.

Since his debut in SNL in 1986, Carvey, along with Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, Jan Hooks, and Kevin Nealon, transformed the show into one of the best ranked shows on TV. Carvey contributed with the creation of new characters and sketches, including the Church Lady; Hans and Franz bodybuilding duo; Wayne’s World and Weekend Update's Grumpy Old Man. In addition to these characters, Dana received great critics for his impersonations of Ex-President George Bush, H. Ross Perot, Jerry Brown, David Duke, Bob Dole, George Burns, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, John McLaughlin, Mickey Rooney, Casey Casem and Regis Philbin.

After leaving SNL in 1992, Carvey continued working on TV, hosting the MTV Music Awards in 1992, and starring the Showtime special “Salute to Improvisation” with Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Robert Klein. In 1995, Dana performed stand up in his own one-hour comedy special on HBO aptly named “Critics Choice”. In 1996 he launched “The Dana Carvey Show”, best known for its controvertial “The Ambiguously Gay Duo” animated section, unfortunately, the show was canceled after a short time on the air. Recently, Carvey finished filming his new stand up show called “Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies”, which will be transmitted on HBO.

Carvey has received several honors and awards for his performances, including one Emmy for “Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety of Music Program” as well as an honorary mention by Comedy Central as #60 on the Top 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of all time.

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