Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) star in "Wayne's World."
Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) star in "Wayne's World."
Excellent ’90s comedy “Wayne’s World” keeps the party going
The path from “Saturday Night Live” success to film industry fame has always been a treacherous one.
“The Blues Brothers” made the transition from “SNL” skit to hilarious big-screen comedy without a hitch. Unfortunately, far more of the sketch comedy show’s signature characters have crashed and burned at the box office: “Coneheads,” “It’s Pat,” “A Night at the Roxbury,” “Superstar,” “The Ladies Man” … The list goes on and on.
Thank goodness for “Wayne’s World.”
Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) are the heavy metal hosts of an excellent public access cable show filmed in the Chicago suburbs.
When “Wayne’s World” catches the eye of fast-talking network executive Benjamin Kane (Rob Lowe), the dudes think they’ve hit the big time. But as Wayne woos gorgeous rocker Cassandra (Tia Carrere) and Garth works up the courage to ask out the hottie at the local donut shop, Ben’s sinister plan comes into play.
With its goofy characters, offbeat dialogue and awesome cameos (Alice Cooper, anyone?), “Wayne’s World” is a spot-on parody of American pop culture in the early 1990s. Plus the movie’s rockin’ renditions of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” leave the rest behind.
Watch “Wayne’s World” at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Palm Theatre, 817 Palm St. in San Luis Obispo. Tickets are $8.
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Three Cambodian-American men risk returning to their homeland in “Sentenced Home.”
Written and directed by David Grabias and Nicole Newnham, the documentary puts the spotlight on Loeun Lun, Kim Ho Ma and Many Uch, all raised in inner-city Seattle as “permanent residents.”
They speak English and identify themselves as Americans, Yet, because of strict immigration legislation, they face the constant threat of being deported from the United States.
“Sentenced Home” screens at noon Thursday in Room 3219 of the Cuesta College library, off Highway 1 just north of San Luis Obispo. This free event is presented as part of Cuesta College’s Book of the Year program.
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Cuesta’s Book of the Year program concludes Friday with a screening of “Under the Same Moon.”
Directed by Patricia Riggen, this touching drama follows a young boy (Adrian Alonso) who travels from Mexico to the United States to be reunited with his mother (Kate del Castillo). I dare you not to cry.
See “Under the Same Moon” at 7 p.m. Friday in Room 7120 of Cuesta College. This event is free and open to the public.
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Before her Oscar-winning turn in “The Blind Side,” Sandra Bullock played a bumbling FBI agent in “”Miss Congeniality.”
When a serial killer threatens a Miss America-style beauty pageant, Agent Gracie Hart (Bullock) must go undercover as one of the contestants. She’ll need a major makeover, as well as a few lessons in hair, heels and feminine charm, if she’s going to fool both her fellow beauty queens and the pageant organizers.
“Miss Congeniality” plays at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Theatre at the Old Grammar School, 1350 Main St. in Cambria. Admission is free.
For more information, call 927-8190 or visit the Allied Arts Association of Cambria online.
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You’ll laugh out loud this Sunday in San Luis Obispo.
HopeDance magazine publisher Bob Banner, a certified “laughter yoga” teacher, is celebrating the 15th anniversary of World Laughter Day.
The free event features a screening of the short film “Laughing Clubs of India,” about the origins of this happy, healthy meditation form in Mumbai, India, and a 45- to 60-minute laughter yoga session led by Banner himself.
The World Laughter Day celebration runs from 2 to 4 p.m. at the San Luis Obispo library, 995 Palm St. in San Luis Obispo.
For more information, call Bob Banner at 434-3950.
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I’m still waiting for the Church Lady movie.
“The BLues Brothers” clearly stands out as the best movie based on SNL characters. But “Wayne’s World” was good, too.