Tickets at ĪND DON’T MISS … Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.ģ.Band of Horses releases “Infinite Arms”ĭon’t let the name mislead you: Band of Horses is a band comprised of five plaid-clad guys from Seattle whose first single, “The Funeral,” debuted in a Ford commercial. All proceeds benefit lymphoma research, a disease Ramone battled for seven years. The former Ramone’s annual birthday bash takes place Wednesday at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, featuring Hank III, Morningwood and a bagpipe finale of “I Wanna Be Sedated” by Sean O’Sullivan’s Punk Pipers. Put 59 posthumous candles on the cake for punk icon Joey Ramone. Variety wrote, “Doggone it, most people won’t like ‘Stuart Saves His Family.’”įUN FACT:Franken got “the strong feeling I’d never star in a movie again.” Now he’s in Congress. TYPICAL REVIEWS:Not good enough or smart enough. CNN said, “Basically a longer version of its poster.”įUN FACT:One producer whined that “What Is Love” singer Haddaway never said thank you. (1998), starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan A member of The Post’s “Popcorn Panel” sniped, “It was the same stupid joke over and over.”įUN FACT:Aykroyd got the idea for the aliens from the Easter Island statues. TYPICAL REVIEWS:Maybe they liked it in France. (1993), starring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin NOT!”įUN FACT:In the flick, Chris Farley made his movie debut in a bit part as a security guard. TYPICAL REVIEWS:Schwing! Variety wrote, “’Wayne’s World’ weakly transfers the popular ‘Saturday Night Live’ TV sketch to the big screen. (1992), starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey TYPICAL REVIEWS :“It proves that if you’re loud enough, vulgar enough and have enough raw energy, you can make a steamroller into a musical, and vice versa.” - Roger EbertįUN FACT:The movie was first considered a disaster with an out-of-control budget. (1980), starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd Let’s examine a few, in order of best to worst…

It joins a long line of “SNL” movies, some decent, some dreadful - though all probably better than the “Coffee Talk” feature Mike Myers was shopping in the ’90s. The latest spinoff is Friday’s “MacGruber,” featuring “SNL” regulars Will Forte and Kristen Wiig. That was “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels candidly explaining why so many movies based on the show’s sketches get made. “It’s very hard to wave $3 million to $4 million in front of someone and have them keep their common sense.”

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