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Wayne's World (1992)
In director Penelope Spheeris' crazy comedy:
- the original characters (spun-off and extended from
a sketch on TV's Saturday Night Live): Wayne Campbell (Mike
Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) - two metal-head friends with
their own local public-access TV show (broadcast from their wood-paneled
basement) in Aurora, Illinois ("a suburb of Chicago - excellent")
- the scene of Wayne's introduction of himself, when
he described how he didn't have a real career: "I have an extensive
collection of name tags and hair-nets. Ok, I still live with my parents,
which I admit is both bogus and sad. But at least I've got an amazing
cable access show, and I still know how to party. But what I'd really
love is to do Wayne's World for a living. It might happen. Sh-yeah,
and monkeys might fly outta my butt."
- Wayne's discussion with his rock-singer Chinese girlfriend
Cassandra Wong (Tia Carrere), bassist vocal singer for Crucial Taunt,
who was upset about not getting a break: (Wayne: "If you guys
got a break, you could really make it" Cassandra:
"Yeah, and if a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his ass when
he hops" Wayne: "Interesting. Where did you learn English?" Cassandra:
"College. And the Police Academy movies"); he then
impressed her with his command of Cantonese: "Campbell, it's amazing!
You learned how to say I look pretty in Cantonese" - and they
began speaking Chinese, with subtitles not matching their words
- Wayne and Garth's amusing chat while lying on their
backs on their car (at the beginning of an airport runway) - about
Cassandra and Bugs Bunny's sex appeal: Wayne: "Cassandra. She's
a fox. In French, she would be called 'la renarde' and she would
be hunted with only her cunning to protect her...She's a robo-babe.
In Latin, she would be called 'babia majora'" Garth:
"If she were a president, she'd be Babraham Lincoln. Did you ever
find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played a girl
bunny?...Neither did I. I was just asking"
- the scene of their use of a chroma-key blue-screen,
and their ability to immediately travel to other places with different
backdrops: "OK, we've got a new feature on Wayne's World this
week. It allows us to travel through time and space. It's called
chroma-key, and it's really handy if you want to go to New York....Or
maybe you prefer Hawaii. Mookalakaheeki. Come on, you wanna lei me.
Pass the poi, Mahalo....Or say you want to go to Texas. Howdy, partners.
Let's raise and rope broncos....Or imagine being able to be magically
whisked away to - Delaware"; Garth also described what it was
like to be in their new studio:
"It's like a new pair of underwear, you know. At first, it's constrictive,
but after a while, it becomes a part of you"
- the music store scene of Garth's amazing riff on a
drum set, performed after Cassandra and Wayne were enamored by an
expensive guitar: "There it is...Excalibur. Wow, '64 Fender
Stratocaster in classic white, with triple single coil pickups and
a whammy bar. Pre-CBS Fender corporate buy-out. I'd raise the bridge,
file down the nut, and take the buzz out of the low E" - and
then Wayne's impulsive offer: "I'm feeling saucy. I think I'm
gonna buy it - do you accept cash? Cha-ching"
- Wayne's vow to sleazy network executive Benjamin Oliver
(Rob Lowe): "Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor"
- while holding up a slice of Pizza Hut pizza, and then with a bag
of Doritos Tortilla Chips: "Maybe I'm wrong on this one, but for
me, the beast doesn't include selling out. Garth, you know what I'm
talking about, right?"; when Garth added (while wearing Reebok
clothing): "It's like people only do things because they get paid.
And that's just really sad"
- Wayne's scene with Cassandra, when he asked about
her responses to various phases of his future fame: "Tell me,
when that first show is over, will you still love me when I'm an
incredibly humongoid giant star?...Will you still love me when I'm
in my hanging-out-with-Ravi-Shankar phase?...Will you still love
me when I'm in my carbohydrates-sequined-jumpsuit, young-girls-in-white-cotton-panties,
waking-up-in-a-pool-of-your-own-vomit, bloated-purple-dead-on-a-toilet
phase?" - when she responded positively, he replied: "OK.
Party. Bonus"
- the scene of rocker Alice Cooper's history lesson
in his dressing room after a show in Milwaukee: "Well, I'm a
regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of
visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here
as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans...Actually,
it's pronounced mee-lee-wah-kay, which is Algonquin for 'the good
land'...I think one of the most interesting aspects of Milwaukee
is the fact that it's the only major American city to have ever elected
three socialist mayors" - Wayne responded:
"Does this guy know how to party or what?" - when asked to
stick around and party, the two bowed down and praised him: "We're
not worthy!"
- the scene of Wayne's use of insulting cue cards (notes
written on the back of his question cards, such as "SPHINCTER
BOY -->" and "HE BLOWS GOATS. I HAVE PROOF" and "THIS
MAN HAS NO PENIS") during a TV show interview to embarrass their
sponsor Mr. Vanderhoff (Brian Doyle-Murray)
- noted mostly for their dialogue, sight gags, and catchphrases: "Excellent!", "Party
On!", "She's magically babelicious", "Schwing!", "If
you're gonna spew, spew into this", "Hurl", and "Pardon
me, do you have any Grey Poupon?", among others
- also, the famous sing-a-long performance by Wayne,
Garth and friends of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
in their Mirth-mobile: ("Thunderbolts and Lightning, Very Very
Frightening")
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