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, is an episodic sci-fi comedy adventure set featuring “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. The scripted series stars Carvey, who developed “The Weird Place” with his sons. The series debuts Oct. 31, available on major podcast platforms, with new episodes dropping each day that week.
“Making a scripted comedy podcast in 2022 was a challenge,” Carvey said. “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’tcheck their phone after two minutes.”
He added, “Conan O’Brienand Team Coco were the perfect partnerson this project. They let us have total freedom to createwhatever we wanted. I hope people like listening to it as much as we loved making it.”
O’Brien, who will also appear as a special guest in the series, commented, “Dana Carvey is superhumanly funny and one of my comedy heroes. Getting to work with Dana is the comedy equivalent of being handed the keys to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory.”
Separately, Carvey cohosts “SNL”-centered podcast series “Fly on the Wall” with David Spade, which returns for a second season in January 2023. On the weekly show, from Audacy’s Cadence13, Carvey and Spade sit down with fellow “SNL” alums and present cast, as well as hosts, writers and musical guests to talk about their favorite moments from the late-night variety show.
Founded in 2010, O’Brien’s Team Coco was acquired earlier this year by SiriusXM in a $150 million deal. The digital media and podcast network’s roster of podcasts includes “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” “Literally With Rob Lowe,” “Significant Others” with Liza Powel O’Brien, “Why Won’t You Date Me” with Nicole Byer,” “May I Elaborate? Sound Wisdom From JB Smoove” and “Scam Goddess” hosted by Laci Mosley.
Listen to the trailer for “The Weird Place”:
