Wains World, Wains World, Party Time, Excellent!

These words opened to Wains World, or recurring sketch that began on Saturday Night Live in

the 88-89 season.

Though Mike Myers' character Wayne Campbell originated in a sketch called Wains Power Minute

on a CBC show a few years prior.

Wains World was an immediate pop culture sensation, and landing amidst the heyday of SNL to feature

film adaptations, it went to the big screen in 1992 with a box office hit of the same title.

The movie version featured a famous fourth wall breaking scene in which Wayne and Dana

Carvey's character, Garth, proclaimed their refusal to sell out to Rob Lowe's antagonist

character Benjamin, while simultaneously displaying on-camera product placement for

Pizza Hut, Doritos, Reebok, Newprint, and Pepsi.

But the first brand mentioned in the film actually comes in its first scene, and it happens

to be the first pizza franchise in America.

In 1954, Sherwood Johnson and Ed Plummer opened a beer hall in Pizza Parlor in California

State Capitol Sacramento.

More from the family-friendly budget-chucky cheeses it is today, the original location

was a relicking scene with flowing booze and live jazz music, courtesy of Johnson himself

in the many acts he booked.

The Pizzeria's jazz shows and sponsorship of a branded jazz radio program would later

lead to Johnson being honored in the American Banjo Museum.

An immediate local hit, a second store opened in 1956, and the franchise saw rapid expansion

across the US and the Pacific Rim in the 60s and 70s.

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