When Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell popped in a cassette and ignited a headbanging joyride with Dana Carvey’s Garth Algar and other friends, 1992’s Wayne’s World presented one of the most enduring scenes of ’90s film comedy. On its way to becoming one of the year’s biggest boxoffice hits, Wayne’s World further made its impression on pop culture by imprinting a string of quotes such as “Schwing!” and “We’re not worthy!” on audiences. It also remains the highest-grossing film based on a Saturday Night Live sketch.
During a period when director Penelope Spheeris was in early preparation for a documentary on California’s Patton State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, she got a call from an old friend: ’s creator/ producer Lorne Michaels. “He said, ‘Would you be interested in doing a feature out of the sketch?,’” recalls Spheeris, speaking from Los Angeles. “And I said, ‘Oh, yeah, I’ve been trying to get my foot in the door of the
