Mike Myers Calls 'Wayne's World' Movie Awards Skit 'A Dream Come True,' But Quashes New-Movie Rumors Jun 13, 2008
alongside Dana Carvey's Garth Algar, and brought "Wayne's World" back to life at the ... Unfortunately, this Wayne and Garth reunion did not spark the possibility of a "Wayne's World 3." Even though Myers "loved doing these characters," the sketch was done mostly so that he and Carvey who Myers says is "just as funny in life as he is onstage" could get "caught up" in them again. (VHI.com -- Music News)
More of this story Jun 7, 2008
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Zohan vs. Guru Jun 6, 2008
Based on the preview I saw, it's another in a series of Myers' lovey-dovey characters -- from Wayne of Wayne's World to Austin Powers to now, the peace-loving, lovemaking, wisdom-spreading Guru Pitka. It might be fun, but are audiences really in a Guru Pitka mood, when gas is over four bucks a gallon, job security is low and the nation is bogged down in a foreign war. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Over-the-top MTV Movie Awards have smoke, no fire Jun 3, 2008
Host Mike Myers and Dana Carvey resurrected their "Saturday Night Live" characters Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar, the cable access hosts of "Wayne's World." They acknowledged it's been awhile since they've been together ("1994. That's a while," said Wayne) and presented a risque top ten list of adult film titles (No. 8: "I Am Legend ... In Bed"; and No. 1 "Iron Man"). (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
In picturesStars grace the golden carpet at the MTV Movie Awards in LA Jun 3, 2008
Host Mike Myers and Dana Carvey resurrected their Wayne's World alter-egos, Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar. Will Smith, who won best male performance for I Am Legend, was joined on the gold carpet by his son, Jaden. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
MTV rewards Depp and giant robots Jun 3, 2008
Page last updated at 13:44 GMT, Monday, 2 June 2008 14:44 UK. Johnny Depp was the only multiple award-winner. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Hey kids, let's plug some movies Jun 3, 2008
Indeed, it was Myers who eventually proved the most entertaining exception, with an ecstatically received Wayne's World reunion with Dana Carvey, and filmed shorts introducing two hilarious behind-the-screen characters, an Aussie set caterer and a myopic pet wrangler either of whom would make a more interesting film subject than a "love guru" (opening June 20). Also break-out funny in a show surprisingly devoid of real laughs, a violent "viral" bit with Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Ben... (Toronto Star)
Sarah Jessica Parker's Legs, Adam Sandler's Musical Number Are The Hot Topics At MTV Movie Awards Afterparty Jun 3, 2008
I also loved seeing 'Wayne's World' again,' JC Ch 00004000 asez says at the bash following Sunday's show ... "I thought the Jabbawockeez crushed it," JC Chasez said of "America's Best Dance Crew." "That was amazing dude, the way they came out of the ceiling. That, I thought, was great. So were the Pussycat Dolls, they were amazing. [Coldplay] did a phenomenal job, but they're pros. This is, like, their third or fourth record, and they've got it down to a science. "I also loved seeing 'Wayne's... (VHI.com -- Music News)
MTV Awards blow smoke, little fire Jun 3, 2008
Host Mike Myers and Dana Carvey resurrected their Saturday Night Live characters Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar, the cable access hosts of Wayne's World. They acknowledged it's been awhile since they've been together ( 1994. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Transformers' Wins Top MTV Movie Trophy Jun 2, 2008
Myers reverted back to his "SNL" days at the awards by reuniting with Dana Carvey to play Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar, respectively -- the stars of the spurious cable access show "Wayne's World.". Presenters at the awards included Tom Cruise and "The Office" star Wilson -- who presented the Best Kiss trophy wearing only a teddy bear. (WNBC.com, NY)
MTV Movie Awards: Johnny Depp, Ellen Page, 'Transformers' -- And Hilarious Displays Of Ego -- Win Big Jun 2, 2008
Co-star Jonah Hill wasn't shy about expressing his disappointment as the losses piled up, but the sting might have been taken away by arguably the biggest surprise of the evening, an unexpected cameo from the denizens of "Wayne's World." The duo of Myers and Dana Carvey brought their shtick up to date by goofing on the porno names of some of the year's top movies, including the giggle-inducing "Suck It List," "Gush Hour 3" and. um, "Iron Man.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
CCCC grads directed to the future May 31, 2008
Kirkpatrick s speech highlighted the theme, live as you would like to be viewed". He highlighted the technology driven world we live in from MySpace to YouTube. "You star in the biggest show of all -- your life; and in this culture, the whole world is watching," Kirkpatrick said. Of course a movie backdrop was inevitable for the man who told stories of Star Trek and Wayne's World on the big screen. Among his ten pionters for the grads were "do not come out of your trailer before you are ready",... (Yarmouth Register, MA)
Gigs: Sebastian Bach May 16, 2008
But he still sounds the perfect caricature of his genre, somewhere between Mark Wahlberg's Chris Cole in Rock Star and a roadie from Wayne's World. Today's Sebastian Bach is an all-round entertainer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Desperate Housewives' gets serious for finale May 16, 2008
Setting up a mysterious flashback that takes Katherine back to Romania in 1996, Delany playfully waves her hands in front of her face and mimics the silly "doodly-doo, doodly-doo" flashback noises made famous by Mike Myers in his Wayne's World comedies. This flashback will confirm what Katherine has long suggested that she was the victim of domestic violence. (USA Today -- Life)
Who will be forgotten in Wayne's world? May 10, 2008
Who will be forgotten in Wayne's world ... Who will be forgotten in Wayne's world ... auSydney Morning Herald2008-05-10Who will be forgotten in Wayne's world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Chris Farley's Life Chronicled in Three Acts May 7, 2008
The 33-year-old actor was a bankable box-office star with popular, high-grossing films under his belt including "Billy Madison," "Wayne's World" and "Tommy Boy" when he died of a drug overdose more than a decade ago in December 1997. The late comedian's brother Tom talks about his new book. (ABC News)
/C O R R E C T I O N -- COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications/ May 6, 2008
Start each day with a cup of joe and a shot of "MADtv" and turn that frown upside-down with laughs from the likes of movies such as "Undercover Brother," "How High" and "Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again" beginning Saturday at 9:00 a.m. "Wayne's World," "Super Troopers" and "Beer League" will leave viewers saying "We're not worthy!" on Sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m. Keep "partying on" through Monday with both "Wayne's World" and "Wayne's World 2," a double-shot of "RENO 911!" episodes and a... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Waleed's World, party time ... May 5, 2008
" Also on the team are comedians Nazeem Hussain and Aamer Rahman, whose show Fear Of A Brown Planet won the best newcomer award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was described by The Age as "beautifully distilled fury". Appearing beside them are Ahmed Hassan, Dakhylina Madkhul and Toltu Tufa. With the help of Robinson and Swain, whose credits include Good News Week, The Glass House and The Sideshow (the show uses the old Glass House desk), SBS's Salam Cafe will be much more... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Famous pop sculpture demolished May 4, 2008
- Workers have dismantled and removed a towering sculpture of eight cars made famous in the movie "Wayne's World.". The sculpture, also called the Spindle or Car Kabob, featured cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s skewered on a huge metal spike. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
Clips can't tell story of Erin Andrews Apr 16, 2008
The online idolatry of her not seen since Anna Kournikova's cyberspace heyday runs along the lines of Wayne and Garth, from Wayne's World, saying if she "were a president, she'd be Babe-braham Lincoln.". But, as a reporter for about 90 ABC/ESPN events a year including Wednesday night's New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game she's a working stiff following a long line of female predecessors who roamed sidelines while males called games from above. (USA Today -- Sports)
'Car Kabob' of 'Wayne's World' on eBay Apr 15, 2008
Car Kabob' of 'Wayne's World' on eBay ... Car Kabob' of 'Wayne's World' on eBay ... - A towering sculpture of eight cars made famous in the movie "Wayne's World" is up for sale on eBay. (AZCentral -- News)
Myers to host MTV Movie show Apr 11, 2008
Myers, who rose to fame on Saturday Night Live, has created and played such iconic comedy characters as Doctor Evil and Wayne Campbell, of Wayne's World fame. To children, however, he is probably better known as the voice of animated ogre Shrek. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Mike Myers Shares His 'Love Guru' Wisdom And His Love For Justin ... Apr 10, 2008
"Wayne's World" was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and "Austin Powers" was every bit of British culture that my father, who passed away in 1991, had forced me to watch and taught me to love ... MTV: You've given us so many classic lines in not only the "Wayne's World" and "Powers" movies, but also films like "So I Married an Axe Murderer." Were you on the "Guru" set thinking, "I've just said something I'll be hearing the rest of my life". (MTV.com)
Mike Myers to Host 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS Live on Sunday, June 1st from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California Apr 10, 2008
For his groundbreaking work on "Saturday Night Live," Myers was nominated for an Emmy for "Best Performance in a Comedy or Variety Show" and won an Emmy for "Best Writing for Comedy or Variety Show." Myers successfully brought his popular SNL character, Wayne Campbell, to the big screen in 1992 with "Wayne's World," followed a year later with "Wayne's World 2". On the heels of the "Wayne's World" empire, Myers appeared in a range of films including "54," for which he earned critical acclaim. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Rob Lowe, wife sue ex-nanny for $1 million Apr 10, 2008
is currently appearing on the ABC show "Brothers and Sisters" and was in the films "Wayne's World," "St. Elmo's Fire," and "The Outsiders.". Copyright 2008 The. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Hero Worship Apr 8, 2008
He has played self-mocking parts in Wayne's World 2 and Bud Light ads. He is a pro, a hack, the guy whose highest value is that he gets the job done. (Slate)
Charlton Heston, at 84, icon of silver screen, gun advocate Apr 7, 2008
In the twilight of his career, he was a jovial two-time host of "Saturday Night Live," had a cameo as "the good actor" in "Wayne's World 2.". He had an uncredited appearance in ape attire in Tim Burton's 2001 remake of "Planet of the Apes.". (Boston Globe)
Charlton Heston: A life in film, TV and theater Apr 7, 2008
And he was willing to make fun of his heroic -- and some might say also pompous -- image on "Saturday Night Live," "Wayne's World 2" and even on "Friends.". But he seemed most at home in epics such as "Ben-Hur," for which he won his Oscar, and playing historical figures such as Moses in "The Ten Commandments," Andrew Jackson in "The President's Lady" and "The Buccaneer" and Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy.". (Los Angeles Times)
Charlton Heston 1923-2008 Apr 7, 2008
He combined big-screen epics like "El Cid" and "55 Days at Peking" with lesser ones such as "Diamond Head," "Will Penny" and "Airport 1975." In his later years he played cameos in such films as "Wayne's World 2" and "Tombstone.". His son, Fraser Clarke Heston, played the infant Moses in "The Ten Commandments" and later directed his father in an adventure film, "Mother Lode." The Hestons also had a daughter, Holly Ann, born in 1961. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Oscar winner Charlton Heston dies at 84 Apr 6, 2008
In his later years he played cameos in such films as Wayne's World 2 and Tombstone. He often returned to the theater, appearing in such plays as A Long Day's Journey into Night and A Man for All Seasons. (USA Today -- Life)
Some of Charlton Heston's Films Apr 6, 2008
"Wayne's World 2," 1993. "Tombstone," 1993. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Myers' latest spoof hits 'ohm' Mar 29, 2008
Pitka identifies himself as "a spiritual teacher affiliated with no one faith" and has the same crass-and-goofy charm as Myers' Austin Powers and "Wayne's World" characters. And the movie's plot - he heads West when he's offered $2 million to heal a hockey star's romance so the team can win the Stanley Cup - is harmless enough. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: Oscar winner 'No Country' is totally brutal Mar 15, 2008
Included: The Doors' Ray Manzarek, Wayne's World director Penelope Spheeris, actor and former UCLA quarterback Mark Harmon and even Beau Bridges, who made the basketball team and averaged (he notes) 0. 6 points a game. (USA Today -- Life)
Movie Cars Make Cinematic History Feb 24, 2008
If you have ever seen "Wayne's World" it is impossible to hear the song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen without the image of Wayne and Garth cruising around in Garths 1976 AMC Pacer jumping into your head for at least a second. 1. (KCRA 3, CA)
Could He Be The Anchor Of The Future? Feb 23, 2008
It's part Walter Cronkite, part Wayne's World. He's been doing these newscasts since 2004 - sometimes three of them a day - not including special reports. (CBS News)
Quirky and jazzy, she's just out there being herself Feb 23, 2008
Dienel, a petite blonde whose mop of hair made it easy to dress up as Garth from "Wayne's World" one Halloween, is adamant that despite her youth, she is not "cuddly and cute and little." There's a darkness creeping through her art, whether it's the surreal story of a beached whale in "A Beast Washed Ashore" or in "Napoleon at Waterloo," where Dienel and her band suggest the toils of war by playing around with the repetition of the phrase, "There goes now/ Another man down." Even the delicate... (Boston Globe)
Clinton's Deputy Campaign Manager Steps Aside... Feb 13, 2008
To paraphrase Wayne's World, 'They are NOT worthy. . (The Drudge Report)
2/5-6: Dana Carvey at the Improv Feb 4, 2008
He played such memorable characters as the uptight Church Lady, Hans from "Hans and Franz," Ross Perot and, of course, Garth from Wayne's World. After the two hit Wayne's World films, Carvey showed up in such films as Trapped in Paradise, Little Nicky and Master of Disguise. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Fashionistas flash their flocks at SAG Jan 29, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Film and television stars dress up for the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wayne's world Jan 29, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Security footage of Wayne Carey's dramatic night. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Alpine Pictures Travels The Yellow Brick Road with Roger S. Baum's Dorothy of OZ Jan 26, 2008
In addition Alpine Pictures just wrapped post-production on Dark Honeymoon starring Lindy Booth (Cry Wolf, Dawn of the Dead) Nick Cornish (Psycho Beach Party), Eric Roberts (The Pope of Greenwich Village), Tia Carrere (Wayne's World, True Lies) Craig Shoemaker (Scream II, The Lovemaster), Daryl Hannah (Splash, Steel Magnolias, and Kill Bill Vol. I & II) and Roy Scheider (Jaws, All that Jazz). . (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Top Film Cars Burn Rubber On Silver Screen Jan 25, 2008
No. 9: 1976 AMC Pacer, "Wayne's World". OK, so an AMC Pacer isn't normally anything to write home about. (Click2Houston, TX)
Mossberg: MacBook Air is Beautiful, But Limited Jan 25, 2008
"Led Zepplin didn't write music everyone loved, they left that to the BeeGees." Wayne's World. I suspect a few people will buy this notebook and end up returning it, since it does represent some serious design compromises. (The Mac Observer)
Lee needs guru's OK to wed Jan 17, 2008
Skye, 36, has popped up with minor roles in films including Zodiac and Wayne's World. She was once married to Beastie Boy Adam Horowitz. (NEWS.com.au)
Showdown for Hillary in John Wayne country Dec 30, 2007
The final post-Christmas frenzy of campaigning proves that many Iowa voters are still looking for a president who offers the reassuring certainties of John Wayne's world, while the increasingly bitter exchanges between the candidates resemble nothing so much as a brutal shootout from one of the Duke's Westerns. The challenge Mrs Clinton faces is clear in Winterset, where Wayne was born in 1907 at the heart of Madison County, whose covered bridges gave their name to the 1995 Hollywood movie. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Racism on public access; Dec 29, 2007
"Wayne's World" it ain't. Whereas Michael Richards and Don Imus recently got caught up in raging controversies over racist comments, similar sentiments -- voiced by anonymous callers -- are aired live and uncensored each weekend. (Los Angeles Times)
Prisco: Goose? Let's call Indy's wide receiver Maverick Dec 3, 2007
As Indy's passing party carries on, it's now Wayne's world - CBS News ... As Indy's passing party carries on, it's now Wayne's world. (CBS News)
First look: Comedy guru Mike Myers loves his characters Oct 24, 2007
"I enjoy having the Lamaze birthing process of it," says Myers, who also authored the Wayne's World and Austin Powers franchises ... But he didn't expect the Wayne's World or Austin Powers films to be successes, either ... "When I did Wayne's World, I thought you had to grow up in my neighborhood to get it," he says. (USA Today -- Life)
YouTube Goes Corporate Oct 18, 2007
Instead, they got Wayne's World goofiness, concedes Executive Director David Gensler. As more employees began taping episodes, the show evolved to include a low-key, "roving reporter" format, says Goffigon. (Forbes -- Technology)
TV queens Kath & Kim dominate ratings Oct 16, 2007
Welcome to Wayne's world: Shane Warne, as Wayne, and Magda Szubanski, as Sharon, don the whites on Kath i. Also in Victoria. (NEWS.com.au)
Dana Carvey riffs about movies online Oct 9, 2007
He fondly recalled a visit one of his boys, then about 2, paid to the set of "Wayne's World," the hit movie he made with Mike Myers. Seeing Carvey as slacker Garth in his shaggy blond wig, the toddler burst into tears and exclaimed, "Daddy, no funny hair!". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Air Guitar Nation Sep 27, 2007
And perhaps, too, practitioners of air guitar - that absurd yet resonant activity whose patron saints are not only Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen but also Marcel Marceau and Bill and Ted, Andy Warhol and Wayne of Wayne's World - might feel slighted by the comparison in the first place. Certainly, it would be true of the people we meet in Alexandra Lipsitz's film Air Guitar Nation. (The Age)
Recent Articles Sep 23, 2007
com - Hot Topic: Pilot Watch. Variety: Digital Editions. (Variety)
* TV station for the rich hunts plum audience Sep 11, 2007
Indeed, some have called Plum's mix of high-profile informal chat with local TV news and info "Wayne's World for the super-rich.". "I take that with a twinge of offense," said Scott, who first invested in Nantucket TV, Plum's predecessor, in 1998. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
'Halloween' is one twisted remake Sep 2, 2007
(Why do all the hot girls' boyfriends look like Garth from "Wayne's World". . (San Francisco Chronicle)
Shrinking the big screen Aug 20, 2007
And the wild success of 1992's "Wayne's World," taken from a "Saturday Night Live" sketch about two suburban kids and their public-access TV show, marked a sea change. Television was coming to the movies, and it was staying. (Boston Globe -- Living)
On film, from Hollywood, it's 'Saturday Night'! Aug 5, 2007
Besides the two "Wayne's World" movies, there have also been (in decreasing order of note) "The Blues Brothers," "Coneheads," "A Night at the Roxbury," "Stuart Saves His Family," "The Ladies Man," and "It's Pat," featuring Julia Sweeney's sexually, uh, ambiguous title character. The performers have experienced an equally wide range of success -- or not. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Who needs PUBLIC TV? Aug 5, 2007
Some argue that 'Wayne's World' is still more democratic than YouTube ... For many people, public access TV is still symbolized by "Wayne's World," a "Saturday Night Live" sketch that portrayed two slackers doing a so-bad-it's-good program from a basement rec room. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The highs and lows of Saturday Night Live Jul 21, 2007
In fall, 1988, Canadian Mike Myers joins cast, creating the pretentious German TV host Dieter and, with Carvey, Wayne's World, which led to two successful spinoff films. 1990s. (Globe and Mail)
No way! Kitschy 'Car Kabob' landmark made famous in 'Wayne's World' to be dismantled Jul 11, 2007
Kitschy 'Car Kabob' landmark made famous in 'Wayne's World' to be dismantled Tuesday, July 10, 2007 6:45 PM EDT. BERWYN, Ill. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Kitschy 'Wayne's World' landmark is doomed Jul 11, 2007
Car Kabob from Wayne's World is doomed - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com ... Car Kabob from Wayne's World is doomed. (MSNBC -- Travel)
'Wayne's World' landmark to be dismantled Jul 11, 2007
Wayne's World' landmark to be dismantled - USATODAY.com ... Wayne's World' landmark to be dismantled ... (AP) A kitschy landmark that made a cameo in the movie "Wayne's World" will be dismantled to make way for a pharmacy. (USA Today)
Wayne's world ends on a dark note Jul 4, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia's Wayne Arthurs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
'Wayne the Wacky Rad Guy' says goodbye Jun 30, 2007
Wine, tea, Irish soda bread and a mock throne for the king of Wayne's World were among the other gifts. When Makowski, as expected, teared up during his presentation, he said one thing he learned from Pedersen is that you can't take life too seriously. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Party girls' world collided with violence Jun 20, 2007
" She says she loves any music and lists her favourite movies as The Sound of Music, Drop Dead Fred and Wayne's World and expresses an interest in porn. "Had to curb my addiction to that. You don't meet many chicks with a porn addiction, do you. (Sydney Morning Herald)
