Remember these 7 excellent 'Wayne's World' moments before Ragtag Cinema screening

In my junior-high years, two movies dominated the Friday-night sleepover circuit.

One, 1992's "Encino Man," a Cro-Magnon comedy ready for a revival now that star Brendan Fraser and supporting player Ke Huy Quan have won Oscars 30 years later — for "The Whale" and "Everything Everywhere All At Once," respectively.

The other, released in the same year, was "Wayne's World." Still the standard-bearer for big-screen adaptations of "Saturday Night Live" sketches, the Penelope Spheeris-directed flick followed Midwest twenty-somethings —how old were these guys really? — Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) on their journey from public-access favorites to over-exposed TV hosts.

"Wayne's World" will hit the big screen again, in Columbia at least, as part of Ragtag Cinema's Extra Credit series. There, University of Missouri scholars revisit "pop-culture cinema through an academic lens," the series' description notes. The Myers-Carvey vehicle is part of a populist season, wedged between February choice "Love and Basketball" and April's "Waterworld."

As a film filled with the sorts of quotable dialogue and deceptively brilliant scenarios that make junior-high kids — and viewers of all ages — watch over and over again, it's worth taking a quick look at classic moments from inside "Wayne's World." Some should go without saying: the "Bohemian Rhapsody" scene, taking a history lesson from Alice Cooper, the way Wayne hears Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" every time Cassandra (Tia Carrere) appears on screen.

Here are seven more little moments that complement those iconic sequences.

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1. The Suck Cut

Over the opening credits, viewers get a sense of Wayne and Garth's basement show as they meet the inventor of the vacuum barber known as the "Suck Cut." They both mock their guest and become part of the joke, when a demonstration starts sucking Garth's "will to live."

"It certainly does suck," Wayne reminds us.

2. Ed O'Neill breaks the fourth wall

Characters, typically Wayne, break the fourth wall throughout the film. But we all get a little more than we bargained for when Ed O'Neill, in a cameo as a doughnut-shop employee, steals focus to begin describing what might be a crime of passion — or worse.

3. Wayne turns down a gun rack

Obsessive ex-girlfriend Stacy (Lara Flynn Boyle) tries a number of ways to keep Wayne's attention throughout the film, including gifting him with a gun rack. Which prompts the classic Myers line reading: "I don't even own a gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do with a gun rack?"

Also worth mentioning: Flynn Boyle's remarkable feat of physical comedy in a scene where, distracted by Wayne and Garth, she rides her bicycle into a parked car.

4. Garth likes to play

Carvey showed off his legitimate drumming skills in a music-store scene where his playing quite literally crescendos into an epic solo, punctuated by a meek admission: "I like to play." Those scene beats say everything about Garth as a character.

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5. Garth makes a haiku

One of Carvey's other great lines is a mini-soliloquy on the difference between Wayne's house and their new soundstage:

"We're looking down on Wayne's basement. Only that's not Wayne's basement. Isn't that weird?"

He's then greeted with affirmation from Wayne and their friends, who declare Garth has just created a haiku.

6. "Hi. I'm in Delaware."

Shooting a bit for their suddenly big-budget show, Wayne and Garth act out silly stereotypes associated with states like Texas and New York before being flummoxed by The First State.

Sometimes a simple acknowledgment of presence — "Hi. I'm in Delaware." — is all you need.

7. All the endings

A hallmark of Myers' best work, here and elsewhere, is a winking send-up of film and TV conventions. "Wayne's World" riffs on the need for a happy ending by sending the film through multiple endings, including the "Scooby-Doo" ending and the "mega-happy ending."

Monday's screening takes place at 6 p.m.; learn more at https://ragtagcinema.org/film/waynes-world/.

Aarik Danielsen is the features and culture editor for the Tribune. Contact him at adanielsen@columbiatribune.com or by calling 573-815-1731. Find him on Twitter @aarikdanielsen.

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