Dana Carvey and Conan O’Brien, two “Saturday Night Live” alums, have teamed on a scripted comedy podcast that takes a weird trip back to the ’60s-era “Twilight Zone.”
“The Weird Place,”executive produced by Carvey. This episodic sci-fi comedy adventure is set with “manipulative aliens,”Time-traveling pirates and a “power-hungry madman with a magic globe,” per O’Brien’s Team Coco, which is producing the podcast. Carvey is the creator of the scripted series. “The Weird Place”His sons. The series premieres on October 31. It will be available for download on major podcast platforms. New episodes will be added each day.
“Making a scripted comedy podcast in 2022 was a challenge,”Carvey stated. “It took some time to develop the clarity and potent ‘ear candy’ [effects and music] along with character and story so that when you’d test it on a friend they wouldn’t check their phone after two minutes.”
He said, “Conan O’Brien and Team Coco were the perfect partners on this project. They let us have total freedom to create whatever we wanted. I hope people like listening to it as much as we loved making it.”
Separately, Carvey cohosts “SNL”-centered podcast series “Fly on the Wall”David Spade returns to the show for a second season, January 2023. On the weekly show, from Audacy’s Cadence13, Carvey and Spade sit down with fellow “SNL”An alumnus and present cast of the show, as well hosts, writers, and musical guests, will talk about their favorite moments.
Founded in 2010, O’Brien’s Team Coco is a multiplatform media company that produces digital and branded content, podcasts, mobile games, merchandise, TV programming and live events. The company’s podcasts include “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” “May I Elaborate? Sound Wisdom from JB Smoove,” “Parks and Recollections With Rob Lowe and Alan Yang” “Scam Goddess”Laci Mosley hosted the event.
Watch the trailer “The Weird Place”: