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...those of us who weren't allowed to stay up until 11:30 on Saturday nights in the early 1980s the Al Franken Decade was a skit on Saturday Night Live. Alan S. Franken '73 declared that the 80s were his decade...
...Garth's (Dana Carvey) personality, making it a pleasure for SNL fans. Silly, yes, but unlike other meaningless comedies which possess feeble skeletons for a plot, Wayne's World boats no plot to begin with and does not attempt to simulate one. Knowing that the Wayne's World skits on Saturday nights are one of the last bastions of quality on the show, the makers of Wayne's World attempt to stretch a funny but plot-less skit into a movie...
Props also play a significant role in the creation of new environments. In one scene reminiscent of a Monty Python skit, a huge canvas unfurls with a list of sundry things on it. An actor proceeds to call them out, and they fall from above. This is a great moment, but it relies almost completely on props...
...humor was top-notch as always. Most notably, the "Clarence Thomas' English Muffins" skit hit the spot. Reminiscent of past Opportunes skits, it ranked among such classics as the group's miracle cure for yeast infections and their commercial for spring water douche...
...sorry to say that I never actually made it on the air during my internship. They put all the interns in a Viewer Mail skit one Friday, but, as luck would have it, I wasn't there that...