Never knew that the "Wayne's World" concept went back this far!

he turned this into a feature movie and a fortune. Boy he got lucky.

Like A Wayne's World prequel. Brilliant

Even at age 59, like Myers still looks like he's in his twenties he looks wonderful.

young mike myers really does it for me whew

That just goes to show you not to squander any opportunities put before you. You'll never know where they may take you.

Wow! I love the nostalgia of a lot of these old videos, but this one actually surprised me. I had no idea his Wayne character dated this far back before even Saturday night live(Wayne's world movie was 92, so almost a decade before that). This was a really neat find.

Story: When porting his variety to SNL, producer Lorne Michaels (A fellow Canadian btw) warned Myers that Toronto/Canada humor doesn't float well state side, but after some discussion they retooled and swapped Wayne Campbell's backdrop from "Toronto" to "Chicago" Also, at that same time there was a shortfall of skits to squeeze Dana Carvey in so under 20 minutes they threw on a wig and added a co-host: Garth As for Myers Scotsman: Mike Myers growing up in Canada had distant in laws from Scotland who visited multiple times. A childhood growing up hearing their accents he self taught how to nail the Scots accent. Also: Myers childhood also had Jewish neighbors who had the New York accent and he learned to speak like an old Jewish lady for his Cawfee Tawlk skits

Wow Myers so young and so thin. It does not even look like him. So surreal!!

Born in 1990, Wayne’s World has been my favorite movie since I stopped watching cartoons. Never had an interest in even watching the SNL skits, but today decided to look up the history. This is crazy! And 10 years before Wayne’s World. I’ve never seen Mike Meyers this young, actually I think he’s more attractive 10 years later & with the black wig. ☺️

The genesis of Wayne's World....

At first I thought Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was made before Wayne's World & after watching this it's the other way around.

I came here after reading Mike Myers' book titled 'Canada', which has stories of his early career. Mike tells about how he knew Christopher Ward of MTV back when they were both in the Second City touring company, and Christopher offered Mike a guest spot on the City Limits show. Mike went with his character "Wayne Campbell" and pretended to be Christopher's cousin from Scarborough, who had snuck past security and crashed the show. It was such a successful performance that some viewers were fooled into thinking they were letting punks from Scarborough onto Canadian airwaves. Mike would continue to do guest spots on the show as Wayne Campbell in '85 and '86.

So this is where Keanu got "Excellent!" and the twiddle doodley doo air guitar part

Fucking awesome seeing the beginning of ideas and what they can turn into if you persist. Thanks for posting this.

Ward co-wrote Black Velvet. I seem to remember that he left Much to manage Alannah Myles. Talented guy.

Mike Myers was already grunge before grunge

Now I see where the Fat Bastard/Shrek thing came from lol

I don't know any of this this is awesome

party on!!!!

I've had pizza pizza before, that was in Belleville, Ontario where I came from. There's a pizza pizza and a chicken chicken in Ontario.

Wayne, his angry Scots character...wow, he really just pulled from his old trunk by the time he got to SNL.

Did y'all see him in The King Of Kensington when he was like, 12 or something!? Adorable and vulgar🤘😆

Mike was born to play Wayne Campbell.

Wow I didn’t know Wayne was such an old character

Woah this is crazy

I too am in the The PARTYers Almanac.

That angry Scot sketch was just preparation for the role of Shrek

3:30 Mike being Shrek in the 1980s

It's amazing what a perfect nursery Canadian television was for infant global superstars. is it still?

Anyone here still hanging out at Fairview?

Wayne's world lol party on excellent 👌

Origans of Wayne's World 😊

This changes everything. In the debate over which came first, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure or Wayne's World, until now I was firmly in the Bill and Ted camp, especially after learning that the film was in the can for two years before being released in 1989. But after hearing Wayne say "Bogus!" in this clip from 1984 in a very similar tone and cadence as what B&T later would, and knowing that early drafts had Bill and Ted timetravel in a VAN instead of a phonebooth, I'm wavering. Possible kleptoamnesia?

he had to be a Strange Brew fan

Much music!!!

Whelp Keanu Reeves did grow up in Yorkville Ont, & worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Company circa '84 so it's likely Reevres was familiar these City Limits skits. Reeves & Myers are roughly the same age.

this is Terry Cahil's real father holleee shit eh fuck

'83-'86: city limits wayne '87-power minute wayne '89-present: SNL Wayne

Was City Limits some kind of SNL/SCTV genre show? I can’t find anything on it

Looks like David Lee Roth with a hat.

Wow. Wayne’s World! Cool And a young Fat Bastard 😂

He reminds me of Jagger for some reason.

Interesting.. The vj for alternative/metal was a soft pop singer songwriter (I don't get that leap but hey whatever works) and on every City Limits ever .. Helix.

Ha!

Exttreme closeup

Young Mike Myers as young iteration of Wayne kind of reminds me of Billy Bob Thornton. Is that weird? 😝

Always wearing hats and wigs 🤔, I never realised he was bald.

Lol to 1:52

I'm beclemt.

So Wayne Campbell was originally a hoser.

Kind of reminds me of Dave Mustaine

Sounds like a very skinny version of Fat Bastard starting at 3:27

I'm Scottish, and I think thats a great Scottish accent. He really does it well.

He was um....not great huh.