See You Next Wednesday is a fictional film that is the trademark of film director John Landis. He includes a reference to it in most of the movies he directs, usually as a movie poster for the film in the background. See You Next Wednesday is never the same from film to film. Fictional film or narrative film uses chronological reality to tell a fictional story. ... For other senses of this word, see Trademark (disambiguation). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... John Landis (born August 3, 1950 in Chicago) is an American movie actor, director, writer, and producer. ...

See You Next Wednesday was the name of the first screenplay that Landis ever wrote, as a teenager. He took the title from a line in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ...

References

• In Landis' first film, Schlock (1973), SYNW is mentioned twice and shown as a poster. Brief casting and plot descriptions are given each time it is mentioned, making it clear that this is in fact two different films both entitled See You Next Wednesday.

• In the sketch comedy film The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), the film is a melodrama presented in "Feel-Around," a technique where an usher stands behind each movie patron and does things to them as they occur in the film, enhancing the movie-going experience, at least until the scene where the woman puts a knife to the man's throat.

• In The Blues Brothers (1980), SYNW is glimpsed on a billboard which also features a huge gorilla. It also appears on the cinema sign behind where the Nazi Pinto crashes through the road.
  

  

  See You Next Wednesday billboard as seen in The Blues Brothers.

• In An American Werewolf in London (1981), SYNW is a porn film being shown in a seedy London porno theater. Advertised as "A Non-Stop Orgy," scenes from the movie are actually shown as the characters talk in the theater. A poster of SYNW can also be seen on the wall in the London Underground Tube station.

• In Trading Places (1983), a poster for SYNW is glimpsed in Ophelia's (Jamie Lee Curtis) apartment.

• In the Michael Jackson music video Thriller (1983), it is spoken by a deputy in the horror movie Michael and his girlfriend are watching, and also visible as a poster on the outside of the cinema as they leave.

• In Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), a German character says "see you next Wednesday" in German.

• In Spies Like Us (1985), an army recruiting poster can be seen behind Colonel Rhumbus (Bernie Casey) right after the vertical impact simulation scene that says "The army can teach you a skill. See You Next Wednesday."

• In Into the Night (1985), posters for the movie are shown.

• In Coming to America (1988), a poster for SYNW is shown on a subway station.

• In Innocent Blood (1992), SYNW is shown on a marquee.

• In the Dream On (1990) series', first episode "The First One," directed by John Landis, Martin (Brian Benben) says to his maid (Marianne Muellerleile), "See you next Thursday", she corrects him saying, "Wednesday".

• In The Stupids (1996), the phrase is seen on the back of the bus to which the kids chain their bikes.

• In Family (Masters of Horror episode) (2006), the phrase is spoken by a cartoon character on TV.

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References in non-Landis works

• In the "Video Pirates" segment of Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), pirates find a treasure chest filled with golden video cassettes; among the numerous in-jokes visible on the tapes, one of the cassette cases is labeled "See You Next Wednesday." (While Landis directed several segments of the overall film, the "Video Pirates" segment was directed by frequent Landis collaborator Robert K. Weiss.)

• In the Deus Ex videogame an email found on Paul Denton's computer contains a notice from a movie rental company, mentioning the movies See You Next Wednesday and Blue Harvest.

• In the videogame NetHack, the phrase "See you next Wednesday" can appear as graffiti on the floor.

• In the movie, Win A Date With Tad Hamilton there is a tv commercial that we see when Pete (Topher Grace) is flipping channels while Rosalee (Kate Bosworth) is on a date with Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). In the ad, Hamilton rides a motorcycle over a hill and then drinks a soda and the voice over says "Hasta el proximo miercoles."

Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 film written by comedy duo Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland. ... An in joke is a joke whose humour is clear only to those people who are in a group that has some prior knowledge (not known by the whole population) that makes the joke humorous. ... Robert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. ... This article is about the video game. ... Blue Harvest was the title of a fictitious film utilized to ensure secrecy and disguise the actual 1981–1983 production of the sixth installment of the Star Wars film series, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. ... This article is about the role-playing game. ...

External links

• see you next Wednesday info from amyth.com
• SeeYouNextWednesday.com