Party On! Uber Eats Resurrects Wayne's World for the Super Bowl

“Local eats. Wayne’s World. Yummy time. Excellent. Wooooo!”

For its Super Bowl debut, Uber Eats got Mike Myers and Dana Carvey to reprise the Wayne’s World schtick they made famous a generation ago on Saturday Night Live and in feature films.

On Sunday, Wayne and Garth, those supremely silly slackers with their own local-access TV show, return in a minute-long spot from Special Group U.S./Australia and Smuggler director Guy Shelmerdine. It will air during the third quarter, asking viewers to support local restaurants by ordering through Uber Eats.

After teasing the reunion on SNL last week, the brand unveiled the full-length ad today. It takes place on a loving recreation of the iconic Wayne’s World set (Wayne’s parents’ basement in Aurora, Illinois) and features fun comic support from Cardi B.

It’s all wink-wink meta to the max, yielding a riotous reprise that works both as a piece of nostalgia and fresh absurdist fare. Even if you’re not familiar with the original, it’s still a hoot.

“As a local access show, we want everyone to support local restaurants,” says Myers-as-Wayne.

“BUT, we’d never manipulate you the way all these other commercials do,” Carvey-as-Garth chimes in.

Outsized “EAT LOCAL” graphics flash across the screen, Garth’s luxurious blond locks flow in shampoo-ad-slo-mo, and the pair cuddle with freaky baby versions of themselves.

“We’d never shamelessly rely on a celebrity cameo,” Wayne says, as the camera pans to reveal Cardi B lounging next to Garth on the couch.

Naturally, a TikTok-style outfit-swap ensues, with the guys bopping in Cardi’s feathered garb, and the rapper dressed as Wayne (and then Garth), while all three chant “Eat Local. Loc Loc Loc Loc Loc!”

Myers and Carvey introduced Wayne and Garth more than 30 years ago (!), and they’ve visibly aged—d’uh. But that actually works in the spot’s favor, adding an extra helping of in-jokey ridiculousness to this particular Uber Eats delivery. Ultimately, the spot scores because comedy legends Myers and Carney—now 57 and 65 years old, respectively—can still bring it. With manic energy and sharp timing, they breath fresh life into Wayne and Garth, and leave us wanting more. Cardi gets into the “party-on” spirit, too, and the trio share great chemistry.

“This ad does more than just make you laugh, it makes you feel good about the effort it supports,” Special Group creative chief William Gelner tells Muse, succinctly summing up the viewing experience.

Moreover, the characters “cross several generations because they’re so likable and fun,” Gelner says. “While younger audiences may not remember Wayne and Garth, they will get a true glimpse into a duo that was a significant part of early-’90s culture. Plus, we have the amazing celebrity cameo of Cardi B so the viewers get nostalgia mixed with modernity.”

During the shoot, the agency team worked closely with Myers to get the vibe and details just right. “He is meticulous with his craft, and watching the scripts come to life was like taking a master class in comedy,” Gelner recalls.

In addition to the :60, Myers and Carvey will appear with classic rocker Alice Cooper in a two-and-a-half-hour “credit-roll” video spotlighting the 100,000 local eateries available on the Uber Eats app. That clip will post on YouTube and across social just after the game.

“It’s a rare person who would sit down through all these 100,000 restaurant thank-you listings, so we made the video scrollable by location and we also made it fun to watch,” says Gelner. “Alice, Mike and Dana chat about the origins of football, goof around with 3-D glasses and they even compose and perform a song.”

Whoa, sounds ex-cell-aaant!

The work mirrors Uber Eats’ popular celebrity face-off spots which also tap into past and present popular culture. So far, entries have included Sir Patrick Stewart and Mark Hamill in a Star Trek/Wars mashup, and gymnastics hijinks with Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness.

Separately, Postmates, which is owned by Uber Eats, recently posted a (non-Super Bowl) push showing iconic NFL wide receiver Jerry Rice catching a burrito fired from a cannon. Party on, Jerry!

CREDITS

Client :: UBER EATS
VP Global Marketing: Thomas Ranese
Global Executive Creative Director: Danielle Hawley
Head of Marketing US/CAN: Georgie Jeffreys
Global Head of Brand: Shivram Vaideswaran
Global Executive Producer: Otto Linwood III
Head of Campaign + Partner Marketing: Lauren Hussey
Global Creative Director: Natalie Purbrick
Senior Business Affairs Manager: Rashad Suarez
Global Social Lead: Chris Jackson
Consumer Communications Manager: Lexi Levin Mitchel
Marketing Manager: Vrinda Jhawar
Media Manager: Gracie Childress

Agency :: SPECIAL GROUP U.S./Australia
Founding Partner / CEO: Lindsey Evans
Founding Partner / Managing Director: Cade Heyde
CCO / Partner: Tom Martin
CCO / Partner: Julian Schreiber
CCO / Partner: William Gelner        
Creative Director: Dave Horton (all mediums)
Creative Director: Matthew Woodhams-Roberts  (all mediums)
Creative Director: Eron Broughton (social)
Copywriter: Jon Marshall (TVCs)
Art Director: Amy Su (stills)
Account Director: Caitlin Miller
Account Director: Carine Johannes                                
Senior Producer: Esther Perls (all mediums)
Senior Producer: Jamie Ostrove                                      
Business Affairs: Jeff Estow

Celebrity Management :: The Marketing Arm

Celebrity + IP Procurement VP :: Matt Fleming                            

Production :: SMUGGLER
Director: Guy Shelmerdine
Co-Founder: Patrick Milling-Smith
Co- Founder: Brian Carmody
Executive Producer: Allison Kunzman
Chief Operating Officer: Andrew Colon
Head of Production:  Alex Hughes
Producer: Donald Taylor

Social Production :: FANCIFUL FOX
Director: Richard Downie
EP: James Toth
Producer: Brian Walsh

Edit :: CARTEL
EDITOR: Andy McGraw
EDITOR: Matt Berardi
EDITOR: Dusten Zimmerman (social)
EP: Lauren Bleiweiss
EP: Alaina Zanotti
ASST: Zach Edwards
ASST: Roy Herbert
PRODUCER: Sarah Schachte

VFX :: PARLIAMENT

Color :: MPC Color
Colorist: Dimitri Zola
Color Assist: Taylor Pool
Executive Producer, Color: Meghan Lang
Senior Color Producer: Diane Valera
Associate Producer: Phoebe Torsilieri

Sound + Mix :: ELEVEN
Audio Post Studio: Eleven
Mix/Sound Design: Jordan Meltzer
Asst Mixer: Marco Tornillo
Executive Producer: Melissa Elston
Producer: Jeff Martin

Music :: NEW MATH
Creative Director: Dave Wittman, Ray Loewy
Executive Producer: Kala Sherman
Producer: Jake Falby
Composers: Casey Smith, Joe Spallina