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Wayne's World was one of those films that shouldn’t have been so commercially successful (it grossed $121 million, the highest of 1992), or become so deeply rooted in pop culture that some of us can still recite lines from it, while not actually realizing we’re doing so (“That’s what she said”—yeah, I know it’s a one-liner way older than Wayne’s World, but they brought it back into the public consciousness), or make Mike Meyers into a romantic male lead, albeit briefly (remember So I Married an Axe Murderer?). Also, Wayne’s World will forever get credit for introducing me to “Foxy Lady” (I was 12 and not well-versed in Jimi Hendrix), “Dream Weaver” (yacht rock at its best), and “Bohemian Rhapsody” (the group sing-along scene in the car is one of my favorite things ever—I still crack up about Dixie cup barf dude). In sum, it’s a ’90s-era comedy classic that isn’t award-worthy, but is pretty righteous.

This evening is your last chance to peep it on the big screen, at Central Cinema ... until it pops up again one day, because people love this shit. Some of my favorite clips below.