Tommy Boy

… cast member Laraine Newman; and Tommy Boy (1995), featuring SNL’s Chris Farley and David Spade. Also in 1995 Aykroyd was in Michael Moore’s Canadian Bacon, starring John Candy and Alan Alda, and in 1997 he shared the screen with John Cusack, playing a hit man in Grosse Pointe Blank. In…

…starred with David Spade in Tommy Boy, which depicted the real-life rapport between the two best friends. The film received mixed reviews but became a cult classic. The two comedians then appeared in Black Sheep (1996), about a political aide (Spade) who must babysit a candidate’s bumbling brother (Farley). Farley…

…credits include Wayne’s World (1992), Tommy Boy (1995), Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016). Many of the projects Michaels produced involved former SNL comedians.