Editing Dana Carvey (section)

==Early life==
Carvey was born in [[Missoula, Montana]], the fourth of five (with three older brothers<!--  Brad Mark Scott --> and one younger sister<!-- Lori --><ref name="yearbook/1976-Carlmont">{{cite book |title=Carlmont High School - Yearbook (Belmont, CA), Class of 1976 |date=1976 |publisher=E-Yearbook |url=https://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Carlmont_High_School_Yearbook/1976/Page_1.html |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref>) born to Billie Dahl,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/obituaries/2014-09-03/billie-dahl-carvey/1776425129443.html|title=Billie Dahl Carvey - San Mateo Daily Journal |website=smdailyjournal.com|access-date=May 24, 2017}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mercurynews/obituary.aspx?n=billie-dahl-carvey&pid=172327882&fhid=26208|title=Billie Dahl Carvey's Obituary on Mercury News|website=Mercury News|access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref> a schoolteacher, and William John (Bud) Carvey,<ref name="smdailyjournal/obituaries/bud">{{cite news |title=William John (Bud) Carvey |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/obituaries/william-john-bud-carvey/article_c2bc83f2-ee20-5b57-a725-8856f41485f9.html |access-date=8 September 2022 |work=[[San Mateo Daily Journal]] |date=May 5, 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilasting.com/williambudcarvey.php|title=Bud Carvey Memorial Website (1924-2016)|website=ilasting.com|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214215904/http://www.ilasting.com/williambudcarvey.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/obituaries/2016-05-05/william-john-bud-carvey/1776425162849.html|title=William John (Bud) Carvey - San Mateo Daily Journal |website=smdailyjournal.com|date=May 11, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref> a high school business teacher.<ref name=carvey2>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/39/Dana-Carvey.html|title=Dana Carvey Biography (1955-)| publisher=Film Reference|access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref> He has some Irish ancestry.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=danacarvey|number=1636841880947396610|title=As someone from Irish ancestry: Happy St. Patricks Day!}}</ref> Carvey is the brother of [[Brad Carvey]], the engineer/designer of the [[Video Toaster]]. The character Garth Algar is loosely based on Brad. Carvey was raised [[Lutheran]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0006/29/lkl.00.html | work=CNN | title=CNN Transcript – Larry King Live: Dana Carvey Lives to Tell About Mistaken Bypass Surgery – June 29, 2000 | access-date=October 29, 2007 | archive-date=October 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006234020/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0006/29/lkl.00.html | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB372DCEA09C48E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | first=Cindy | last=Pearlman | title=Dana Carvey grabs at an 'Opportunity' | date=April 13, 1990}}</ref>

In 1957, his family moved to [[Anderson, California]], where his father got a teaching job.<ref name="crippenandflynnchapels/4641094"/> When he was three years old, his family moved to  [[San Carlos, California]], in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref name="Graff-2021">{{Cite web|last=Graff|first=Amy|date=March 25, 2021|title=Bay Area-raised funnyman Dana Carvey nails Joe Biden impression|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dana-Carvey-Joe-Biden-impersonation-president-16052651.php|url-status=live|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=SFGATE|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325221545/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dana-Carvey-Joe-Biden-impersonation-president-16052651.php |archive-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref> He attended Tierra Linda Junior High in San Carlos, [[Carlmont High School]] in [[Belmont, California]] (where he was a member of the [[California Interscholastic Federation#Sections|Central Coast Section]] champion cross country team),<ref name="Graff-2021" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/XC/1971/ccsres.htm |title=CCS Finals – 1971 |publisher=Dyestatcal.com |access-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203221454/http://archive.dyestat.com/ATHLETICS/XC/1971/ccsres.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[College of San Mateo]] in [[San Mateo, California]], and earned his [[bachelor's degree]] in broadcast communications from [[San Francisco State University]].<ref name="carveymt">{{cite web|title=Dana Carvey|work=Montana Kids|publisher=Montana Office of Tourism|url=http://montanakids.com/cool_stories/famous_montanans/Carvey.htm|access-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref> In 1977, he won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition.<ref name="Graff-2021"/>