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...movie, starring "Saturday Night Live" regulars Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, is an extended version of a popular skit on the NBC comedy show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The News Of the Weird | 3/7/1992 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Party On, Wayne -- From TV to Movies | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...haven't really cracked these guys yet," Franken said. he predicted, however, that actor Dana Carvey will do a "hilarious Tsongas...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: 'SNL' Humorist Franken Speaks At ARCO Forum | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

Most politicians are amused by their parodycounterparts, Franken said. "Actually Bush watches[Carvey's regular Presidential impersonations]. Hemet Carvey at the White House," he said...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: 'SNL' Humorist Franken Speaks At ARCO Forum | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

Franken described Saturday Night Live'swriting process as being "character-driven" ratherthan "idea-driven." It helps to have a performerwho "thinks in the his character," Franken said,citing Carvey as an example...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: 'SNL' Humorist Franken Speaks At ARCO Forum | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

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