*In the film [[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]] (1960), Albert Finney says "See you next Wednesday" to a girl he's dating, and she says it back to him.
*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]].) The movie poster of the "[[An American Werewolf in London]]" version of SYNW (the Non-Stop Orgy) is in the [[Tower Records]] store in the last sketch of the movie.
*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]].) The movie poster of the "[[An American Werewolf in London]]" version of SYNW (the Non-Stop Orgy) is in the [[Tower Records]] store in the last sketch of the movie.
*In the video game ''[[Deus Ex]]'', 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 video game ''[[Deus Ex]]'', 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]]''.
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See You Next Wednesday is a recurring gag in most of the films directed by John Landis, usually referenced as a fictional film. No version of See You Next Wednesday in any Landis film ever looks the same as it did in any previous Landis film.
Landis originally got the idea for See You Next Wednesday from the 1968 movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is the last line spoken by Frank Poole's father during Poole's videophone conversation with his parents. It also seems to be derived from the sexual euphemism "See you next Tuesday."
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 titled 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.
File:Synw.JPGSee You Next Wednesday billboard as seen in The Blues Brothers 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. The film is directed by the fictional Carl La Fong, a reference to the W.C. Fields comedy It's A Gift (1934) and a character name Landis has used as an anonymous credit on a number of his other films [1].
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 Tube station.
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 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 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 Michael Jackson Music Video Black or White (1991) SYNW is shown on the window which Michael Jackson throws a garbage can through, the window is that of a company named "See you next Wednesday Storage Co."
In the film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), Albert Finney says "See you next Wednesday" to a girl he's dating, and she says it back to him.
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.) The movie poster of the "An American Werewolf in London" version of SYNW (the Non-Stop Orgy) is in the Tower Records store in the last sketch of the movie.
In the video game Deus Ex, 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 video game NetHack, the phrase "See you next Wednesday" can appear as graffiti on the floor.
In the movie Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, when Pete (Topher Grace) is flipping channels while Rosalee (Kate Bosworth) is on a date with Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel), a TV advertisement shows Hamilton riding a motorcycle over a hill, then drinking a soda while a voiceover says "¡Hasta el próximo miércoles!"
In the movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the film's name is on the marquee of a theater in the shot of a city street, but as "SEE YOU NEXT _ _ _ N _ SDAY".
In the Czech science fiction book Asfalt (Asphalt), written by Štěpán Kopřiva, the movie plays very important role. It is claimed here that it has been directed personally by Satan and that the region-1 version contains his voice in the director's comment. Satan's voice is the key to open elevator between hell and heaven, so it is big rush around the DVD containing the movie.
In the movie Timesweep, one of the characters discovered a lost printing copy of "See You Next Wednesday" along with other lost movie prints.
In a promotional video for the Mozilla future browser concept "Aurora," the phrase is said by a character at the end of the video.
The video for Michael Bublé's song Hollywood features a cinema showing "See You Next Wednesday."
