Tag: Wayne’s World
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How Mike Myers’ Personal Beefs Almost Ruined ‘Wayne’s World’
Wayne’s World is one of the few SNL sketches that had the opportunity to be made into a movie. There were no expectations when it came to its production, release, or even its reception. Three decades and $183 million later, it remains both a surprising and resounding success. Almost everybody loves it, the pop culture…
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One of ‘SNL’s Least Popular Movies Is Actually One of the Best
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…
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What Happened to Mike Myers?
From the early nineties and well into the late aughts’, Mike Myers was one of the biggest names in not just comedy but in the film industry as a whole. It shouldn’t be too surprising either, Myers’ name was all over the place, from his legendary run on Saturday Night Live to being the name…
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This ‘SNL’ Cast Member Was Terrified of Being Upstaged by Robin Williams
In the history of Saturday Night Live, few featured players have made the lasting impact that Dana Carvey has. During his run, his goofy persona and voice impression mastery made him one of the show’s most popular names. In the era of President George H.W. Bush, Carvey knocked it out of the park with his…
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Dana Carvey And Mike Myers Hated Filming One Of Wayne’s World’s Most Famous Scenes
If you were a kid in the early 1990s, you were probably a fan of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in the “Saturday Night Live” sketch “Wayne’s World.” Myers played Wayne Campbell, a metal fan who shot a cable access show in his mom’s basement with his buddy Garth Algar (Dana Carvey). The bit spawned…
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David Spade Almost Wrote A Saturday Night Live Gap Girls Movie With Chris Farley & Adam Sandler
Since 1980, the weekly sketch show “Saturday Night Live” has produced eleven feature films based on its characters. “The Blues Brothers” was released in 1980 and remains one of our favorite “SNL” movies (though it’s debatable how much of an “SNL” movie it is with no Lorne Michaels attached). It was another 12 years before…
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Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Singer and Prolific Actor, Dies at 74
The singer Meat Loaf, whose “Bat Out of Hell” album is among the best-selling and most enduring rock albums of the 1970s, has died at the age of 74. A consummate performer, he also appeared as an actor in the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” as well as “Crazy Alabama,” “Fight Club,” “Wayne’s…
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Hear me out: why Coneheads isn’t a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers sticking up for loathed films is a defense of the 90s SNL skit turned critically lambasted comedyIn the summer of 1993, the Coneheads movie arrived with high expectations. Its producers had good reason to believe it could ride the coat-tails of one of the top grossing movies of the previous…
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Andra Day, Regina King and John Legend Set for Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (Exclusive)
Regina King, Angela Bassett, Connie Britton, Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle, Savan Kotecha, Tony Hawk, Michael McDonald and Foloke Olowofoyeku have been named as presenters for the 11th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.The April 11 ceremony, which will be hosted virtually this year, will also include performances by Golden Globe best actress winner Andra Day,…