The original Wayne’s World movie is still a widely adored comedy classic to this day. It isn’t just one of the best movies adapted from an SNL sketch (which, aside from the genius of The Blues Brothers, isn’t a high bar to clear); it holds up as one of the greatest comedies ever made. Many scenes from the film became instantly iconic, like the “Bohemian Rhapsody” singalong credited with bringing Queen back into the mainstream. Myers and Carvey share a timeless comedic dynamic in the lead roles and Penelope Spheeris’ badass anything-goes direction captured the rebellious rock ‘n’ roll zeitgeist at the peak of the grunge era.

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Discussions of a third Wayne’s World movie have been mooted pretty much since the second movie came out and failed to garner the same critical and commercial success as the first one. Wayne’s World 2 was hurt by the fact that Myers had to rewrite the script from scratch. According to the Hollywood Reporter, just as Wayne’s World 2 was about to go into production with its original screenplay, studio executive Sherry Lansing was furious to learn that Myers had lifted the plot from the 1949 British comedy Passport to Pimlico. The original script saw Wayne and Garth seceding from the United States and forming their own country. When Paramount found out their next tentpole was technically a remake of a movie they didn’t own the rights to, Lansing ordered Myers to start over and write a new script for a Wayne’s World sequel. The rock festival storyline grew out of this frenzied rewriting process and the resulting movie was met with mixed reviews and disappointing financial returns.

But in spite of the sequel’s underperformance, the original movie and the Wayne/Garth dynamic have stood the test of time. Today’s audiences still rewatch the first film because they can’t get enough of Myers and Carvey’s on-screen chemistry as a pair of endearing metalheads. The movie’s meta humor was way ahead of its time. Wayne was breaking the fourth wall and deconstructing his own movies long before Deadpool came to the screen. The Wayne’s World franchise’s self-aware style is just as relevant now as it ever was – maybe even more so. In the earlier movies, Wayne used his relationship with the audience to express his insecurities and vulnerabilities. He would tell the viewers about his hopes and dreams, and his fear that Cassandra would leave him for someone more handsome and successful. A modern-day threequel could do the same with the vulnerability of aging as Wayne opens up about the universal struggle of getting older. Fans who grew up with the original SNL sketches and the movies and have now aged with Wayne and Garth and would relate to their transition into their twilight years.

Not only could a threequel make up for the disappointment of the first sequel and end the series on a high note; it could tap into some timely subject matter. Sequels are always difficult to get right, but that’s especially true of comedy sequels – and even more especially true of comedy sequels that arrive years and years after the last movie, like Zoolander 2, Dumb and Dumber To, and Coming 2 America. But the cultural zeitgeist has aligned perfectly for this particular belated comedy sequel.

Almost everyone is making shows like Wayne’s World. Instead of airing them on public access television, they’re posting them on YouTube. It would be fun to see simple, naive Wayne and Garth grappling with the modern world of SEO and social media and audience engagement. They could barely grasp the concept of a countdown in the first movie. In today’s online media landscape, they’d have to update the format of their show to line up with contemporary trends like food challenges and reaction videos and “Let’s Play” gaming vlogs. The thing that usually holds comedy sequels back is rehashing jokes from the original, but Wayne’s World 3 wouldn’t need to rehash anything; it has a whole new world to explore.

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