"You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl. "
Wayne's World is a 1992 comedy film starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois-based cable access television show Wayne's World. The film was adapted from a sketch of the same name on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive (Rob Lowe) who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"--and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra (Tia Carrere). Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.
Director Penelope Spheeris, Myers and Carvey hang a lot of silly, but funny, jokes on this thin plot, and the energy of the cast--as well as the wild pop-culture references--make Wayne's World a cut above the average Saturday Night Live spin-off movie. (All Movie Guide)
One of the great things about this film is that it is filled with pop culture references, we would learn such catchphrases as "Schwing!" and "Schyea", as well as popularizing "That's what she said", "Party on!" and the use of "...not" after apparently affirmative sentences in order to state the contrary (as used by the metal band Anthrax (band) in the late 1980s and early 1990s). This pretty much augmented the slacker language of Generation X, much as Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure had done already. It also featured a baby blue 1970s AMC Pacer with flames and non-matching wheels, which Wayne and Garth dubbed the "Mirth Mobile".
The film frequently breaks the "fourth wall", with Wayne, Garth, and others on occasion speaking directly to the audience. Parts of the story are carried by Wayne's narration to the camera, in which he offers his thoughts on what's happening in the film. Despite Wayne, Garth, Glenn, and Ben addressing the viewer, no one else seems aware that they are in a film.
The highlight of the film was that it would gross over US$121.6 million in its theatrical run, placing it as the tenth highest-grossing film of 1992 and the highest-grossing film ever based on a Saturday Night Live skit.
"Party On!!"
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