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The sketch centered on a local public-access television program in Aurora, Illinois, hosted by Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers, the same actor from "Wayne's Power Minute"), an enthusiastic long-haired metalhead. Wayne lives with his parents and broadcasts his show "live" from the basement of their house every Friday evening at 10:30.
- Wayne Began Life on A Different Series altogether.
- Dana Carvey Based Garth on His Brother.
- Madonna Was Mike Myers’ First On-Screen Smooch.
- Rumors of A Rift Between Myers and Carvey Have Long Circulated.
- There Was Tension Between Myers and Penelope Spheeris.
- Seeingaustin Powers Persuaded Spheeris to Forgive Myers.
- In 2013, Myers, Carvey and Spheeris Reunited For A Wayne’s World Panel.
- Wayne’s World Marked Chris Farley’s Movie Debut.
- The Film Helped Revive Rob Lowe’s career.
- Wayne’s World Was only The Second SNL Movie to Be made.
Though it’s Saturday Night Live that made Wayne Campbell a household name, the character—which Mike Myers began working on when he was still a teenager—began his on-screen life on Canadian television, first on the alternative video show City Limits and later on It’s Only Rock & Roll in 1987 in a sketch called “Wayne’s Power Minute.” When Myers join...
Dana’s older brother, electronic engineer Brad Carvey, was the inspiration for Garth. “We both eat red licorice, and we both like video, and we both play the drums,” the elder Carvey told People Magazine in 1994 of the similarities between him and Garth. Dana paid sartorial tribute to Brad when Garth wore a “Video Toaster” T-shirt in Wayne’s World ...
Celebrity guests became a staple of "Wayne’s World," with Aerosmith and Madonna being two of the most memorable of them. But Madge’s appearance in a 1991 fantasy sequence caused a bit of anxiety for Myers, as it featured his first on-screen kiss. “I was so nervous,” Myerstold The Chicago Tribune in 1991. “She was really nice, actually. I was terrif...
From "Wayne’s World"’s SNL inception, rumors of a rift between Myers and Carvey have made the rounds in Hollywood, with many anonymous “insiders”—and a 2000 article in Vanity Fair—claiming that Myers didn’t want to be upstaged by Carvey, whose comedic profile was much higher when the sketch first began. In 2008, both Carvey and Lorne Michaels dispu...
Wayne’s World director Penelope Spheeris has been vocal about the many creative differences she and Myers had on the set of the first Wayne’s World movie, which was Myers’ big-screen debut. “You should have heard him bitching when I was trying to do that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ scene: ‘I can’t move my neck like that! Why do we have to do this so many t...
Though she blamed Myers for not being invited back to direct Wayne’s World 2, seeing Austin Powers persuaded Spheeris to forget the past. “I hated that bastard for years,” Spheeris told Entertainment Weekly in 2008. ''But when I saw Austin Powers, I went, ‘I forgive you, Mike … You can be moody, you can be a jerk, you can be things that others of u...
Before the panel, Spheeris told The Hollywood Reporter, “We're all getting too old to be pissed. Wayne's World has such a beautiful, uplifting spirit about it. Why should there be a dark cloud? This is going to be cathartic. Everyone's going to walk out of there high—sort of like they did when they watched the movie.”
Like Myers, Wayne’s World marked the movie debut of fellow SNL-er Chris Farley, who made a cameoas a security guard at an Alice Cooper concert. He also appeared in the movie’s sequel, but this time playing a friend of Wayne and Garth’s named Milton.
Wayne’s World helped to resurrect Rob Lowe’s career after a slump following a 1988 sex tape scandal. It also helped reinvent him as a comedic actor, a role he continued to play alongside Myers in all three Austin Powers movies (and well beyond).
When Wayne’s World was released on February 14, 1992, it was only the second movie to be made from a Saturday Night Live sketch. The first was 1980’s The Blues Brothers. But Wayne’s World remains the most financially successful SNLmovie to date, earning more than $183 million worldwide.
Wayne Campbell is a half-Asian, half-Caucasian layman who owns a public access cable show called Wayne's World. He still lives with his parents and has an extensive collections of nametags and hairnets. Wayne's best friend is Garth Algar and his girlfriend is Cassandra, lead singer of the band Crucial Taunt. He is portrayed by Mike Myers.
- Mr. Campbell (father)Mrs. Campbell (mother)
- Male
- Wayne's WorldWayne's World 2
- 3 min
Feb 8, 2017 · An extension of the wildly popular Saturday Night Live sketch, the movie made a star out of Mike Myers, who co-wrote and starred as Wayne Campbell, a metalhead who hosts a cable access TV show...
Myers originally created the character of Wayne Campbell, a wannabe rocker with a penchant for baseball caps and flannel shirts, while performing with The Second City improv comedy troupe in...
Based on the SNL sketch by Myers, it stars Myers in his feature film debut as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, a pair of rock and heavy metal fans who broadcast a public-access television show.
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Feb 14, 2017 · The character of Wayne Campbell originated on the CBC. In the “Extreme Close-Up” featurette on the Wayne’s World DVD and Blu-ray, Myers talks about how he came up with Wayne’s laid-back...
