Saturday Night Live has a long history of creating characters that went on to become pop culture icons.
If they became big enough, some of them were even turned into feature films.
The results of expanding an SNL sketch or idea into a movie like MacGruber or The Blues Brothers have wildly varied.
While The Blues Brothers and Wayne’s World are two of the most loved comedies ever made, there have been some massive duds that ended up in theaters as well.
It’s Pat, Superstar, and The Ladies Man might have been funny in small bits on Saturday nights, but expanded into ninety minutes, audiences weren’t interested.
Another one of these box office failures was Stuart Saves His Family.
Al Franken’s Stuart Smalley was an original and funny character, but the film version didn’t make much of a mark.
That doesn’t mean it’s a bad movie though.
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