Party On: Wayne’s World Turns 30 This Year & It’s Still Excellent

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They just don’t make movies like that anymore. This is an often spoken phrase when faced with today’s movie industry where there is barely any room for anything that is not a massive blockbuster, an Oscar-aspiring film, or small indie movies, which is why on its 30th anniversary Wayne’s World feels as fresh as it did in the 90s, as if not a single day had gone by.

Running on a $20m budget, the film was indeed the sort of oddity it still is to this day, however, Wayne’s World was not the first Saturday Night Live spinoff requested by Lorne Michaels after the success of The Blues Brothers, yet another pop culture icon. So how come is it that this incredibly silly comedy holds up so well even in 2022, and why is it so hard to replicate its success that even its sequel failed?

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Despite its cult film status, Wayne’s World production process was far from a walk in the park since the entirety of its cast was riddled with off-camera conflicts. Mike Myers may indeed be the comedic genius behind similarly ludicrous humor pieces such as Austin Powers, yet the star’s judgment was not at its best during the time of filming his breakout movie performance.

Director Penelope Spheeris has expressed her qualms over assuming filmmaking duties back then, when the landscape for mainstream female directors looked even more deserted than it is today, and at the heart of it all was Myers being a difficult actor to work with. Myers has even been singled out for his initial opposition to the way the “Bohemian Rhapsody” car scene was executed, by far Wayne’s World most iconic moment in modern day culture, and yet the entire movie benefits from Spheeris managing to push her