# How many movies has SNL spawned? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 6, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059 "2001-08-06T02:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/1 "2001-08-06T02:29:14Z")
How many movies have featured Saturday Night Live veterans? Any idea of the number of movies based on SNL characters (i.e. Blues Bros., Wayne’s World)? How does the number compare to SCTV folks? ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/2 "2001-08-06T02:35:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhythmdvl \* > \*\*How many movies have featured Saturday Night Live veterans? Any idea of the number of movies based on SNL characters (i.e. Blues Bros., Wayne’s World)? How does the number compare to SCTV folks? \*\* From [http://www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com) : Blues Brothers, The (1980) Mr. Bill’s Real Life Adventures (1986) Wayne’s World (1992) Wayne’s World 2 (1993) Coneheads (1993) It’s Pat (1994) Stuart Saves His Family (1995) Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) Night at the Roxbury, A (1998) Superstar (1999) Office Space (1999) Ladies Man, The (2000) ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/3 "2001-08-06T02:37:36Z")
Are you talking about films that started as sketches on SNL (or at least popularized by it)? If so: Blues Brothers Blues Brothers 2000 That’s Pat Night at the Roxbury The film with Molly Shannon (Catholic school girl character) Those come to mind. From SCTV, there was a MacKenzie brothers film and one about the Schmenge brothers, but that was a made for cable film. This list is far from comprehensive. Since SNL was on TV long before and long after SCTV, the former should have more films. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/4 "2001-08-06T02:45:06Z")
Oops. Forgot to mention that those movies are direct spin-offs; i.e., the main characters were first SNL skit characters. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/5 "2001-08-06T02:48:03Z")
Only twelve movies on sketches? A good number, but a bit surprisingly small. I was actually after both, **BobT** , movies that started as sketches, and movies where actors got their start on SNL. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/6 "2001-08-06T02:48:08Z")
Add Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video, by Michael O’Donoghue, a writer for the show. Oh, and “spawned” is a fine word for some of these movies. “Stillborn” would be another. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/7 "2001-08-06T02:52:17Z")
Well, there are four decent movie on that list. That’s an enviable batting average if you’re talking baseball. (Before anyone asks, Blues Brothers, Wayne’s World, Office Space, and Stuart Saves his Family) ---
**Author:** ![K3v1n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@K3v1n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K3v1n)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/8 "2001-08-06T03:47:41Z")
I don’t think Office Space was from SNL… it was written/directed/produced by Mike Judge (of Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill fame.) ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-has-snl-spawned/75059/9 "2001-08-06T04:52:26Z")
Correct, **Kevin**. However, Mike Judge did several short films for SNL featuring some of the characters who later showed up on _Office Space_. And if anyone hasn’t seen _Office Space_, hie thee to the video rental store.