Garth: Did you ever see the Twilight Zone where the guy signed a contract, and they cut out his tongue and put it in a jar, and it wouldn’t die, it just pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues? Pretty cool, huh?
Garth: It’s like we’re looking down on Wayne’s basement, only that’s not Wayne’s basement.
Wayne: Garth, I think that was a haiku!
I’ve counted the syllables to that part so many times just to make sure it is a haiku.
IIRC, Wayne’s World came after Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
At least, Bill & Ted’s movie had excellent redeeming qualities!
…See?
I never really saw Wayne and Garth as a ripoff of Bill and Ted and until someone mentioned it, I never would have made the connection that anyone would have thought they were a ripoff. I did not find Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure that great. If anything, I think both sets of characters are making fun of the same type of people, but I don’t put Bill and Ted in the same category or league as Wayne and Garth. Bill and Ted seem more like unintelligent slackers whereas Wayne and Garth are just slackers with some sort of intelligence.
Usually, I associate the term “ripoff” with an inferior product than the original. I don’t think this occurred, but I suppose Jinx will disagree. Oh well…
Garth Algar is the man.
“Benjamin is nobody’s friend. If Benjamin was an ice cream flavor, he’d be pralines and dick.”
“Who’s trying to kill you, Mr. Donut-Head man?” “I don’t know, but he better not.”
It’s kinda sad - I pretty much know the whole movie by heart. And I can no longer hear Bohemian Rhapsody without doing the headbanging, and the “moving my mouth so it looks like I know the words” thing that Garth does.
A friend and I used to drive out by the airport and watch the planes land, as an ode to Wayne and Garth. And yes, we used to do the “conversation.”
Well, remember that Wayne’s World was an SNL skit, so it was less about telling a story about two heavy-metal slackers and more about establishing a recurring gag with two heavy-metal slackers. Given that Bill and Ted did decently in the theaters, I’m sure the SNL writers were tempted to do something similar for their show. The “public television” twist was an obvious accomodation to SNL’s low budget and format.
I did not find Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure that great.
It’s one of my guiltless pleasures. 
And watching all the historical figures go nuts at the mall leaves a big grin on my face. 
Speaking of odes to Wayne and Garth, when I went to London, I just had to stand in the same spot as “they” (their “stunt doubles”) did at Picadilly Circus and say “What a shitty circus.”
Just today, in a lesson on sarcasm, I taught my advanced conversation students that they may choose to end sarcastic remarks with “…not!”
I also informed them that this expression gained popularity a little more than ten years ago, thanks to the classic film Wayne’s World (which my best friend and I rented roughly every weekend).
The following conversation just occurred between me and my inner voice:
IV: Wow, that Lamia sure seems attractive… knowledgeable about philosophy and a Wayne’s World fan. I’ve never seen you so mental over a girl before. Are you going to marry her?
Me: Marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries
Anyhow, back to the trivia, cmonidareya got it right, so I’ll ask another one: Name 3 shows, other than Wayne’s World, that Russell Finley produces.
I know two of them…
Sunshine Saturday
The African-American Digest
and “something something” with Elaine Ronkey
What is the exact designation (name) of the guitar that Wayne longs for so much prompting him to say: “it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine…”
“Is there anything I can do for you officer?”
“Have you seen this boy?”
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!”
I looove this movie. I have the DVD, a gift from my now ex-bf. It didn’t work out with us, but he was an excellent gift-giver. The DVD has a hilarious special feature, by the way - you can “channel surf” bad early-morning TV and watch clips of whatever the hell Rob Lowe was watching at the very beginning. There’s a bit of a Brady Bunch episode, and an aerobics show, and some B-movie.
Let us not forget:
Gratuitous Oscar clip. “And the worst part is…I NEVER LEARNED TO READ!” “Is that true?” “Yes. All except the reading part.”
Wayne opening the door to the warehouse where all the commando guys are training.
“Hey! What are you doing? Only me and Garth get to talk to the camera! Shyah!”
“You know, Cassandra, from this height, you could really hock a loogie on someone.”
Can I quote this entire movie from start to finish? Well, I can’t say that I’ve ever tried, but it seems a distinct possibility.
I’d never in the world consider this movie a guilty pleasure.
I adore it, practically grew-up with it/
“We fear change.” - scene is able to reduce me to tears every single time.
As for the sequel - I did enjoy it VERY much, but it is funny in a more…uh… tradictional way. It just lacks the claw brought to the equation by the director, Penelope Spheeris. Let us not forget she shot, among other titles from this “series” - ** ‘The Decline of Western Civilisation - the Metal Years’**. It is not without significance to Wayne’s World. She just knows some of these “phenomenons” through and through. 
So Wayne’s World 2 had it’s extremely funny moments (the whole Graduate rip-off, and the “borrowed” character from “Withnail and I”, Del, “…we had to kill them with their own shoes…”)— it’s, in a way, easier and more pleasant to watch than the original… but not half as “cult”.
(from memory)
“Wow… 64 fender stratocaster in classic white with triple single coil pickup and a whammy bar”
“Pre-CBS-fender corporate buyout”
“I’d raise the bridge, file down the nut, and take the buzz out of the low E”
“I love this woman”
Close… it’s “Chicago PM with Elaine Ronkey”
OK, next question (another relatively easy one): Where was Cassandra born?
This is probably sad, but I actually think Wayne’s World has a lot to do with the person I am today. It started me along the road to being a real wiseass.
Okay, I just have to get this off my chest…
Tia Carrere *sucks * at playing bass guitar!
Love the movie, btw.
Okay, which one had the “Ancient Chinese secret, huh?” joke? I vaguely recall me and my buddies being the only ones in a packed theater laughing at that one…