Cody's Top 30 Favorite Movies of All-Time: #13 - Wayne's World

It's definitely one of the top most quotable movies of all time, and frequently thought of as one of the greatest comedy films ever made, all coming from a simple SNL sketch that showed two guys doing a celebrity talk show in the basement of one of their moms'.

Wayne's World follows Wayne Campbell and his best friend Garth Algar as they put on "Wayne's World", a talk show that they shoot every night in Wayne's mother's basement. The show dictates goofy antics, woman mooning, weird salutes and oddball monologues. The show opens rather notoriously with "WAYNE's WORLD! WAYNE's WORLD! PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT!" as Wayne plays guitar and Garth slaps his knees with his drum sticks.

The movie adapts the SNL sketch by giving it a plot. There's a nefarious TV show executive named Benjamin who wants to purchase the show to sell it to Noah Vanderhoff, a top-rated personality and arcade game entrepenur, responsible for creating "Noah's Arcade". Meanwhile, Wayne and Garth continue doing the show small-time out of Wayne's mother's basement, ignoring the possible spotlight of fame and fortune. They follow it up with a visit to Stan Mikita's Donut shop followed by a trip to the Gasworks. There, Wayne meets the woman of his dreams in Cassandra, the front woman for a small-time Chicago band looking to get signed. Benjamin also makes a move for Cassandra to sign her band in an effort to fall in love with her. Wayne and Garth fall for Ben's shenanigans and sell their show to him in an effort to go full-time, but Wayne botches it due to his distrust of Ben and his crumbling under the spotlight. In the end, Wayne gets the girl, Garth gets his "dream woman" he knows at the coffee shop, and Cassandra gets her record deal. That's of course one of the endings, as the movie gives you three literal endings to pick from.

The whole movie really must be seen to be believed. It really is notorious with good reason. There's so many in jokes and quotable lines that it's not even necessary to have watched the movie. Get a couple guys who love the movie together and you can practically put on a show for your friends, much to their annoyance or delight. I'd like to do a full, in-depth review of this movie, but it's difficult because it's all over the place, and there's so many memorable scenes that it would be hard to collectively cover them all. From Garth's Jimi Hendrix dream in the donut shop to Wayne getting pulled over by the T-1000 during his search for Cassandra, to the three false endings to the movie...including the "Scooby-Doo" ending. The whole movie is just wild and off the rails, and it's truly one of the best comedies ever made. If you haven't watched it, please do so now. Like honestly...stop what you're doing and do so now. Even if you're outdoors, find a cell tower and jack up your cellular plan's data bill just to enjoy it. You won't regret it. I mean, you might regret the bill but you won't regret the movie.