Why ‘Saturday Night Live’ Believed ‘Wayne’s World’ Would Flop
When “Wayne’s World” made its Saturday Night Live debut, nobody could have predicted it would become one of the sketch show’s most beloved sketches. “Wayne’s World” was the brainchild of Mike Myers, then SNL’s newest cast member. His Wayne Campbell character actually dated back to the 1987 TV series It’s Only Rock N’ Roll. which aired in Myers’ native Canada. “It was just basically [based on] the people I grew up with,” Myers explained in a 1990 interview. “There’s a certain homogeneous suburban adolescent heavy metal experience… Just hanging out and being a goof.” Watch Mike Myers as Wayne Ca...