Films Based on SNL Skits (Split from Dead Thread)

[Edgy MD]

I am not much of a fan Al Franken, and like most, I shake my head at virtually any film developed as an extension of a Saturday Night Live skit (including Wayne's World), but I have huge soft spot for Stuart Saves His Family.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Edgy MD wrote: I am not much of a fan Al Franken, and like most, I shake my head at virtually any film developed as an extension of a Saturday Night Live skit (including Wayne's World), but I have huge soft spot for Stuart Saves His Family.

There have no doubt been some horrible SNL skit extension movies -- "Pat" -- but I like "Wayne's World." It's pretty much a collection of set pieces, but there are some good lines in there.

Are you counting the Blues Brothers movie in that skit-extension list?

(Could probably be a separate thread with a poll)

[Edgy MD]

No, I wasn't counting Blues Brothers. I should have.

I would rank 'em:

What I've seen:

1. The Blues Brothers
   
2. Stuart Saves His Family
   
3. Wayne's World
   
4. A Night at the Roxbury
   
5. Wayne's World 2
   
6. Coneheads

What I haven't seen, listed in the order my assumptions of their relative goodness, or unbadness.

1. Blues Brothers 2000
   
2. Superstar
   
3. The Ladies Man
   
4. MacGruber
   
5. It's Pat: The Movie

[TransMonk]

I've never seen Stuart.

After The Blues Brothers and Wayne's World (which are both better than average flicks), I'm not sure I've seen any of the others all the way through.

[metirish]

Was Deuce Bigalow a skit?, it was an awful movie.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

MacGruber is weird, wooly, superprofane, and surprisingly funny.

[Vic Sage]

There are only 2 decent SNL movies that i've seen: The Blues Brothers (1980) and Wayne's World (1992). Both were big hits, too, and spawned sequels. But the rest of the SNL movies were all flops of varying degrees. I actually liked Coneheads (1993) (its got a sort of quirky off-kilter sweetness] but Wayne's World 2 (1993) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) are both crap .

I did not see the others, none of which i even liked as sketches:

*It's Pat: The Movie (1994)
*Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
*A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
*Superstar (1999) [actually this sketch was pretty funny]
*The Ladies Man (2000)
*MacGruber (2010)

But some folks also include Office Space (1999) as an SNL spinoff movie because one of the characters, Milton, was introduced in Mike Judge's animated shorts for SNL. In that case, it goes to the top of my list.

Going further afield, there is also the off-the-wall sketch movie MR. MIKE'S MONDO VIDEO (79) by Michael O'Donaghue, head writer of SNL in its first 5 years, and a running character, Mr. Mike, that featured alot of those early cast members. It's gross/disturbing/funny/weird, and i mean that in a good way.

Then, there are movies by SNL cast members, including the entire oeuvre of Belushi & Ackyroyd, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Billy Crystal, Eddie Murphy, Martin Short Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Will Farrell, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Farley & Spade, Tina Fey, and Kristin Wiig.


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