Because the profoundly unhappy and tragic information of Ozzy Osbourne’s passing continues to swirl on-line, tears of sorrow are starting to show into ones of outright celebration. The iconoclastic rocker handed away at 76, abandoning an indelible legacy within the music trade and leisure panorama writ massive, with many devoted followers memorializing Ozzy’s cinematic moments with heartfelt affection.
Though he doesn’t seem in Wayne’s World 2, the underrated Mike Myers’ sequel options an unforgettable anecdote about Ozzy’s penchant for brown M&Ms, poking enjoyable at rock stars’ ridiculous rider calls for. To maintain from crying, if nothing else, the hilarious story is certain to make each Ozzy fan smile as they bid the all-time nice frontman a fond farewell.
Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Wayne’s World 2 Story’
Except for his appearances in such films as Trick or Deal with, The Jerky Boys, Little Nicky, and Mike Myers’ Austin Powers in Goldmember, Ozzy Osbourne is the topic of a hilarious dialog in Myers’ Wayne’s World 2. The film’s plot includes Wayne and Garth being visited in a dream by The Doorways’ frontman, Jim Morrison (Michael Nickles), who urges them to prepare an enormous live performance occasion that’s finally known as WayneStock.
Within the dream, Morrison additionally tells Wayne and Garth that they need to meet legendary rock music roadie, Del Preston (Ralph Brown). As soon as Wayne and Garth meet with Del at Stan Mikita’s Donuts, Del launches into an absurd anecdote about Ozzy Osbourne that might and will by no means happen in actuality. Del tells a crowd of onlookers how Ozzy compelled him to gather 1,000 brown M&Ms earlier than his subsequent live performance and that if he fails to take action, Ozzy is not going to carry out as scheduled.
As Del exaggerates:
“So there I’m, in Sri Lanka, previously Ceylon, at about 3 o’clock within the morning, on the lookout for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy would not go on stage that evening. So, Jeff Beck pops his head ‘around the door and mentions there’s a bit of sweets store on the sting of city. So – we go. And – it is closed. So there’s me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets store, eh.
“Properly, as a substitute of a guard canine, they have this bloody nice massive Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, however the shopowner and his son… that is a unique story altogether. I needed to beat them to demise with their very own sneakers. Nasty enterprise, actually. However, positive sufficient, I received the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did an amazing present.”
The story is wildly outlandish to induce laughing matches alone, nevertheless it’s the facial reactions of these surrounding Del that make the scene even funnier. Osbourne should have loved the scene nicely sufficient, as he agreed to look together with his household and Myers in Austin Powers in Goldmember a decade later.
The Brown M&Ms Request Is a Well-known Reference to Van Halen
As hilarious because the Ozzy M&M anecdote in Wayne’s World 2 is alone, it is even funnier when supplied with a bit of context. Youthful viewers might not understand that the brown M&Ms request is a reference to a well-known contract rider requested by the rock band Van Halen. Within the contract rider, lead singer David Lee Roth requested a bowl of M&Ms with all of the brown ones eliminated.
At first, the request was deemed a high-maintenance Prima Donna transfer by Roth. In actuality, Roth was testing how a lot consideration live performance halls and music venues have been paying to their calls for. The thought being that if the staffers could not meet a easy demand, equivalent to eradicating brown M&Ms, the possibilities that they’ve ignored way more important requests are a lot larger. In distinction, if all of the brown M&Ms have been eliminated, the band knew they might belief the venues with larger calls for.
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After all, together with Ozzy Osbourne, a number of different bands and musicians are referenced within the iconic Wayne’s World 2 scene, with out naming Van Halen. Jeff Beck, Keith Moon, and David Crosby are all singled out, with the background listeners additionally sporting Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin merchandise. Funnier but is the flamboyant set of very British teaware that the waitress casually brings to Del as he shares the foolish story.
Past the frivolous requests made by well-known musicians, the sheer notion of breaking right into a sweet store protected by a Bengal tiger and beating the proprietor and his baby to demise with their sneakers is so ludicrous and far-fetched that one can solely chuckle. It is a testomony to Ozzy’s humorousness that he agreed to make use of his title within the scene, which solely makes him extra lovable.
With the Prince of Darkness receding into everlasting relaxation, maybe the Ozzy Osbourne story in Wayne’s World 2 will present a ray of joyful gentle. In any case, Ozzy’s time on Earth must be celebrated with as a lot affection as it’s mourned.
Wayne’s World 2 is offered to stream on Netflix.
Wayne’s World 2
- Launch Date
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December 10, 1993
- Runtime
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95 minutes
- Director
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Stephen Surjik