Word: algar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what's the value in a stretched sketch about two heavy-metal heads -- Wayne (Mike Myers) and his sidekick, Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) -- who do a cheap cable-TV show from Wayne's basement? Well, it's sorta funny, and most genial: for all their ranking on parents and drooling over hot babes, Wayne and Garth are innocent kids wasting time creatively. "It's about two friends who have nothing but can make things fun," says the film's director, Penelope Spheeris. "Kids see this and say, 'O.K., I don't have much, but I can still have a good...
...story (if it can be referred to as that) originates on a television set in producer Benjamin Oliver's (Rob Lowe) bedroom when he views "Wayne's World," a variety show produced by the two heavy-metal loving teenagers Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar. Oliver struggles to win the rights to the show by capitalizing on Wayne and Garth's gullibility, this confrontation evolving into the bad guy-good guy conflict in the film...