‘Wayne’s World’ at 30: bitter fights on set couldn’t kill comedy classic
nypost.comSir Mix-A-Lot and Whitney Houston rubbed shoulders atop the music charts. “Roseanne” and “Murphy Brown” ruled on TV. And in male-dominated Hollywood, “Basic Instinct” and “A Few Good Men” were Hollywood’s big offerings.
But one female director would take the film industry by storm with a scrappy, low-budget comedy about a metalhead cable-access show in Aurora, Illinois.
Based on the popular “Saturday Night Live” sketch, “Wayne’s World” expanded on the lives of Wayne (Mike Myers) — the charismatic mullet-wearer who still lived at home and filmed the show in his basement — and Garth (Dana Carvey), his soft-spoken, trusty and deeply quirky sidekick.“Wayne’s World” was the second “Saturday Night Live” movie, after 1980’s “The Blues Brothers.” It starred two doofy slackers who launched a thousand catchphrases: Sha-wing!
NOT. Exsqueeze me? We’re not worthy! Not to mention so many variations on regurgitation, it would make you hurl. The still-hilarious movie, which popularized a fourth-wall-breaking style and the use of endless meta gags — including a very funny jab at product placement using blatantly displayed Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Doritos and Reebok logos — went on to make $183 million, equivalent to $334 million today.
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