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The sketch parodied German stereotypes, especially those pertaining to German seriousness, efficiency, and precision.Originally created for the Toronto company of the Second City comedy troupe, Myers later imported the character to television for the Canadian sketch comedy show It's Only Rock & Roll and the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Myers wrote another sketch, "Kurt and Dieter", co-starring with Second City's Dana Andersen and also directed by Novak, which later became the popular "Sprockets" sketch on Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey play two metalheads and best friends who hosted a cable access television program from Wayne's parents' basement. Myers had previously played the character of Wayne on several Canadian television shows, and this sketch was the basis of a popular feature film released in 1992. Debuted February 18, 1989. Appearances
All of his characters turned into icons: Dieter, the absurdly pretentious host of "Sprockets," Linda Richman, the kvetching "Coffee Talk" host who was perpetually verklempt, and of course, Wayne ...
Credited Featured Players: Mike Myers, Ben Stiller; Dolly Parton performs "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" and "White Limozeen". [6] This episode marks the debut of "Sprockets" featuring Mike Myers as Dieter. [11]
Myers later took several of his recurring characters from the show to Saturday Night Live, including Wayne from Wayne's World (from Wayne's Power Minute) and Dieter from Sprockets. [ 2 ] The series won the award for Best Comedy or Variety Series at the 1988 Gemini Awards .
Ian Gerrard, co-anchor of Spy Glass; Nerod, the waiting room receptionist from Appalachian Emergency Room; Ryan Seacrest; Ty Pennington (of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) William Fitzpatrick, co-host of Top o' The Morning
This is covered briefly on the Mike Myers page, but for a little more info: Dreamworks brokered a deal between Universal, Imagine, and Myers. Universal and Dreamworks wanted to get into bed on cofinancing kids' movies. Dreamworks wanted Myers free to replace Chris Farley in Shrek. So, they made some kind of deal that convinced everyone.