Its based on aSaturday Night Livesketch.
These days, the answer is obvious.
And by the end of the 1990s, the idea of anSNLmovie was quickly turning into a threat.
But dont blame him.
- Some mysteries though are best left unanswered.
Daily Affirmations by Stuart Smalley.
In other words, the movie is just bad.
King, Bo Diddley, Billy Preston, and Eric Clapton in one film.
Theres a kid sidekick (J. Evan Bonifant) and literal animated ghost riders in the sky.
Coneheads (1993)
Another Dan Aykroyd vehicle,Coneheadsholds the distinction (oddity?)
of being the only movie on this list based on what was even then an agedSNLsketch.
But generally it is difficult to say it is any better or worse thanConeheads.
But hey, this one has Leon Phelps, so that gives it the edge.
Meadows reprises that genuinely funny character in this mostly unfunny movie which manages to sneak in a few chuckles.
One wonders whether she could have made it work if she had directed instead of just produced.
This is about five years after that Ace of Base sound fell off and already seemed kitsch.
This one never really fell on, however.
Its not necessarily as clever the second go-round but it has enough sweet shamelessness to power through.
Rock on, guys.
And that fact isMacGrubergoes so f**king hard.
Theres a reason this was such a hit that we got inundated with an avalanche of copycat dreck.
But this one is an original.
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Blues Brothers as a concept didnt really begin as anSNLsketch.
There was skepticism it could actually work on TV.
And at least inThe Blues Brothers,it struts its stuff with abandon too.
