Carvey debuted his popular character Enid Strict in 1986, during his first season as a regular on the comedy show.
Dana Carvey has admitted that he turned down Robin Williams’s request to appear in his Saturday Night Live “Church Lady” sketch, because he was nervous that the late comedian could outshine him.
Williams, who is widely regarded as one of the best comics of all time, hosted Saturday Night Live twice in 1986 and 1988.
“He was a really good friend, but he really wanted to do ‘Church Chat,’” Carvey remembered.