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He stole Dr. Evil from Dana Carvey

posted 17 years ago by mia-beach
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I was listening to a best of Dennis Miller radio broadcast and he had Dana Carvey on. Carvey did an impression of Lorne Michaels and Miller said he couldn't hold his tongue anymore and called out Mike Meyers for stealing Carvey's bit.

He said Dana Carvey was doing that voice for years before Dr. Evil and said it was a dead on rip-off off of Carvey. Carvey just chuckled and stayed on the high road. But Miller called Meyers on it and the truth should be known.

Meyers is a hack...

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] mia-beach 17 years ago

good one :-)

[–] sstovall-1 17 years ago

Dennis, Dana and Meyers worked on SNL together so yes I'm sure that Meyers had heard Dana do his Lorne Michaels impersonation, heck he may have even decided to use a variantion of it for Evil, but I doubt it. I believe what was happening there was that the two sounded rather similar so Dennis thought he would poke a little fun at Meyers and say he stole Carvey's bit. I'd be willing to bet he was laughing as he said it, wasn't he.

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[–] MrBook_ 16 years ago

I'd be willing to bet he was laughing as he said it, wasn't he.

He's laughing when he says everything!

I AM NOT MONTEL WILLIAMS.

[–] MrBook_ 16 years ago

Are you kidding? Everybody who's ever been on that show does a Lorne Michaels impression.

I AM NOT MONTEL WILLIAMS.

[–] fetuschrist 16 years ago

Dr. Evil is based on Blofeld from You Only Live Twice.

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[–] avortac 9 years ago

Dr. Evil is based on many things, not just from one movie, either. Just watch Thunderball, for another example.

[–] arkayenether 8 years ago

I don't hear it myself. Maybe a little bit in the inflections, but it sounds like a totally different voice to me

[–] avortac4 (3746) 4 years ago

It's like Blofeld's mannerisms and way of speaking, having a cat and petting it, scar on the face, and so on. A LOT of it is based on Blofeld - however, as I said, Dr. Evil is based on _many_ things simultaneously, so it's not 100% replica of any one thing.