Editing Wayne's World (film)

{{short description|1992 film by Penelope Spheeris}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Wayne's World
| image = Waynes world ver2.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| alt = A view from above of two longer haired men against a cloudy background and globe at their feet
| director = [[Penelope Spheeris]]
| writer = {{Plain list |
* [[Mike Myers]]
* [[Bonnie and Terry Turner|Bonnie Turner]]
* [[Bonnie and Terry Turner|Terry Turner]]
}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Wayne's World]]''|Mike Myers}}
| starring = {{Plain list |
* Mike Myers
* [[Dana Carvey]]
* [[Tia Carrere]]
* [[Rob Lowe]]
* [[Lara Flynn Boyle]]
* [[Brian Doyle-Murray]]
}}
| producer = [[Lorne Michaels]]
| music = [[J. Peter Robinson]]
| cinematography = [[Theo van de Sande]]
| editing = {{interlanguage link|Malcolm Campbell (film editor)|lt=Malcolm Campbell|de|Malcolm Campbell (Filmeditor)|nds|Malcolm Campbell (Filmeditor)}}
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1992|2|14|United States}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $20 million<ref name="BOM" />
| gross = $183.1 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=waynesworld.htm |title=Wayne's World (1992) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160211150420/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=waynesworld.htm |archive-date=2016-02-11 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-02-02 }}</ref>
}}'''''Wayne's World''''' is a 1992 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[Penelope Spheeris]]. It was produced by [[Lorne Michaels]] and written by [[Mike Myers]] and [[Bonnie and Terry Turner|Bonnie & Terry Turner]]. Based on the [[Wayne's World|''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 music|rock]] and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] fans who broadcast a [[public-access television|public-access television show]]. It also features [[Tia Carrere]], [[Rob Lowe]], [[Lara Flynn Boyle]] and [[Brian Doyle-Murray]] in supporting roles, with cameos by [[Chris Farley]], [[Ed O'Neill]], [[Ione Skye]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Robert Patrick]] and [[Alice Cooper]].

''Wayne's World'' was released in the United States on February 14, 1992, by [[Paramount Pictures]]. A critical and commercial success, it was the [[1992 in film#Highest-grossing films|tenth-highest-grossing film of 1992]] and remains the highest-grossing [[List of Saturday Night Live feature films|film based on a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch]]. A sequel, ''[[Wayne's World 2]]'', was released the following year.

==Plot==
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In [[Aurora, Illinois]], rock music fans Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar host a [[public-access television]] show, ''Wayne's World'', from Wayne's parents' basement. A broadcast of ''Wayne's World'' catches the attention of television producer Benjamin Kane. While cruising with friends in Garth's car, the Mirthmobile, Wayne stops to admire a 1964 [[Fender Stratocaster]] in a shop window. They later go to a nightclub, where they avoid Wayne's troubled ex-girlfriend Stacy while Wayne falls for Cassandra Wong, vocalist and bassist of the band Crucial Taunt. Wayne learns [[Cantonese]] to impress Cassandra at a later encounter.

Benjamin meets with Wayne and Garth to purchase the rights to the show for $5,000 each, which Wayne uses to buy the Stratocaster. Benjamin attempts to court Cassandra using his wealth and good looks, distracting Wayne and Garth with all-access tickets to an [[Alice Cooper]] concert in [[Milwaukee]] while offering to produce a [[music video]] for Crucial Taunt. At the show, Wayne and Garth make the acquaintance of a bodyguard to music producer Frankie Sharp, head of Sharp Records.

While filming the revamped ''Wayne's World'' under Benjamin's oversight, Wayne and Garth find adjusting to the professional studio environment challenging. Their contract obliges them to give a promotional interview to their [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]], Noah Vanderhoff, who owns a franchise of [[amusement arcade]]s. After Wayne ridicules Vanderhoff on the show, he is fired, leaving Garth to host the show himself. This infuriates Garth and jeopardizes their friendship. Jealous of the attention Benjamin is giving Cassandra, Wayne attempts to prevent her from participating in the Crucial Taunt music video shoot, and she breaks up with him for his distrust.

Wayne and Garth reconcile and hatch a scheme to win Cassandra back by getting her a record deal. They plan to ensure that Frankie Sharp hears Crucial Taunt play. While Garth and their friends infiltrate a satellite station with the aid of Benjamin's assistant, Wayne goes to Cassandra's video shoot. Still, he embarrasses himself to expose Benjamin's ulterior motive. Cassandra initially tells him to go home, but realizing Benjamin is up to no good, she changes her mind and leaves for Aurora with Wayne while he apologizes.

The ''Wayne's World'' crew hacks into Sharp's satellite television and broadcasts the Crucial Taunt performance from Wayne's basement, where Sharp and Benjamin converge. Unfortunately, Sharp declines to offer Crucial Taunt a record contract. As a result, Cassandra breaks up with Wayne permanently. She and Benjamin depart to a tropical resort. Stacy reveals that she is pregnant with Wayne's child; and finally, an electrical fire destroys Wayne's house and kills Garth. 

Dissatisfied with this ending, Wayne and Garth turn to the film's audience and halt proceedings; they restart the scene in which Benjamin is unmasked as "Old Man Withers" in a ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' parody ending. Still unsatisfied with this ending, they restart again with a "mega happy ending", in which Cassandra successfully signs a record contract and begins a relationship with Wayne. Garth begins a relationship with a waitress, while a reformed Benjamin learns that money and good looks do not necessarily bring happiness.

==Cast==
* [[Mike Myers]] as Wayne Campbell, host of ''Wayne's World.'' Wayne lives with his parents in Aurora, Illinois, and spends his free time "partying" with his friends in and around the popular rock/metal scene of the early 1990s. His best friend is Garth Algar, with whom he hosts their late-night cable-access show broadcasting from the basement of Wayne's parents' house.
* [[Dana Carvey]] as Garth Algar, Wayne's best friend and co-host. Garth is socially awkward and more stereotypically "nerdy" and introverted than his more outgoing friends. He has a crush on the girl who works at the donut shop that their group frequents, Stan Mikita's Donuts, but is unable to work up the nerve to talk to her.
* [[Tia Carrere]] as Cassandra Wong, lead vocalist and bassist of the local rock band, Crucial Taunt. She and her band perform gigs around town, notably at a heavy metal bar frequented by Wayne and his friends called The Gasworks. Cassandra is a Cantonese immigrant who claims to have learned English at college and from the ''[[Police Academy (franchise)|Police Academy]]'' films.
* [[Rob Lowe]] as Benjamin Kane, a sleazy, Chicago-based television producer. His official title is Regional Programming Director for Oliver Communications. Benjamin is good-looking, well-educated, and highly successful, but cynical, manipulative, and ruthless in his approach to business.
* [[Lara Flynn Boyle]] as Stacy, Wayne's troubled ex-girlfriend. Lacking self-esteem, she does not understand or accept that Wayne has broken up with her and still treats him like they are a couple.
* [[Brian Doyle-Murray]] as Noah Vanderhoff, a video arcade magnate, and a prospective client of Benjamin's who is seeking to place him as the primary corporate sponsor of a television show aimed at teens and younger adults.
* [[Colleen Camp]] as Mimi Vanderhoff, Noah's wife.
* [[Kurt Fuller]] as Russell Finley, producer/director of many of the television shows executive produced by Benjamin. Russell has a reputation as a hit-maker, having won awards and acclaim for many of the programs he has produced. He is fiercely loyal to Benjamin, believing Benjamin to be his friend.
* [[Chris Farley]] has a cameo as the well-informed security guard at an [[Alice Cooper]] concert taking place in Milwaukee.
* [[Meat Loaf]] as Tiny, a doorman/bouncer at the Gasworks with whom Wayne and Garth are "in." He allows them to skip the line at the door, and informs them about the bands playing and if they are good or not.
* [[Frank DiLeo]] as rock promoter Frankie 'Mr. Big' Sharp. The CEO of Sharp Records, Frank takes a very hands-on approach to his business, driving back and forth across the country to find new acts to sign to his label. He is afraid of flying, and thus takes his stretch limousine everywhere.
* [[Ed O'Neill]] as Glen, the darkly disturbed manager at [[Stan Mikita]]'s Donuts. According to Wayne, he works at the donut shop "24 hours a day". He makes frequent references to death, dying, and killing, and implies that he once murdered someone in the heat of passion.
* [[Michael DeLuise]] as Alan, one of Wayne and Garth's crew.
* [[Lee Tergesen]] as Terry, Wayne and  Garth's head cameraman who has a penchant for openly expressing platonic love for his friends through hugging and repeatedly telling them, "I love you, man."
* Dan Bell as Neil, Wayne and Garth's second cameraman.
* Sean Gregory Sullivan as Phil, Wayne and Garth's friend who works at an auto repair shop. Wayne describes him as being frequently "partied out," a state of heavy intoxication which renders Phil near-catatonic and unable to recall events of the previous evening.
* [[Mike Hagerty]] as Davey, a controller at the Cable 10 television station who Benjamin and Russell ask for help.
* [[Frederick Coffin]] as Officer Koharski, an enthusiastic local beat cop who is kind to Wayne, Garth, and their group.
* [[Donna Dixon]] as Garth's dream woman, who works at Stan Mikita's Donuts.
* [[Ione Skye]] as Elyse, a seemingly casual girlfriend of Benjamin's who introduces him to Wayne's World.
* [[Robin Ruzan]] as a waitress at Stan Mikita's.
* [[Charles Noland]] as Ron Paxton, who tries to market his invention, the "Suck Kut," on Wayne and Garth's show.
* [[Carmen Filpi]] as Old Man Withers. He runs a "haunted" amusement park.
* [[Robert Patrick]] has a cameo as [[T-1000]] (reprising his role from ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''). He is a police officer who pulls Wayne over while he is speeding on his way to Cassandra.
* [[Alice Cooper]] with [[Pete Friesen]], [[Derek Sherinian]], Stef Burns,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stefburns.com/history.html |title=History |access-date=2012-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110117101126/http://www.stefburns.com/history.html |archive-date=2011-01-17 }}</ref> and [[Jimmy DeGrasso]] as themselves, performing "[[Feed My Frankenstein]]". Wayne and Garth go to see him backstage at his show, where they receive a lecture on the history of [[Milwaukee]].

==Production==
''Wayne's World'' was [[Green-light|green-lit]] by [[Paramount Pictures]] in 1991. It was the second [[List of Saturday Night Live feature films|film based on a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch]], following ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'' in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2017/02/02/mike-myers-couldnt-drive-during-waynes-world/ |title=Mike Myers couldn't drive during 'Wayne's World' |newspaper=New York Post |date=2017-02-02 |access-date=2017-05-17 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170617141540/http://nypost.com/2017/02/02/mike-myers-couldnt-drive-during-waynes-world/ |archive-date=2017-06-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> Producer [[Lorne Michaels]] hired [[Penelope Spheeris]] to direct, after she had directed several music documentaries. Spheeris said, "I had been just struggling as a female director in this business for many years. I was 45 years old when I got that job. I just kept hanging in there. And ''Wayne's World'' happened, and it sort of flipped my life around."<ref name="Vanity-Fair">{{cite magazine |last=Pirnia |first=Garin |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/wanyes-world-25th-anniversary-penelope-spheeris-interview |title=How Wayne's World Made—and Broke—Its Director's Career |date=2017-02-06 |access-date=2017-05-17 |magazine=Vanity Fair |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706062126/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/wanyes-world-25th-anniversary-penelope-spheeris-interview |archive-date=2017-07-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Spheeris clashed with Myers during filming. She told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' that Myers was "emotionally needy and got more difficult as the shoot went along", and that he complained during the "Bohemian Rhapsody" scene, refusing to believe audiences would find it funny. She said she attempted to assuage Myers by having her daughter provide him snacks, and that on one occasion he stormed off the set, upset that there was no margarine for his bagel.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2008/06/16/mike-myers-man-mystery/|title =Mike Myers: Man of Mystery |date=2008-06-16 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=2017-05-17 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170505162659/http://ew.com/article/2008/06/16/mike-myers-man-mystery/|archive-date =2017-05-05|url-status =live}}</ref> Myers and Spheeris argued over the [[final cut (film editing)|final cut]], causing Myers to prevent Spheeris from directing ''[[Wayne's World 2]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Brandon |last=Kirby |title=Mike Myers, Dana Carvey Set Aside 'Wayne's World' Feud at Academy Screening |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/waynes-world-feud-mike-myers-445044 |quote=Carvey & Spheeris both notoriously fell out with Myers despite the 1992 film's huge success. Myers is said to have blocked Spheeris from directing the 1993 sequel because she'd ignored his edit suggestions on the original. |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2013-04-24 |access-date=2015-07-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150710065251/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/waynes-world-feud-mike-myers-445044 |archive-date=2015-07-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Merle |last1=Ginsberg |author-link=Merle Ginsberg |first2=Gary |last2=Baum |title=How Mike Myers and Dana Carvey Resolved Their 'Wayne's World'-'Austin Powers' Feud |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/waynes-world-how-mike-myers-436879 |quote=Myers blocked Spheeris from directing the 1993 sequel because she'd ignored his edit suggestions on the original (her cut already had tested well). And Carvey felt Myers later stole his Dr. Evil impression for Austin Powers, which supposedly was based on Carvey's goof on Lorne Michaels. |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2013-04-11 |access-date=2015-07-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150710065353/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/waynes-world-how-mike-myers-436879 |archive-date=2015-07-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, Spheeris said the conflict had been overstated, and that the margarine incident was the only time when she felt Myers was being unreasonable.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxL3NTb2j8 | title=Penelope Spheeris Interview: Wayne's World | website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=January 5, 2023}} Event occurs at 12:11-14:33.</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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{{Main|Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture}}

The [[Wayne's World (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] album reached number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The album was certified double-Platinum by the [[RIAA]] on July 16, 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Wayne%27s+World|title=Search results for Wayne's World |website=riaa.com|access-date=8 August 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160811003640/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Wayne%27s+World |archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

The studio and Lorne Michaels originally wanted to use a [[Guns N' Roses]] song for the [[headbanging]] scene, but Myers demanded "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]", even threatening to quit the production unless it was used.<ref name=PodMaron>{{cite web |url= http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_518_-_mike_myers |title=WTF Podcast with Mark Maron |date=2014-07-28| publisher=WTF|access-date=2014-07-31 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140731090611/http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_518_-_mike_myers|archive-date=2014-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/mike-myers-waynes-world-bohemian-rhapsody_n_5758174.html |title=Mike Myers Almost Walked When 'Wayne's World' Wasn't Going To Use 'Bohemian Rhapsody' |date=September 3, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141010144451/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/mike-myers-waynes-world-bohemian-rhapsody_n_5758174.html |archive-date=October 10, 2014 |newspaper=Huffington Post |first=Matthew |last=Jacobs |access-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref> [[Freddie Mercury]], the lead singer of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], died of [[bronchial pneumonia]] resulting from [[AIDS]] a few months before the film's release. According to [[Brian May]], Mercury saw the headbanging scene before his death, found it hilarious and approved the song for the film's use.<ref>{{cite news|last=Scapelliti|first=Christopher|url= https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/brian-may-wayne-s-world-bohemian-rhapsody-scene-hit-close-home|title=Brian May: 'Wayne's World' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Scene Hit Close to Home|date=2017-06-05|work=[[Guitar World]]|access-date=2025-03-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191008223040/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/brian-may-wayne-s-world-bohemian-rhapsody-scene-hit-close-home|archive-date=2019-10-08|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Spheeris disputed May's recollection in a 2022 interview, saying that "My guess is it's not true." She explained that due to the short timeframe between the completion of the film and Mercury's death, she believes it is highly unlikely that anyone would have had access to a tape of the scene to show Mercury.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxL3NTb2j8 | title=Penelope Spheeris Interview: Wayne's World | website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=January 5, 2023}} Event occurs at 7:25-8:51.</ref>

In the "No Stairway To Heaven" scene, the first four notes played of "Stairway to Heaven" were replaced with a different set of guitar notes in all home media releases of the film, since home video publishers considered the $100,000 cost of licensing the song to be too high. The original notes were restored with the [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K Blu-ray]] release in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://loudwire.com/waynes-world-stairway-to-heaven-joke/ | title=How the 'Stairway to Heaven' Joke in 'Wayne's World' Got Mangled | website=[[Loudwire]] | date=July 2020 }}</ref>

[[Gary Wright]] re-recorded "[[Dream Weaver]]" for the film, which is heard whenever Wayne looks at Cassandra.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.laweekly.com/music/the-five-most-culturally-significant-waynes-world-songs-4167662|title=The Five Most Culturally Significant Wayne's World Songs|work=LA Weekly |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171203211738/http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-five-most-culturally-significant-waynes-world-songs-4167662|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Tia Carrere]] sang her own vocals on the songs she performed in the film, as well as cover songs such as [[The Sweet|Sweet]]'s "[[The Ballroom Blitz]]", which were included on the film's soundtrack album.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=aSYKAQAAMAAJ|title=Lights, camera, sound tracks|first1=Martin Charles |last1=Strong|author-link1=Martin C. Strong|first2=Brendon |last2=Griffin |publisher=Canongate|year=2008|isbn=978-1-84767-003-8|page=396|access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref>

Myers originally wanted Alice Cooper's "[[I'm Eighteen]]" and "[[School's Out (song)|School's Out]]" in the film, but Cooper's manager [[Shep Gordon]] convinced him to use "[[Feed My Frankenstein]]" instead. It was Myers' first meeting with Gordon and it made such a strong, positive impression on him that they formed a friendship. Myers directed a 2014 documentary about Gordon, titled ''[[Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon]]''.<ref name=PodMaron/>

==Release==
The film was a box office success, debuting at number one.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-03-ca-3323-story.html|title=Weekend Box Office 'Wayne's World' Keeps Partyin' On|last=Fox|first=David J.|date=1992-03-03|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=2010-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103193855/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-03/entertainment/ca-3323_1_weekend-box-office|archive-date=2012-11-03|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-17-ca-3873-story.html|title=Weekend Box Office 'Wayne's World' Gains in Fifth Week|last=Fox|first=David J.|date=1992-03-17|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2010-10-26|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104155651/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-17/entertainment/ca-3873_1_weekend-box-office|archive-date=2012-11-04|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's final domestic gross was $121,697,323,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0105793/#tabs |title=Wayne's World |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2025-03-22}}</ref> making it the [[1992 in film|ninth-highest-grossing film of 1992]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1992/?sort=grossToDate |title=Domestic Box Office For 1992 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2025-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217024506/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1992/?sort=grossToDate |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the highest-grossing of the 11 [[List of Saturday Night Live feature films|films based on ''Saturday Night Live'' skits]].

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 96 reviews, with an average rating of 6.60/10, with the critical consensus stating, "An oddball comedy that revels in its silliness and memorable catch phrases, ''Wayne's World'' is also fondly regarded because of its endearing characters."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/waynes_world/|title=Wayne's World |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=June 16, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171127043739/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/waynes_world|archive-date=November 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a [[weighted average]] score of 57 out of 100 based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/waynes-world |title=Wayne's World Reviews|work=Metacritic|access-date=July 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608152002/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/waynes-world|archive-date=June 8, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 20, 2018|title=Cinemascore :: Movie Title Search|url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|access-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|archive-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three stars out of four and said in his review: "I walked into ''Wayne's World'' expecting a lot of dumb, vulgar comedy, and I got plenty, but I also found what I didn't expect: a genuinely amusing, sometimes even intelligent, undercurrent."<ref>{{cite web |date=February 14, 1992 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/waynes-world-1992 |title=Wayne's World Movie Review & Film Summary (1992) |author-link=Roger Ebert|last=Ebert|first=Roger|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=2017-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329033202/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/waynes-world-1992|archive-date=2017-03-29|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] called the film a "very funny and most original comedy" with "inspired bits of whimsy,"<ref>{{cite web|date=February 14, 1992|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73149156/waynes-world/2|title=Original, Inspired Lunacy Inhabits Wayne's World|author-link=Gene Siskel|last=Siskel|first=Gene|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=May 25, 2021}}</ref> and ranked it number eight on his list of the ten best movies of 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-10-15-9910200020-story.html|title=TOP TEN MOVIES: 1969–1998|website=Chicagotribune.com|date=15 October 1999 |access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043457/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-10-15-9910200020-story.html|archive-date=January 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Desson Thomson|Desson Howe]] wrote in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' that making a movie out of such a "teeny sketch" is "better than you'd expect", but criticized the finale as "an attempt to lampoon movie endings" "and a despair-driven inability to end the movie".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/waynesworldpg13howe_a0aea2.htm|title=Wayne's World (PG-13)|last=Howe|first=Desson|author-link=Desson Thomson|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 25, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171212074539/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/waynesworldpg13howe_a0aea2.htm|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Filipino columnist Jullie Y. Daza of the ''[[Manila Standard]]'' stated that "I didn't know what the generation gap meant until I saw this silly, nonsensical movie called 'Wayne's World' and I saw how my son went stark raving mad over it."<ref>{{cite news|last=Daza|first=Jullie Y.|title=When one's better than two|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mpUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6228%2C1866110|access-date=October 17, 2021|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=September 12, 1992|page=11}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
[[File:Rusty-s TV and Movie Car Museum Jackson TN 020.jpg|thumb|right|''Wayne's World'' [[AMC Pacer]] at Rusty's TV & Movie Car Museum in [[Jackson, Tennessee]]]]
Filled with [[pop culture]] references, the sketches and the film started catchphrases such as "''Schwing!''" and "[[Sarcasm|Schyea]]", as well as popularizing "[[That's what she said]]", "Party on!", and the use of "[[... Not!]]" after an apparently affirmative sentence to state the contrary,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/schwing-mike-myers-dana-carveys-waynes-world-reunion-recap/ |title=Schwing! Mike Myers & Dana Carvey's 'Wayne's World' Reunion Recap|publisher=FirstShowing.net|date=April 25, 2013|access-date=July 17, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160313204249/http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/schwing-mike-myers-dana-carveys-waynes-world-reunion-recap/|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and "We’re not worthy! We're not worthy!"

The scene in which Wayne, Garth, and friends [[Lip sync|lip-sync]] to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" in an [[AMC Pacer]] is one of the most well-known scenes in the film.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Noel |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Wayne's World{{'-}} |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-waynes-world-115363/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=2017-02-14 |access-date=2025-03-22 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818092937/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-waynes-world-115363/ |archive-date=2020-08-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to its prominent appearance in ''Wayne's World'', "Bohemian Rhapsody" reached #2 in the United States and reignited the band's popularity in the country.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Matthew|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHiAPGOM7_EC&q=The+Mirthmobile&pg=PA155|title=Debussy Redux: The Impact of His Music on Popular Culture|date=2012|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253357168|page=155|access-date=2019-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516204131/https://books.google.com/books?id=DHiAPGOM7_EC&q=The+Mirthmobile&pg=PA155|archive-date=2021-05-16|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Pacer was produced by [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC) from 1975 to 1980.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Brock |last=Yates |author-link=Brock Yates |title=Star Cars |journal=Car and Driver |date=September 1993 |volume=39 |number=3 |page=119 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hEpWAAAAMAAJ&q=A+Pacer+was+a+supporting+star+of+the+hugely+successful+way+-+cool+comedy+Wayne%27s+World. |access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref> The car was purposely a second-hand Pacer painted baby blue with flames on the sides and non-matching wheels, which Wayne and Garth dubbed "The Mirthmobile".<ref>{{cite book |last=Long |first=Christian |title=The Imaginary Geography of Hollywood Cinema 1960–2000 |date=2017 |publisher=Intellect Books |isbn=9781783208319 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nbirDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Mirthmobile&pg=PP246 |access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wayne's World AMC Pacer for sale |url= https://money.cnn.com/2004/12/16/pf/autos/pacer_auction |work=money.cnn.com |date=December 16, 2004 |access-date=2019-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516071933/https://money.cnn.com/2004/12/16/pf/autos/pacer_auction/ |archive-date=May 16, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The original car from the film was sold and appeared in a 2015 episode of ''[[Pawn Stars]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pawn Stars: Wayne's World Car – History |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbgK8iHqCw |publisher=Youtube |date=2015-10-23 |access-date=2019-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128193138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbgK8iHqCw |archive-date=2019-11-28 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Valdes-Dapena |first=Peter |title=The AMC Pacer from 'Wayne's World' is for sale |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/10/07/autos/waynes-world-amc-pacer-auction/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=2016-10-11 |access-date=2019-09-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180702121854/http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/07/autos/waynes-world-amc-pacer-auction/index.html |archive-date=2018-07-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> The car was [[Preservation and restoration of automobiles|restored]] to running condition with the original movie props inside the car, but with a functional stereo system added. The Pacer was sold in 2016 for $37,400.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lot #608: 1976 AMC Pacer "Wayne's World" |url= https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1976-AMC-PACER-WAYNES-WORLD-199021 |website=Barrett-Jackson |date=October 2016 |access-date=2019-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031033524/https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1976-AMC-PACER-WAYNES-WORLD-199021 |archive-date=2019-10-31 |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of "The Mirthmobile" role, the Pacer is arguably one of the two most famous AMC cars featured in film or TV, the other being "Dixie", the [[Jeep CJ-7]] driven by [[Daisy Duke]] in ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wayne's World – The Mirth Mobile – 1976 AMC Pacer |url=http://onscreencars.com/movies/waynes-world/waynes-world-the-mirth-mobile-1976-amc-pacer/ |website=On Screen Cars |date=2010-02-12 |access-date=2019-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709050432/http://onscreencars.com/movies/waynes-world/waynes-world-the-mirth-mobile-1976-amc-pacer/ |archive-date=2019-07-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Between the Lions|''Between The Lions'']], a puppet-based children's television series from 2000-2010, produced a short repeating segment called "Gawain's Word," featuring two jousting knights charging at each other, each touting a speech balloon with half of a word which then became their respective names, then demonstrating the word. Though the title of the segment clearly is a parody of the SNL skit, the two knights in the segment speak more characteristically like Bill and Ted from ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'' than Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

The cast, crew, and other related musical guests were part of [[Josh Gad]]'s ''Reunited Apart'' web series' second season, first available in December 2020.<ref name="ww reunited apart">{{cite web | url = https://nerdist.com/article/waynes-world-reunion-josh-gad-reunited-apart-mike-myers-dana-carvey/ | title = Josh Gad Reunited the WAYNE'S WORLD Cast | first = Michael | last = Walsh | date = December 7, 2020 | access-date = December 8, 2020 | work = [[The Nerdist]] | archive-date = December 7, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201207191115/https://nerdist.com/article/waynes-world-reunion-josh-gad-reunited-apart-mike-myers-dana-carvey/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Accolades==
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
[[American Film Institute]] recognition:
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs500.pdf|title=This is the American Film Institute's list of 500 movies nominated for the top 100 Funniest American Movies|website=Afi.com|access-date=2017-08-20|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151220152415/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs500.pdf|archive-date=2015-12-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** "Schwing!" – Nominated<ref name="afi.com">{{cite web|url= http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes400.pdf|title=Ace Ventura: All-righty then! |website=Afi.com |access-date=2017-08-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110628043426/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes400.pdf|archive-date=2011-06-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** "We're not worthy. We're not worthy." – Nominated<ref name="afi.com"/>
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]]:
** "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" – Nominated<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs|website=Afi.com|access-date=2017-08-20|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150221030634/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf|archive-date=2015-02-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches|Recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' characters and sketches]]
* [[List of Saturday Night Live feature films|List of ''Saturday Night Live'' feature films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Wayne's World}}
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* {{IMDb title|0105793}}

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